InfraRecorder is an
open-source CD and DVD writing program for
Microsoft Windows. First started by Christian Kindahl in the
Google Summer of Code
The Google Summer of Code, often abbreviated to GSoC, is an international annual program in which Google awards stipends to contributors who successfully complete a free and open-source software coding project during the summer. , the program is ...
2006, InfraRecorder uses the
cdrtools software library to perform the actual burning.
Since 0.46, InfraRecorder is released under the terms of the
GNU General Public License
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3 and is
free software
Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, no ...
. In November 2007,
CNET rated InfraRecorder the best free alternative to commercial DVD burning software.
Open-source software rated: Ten alternatives you need - Page 9
, By Nate Lanxon on 19 November 2007, Crave at CNET UK
InfraRecorder is included on the VALO-CD
VALO-CD, a distribution of open-source software on a CD for Microsoft Windows, aims to spread knowledge and the use of open-source software.
VALO-CD originates from Finland, and was originally available only in Finnish. Since version 7, an intern ...
, a collection of open source software for Windows.
Functionality
InfraRecorder supports disk rewriting and dual-layer DVDs. InfraRecorder can also burn a disc from an ISO image
An optical disc image (or ISO image, from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media) is a disk image that contains everything that would be written to an optical disc, disk sector by disc sector, including the optical disc file system. ...
file. This program is completely portable on the Windows operating system.
As of version 0.40, InfraRecorder offers features similar to most CD- and DVD-authoring software, including the creation and burning of data and audio disc images, the ability to work with rewritable and multisession discs, and the ability to extract WAV
Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; pronounced "wave") is an audio file format standard, developed by IBM and Microsoft, for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is the main format used on Microsoft Wind ...
and ISO image
An optical disc image (or ISO image, from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media) is a disk image that contains everything that would be written to an optical disc, disk sector by disc sector, including the optical disc file system. ...
files from discs. One can also use the LAME
Lame or LAME may refer to:
Music
* "Lame" (song) by Unwritten Law
* ''Lame'' (album) by Iame
People
* Ibrahim Lame (born 1953), Nigerian educator and politician
* Jennifer Lame (), American film editor
* Quintín Lame (1880–1967), Colombian ...
MP3
MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, with support from other digital scientists in the United States and elsewhere. Origin ...
encoder to save Audio CD
Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs. The standard is defined in the ''Red Book'', one of a series of Rainbow Books (named ...
tracks.
InfraRecorder is available in a version that will run natively on 64-bit versions of Windows
Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for ser ...
; however, this version doesn't include an Ogg
Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The authors of the Ogg format state that it is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high-quality di ...
Vorbis
Vorbis is a free and open-source software project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The project produces an audio coding format and software reference encoder/decoder (codec) for lossy audio compression. Vorbis is most commonly used in conj ...
decoder or libsnd library due to compilation difficulties with MinGW
MinGW ("Minimalist GNU for Windows"), formerly mingw32, is a free and open source software development environment to create Microsoft Windows applications.
MinGW includes a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), GNU Binutils for Windows ...
on the 64-bit Windows platform.
See also
* List of optical disc authoring software
This is a list of optical disc authoring software.
Open source
Multi-platform
* cdrtools, a comprehensive command line-based set of tools for creating and burning CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays
* cdrkit, a fork of cdrtools by the Debian project
* cdr ...
* List of ISO image software
This article is a comparison of notable software applications that can access or manipulate disk image files. It compares their disk image handling features.
Comparison criteria
This article compares two features: Supported file formats and ca ...
References
External links
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Optical disc authoring software
Free optical disc authoring software
Windows CD/DVD writing software
Free software programmed in C++
Windows-only free software
Portable software
2006 software
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