This article is a comparision of Optical disc authoring software.
General information
Basic general information about the application.
| Name | Creator | Cost (USD) | open source | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | Alcohol Soft | $38.00 | No | Shareware (30-day trial) |
| CDBurnerXP Pro | Stefan Haglund, Fredrik Haglund | Free | No | Freeware [1] |
| cdrtools | Joerg Schilling | Free | Yes | GPL, CDDL |
| Graveman | Sylvain Crest | Free | Yes | GPL |
| InfraRecorder | Christian Kindahl | Free | Yes | ? |
| K3b | Sebastian Trüg, Christian Kvasny | Free | Yes | GPL |
| PowerISO | PowerISO Computing, Inc. | Free, $29.95 to unlock features[2] | No | ? |
| X-CD-Roast | T. Niederreiter | Free | Yes | GPL |
| Name | Creator | Cost (USD) | open source | Software license |
Notes
- ^ Free version displays a nag screen and limits disk image files to 300MB
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 | Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/Linux | BSD | Unix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| CDBurnerXP Pro | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| cdrtools | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Graveman | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| K3b | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| PowerISO | Yes | No | Partial | No | No |
| X-CD-Roast | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Application | Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/Linux | BSD | Unix |
Optical media support
Which Optical media types the application supports.
| Application | CD-R | CD-RW | DVD-R | DVD+R | DVD-RW | DVD+RW | DVD+R DL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CDBurnerXP Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Graveman | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| K3b | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| PowerISO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| X-CD-Roast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Application | CD-R | CD-RW | DVD-R | DVD+R | DVD-RW | DVD+RW | DVD+R DL |
Optical media support (cont.)
Which Optical media types the application supports.
| Application | DVD+RW DL | DVD-R DL | DVD-RW DL | BD-R | BD-RE | HD DVD-R | UDO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| CDBurnerXP Pro | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | ? | ? |
| Graveman | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| K3b | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PowerISO | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
| X-CD-Roast | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
| Application | DVD+RW DL | DVD-R DL | DVD-RW DL | BD-R | BD-RE | HD DVD-R | UDO |
Filesystem support
Which filesystems the application supports.
| Application | ISO 9660 | Joilet | Rockridge | Amiga rockridge | El Torito | Apple ISO9660 | UDF | MRW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| CDBurnerXP Pro | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Graveman | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| K3b | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No |
| PowerISO | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| X-CD-Roast | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Application | ISO 9660 | Joilet | Rockridge | 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 |
| CDBurnerXP Pro | Partial[1] | No | No | Yes | Partial[1] | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Graveman | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
| K3b | 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 |
Notes
Standards support
Support for Rainbow Books.
| Application | Red (CDDA) | Yellow (CD-ROM) | Orange (CD-R) | White (VCD) | Blue (ECD) | Beige (PCD) | Green (CD-I) | Purple (DDCD) | Scarlet (SACD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| CDBurnerXP Pro | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Graveman | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| InfraRecorder | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| K3b | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 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 |
| CDBurnerXP Pro | No | Yes | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | No | No |
| Graveman | No | Yes | No |
| InfraRecorder | No | Yes | No |
| K3b | ? | Yes | No |
| PowerISO | No | Yes | No |
| X-CD-Roast | No | Yes | No |
| Application | Command line interface | Graphical user interface | Text user interface |