Originally Posted by wase4711
nero has always been a pain in the ass to get to work consistently; I hate to admit it, but I have taken to using Roxio EZ media creator most of the time now...
geez i cant believe your saying that ... coz a lot of peps for years have had great success with Nero, that includes me. Roxio is the worst product available, it has the worst history as a burning utility. its a noobs app ... easy controls and no pro features.
i do have to admit the past months have been witness to a succession of updates. the good thing is that they address faults really fast and with every update/fix new features are bundled with it. i've been constantly updating, but i never experienced any of the problems, my guess it may be a hardware incompatibily like the usage of cheap memory or underpowered psu.
alcohol 120% is a great app and its part of my arsenal, but i dont think it can replace nero for quick and dirty recordings. imho, its primary strength is in backing up games which can be mounted afterwards, saving our precious originals from getting scratched.