Download player to download movies to disk. Program for burning music to CD and DVD

In this lesson, we will learn how to write files and folders from a computer to an empty disk. We will also talk about what discs are, and how they differ from each other.

In the previous lessons, we learned how to copy files and folders. Using copying, you can write files to a computer, to a USB flash drive, rewrite from a phone or camera. But not on disk. If we try to write something to an empty disk in this way, it will still remain empty.

For proper recording of discs, you need to use special programs. The most famous of them is called Nero, but, unfortunately, it is paid. There are also free options - CDBurnerXP, BurnAware and others. They are no worse, but you need to find such a program on the Internet, download it to your computer, then install it correctly and learn how to use it.

All these gestures make sense if the user needs to write information to disks frequently. But there is another, simpler way - without any programs.

It's good because it's versatile. That is, in this way you can burn files and folders with files to an empty disk without additional programs and settings, on almost any computer.

Among the shortcomings, it should be noted that on computers with Windows XP, this method can only be written to a CD - it is impossible to burn to DVD.

What are discs

Discs come in CDs and DVDs. Many people think that only movies are recorded on DVD, and everything else is on CD - music, documents, photos. Actually, it is not. They differ only in size.

A DVD contains four or even eight times more information than a CD. That is, if one film is placed on a CD, and even then it is not in very good quality, then four films and even more can be recorded on a DVD disc. Music, photos, documents, and other files and folders can be burned to either CD or DVD.

There are also R and RW discs. The difference between them is that information can be written to R only once, while RW can be written many times. Recorded, used, and then erased and recorded something else.

Well, and, to everything else, disks can be conditionally divided into "full" and "empty". That is, those on which something is already recorded (movies, music, etc.) and those on which there is nothing.

Burning discs

First you need to find out which version of Windows is installed on the computer. To do this, open "Start", right-click on the inscription "Computer" (My Computer) and in the list that opens, click on the item "Properties".

A window will open in which it will be written which system is installed.

Burning discs in Windows XP

Select the files and folders you want to burn to a blank CD:

Open the drive on your computer. To do this, open "My Computer":

Right-click on an empty space and click on Paste.

The files and folders you copied will be pasted onto the disc. But that doesn't mean they signed up for it. To do this, you need to right-click on an empty space and select "Burn files to CD" from the list.

The CD Burner window will open. You can type a name for the disc in the CD Name field, but this is optional. Click the "Next" button and wait.

When the disc is written (the green bar fills up and disappears), a new window will open in which you need to click the "Finish" button.

Even if such a window does not appear, the disc is still written.

Most likely, he will move out of the computer. Thus, the computer reports that the recording was successful, and the disc can already be used.

How to clean up a disk in Windows XP

You can only clean a disk if it is reusable. To do this, it must be written RW. If the letter R is written on the disk, then it cannot be erased from it, it is disposable.

Insert the RW disk into the drive.

Open it on your computer. To do this, open "My Computer":

And open the CD / DVD drive in it:

Then right-click on an empty space (on a white field) and select "Erase this CD-RW" from the list.

A new window will open. Click on the "Next" button and wait until all information is erased. When this happens, a Done button will appear. Click on it. Everything, the disk is clean and you can write something to it again.

Burning Windows 7 discs

Select the files and folders you want to burn to disk:

Copy them, that is, right-click on any of the selected files (folders) and in the list that appears, click on the "Copy" item.

Insert a blank disc into the drive.

Open "Computer" (Start - Computer).

Open the CD/DVD drive. To do this, double-click on it with the left mouse button.

A small window will appear. You need to select the type of disc you are going to burn. Two types are offered - "Like USB flash drive" and "With CD/DVD player".

The first option is more convenient and modern: you will get a disk that is very similar to a USB flash drive - you can write files and folders by ordinary copying, and erase from it by simple deletion. But such discs may not open on some computers.

The second option - "With a CD / DVD player" - is classic, that is, the same as in Windows XP. It is suitable if you want to record music and plan to listen to it not only on a computer, but also on players (for example, in a car). This option is less convenient, but more reliable - a disc recorded in this mode will open on any computer.

Click on the type that suits you. Then click on the "Next" button.

If you have chosen Like a USB flash drive, you will be warned that you will have to wait while the disc is ready to be burned. By the way, sometimes you have to wait a long time - more than ten minutes. Click the "Yes" button.

When everything is ready, the window will disappear and a new small window will appear, in which the computer will "offer" to open a folder to view files.

But even if such a window does not appear, it's okay, just open "Computer" again and open the "CD / DVD drive".

An empty folder will open. Right-click on an empty space and click on "Paste".

After some time, the previously copied files and folders will be added. That's it, the disc burning was successful!

If you have chosen the type With CD/DVD player, a blank disc will open. Right-click on an empty space and click on Paste.

The files and folders you copied will be pasted onto the disc. But this does not mean that they have already signed up for it. In order for this to happen, you need to right-click on an empty space and select "Burn to disk" from the list.

A new window will appear. You can type a name for the disc in it, but this is optional. Click "Next".

Now we have to wait. When the disc is written (the green bar fills up and disappears), a new window will open in which you need to click the "Finish" button.

But even if such a window does not appear, the disc is still recorded.

It will most likely pop up on its own. Thus, the computer "tells" us that the recording was successful, and the disk can already be used.

How to erase a Windows 7 drive

We can erase from a disk only if it is reusable and is called RW. If the letter R is written on it, then the disk is disposable and cannot be erased from it.

Insert the disc into the drive and open it on your computer (Start - Computer - CD / DVD drive).

Try deleting the file or folder. To do this, right-click on the file (folder). A list will open. See if there is a "Delete" item in it. If there is, then delete the information through this item.

And if there is no such inscription, then right-click on an empty space (white field) and select "Erase disk" (or an item with a similar name) from the list.

Although discs are used less and less these days, free disc burning software is still as popular as it was a few years ago.

The fact is that not everyone uses flash drives today, it is more convenient for many to use proven DVDs and CDs.

Therefore, it would be useful to understand what programs are used to burn discs most often.

To do this, you can conduct a little research on forums, social networks and just sites where all kinds of software are distributed.

Actually, this is what was done. The results of this study can be seen below.

Interestingly, most users of the same Windows 7 do not even know about the existence of such a program.

But this is not surprising, because such giants as Nero very easily press the small Small CD-Writer on the market.

By the way, it fully corresponds to its name.

There is absolutely nothing superfluous in this program, only the most basic functions are collected.

In addition, the Small CD-Writer is very lightweight and does not need the ability to write any temporary information to the cache.

Thanks to this, Small CD-Writer does not take up much space and does not require a lot of computer memory resources for its work.

Plus, Small CD-Writer is so easy to use that it's hard to imagine anything even simpler.

How to use

Using the Small CD-Writer, as mentioned above, is very simple. For novice users, this program is optimal.

So, the very process of writing files to a disk, DVD or CD, is simply to drag the necessary files from a folder into the space circled in Figure 1 with a green frame.

After that, you should click on the "Record" button in the area circled in red in the same figure. As you can see, there is absolutely nothing complicated about this. After clicking on the button, a small window will appear in which you will need to select the speed and click OK.

The process of erasing discs is also very simple.

After the disc itself is inserted into the drive, you need to click the "Eject / Insert Disc" button in the menu circled in red and select the desired disc in the "Computer" menu ("This PC" on Windows 10 and "My Computer" on Windows 7 and earlier versions).

After that, you need to select the "Clear" button in the same area, then a menu will appear in which you will need to select the erasing option - full or quick.

Advice: It is best to choose a complete erasure so that no data and, in particular, garbage, remain on the disk and do not interfere with its further use.

Summing up the description of the Small CD-Writer program, we can say that it is one of the easiest to use.

This is due to its huge popularity among users of the Runet and, in general, the entire worldwide network.

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• Free programs for burning CD-DVD discs in Russian: List of the best

Here we are already talking about a full-fledged multifunctional package, which includes a huge number of various functions related to burning and erasing DVD, CD and Blu-ray.

But, despite the abundance of functions, the program is also quite easy to use.

The main functions that Ashampoo Burning Studio Free performs are as follows:

• Creating disk images (the most famous format for such a disk image is ISO, there are also CUE / BIN, ASHDISC and others);
• Creation of backup copies of data;
• Burning music, movies and other data to discs;
• Music conversion (for example, you can create Audio-CD, MP3, WMA and more);
• Erasing discs;
• Recording movies in Blu-ray format and other similar formats intended exclusively for watching movies;
• Preparation of covers for discs, as well as booklets and other publications for them.

The program has a full-fledged interface in Russian, which is a huge advantage over the same Small CD-Writer.

Of course, the most famous program that performs the same functions is Nero (full paid version) and Ashampoo Burning Studio Free does not even pretend to be the best in this area.

Usage

To burn a disc with Ashampoo Burning Studio Free, you need to do the following:

• Launch the program using a shortcut on the desktop or from the Start menu.
• In the program window we see a convenient menu on the left side, which indicates all possible actions related to recording and erasing discs. To simply dump some data onto a disc, you must select the "Burn files and folders" item.
  To do this, just hover over it with the mouse cursor.

• After that, select the item "Create a new CD / DVD / Blu-ray disc" in the drop-down menu, consisting of two commands. The second is for updating an existing disk, that is, overwriting it.

• Next, a window appears, very similar to what we have already seen in the Small CD-Writer. Here, too, you just need to transfer the necessary files to the area circled in green in Figure 4.
  When they are added, it remains to click on the "Next" button located in the lower right corner of the program window (circled in red).

• Now the drive selection window opens. If the user has already inserted a blank disc into his drive, the program will automatically detect it. Here it remains only to click on the "Burn CD" button and wait for the end of the recording.

Note: Figure #5 shows the ideal case when a disc is inserted into the drive that does not contain any data, damage or anything else that could interfere with normal recording. Otherwise, the program will display a corresponding message and the "Burn CD" button will be unavailable.

By the way, it is best to download Ashampoo Burning Studio Free on the official page - www.ashampoo.com/ru/rub/fdl.

After installation, you will need to go through a short procedure for obtaining a free key.

This is a free and very light version of the real giant and heavyweight in the field of software for burning files to discs.

The possibilities of this program are very limited and are as follows:

• Writing data to CD and DVD;
• Copying discs;
• Blu-ray recording;
• Disk cleanup.

That's all. But this has its undeniable advantages. For example, Nero Free works many times faster than the full-fledged fellow.

If the regular Nero can freeze a lot on weak computers, and the recording process itself can take a very long time, then in the simplified version everything is much faster.

Interestingly, most users choose Nero Free due to the fact that this program does its job well on weak computers.

In addition, it has an interface in Russian.

But it is interesting that at the moment it is impossible to download Nero Free on the official website. At least, users cannot find it there.

But on other sites, most often pirated, Nero Free is publicly available.

This is explained by the fact that, most likely, this product was distributed for some very short time, and then the Nero team stopped doing it.

In any case, Nero Free works on all modern computers.

How to use

In many ways, using Nero Free is very similar to using the small Small CD-Writer. But there are a few more features here.

All of them are concentrated in two menus, one of which is located on top, and the second - on the left side of the program window.

To simply write some data to disk, you must select the "Write data" item in the menu located on the left.

After that, the menu shown in Figure No. 7 will appear. Then everything is done as in other similar applications.

There is a field where you need to insert all files intended for writing to disk (in Figure 7 it is also highlighted in green).

To get started, just drag and drop files there. After that, click on the "Record" button (highlighted in red).

In that window, you can also click on the "Record" button, after which it will remain to wait for the end of the recording process. We also see that there is nothing complicated in its use.

But still, a little more functions are often required than just the ability to write information to a disc.

It is because of the lack of some features that Nero Free loses significantly to the same Ashampoo Burning Studio Free.

But we will sum up the results later, but for now we will consider another similar program, which is also quite popular in Runet.

Another program for burning discs, which is characterized by unprecedented ease of use.

But its difference from the previous ones is that it simply supports an unprecedented number of disk image formats.

No other program (even paid ones) supports so many formats.

Among them are ISO and DVD familiar to all of us, as well as BIN, UDI, CDI, FI, MDS, CDR, PDI and many others.

In general, ImgBurn can rightfully be called a real giant in terms of supported formats.

On the other hand, it often prevents the program from functioning normally. Some users write that often when working with some formats, recording takes too long.

In other cases, ImgBurn stops working altogether.

But such cases are extremely rare and may be due to the characteristics of the drive or the computer as a whole.

By and large, almost all the problems associated with the work of ImgBurn, people immediately write to the forums when they arise.

Therefore, it can be assumed that almost all cases of incorrect ImgBurn operation are captured in posts on English-speaking and Russian-language forums (most often the first one).

In general, people are very satisfied with this program.

It is not for nothing that ImgBurn scores below 4.5 out of 5 on various user software sites.

The program interface is shown in Figure No. 8. To burn some files to disk, you need to select the appropriate item in the menu.

After that, almost the same recording menu will appear, as shown in Figures 4 and 7.

In it, the user will only need to drag the necessary files into the space specially designated for this and press the record button.

In addition to the ability to burn a wide variety of images to disk, users highlight the following advantages of ImgBurn over other similar programs:

• Burn music and movies to disc in a variety of formats, among which there are even OGG and WV.
• Support for Unicode (after recording, there will be no problems with the names of files and folders).
• Ability to open and close the drive through the program window.
• Possibility to change the label of the image.
• Automatic search on the Internet for new firmware for a particular drive.

Other similar programs for burning discs do not have such features. True, to make the program Russian-language, you need to download the desired file on the Internet, and then drop it into the language folder (Languages) of the installed program.

CDBurnerXP

The first thing to say about this program is that it's not just for Windows XP users.

It can be used by absolutely everyone who downloads and installs CDBurnerXP on their computer.

Although, of course, it was originally created exclusively for Windows XP.

Since Microsoft stopped supporting that operating system, CDBurnerXP's interface hasn't changed much.

The program does an excellent job of burning CDs and DVDs, as well as Blu-ray.

It is also possible to create images in ISO format. The main advantage that developers pay attention to is compatibility with different versions of drives.

The fact is that some programs simply cannot work, for example, with IDE and SCSI drives, while others do not write information to drives connected via USB.

Well, CDBurnerXP does not have this problem, which makes it practically optimal for writing information to discs.

As for formats, CDBurnerXP supports all the most common video, audio and other file formats. It is possible to create Audio-CD.

The main benefits highlighted by users are as follows:

• Ability to create covers for discs;
• Creating boot disks (usually this requires additional utilities);
• Fast work;
• Error monitoring;
• Automatic update.

It is also worth highlighting the recording process itself. There is no longer the usual menu shown in Figures 5 and 7.

CDBurnerXP has created a full-fledged explorer, similar to the one that can be seen in Total Commander. It is shown in Figure 10.

At the same time, this approach to recording does not complicate the recording process at all, but, on the contrary, simplifies it many times over.

Results and winner of the race

Summing up all of the above, we can say that each program has some of its own advantages that all other similar programs do not have.

For example, ImgBurn has the ability to create disc images in the most formats.

With the Small CD-Writer, this is the ultimate in ease of use.

But in order to choose the winner of our today's rating, we will start from the fact that Nero is the best among all disc burning programs (not only among free ones).

Therefore, you need to choose the one that is closest in functionality and other features to Nero.

According to this criterion, Ashampoo Burning Studio Free is the undisputed leader. By the number of functions, this program is the leader.

Yes, and among the full-fledged versions of Ashampoo has always stepped on the heels of Nero, just less money was spent on advertising.

A simplified version of Nero, Nero Free is nowhere close to the functionality that Ashampoo Burning Studio Free has.

So our today's winner is this program!

A review of Ashampoo Burning Studio Free from one of the users can be seen below.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 Free - free software for burning discs

Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 Free is a free burning software with a simple interface and all the necessary features for burning CDs, DVDs and BDs.

How to burn music to disc for car radio

Once the radio in the car symbolized the status of the owner and his financial capabilities, but now those models of car radios that were previously dreamed of and admired are practically antiques against the backdrop of modern car media systems.
But since the price of a more or less decent media center does not meet the needs of motorists who do not express a great desire to become owners of the next and expensive technological innovation, most of them prefer to use car radios with a CD drive. As a result, each of them faces the question of how to record music for a car radio.

Preparation for recording

Recording format

In order to avoid any overlays when playing the recorded “blank” with the radio tape recorder, we need to find out in what format to record the disc for the car radio. This information is contained in the user manual attached to the device, in which all formats read by the car radio are registered.
The most frequent and widespread are CDA, WAV, MP3 formats. CDA is a common format for music CDs and is readable by all CD drives without exception.
The following two formats require certain playback decoders in the car radio for their playback. In addition, the WMA format (unlike MP3, which saves an audio file by its “weight”) records a song according to its current time, that is, it is possible to save only 80 minutes of recording on a standard CD “blank” in WMA format.
This information should also be taken into account if you will be recording music on a USB flash drive for a car radio.

Disc selection

First criterion

All "blanks" of CDs are divided into two categories: CD and DVD. Some users believe that only video files can be placed on DVD discs, this is an incorrect statement, both music files and other information (photos, pictures, texts, etc.) can be recorded on it with the same success.
It's all about the capacity of the disc, only 800 megabytes of information can fit on a "blank" of the CD format, and up to 8.5 gigabytes of data can be placed on a DVD disc (for comparison of information units, see the following photo).

In this case, you must first make sure that your car radio can play DVD format CDs, but CD format discs are read by all players without exception. On sale you can sometimes find mini discs, which are also divided into CD format with a capacity of 210 megabytes and DVD format with a capacity of 1.4 gigabytes.

Second criterion

The next criterion is the possibility of multiple rewriting of the CD, this is indicated by their marking:

• CD-R and DVD-R discs can only be burned once;
• CD-RW and DVD-RW allow you to overwrite any type of information up to fifty times.

Third criterion

One of the important indicators of disk properties is also its write speed. It must be assumed that a higher speed will be preferable for us, however, at the same time, we should not forget that the maximum speed of "burning" the burner, depending on the disc format, may be different.
So, the write speed of CD-R is considered to be 52x (that is, 7600 Kb / s), CD-RW is from 4x to 32x, DVD-R is recorded at a speed of 2x to 16x, and DVD-RW is recorded from 2x to 8x.

Fourth criterion

Among other things, you should pay attention to the way the CDs are packaged. Naturally, you should give preference to discs packed in an individual box, since placing several discs on one tube does not contribute to their durability.
You should also pay attention to the markings on the front side of the CD:

• "Printable" indicates that the printer can print an image on the outside of the disk;
• "Lightscribe" also allows printing of images on the front side, but already in the drive itself;
• "Hardcoated" means that a special protective coating has been applied to the recording surface of this disc, allowing it to last ten times longer.

Disc burning

In addition to the above information, one should take into account the fact that there are currently "old" and "new" CD file systems. And if the “old” file system (ISO 9660, aka CDFS) is familiar and understandable for the vast majority of MP3 players, then the “new”, more “advanced” UDF file system for the same majority of car radios is an unreadable recording format.
This situation is complicated by the fact that most of the programs for "burning" CDs (especially new ones) by default record them in a new type of file system - UDF, which is an unpleasant surprise for some car owners.
Fortunately, there are a myriad of programs for "burning" and ways to burn a disc, which allows you to avoid this embarrassment. It is only necessary during the recording to carefully consider the choice of the file system of the CD or, in extreme cases, reformat the music files in the converter.

So, in order to burn a CD, you first need to download and install the necessary software on your computer, such as: Ashampoo Burning Studio, Astonsoft DeepBurner, CDBurnerXP, Free Easy CD DVD Burner, Nero, Small CD-Writer and more. others
By and large, the algorithm for burning a CD in all programs is the same and intuitive:

• In the main window of the program we launched, we are offered several actions at once to choose from. We select a column similar in meaning to "Create Audio CD", "Create MP3 Disc", for example:

• In the next window, add audio files prepared for recording or selected folders using the "Add" button or by simply dragging the desired file into the program window with the mouse.

In this case, there may be a scale at the bottom of the window, by which you can visually determine how much of the total number the added files occupied and how much disk space is still left:

• If there is still space on the disk, if desired, add a few more files. If the set limit for the amount of recorded information is exceeded, it is necessary to delete unnecessary files, for which we select the file and press the "Delete" button:

• Next, in the program, select your CD / DVD writer (you can check the name of the drive by looking at the menu my computer):

• If desired, we assign a name to the disc being written;
• If there are additional settings, select the recording speed (in order to exclude errors during recording, it is not recommended to select a speed of more than 8x);
• To check the recorded disk for errors, put a tick in the corresponding column;
• If the option "Copy all data to an image on the hard disk of the computer" is available, the files in the form of an image will first be copied to the hard disk, and only after that they will be written to the drive. In this case, the recording process noticeably slows down, but the probability of an error in the recorded information is reduced to almost zero;
• By allowing the program to create a multi-session disc, you have the ability to add information to the disc without erasing the previously recorded information. But as practice shows, when using this option, there is a high probability of disk failure:

• Next, press the "Burn disc" or "Start burning" button, after which the recording process itself will begin, which you can trace on the operation progress bar.

Burning music to a flash drive

Next, find the removable disk, right-click on it and paste the files:

Advice! The following standard command statements make working with files much easier:

• Ctrl+A - Select;
• Ctrl+C - Copy;
• Ctrl+X - Cut;
• Ctrl+V - Paste.

You can also burn music to a flash drive for a car radio using file managers, such as "Total Commander".

Using the example of a photo, you can understand that in the left column of the main program window there are files prepared for recording, and in the right column is the place where we want to transfer them. The copying process is activated by simply dragging the necessary files to the removable disk icon, as well as using the F-row hot keys located at the bottom of the main manager window.
This completes the instruction on how to burn music to a disc and a flash drive for a car radio, enjoy your listening!

Surely, a sufficient amount of various information has already accumulated on your computer - documents, games, software, videos, music ... It's time to put it all in order! Especially if you are haunted by audio recordings scattered across folders. It would be much better if you transfer them to a separate medium. And a convenient one called "Disk Studio" will help you do this. It is about her that we will tell in the framework of this article.

Record data in a couple of minutes

"Disk Studio" is perhaps the most visual and convenient program for burning music to a disc, which allows you to create both CD and DVD media. All you need to run this software is a burner.

With this application, you can burn a disc of any format from scratch in a couple of minutes, and you can also backup or create an ISO image. In addition, the utility will also come in handy if you want to write information to a ready-made media. In this case, the old data will not be lost, while you can repeatedly fill the disc with new files.

Favorite songs and videos in one place

We have already mentioned above that through this program you can easily and also copy musical compositions. Perhaps your computer contains a lot of music albums and individual tracks that you would like to put together and listen to in your spare time.

The music CD burning software allows you to quickly and easily create MP3 or WMA media on which you can record up to 10 hours of your favorite music. Subsequently, the CD can be played in media players, car stereos in the car or just on a PC. In addition, it will be possible to give it to friends or acquaintances, which will surely pleasantly surprise them.

The same applies to videos - various films, clips and concerts, which you can also upload to physical media. Creating a video DVD in the program will take very little time. In addition, you will have a great opportunity to independently design an interactive disc menu. So, you can customize the background, title, graphics, and more to your liking to make the menu look spectacular and set a positive tone for browsing.

Cleaning and ripping

If there is too much unnecessary information on one of your disks, then you can easily delete it with just one click of the mouse. As a result, such a drive can be safely overwritten many more times (section "Erase").

Another useful feature of the utility is ripping DVD video and Audio CD, which will certainly come in handy when converting disc files to one or another format. The only caveat is that before ripping, you should check if the media is protected from illegal copying.

Of course, "Disc Studio" is the best program for burning music to a disc, which even the most inexperienced user can figure out.