Comparison of disc authoring software

This comparison of disc authoring software compares different optical disc authoring software.

Application

General information

Basic general information about the application.

Application	Creator	Cost (USD)	Software license
Alcohol 120%	Alcohol Soft	Non-free $38.00	Template:Proprietary
BashBurn	Anders Linden	Free	GPL
CDBurnerXP Pro	Stefan Haglund, Fredrik Haglund	Free	Template:Proprietary [1]
cdrtools	Joerg Schilling	Free	GPL, CDDL
Graveman	Sylvain Crest	Free	GPL
ImgBurn	LIGHTNING UK!	Free	Template:Proprietary [2]
InfraRecorder	Christian Kindahl	Free	GPL
K3b	Sebastian Trüg, Christian Kvasny	Free	GPL
Nero Burning ROM	Ahead Software	Non-free $99.00	Template:Proprietary
PowerISO	PowerISO Computing, Inc.	Non-free $29.95	Template:Proprietary
X-CD-Roast	T. Niederreiter	Free	GPL
Application	Creator	Cost (USD)	Software license

Operating system support

The operating systems on which the application can run natively (without emulation), there are seven possibilities:

• No indicates that it does not exist or was never released.
• Partial indicates that while the application works, it lacks important functionality or is extremely unstable compared to versions for other OSs (that is to say it has roughly alpha or pre-alpha quality). It is still being developed however.
• Beta indicates that while a version of the application is fully functional and has been released, it is still in development (e.g. for stability).
• Yes indicates that the application has been officially released in a fully functional, stable version.
• Dropped indicates that the latest stable version of the application does not work on the operating system, although an older version is available that does. The number in parentheses is the last known stable version which was officially released for that OS.
• Terminated indicates that while the application works, development has ceased and no new versions will be released; the number in parentheses is the last known stable version.
• Included indicates that the application comes pre-packaged as part of or has been integrated into the operating system.

Please note that the list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common OSs.

Application	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD	Unix
Alcohol 120%	Yes	No	No	No	No
BashBurn	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CDBurnerXP Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No
cdrtools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Graveman	No	?	Yes	Yes	?
ImgBurn	Yes	No	No	No	No
InfraRecorder	Yes	No	No	No	No
K3b	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Nero Burning ROM	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
PowerISO	Yes	No	Partial	No	No
X-CD-Roast	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Application	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD	Unix

Optical media support

Which single-sided optical media types the application supports.
Please note that the list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common types in use (ie. not the now defunct HD DVD-R & UDO)

Application	CD-R/W	DVD-R/RW/RAM	DVD+R/RW	DVD+R/RW DL	DVD-R/RW DL	BD-R/RE	BD-R/RE DL
Alcohol 120%	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
BashBurn	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	No
CDBurnerXP Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
cdrtools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	?
Graveman	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
ImgBurn	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
InfraRecorder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
K3b	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Nero Burning ROM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
PowerISO	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	No
X-CD-Roast	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	No
Application	CD-R/W 737MB=702MiB	DVD-R/RW/RAM 4.707GB=4.384GiB	DVD+R/RW 4.700GB=4.378GiB	DVD+R/RW DL 8.548GB=7.961GiB	DVD-R/RW DL 8.544GB=7.957GiB	BD-R/RE 25GB=23.31GiB	BD-R/RE DL 50GB=46.61GiB

Filesystem support

Which filesystems the application supports.

Application	ISO 9660	Joliet	Rock Ridge	Amiga rock ridge	El Torito	Apple ISO9660	UDF	MRW
Alcohol 120%	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
BashBurn	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
CDBurnerXP Pro	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
cdrtools	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Graveman	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
ImgBurn	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
InfraRecorder	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?
K3b	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	No
Nero Burning ROM	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PowerISO	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No	No
X-CD-Roast	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Application	ISO 9660	Joliet	Rock Ridge	Amiga rockridge	El Torito	Apple ISO9660	UDF	MRW

Disk image format support

Information which Disk image formats an application supports.

Application	bin/cue	Apple disk image	img	ISO image	Nero CD image	Audio file/cue
Alcohol 120%	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
BashBurn	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	?
CDBurnerXP Pro	Partial	No	No	Yes	Partial	No
cdrtools	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	Yes
Graveman	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
ImgBurn	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
InfraRecorder	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	?
K3b	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nero Burning ROM	Yes	No	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes
PowerISO	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?
X-CD-Roast	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
Application	bin/cue	Apple disk image	img	ISO image	Nero CD image	Audio file/cue

Standards support

Support for Rainbow Books.

• Red book - Standard audio CD
• Yellow book - Standard CD-ROM
• Orange Book - CD-R and CD-RW
• White Book - Video CD, VCD and SVCD
• Blue book - Enhanced CD
• Beige book - Photo CD
• Green book - CD-i discs
• Purple book - Double Density Compact Disc
• Scarlet book - Super Audio CD

Application	Red	Yellow	Orange	White	Blue	Beige	Green	Purple	Scarlet
Alcohol 120%	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
BashBurn	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
CDBurnerXP Pro	?	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No
cdrtools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Graveman	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
ImgBurn	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	?
InfraRecorder	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
K3b	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	?
Nero Burning ROM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PowerISO	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
X-CD-Roast	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Application	Red (CDDA)	Yellow (CD-ROM)	Orange (CD-R)	White (VCD)	Blue (ECD)	Beige (PCD)	Green (CD-I)	Purple (DDCD)	Scarlet (SACD)

User interface

Information which User interfaces an application supports.

Application	Command line interface	Graphical user interface	Text user interface
Alcohol 120%	No	Yes	No
BashBurn	No	No	Yes
CDBurnerXP Pro	No	Yes	No
cdrtools	Yes	No	No
Graveman	No	Yes	No
ImgBurn	No	Yes	No
InfraRecorder	No	Yes	No
K3b	Yes	Yes	No
Nero Burning ROM	No	Yes	No
PowerISO	No	Yes	No
X-CD-Roast	No	Yes	No
Application	Command line interface	Graphical user interface	Text user interface

Miscellaneous features

Application	Overburning	Buffer underrun protection	Virtual burner

See also

• Optical disc authoring software
• List of optical disc authoring software