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   tekknokat
   Member

   I downloaded and activated the CDRWIN9 that was available at GOTD on January 13, 2013. The installation was quite simple, it required filling out a form which was made available after the software installed, and then they sent me a keycode which I used to register the product. It successfully registered. I know it successfully registered because I opened the application a handful of times during winter and spring 2013 just to verify it was still activated and registered to me, even though I had not yet burned a CD. Wednesday night August 7, just before I was admitted to the hospital and tried to post this message last thursday morning August 8, I opened CDRWIN9 and there was a message that I could use a trial version for 7 days, or I needed to purchase a valid license and register CDRWIN. Did anyone else notice if their copy of CDRWIN9 lost it's activation/registration this summer? No longer working? I know it didn't try to download an update, because I always check to make sure my GOTD giveaway installations are not set to check for updates or download updates in the Settings or Options.

   I really wanted to make sure I wasn't nutters, so I went through my email account's software activation folder, and I found the email that Engelmann Media GmbH sent me, and I tried to re-insert the serial #s into the applet that pops up when I click on CDRWIN9 in my Start Menu, but as expected nothing happened. Also of note, I never have moved the Setup.gcd file as instructed in the text file which came in the zip file for this giveaway. It's still in the same folder as the setup.exe and text file as intended.

   Anyone else have probems with this release? OH well, maybe I will try the Ashampoo Burning Studio 2013 from GOTD, or a software I have heard a little about called burrrn, which also uses .cue sheets for inserting text and spaces into audio CDs. I want to return WAV images, or WAV tracks, back into playable audio CDs in CD-DA.

   Posted 10 years ago #
2. 

   freakassoid
   Member

   hello

   for free cd/dvd burn software there is and i'm sure there is more
   and some better than others but one might fit your need's

   BurnAware free
   CDBurnerXP
   ImgBurn
   InfraRecorder
   Nero 9 free
   StarBurn
   Ashampoo Burning Studio free 6

   i like Ashampoo free but you have to use a e-mail addy to register it
   so use a junk e-mail addy because thay will spam you

   Burrrn 1.14 is Beta from 2010 and because it's Beta it could have bug's
   in it so i would not use it on a main computer

   Definition:
   A beta test is a limited release of a product with a goal of finding bugs before the final release.
   Software testing is often referred to by the terms "alpha" and "beta."
   http://webtrends.about.com/od/glossary/g/beta_define.htm

   James

   :)

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   tekknokat
   Member

   I recognize your reluctance to use anything beta. I also avoid beta in almost all cases, beta Firefox or beta Chrome releases, and Thuderbird email client when I used to use it even had nightly builds that were not official releases, and some people for whatever reason participated in testing them. I don't need the headaches either.

   However some very useful applications remained in beta for years, and because the developer was not dedicated to the ongoing or daily work on the project, it was still one of the best things out there. One example is Exact Audio Copy, which in my memory remained in beta 0.99 for at least 2 years, maybe longer, but as far as accurate audio CD burners go, and adding the FLAC or APE frontends for lossless playback of WAV files compressed to a smaller size (among many other lossless formats compatible with EAC, not to mention lame encoder for mp3 playback, and several lossy and lossless additions to Windows compatible), EAC remains the defacto standard for audiophile enthusiasts, even though there are many tools out there that will do the same thing, and many of them charge for their use, so theoretically should have better development and support. But the staunch ears in the hobby still insist EAC creates a superior rip, and the accompanying .cue files for a more accurate burn at a later date, to create a redbook CD-DA as close to the original as the original. Since I don't really want more physical CDs lying around, I seldom have need to burn them unless they are for friends, or other people. Most or all of my CDs and DVD burns have been failures as far as what my expectations were, but you don't learn unless you keep on trying.

   I have dbPoweramp to rip CDs into any format you wish, but it doesn't create cue sheets, and I have not heard anything good about it's CD writing abilities at hydrogenaudio forums. Some of the snobs there, and I use the term snob loosely to refer to the music enthusiasts who are very suspicious of new posters coming into their forum asking questions, they are quick to criticize and offer strict warnings about copyright infringement. Maybe they are paranoid they will be targeted by the DMCA lawyers, but their suspiciousness sometimes translates in an impolite paranoid atmosphere full of accusations. There is a wealth of information about ripping your CDs at hydrogenaudio forums, a little less about burning CDs. They do recommend burrrn, which is why I heard of it, in spite of it being a beta product.

   Do you know if any of the CD/DVD burning options you mention make use of .cue sheets?

   Posted 10 years ago #
4. 

   freakassoid
   Member

   hello tekknokat

   as a former security software beta tester i just wanted to say that beta "could" be a risk
   because somepeople don't understand that it "could" harm there pc and/or be a security risk
   and the bad guy's can find vulnerability in old software that's not being updated

   ok as for .cue sheets it looks like CDBurnerXP and ImgBurn support this

   CDBurnerXP
   http://cdburnerxp.se/help/Audio/compileaudio

   ImgBurn
   http://www.imgburn.com/

   i just look at software from a security point of view not functionality sorry and i'm not saying
   Burrrn is bad just not up to date

   James

   :)

   Posted 10 years ago #
5. 

   tekknokat
   Member

   Thank you for the recommendations, and finding out about .cue sheet functionality. I will try these suggested applications to practice some CD burns.

   Posted 10 years ago #

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