CD burner & DVD player software suggestion?

[kernix]

I have Dell's Sonic Cineplayer (DVD program) and Roxio CD creator on my PC (Win XP). Cineplayer locks up my PC sometimes, and when creating a CD of pics for clients, Roxio causes an error. Basically, IMO they're crap.

Can anyone suggest a program, or programs, for both purposes?

For DVD reviews, PowerDVD comes up as one of the tops, for CD burners, Nero comes up as one of the tops but unfortunately, so does Roxio.

Any help appreciated being that I just got the complete DVD series of Farscape and can't wait to watch it. And I don’t mind paying for the programs, and actually prefer it to freeware.

Jim

[Quo Fan]

Power DVD is pretty good. When I watched DVDs on my computer, I used that. I have WinDVD on my laptop, and that works well, also.

For burning, I use Nero. I dumped Roxio a long time ago.

[acedrew]

There was a time when Nero was Waaaaay better than Roxio, but now they're both retarded bloatware.
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[milosh]

If you want to pay for it, then I would go for Nero and PowerDVD (or WinDVD).
But, I think that there's really no point in paying for a player nowadays, there are many many great and free ones. I recommend you install the K-Lite codec pack, in which Media Player Classic also comes. That is the most complete and updated pack of all the existing codecs. The player is very light and fast. Here's the content: Contents of K-Lite Codec Pack Full and the download page: Download K-Lite Codec Pack Full

[freybear3]

Nero and Powerdvd i think would be best

[essexUK]

I would avoid nero like the plague. In fact, nero can act like the plague on your pc causing all sorts of grief and compatibility problems. Try CD and DVD Burning Software - Alcohol 120% - Alcohol 52% and Alcohol 52% Free Alcohol 120%

[milosh]

Originally Posted by essexUK

I would avoid nero like the plague. In fact, nero can act like the plague on your pc causing all sorts of grief and compatibility problems. Try CD and DVD Burning Software - Alcohol 120% - Alcohol 52% and Alcohol 52% Free Alcohol 120%

Every existing software can behave like you described, even the one which works great on most systems. Sometimes it's only up to your sistem and machine. I've been using Nero for years (three different versions) and I never had a problem. Btw, Alcohol is also a great software.

[Incisive]

For burning... CDBurnerXP. Its free, its supported, its lightweight, its fast and oh, did I mention it was free?... lol

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