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CD Recording Software CD-ROM & DVD Technologies DAE - Digital Audio Extraction Tools & Technologies DVD Recordable Screen Recorders

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Creating & Testing Accurate CD-DA Redbook Burns - "Burn a track to CD, extract it, flip the phase, and add it to the original to see just how accurate your burns and extractions are. You want a zero sum product." Suggested by: www.DigitalFreaks.net

Even though Roxio went on a buying spree, some of the best CD Recording Software lives on! Enjoy!

1. 310439 - CD Audio Is Played Even Though an Audio Cable Is Not Connected to Your CD-ROM Drive: By Design. Sound card driver supports Digital Audio Extraction.
2. www.microsoft.com - Tips for writing CDs: Lower Speed; Close other apps; Disable Screen Savers & Power Saving features; Defrag HD; Clean CD Burner & Media; Failed Media, use different Brand.

CD Recording News:

1. SurfSecret's www.DVD2CDR.com - Make perfect copies of your DVD Movies - Without the need for a DVD Burner! Requires a DVD-ROM Drive and a CD-R (CD Recorder) in your computer. Create VideoCDs of your DVDs for play in most DVD players, portable DVD players, home entertainment systems, and computers! Download Free 30-day trial, or purchase for only $34.99 today! (2/6/2003)
2. CD Tests: Arrowkey: How fast is your CD Burner? NEW TimeWrite FREE download! (1/30/2003)
3. New CD Recording App! BurnAtOnce.com - More than an Image Writer, now includes all the features needed to make it a full Audio & Data CD Authoring program while still maintaining speed and ease of use. Read: BurnAtOnce History (1/30/2003).
4. CD Recording: NeroNET: Share a CD recorder in a Network (1/30/2003)! 
5. Muska & Lipman - CD Recordable Solutions (1929685114): Book companion for your CD Recorder, Download a Chapter Preview (11/29/2002).
6. Special Offer From www.Harmony-Central.com, www.cequadrat.com:  WinOnCD - WinOnCD™ 5 Power Edition - Only $39.95! We have not seen WinOnCD since version 3.5 on Win98SE. (11/28/2002)
7. Sonic to Acquire Veritas' Desktop and Mobile Division (11/13/2002)
8. Buy CD Architect 5.0 for only $149.95 Through December 11! (11/12/2002)
9. ExtremeTech.com:  End Of The Road For CD Burners (10/26/2002).
10. TechTV How to Write CD-RWs (8/26/2002).

CD Recording  - CD Burning Software:

1. 7tools DVD Grab and Burn - copy Video DVD without quality loss! Includes Virtual CD Emulator. Russian site. 
2. ◊◊◊ Ahead Nero - Nero.com ◊◊◊ Burning ROM - BEST!!! ◊◊◊◊◊ Trial D/L Available. Included with most CD-RW Drives!
   
3. Alpha Music CD Recorder ??? Unable to locate. From 1998?
   
4. Arrowkey - AccuBurn-R
5. Asimware HotBurn - http://www.asimware.com - web site down? Now UP?
   • Iomega Announces Acquisition of Asimware's Software Line - (March 1, 2001)
6. www.Audio-Data-Music-CD-Burner.com:  Burn CD Create audio and data music easily with our CD Burner! (12/16/2002)
7. www.AudioI.com - Burn Data, ISO, Cue image & Audio
8. Binary Magic - Magic CD/DVD Burner Pro
9. Blindwrite.com: the ultmate cd copy solution - Claims Blindwrite Suite is the perfect tool to reproduce any CD. (Copy any CD, even protected ones.)
10. www.broderbund.com - Utility Software: Total Burn™ Platinum & Total Burn™ Platinum Suite.
    1. Special Offers: Total Burn Platinum: Now Only $29.00! Hurry! This offer expires April 2, 2003! (3/22/2003)
11. www.Burn4Free.com - The new free burning solution!
12. BurnAtOnce.com - Image Writer + full Audio & Data CD Authoring program (1/30/2003).
13. CDBurner.com - MP3 CD BURNER software by www.Acoustica.com
14. www.CDBurnerMP3.com - CD Burner Software Burn to Empty CD Audio Disc
15. CDBurnerXP Pro: "Added support for Burning ISO files." (12/6/2003)
16. www.CD-Burner-Software.com:  CD Burner Software - MP3 to CD Burning, Burn WAV or MP3 (12/27/2002).
    
17. CD-DA - Digital Audio Extraction
    1. CD-DA X-Tractor - http://xtractor.sourceforge.net/
       
    2. Easy CD-DA Extractor - by poikosoft.com
       
18. Easy CD-DA Recorder - www.easycdda.com
19. CD Recording Software CD Burners Soundcards Plug-ins and Music Software (2/2/2002).
20. CD-ROM Productions
    1. AccuBurn-R - CD Data Protector
    2. CD-ROM Productions - CD-R Diagnostic - Claims to be the premier tool for recovering data from and analyzing CD-R and CD-RW discs. If you are having problems with reading your discs, this is what you have been searching for! Get CD-R Suite (CD-R Diagnostic™ PLUS CD-R Verifier for only $59.95.)
    3. cdrom-prod.com: Super Blank - Designed for the mass-blanking of CD-RW discs in multiple writers.  This is freeware that was written by Kris Schoofs.
    4. Freeware: File Identifier - Works in conjunction with CD-R Diagnostic.
       
21. CD Copy - Great solution for ripping and burning CDs.
22. Cheetah CD Burner Software: Also Cheetah Audio Converter (6/9/2004).
23. Feurio! CD Writer Also available from Nero.com; Reads ATIP Info! (8/12/2002)
24. www.fireburner.com - IgD's CD-R Portal: FB is a compact yet full-featured CD-R/W burning software package used by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world!
    
25. K-PAR Archiving Software - CDCreation Archiving Software
    
26. CeQuadrat WinOnCD - WAS BACK! Owned by Roxio (Adaptec). Gone Again! (6/9/2004)

    Great program! Created a Virtual CD-ROM Drive for Testing AutoPlay CD's. Helped somewhat with AutoPlay.inf file but could have better supported that feature!

    1. Phoenix.com, El Torito CD-ROM Boot Spec v1.0 - 01/25/1995.

    2. Phoenix Technologies - Phoenix Platform System Software Product Documentation: PC Industry Specs

    3. cdbootmenu.txt - El Torito CD-ROM Boot (Win98SE, ASCII Text):

    4. CD Boot Menu - Bootable Windows 98 CD-ROM Startup Menu Screen

27. Write2CD included with Philips CD-RW Drives, 1997/98 CeQuadrat GmbH.
    

28. PacketCD - CeQuadrat now owned by Roxio... r o x i o servicepacks

29. RMBSoft-Quick-Burn: Audio CD Burner

30. Roxio.com: (Formerly Adaptec) Easy CD Creator Deluxe:

    1. Having trouble with CD-RW Discs? Roxio Easy CD Creator includes DirectCD which includes a utility called ScanDisc that can be used in the event of a corrupt disc.

    2. Data Recovery Tools - See: #1 & 2 On Our List For Help!
       

31. VideoPack - r o x i o VideoPack 5 Overview: Author and Burn to DVD, VCD and S-VCD! $499 USD
    
32. just!audio - CeQuadrat, now r o x i o willkommen
    
33. Corel CD Creator - Swallowed up by Adaptec a.k.a. Roxio...
    
34. CD-Mate.com: CDMate is a CD burning application, with various writing modes including TAO, SAO, DAO, RAW-DAO, with Real-time MP3 conversion and 11 methods of copy protection. 

    Let us know if any of you try this program. They asked us to look @ the demo version. We do NOT evaluate Demo, Crippled or Beta ANYTHING! Even with a few shortcomings, Nero is hard to beat!

    
    

35. Elaborate Bytes - CloneCD 3: CD Replication Tool & DVD Region Killer
36. DARTPro.com: CD-Recorder 4 -
    
37. Data Becker Music CD Recorder -
    
38. DiscJuggler: Padus, Inc. Home Page
    
39. diskduper.com: CD & Disk duplication
    
40. DVDit! Home - DVD+RW support
    
41. Poikosoft.com - Easy CD-DA Extractor: BURN-Proof enabled software.
    
42. Elektroson Gear - www.elektroson.com - Off Line? GEAR from Elektroson is now GEAR Software. See below.
    
43. GEAR Software - GEAR PRO Professional Edition for DVD/CD-RW
    
44. Golden Hawk Technology: CDRWIN supports the BURN-Proof (buffer under run protection) feature.
    
45. HyCD - Play&Record + HyCD Publisher for PC
    
46. Iomega Software Download - Iomega Hotburn Software -
    
47. CDBURNER.COM - MP3 CD BURNER software to burn your mp3s to cds that play in your home or car stereo!
    
48. MUSICMATCH Jukebox - The best Digital Audio Software on the planet - Jukebox Plus
    
49. NTI CD-Maker -
    
50. Prassi.com -
    1. Prassi CD Right - Now owned by Veritas.com as VERITAS PrimoCD Plus -
       
    2. Prassi.com - abCD - CD-RW Packet Writing
       
    3. CD Rep - ??? In May 1997, the Company released CD Rep™, a complete professional CD recording and duplicating software solution.
       
    4. CD Right Plus also by Prassi - ???
51. MacmillanSoftware.com: Digital CD Recording Studio II Professional Edition -
    
52. NovaStor: CD-Tools.Com - NovaBACKUP Suite of CD Power Tools (Previously InstantCD Suite)
    
53. VOB CD Recording Software - Consumer & Pro...
    • InstantCD/DVD 6.5 - Video, Audio and Data Recording!
      
54. Minerva Networks, Inc. - Bringing Vision to the Net!
    
55. oaktech.com: SimpliCD Recording Software -
    1. www.simplicd.com: SimpliCD V1.3  (2/6/2003).
    2. Purchase: Oak Online Store or call (800) 656-5443 within the US.
56. Sateira Software - CD & DVD Burning Software. Sateira CD & DVD Burner and DropToCD
57. softarch.com:  ReadCD-MRW! - ReadCD-MRW! The world’s first software to support reading “Mt. Rainier” formatted CD-RW disks on Legacy, non-Mt. Rainier Drives. See: CD-MRW.
    
58. SmartDisk MVP: Allows users to combine digital Music, Video and Pictures to create CDs - all with one click of a mouse.
    
59. solidlabs.com - CD & DVD Burner & Grabber Core
60. Steinberg - Products - Production systems - WaveLab: 24-Bit Wave Editor & CD Burning.
61. Stomp, Inc.: RecordNow Max, Click'N Burn Pro + Backup applications. Trial D/L's Available.
62. SwiftDisc - Burn ISO Image to CD/DVD - Specs look impressive. Have not tried it yet.
63. www.ztekware.com - Virtual Original CD Emulator, Original CD Burner, CD-ROM Emulator, CD Copy & CD Copying Product: "The Original CD Emulator & CD Burner will help you rip your own CDs to hard disk or to network images, and to create a Virtual CD on your computer to access those images."
64. Wave Repair: For Recording from Turntable to Hard Drive to CDs.

CD Duplicators:

1. Cyclone Firewire CD Duplicators
2. EZCD2 CD Copier Controllers
3. www.mediaform.com - CD-R, DVD-R Duplicators and Printers

LAN CD Recording Options:

1. www.farstone.com - CDServer Virtual CD Tower:
2. CD burner protocol: A way to control CD burners from other computers without wasting CDs usinf VNC (easy way to control one computer's desktop from another).
3. CD duplication and duplicator Systems: LAN enabled duplicators.
4. www.cdrecorders.com:
   • Essential-Data.com: Network CD Duplicators.
5. webCDwriter: Software can be used to make a single CD-writer available to the users in your network (4/30/2002).

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