I also enjoy Ashampoo products. I downloaded and installed Ashampoo Burning Studio 2020, Burning Studio 2019, and Burning Studio FREE ( a good basic burner ), all from their web page, on April 26,2020. NONE of them required an e-mail address, or opening an account. I got the same version of 2020 that was here without any hassle. Go to their web page, click downloads, change operating system to ALL, change product type to Full Versions (FREE). 24 full programs available. I use WIN 8.1

I have more Ashampoo software than any other vendor, most purchased but some free. I've never had any problems with any of their software bar PDF Pro which was a real disappointment and to be quite honest they weren't in the slightest bit interested when I contacted them. One has to get use to their Apps persistently pestering you to upgrade or buy other software whenever you start an App but its not a big problem, you just ignore and click close. Their free software is very good but usually an old version which this free offer may be but rebranded. I have no problem recommending as I say, their software is very good.

Never received the conformation email with the activation code, tried twice with one email address, and then a different email address, never got either return emails with the code needed to activate, uninstalled the app.

What version is this?
I am currently using:
Ashampoo Burning Studio 2020 - Version 1.21.3 - [1.21.3.23 (5610)]

I started using Ashampoo Burning Studio years ago when I worked at a university in the I.T. Dept. I was looking for something simple and easy to use. That early program fit the bill and I have used it or some version for about 20 years or so. I also have used and purchased a few other programs from them. Easy to use and they work!! And I have introduced their programs to others (free and paid). I love this program and have used almost every part of it. No issues with the company and privacy.. the free versions almost always give you popups about upgrades or other programs... but that caused me to look and purchase them. Not a problem, but something to know. I would give this program a Thumbs up for sure and thanks to GOTD for offering it! ✌

Very high marks for most Ashampoo products. I tried most here at Giveaway years ago and have since purchased this an 4 others. Reliable, handy and do what they say!

I thought I'd upgrade Ashampoo Burning Studio 2017 to 2020. Installed, entered my existing email, checked my email and got nothing (100% positive no spam/junk filters). The key for 2020 shows up on Ashampoo's site, but this strict new activation method won't let you enter it and shuts the program down. I tried 3 more times with no success.

Uninstalled, I'll stick with my Burning Studio 2017.

This program has the most bizarre way to register the program. After installing, you have to reboot. Next, I run the program and the gui turns dark and a very slim pale white vertical ribbon appears asking for your email and then way down at the bottom a serial number, which I didn't see until I changed my screen font settings from 125% back to 100%. I don't have a serial. Why does Ashampoo make registering this program so difficult? Can't they just make a square popup box appear instead of a thin ribbon? I have an account with Ashampoo too. I entered that info in the thin ribbon and it failed. C'mon guys. This is ridiculous.

I rarely use DVDs anymore but it's nice to have an updated program to make them if I need to.

Looks like a very useful program. Thank you!

Ashampoo is a very good company, I use a lot of their stuff. If you want good free programmes then Ashampoo gives you no problems at all.

This program works well and I appreciate having been able to download and install it. I do not make or copy DVDs. I have used their Music Studio 7 also and found it helpful. I have used others of their programs and always found them safe and useful. Thank you, Giveaway of the Day.

This software is FUNDAMENTALLY different from previous Ashampoo Burning Studio software. This requires you to install the entire software first; and only then will you be able to ask for the serial key.
Previous versions allow you to get the serial key first.
Another fundamental change is constant checking back with website to regularly re-validate the key. This is nonsense. You do not know what else is sent from your PC to the website. After you have installed this version 2020 software do a check on the registry how many items it wrote to Registry. The number may shock you.

Inused to use the Ashampoo Burning Studio exclusively. Then, last Fall I attempted to use it and it wouldn’t work. I had a license, so I downloaded an update an tried to install. It wouldn’t allow me to install saying the license was already in use. Right ... it's my license. I contacted Support. They were pretty much useless. I tried again a couple months later with the same results and the same lack of support. I downloaded a different program that I now use exclusively. Goodbye Ashampoo.

Have always liked Ashampoo software so when I logged into their site to get my license key, I decided to poke around a little in their downloads section. To my amazement, they have a section of FREE DOWNLOAD software which includes several others. Some current, some not so current. Worth a look...here is the link I used for Windows programs:

https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/fdl/21/0/free/0

I'm still not sure how a program like this can be called a burning "Studio" and not even have the ability to create basic DVD menus, only PC graphical menus and slideshows.

As much as they may try to say it is, this is NOT an all-in-one solution for burning. It's good at what it does, as long as you are copying or archiving data or media. Authoring media is out.

can i burn an .MKV video clip to a DVD that can be played on a standalone DVD player ?

Shampoo Burning Studio apparently burns movies only from a "prepared folder" (that is, one in which you must have first created VOB, IFO and BUP files). Apparently it cannot directly burn a viewable DVD directly from a standard video file (i.e.: AVI, FLV, WMV, MOV, or MP4). Is this correct? If so, I'll pass.

Used 2013 and 2015 versions of this software, great software - am still using both, never had a problem, always reliable and works fast and well. Highly commended.
Sadly WinXP not covered anymore.

Great program, extremely useful. I have Ashampoo Burning on all my computers, and highly recommend it.

I've used Ashampoo products for at least a decade, and they are a quality company, with good products. If a product of theirs crashes in use, they use the data log /abend dump to see what went wrong. I want to help them fix their software problems. Their software comes from a country that takes digital privacy very seriously.

It is a lifetime license in the sense that Ashampoo giveaways are normally a version or two old. Latest is 20, not 2020. They normally take an older version and rebrand it with this years date. You will never see an update as it is an old version. But I've used their products for many years and they are fine.

would this work if we turned off internet connection then try to use it offline . then hopefully no spying eyes ?

I have used previous versions of the program and they work just fine. Simple to use and set up. Well recommended.

A CD Burning software that can't be used offline. :(

Thanks for the Lifetime License!

That is rare these days and very generous of you.

I had Ashampoo burning software on my last computer from an old giveaway here. I seem to recall solid performance and my only complaint was nag screens, which I chose to view as the price of free software.