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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: lalittle on April 19, 2008, 01:07:05 am
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A while back there were some issues with installing Nero on a system running MC12. I'm unclear if any issues still exist, or if there are any special instructions when installing Nero 8 in order to avoid conflicts with MC12. Can I just install and use the current versions of Nero (version 8) and MC 12 on the same system?
There are still a few things I like to use Nero for, but I don't want it to interfere with MC12, so I need to know if it's safe to use Nero 8.
Thanks,
Larry
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Any word on this? Does anyone here run Nero 8 and MC12 on the same system, and if so, were there any special precautions that had to be taken? I know that there were issues with some version of Nero and MC12 a while back, but I'm unclear if these issues still exist with the latest versions of these programs.
Thanks for any feedback on this,
Larry
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having rolled back to XP recently, I can say that, so far, I've not run into any problems with Nero 8 and MC 12
Bear in mind that this is XP, not Vista, and also that I gave the majority of the Nero 8 installer a seriously wide body swerve (scout still managed to get in there somehow though.. Grrr)
Burning Rom, Recode and Showtime are all I installed iirc.
-marko.
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Thanks Marko. I was only planning on installing Nero and Nero Xpress -- I just need some of the burning capabilities. I'm also using XP on my new build -- I opted against using Vista. It sounds like whatever issues were there are now taken care of by either Nero, MC, or both.
Thanks again,
Larry
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I installed Nero 8 today. Everything seems fine so far with MC. The upgrade from 7 to 8 appears to be worthwhile. They fixed a bunch of things I found irritating, and it looks better.
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Thanks for the reports.
Larry
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If all you need is burning capabilities there are free programs that will do that. In some cases the free programs do things Nero doesn't. For example, I made an image of a classical CD that had index markings in the tracks. Nero 7 wouldn't create the index marks while the freeware program InfraRecorder did.
I have given up on Nero. I bought a full retail license for version 6 and upgraded to version 7. I am so frustrated with version 7 that there is no way I would ever install version 8. I put Nero in the same category as Symantec; does more damage by installing it than it is worth.
I have been using various free burning programs and have been able to do everything I have needed to do for CD/DVD burning using free tools and no Nero. The free tools I have been using are:
CDBurnerXP (http://cdburnerxp.se/) - Handles all the basics and has a good UI
ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/) - Limited features and poor UI but handles more image file formats
InfraRecorder (http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/) - Open Source, early in development, still needs more features
StarBurn (http://www.rocketdivision.com/starburn.html) - Does DVD video and dual layer and other fancy stuff
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That's interesting. In my experience, Nero has always been an industry standard for reliable burns, and I find that it's typically the program that's recommended when drive/player compatibility are a top priority. For example, Samsung recommends Nero for creating firmware update CDs used to update their Blu-Ray players. I'm sure other programs could work, but I've always had a high success rate with Nero, and I like its verification feature. I do use other programs (like MC) for burning in certain situations, but I've been using Nero for many years now (since well before I started using MC), and I've just come to trust it.
Thanks again for the feedback,
Larry
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Nero has caused us problems in the past, but not in the last couple of years, as far as I know.
Nero's burning is no more reliable than MC's. It has some bells and whistles.
If you'd like to discuss further, please use Nero's forum.