Nero or Pinnacle for burning

cormie · 28-12-2004 03:45PM #1

Just got a new laptop that was loaded with pinnacle software for burning CDs and DVDs and all. I formatted it and want to install software for burning. I have Nero that I got with my other DVDRW and I also have Pinnacle that I got with the laptop. I don't want to start filling my hd with crap so what do you suggest to use? What are the pros and cons if any?
thanks

kdouglas · 28-12-2004 04:49PM

Nero is my personal favourite, but i've never used pinnacle.
Im not really much help there i guess!

savemejebus · 29-12-2004 12:42AM

nero all the way, pinnacle really annoyed me, used a lot of cpu and ram time and tried to take over all my media play options,

daveirl · 29-12-2004 12:44AM

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Aquos76 · 29-12-2004 12:44AM

I would have to go for nero also. Never really a fan of pinnacle's stuff

Dvd Shrink and Nero 6.6

cormie · 29-12-2004 02:10AM

suppose its nero so:) does pinnacle have any advantages though? whats dvd shrink?

the_syco · 29-12-2004 02:47AM

DVD Shrink is a program that allows you to shrink your home movies, so that they fit onto a normal DVD. For example, your relatives send you over a 6GB DVD, and you want to put it onto a 4.7GB DVD, you can use DVD Shrink to do so.

I myself use Nero. Very handy, esp the way it can convert my small movies (weddings, etc) to a file that can be read by a stand-alone DVD player.

cormie · 29-12-2004 03:13AM

Nice, can you convert any files to play in a normal DVD player? MPGs and all that?

the_syco · 29-12-2004 11:41PM

AVI's, anyway. I had to get svcd2dvd to encode some mpegs, tho (it doesn't burn, tho).

I haven't used Pinnacle, so I can't say much about it, but Nero is very nice.

Vadrefjorde · 30-12-2004 01:05PM

I use Nero to encode Mpeg2, Mpeg4 and AVI to DVD. Swear by it and would choose Nero over Pinnacle every time!!

Nero or Pinnacle for burning

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