The most widely used optical burning software in the industry with the most powerful burning engine in history, Nero Burning ROM 7 has been radically redesigned to maximize ease-of-use, efficiency and speed.

With Nero Burning ROM 8 you have a powerful piece of burning software which makes it easy for you to burn your data, music files or videos onto a CD or DVD.

The integrated Nero Scout technology provides fast access to all media files including advanced keyword search options.

Highlights at a glance :

- Advanced search options with Nero Scout
- Redesigned to maximize ease-of-use, efficiency and speed
- LightScribe support
- Support for DVD-R Dual Layer format and DVD+R Double Layer

The redesign of the user interface improves the usability and makes Nero Burning ROM 8 the fastest to use ever.

The access from Nero Burning ROM to the Nero Home database guarantees easy access to media files including advanced search options with Nero Scout.

Features of Nero Burning ROM 8 :

Supported formats :
- CD: CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, Audio CD, Mixed-Mode CD, Video CD, Super Video CD, miniDVD, CD Extra, Bootable CD, HFS, ISO/HFS Hybrid, UDF, UDF/ISO Bridge, InCD discs
- DVD : DVD ISO, DVD UDF, DVD ISO/UDF (Bridge), bootable DVD, DVD Copy on-the-fly and via image, DVD Images

BackUp options :
- ISO Level 1 + 2
- Joliet with 2-byte characters
- ISO Mode 1 and XA Mode 2
- ISO, ASCII and DOS character sets
- User-selectable ISO/Joliet-requirement relaxation
- Dynamic ISO filename conversion
- Single-track "on-the-fly" recording (up to 12X)
- Small-file caching from disk and network
- User-selectable file filters
- Multimounter
- Complex read-error handling
- Editable file structure and file names
- Multisession with track linking
- Full OFAS support (optimal file-access speed)
- Bootable CD creation (from floppy disk or hard drive partition)

Audio Track options :
- Retrieve title/artist info from free Internet CD database (http://freedb.freedb.org)
- Local database creation supported
- Compatible with user programs and CD databases
- Read and write M3U title playlists
- Add CD Text to CD backups
- Expanded file names for stored audio tracks (e.g., "The Beatles-Help.wav" instead of "Track01.wav")
- Audio index dialog with innovative "oscilloscope" display
- Track-at-Once / Disc-at-Once / Session-at-Once recording
- Extract multiple audio tracks
- Fast digital audio extraction
- User selectable audio extraction speed
- Digital and analog playback
- "On-the-fly" format conversion
- Variable pause length
- ISRC (song ID code) support
- Graphical audio file display
- Audio index (CD track index) support
- Optional jitter/CRC correction
- Click / hiss filters
- Wide stereo / normalize / crossfade* / karaoke filters
- Multiple filters for each audio track
- Test and apply most audio filters in real time (as you play the file)
- Drag and drop files directly from other CD drives

CD Copy :
- Track-at-Once / Disc-at-Once / Session-at-Once recording
- Disc Image creation/burning
- "On-the-fly" (drive-to-drive) copying
- Complex read-error handling
- Optional jitter/CRC correction
- CD Extra / Multisession CD copying

Disc Image options :
- Track-at-Once / Disc-at-Once / Session-at-Once recording
- Import HFS images
- Write images from other platforms (*.ISO)

Burn options :
- Updated burning engine with lower CPU load, more robust burn process
- Track-at-Once, Disc-at-Once, and Session-at-Once recording
- CD recorder buffer display*
- Disc-at-Once CDs no longer need to be finalised*
- User-setable record-buffer size
- Multiple copies of same disc / image
- Automated performance testing
- Automatic maximum-speed selection, burn simulation, and burning
- Dynamically disable auto-insert notification
- 80- and 90-minute CD-R support
- Overburning*
- BURN-Proof*
- Extra-long joliet filename support

Multi-function user interface :
- Modern and familiar Explorer-type design
- Drag and drop files from Windows Explorer, File Manager, and between Nero windows
- Built-in file browser
- CD content, information, and summary windows
- Toolbar, status bar, multiple compilation windows, tips
- Context-sensitive help and detailed help topics

Changes in Nero Burning ROM 7.8.5.0 :

- After setting indexes to audio tracks, Nero Burning ROM could not close properly and generated an error
- In some cases, opening an audio file from Nero Burning ROM with Nero WaveEditor caused Nero Burning ROM to end unexpectedly
- Files could not always be added to Audiobook CD compilations
- Burn DRM-protected files was not always possible even with proper licence
- A video file extension could not be added to VCD compilations