Comments on: I have a mystery CD burner; how do I tell what model it is? Also recommendations for free CD burner programs?

Question: I have a mystery CD burner; how do I tell what model it is? Also recommendations for free CD burner programs?

Frasermoo — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:49:01 -0800

I've just bought a CD-Burner from ebay. No maker's mark on it, so how can I tell what model it is? (lots of serial numbers all over it). Also, I need a good CD burning program. Can anyone recommend any free applications?

Ignore first part of that. I googled E118405 and it came up with Philips.

By: Pericles

Pericles — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 03:35:20 -0800

Deepburner is pretty good - but unfortunately doesn't seem to have a 'normalise' function, should you have several audio files from different sources at different volumes.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 04:08:54 -0800

E-mail me if you want something that's not free.

By: SteveInMaine

SteveInMaine — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 04:33:57 -0800

Assuming you're in Windows, CD Burner XP is a pretty decent program and is freeware.

By: mkelley

mkelley — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 04:43:48 -0800

Use nero for your cd-burning. Others try to be as nice, but they're far from it. It's not free, but it's online as a demo.

*cough*limewire*cough*

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:30:08 -0800

Nero has several interesting plug-ins as well.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:34:36 -0800

Nero is an excellent choice. Well worth the $$, not too much $$ either.
Or, there are other ways of obtaining it....mkelley....

By: bonehead

bonehead — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:48:08 -0800

To ID the drive:

There's an awesome Windows hardware sniffer called the Belarc Advisor. Plug in your drive, boot up and run the Advisor.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:26:22 -0800

You can also use the FCC ID search the next time you have a mysterious electronic device in front of you.

By: Pericles

Pericles — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:32:27 -0800

Anyone know of a free burning program with normalise enabled? The computer I recently bought has Nero pre-installed, but I can't get him to work; the "finalise disc" option is permamently greyed out, and when it claims to have burned a disc, it's just a coaster - neither the PC nor a home stereo will blast out the Velvet Underground/ Alma Cogan/ Doris Day mash-ups that I so wanted to hear...

By: kchristidis

kchristidis — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:24:04 -0800

Maybe Burrrn should prove helpful. And you get Replaygain support with that, which is way better than normalisation (see here).

By: abcde

abcde — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:25:19 -0800

For pleasantly minimalist, free burner software (just a GUI for a number of open-source tools, a bit slow for MP3 decoding in my configuration though), I use burnatonce.