Vista alternatives

[narlus]

so it appears that Nero is not supported by Vista, and i've run into a few other apps that i've got that are not Vista-friendly too (tuneup utilities, etc).

BV and others, any suggestions for alternatives?

[syadasti]

This one works with Vista and its free:

http://cdburnerxp.se/

Most tuneup apps are unnecessary/BS, what application do you have in mind?

[narlus]

i found a version of Nero Lite which was advertised to work w/ Vista, but i've not tried it yet.

i snagged a copy of some TuneUp thing via a torrent site and it seemed to work pretty well.

another thing which kinda sucked is that i'd installed my copy of PS on my old (dead) PC and then my laptop. i had to deactivate my laptop copy so i could load it on my new PC (obviously i couldn't deactivate it from a machine i can't get to boot). it'd be nice to have two versions of CS running.

[binary visions]

Nero is bloatware now, ugh. I like CD Burner XP.

TuneUp Utilities has a Vista version out, I've used it.

We need the "etc." if you want other recommendations ;)

Why would you want two versions of CS..? edit: Oh, you mean one on your laptop, one on your desktop? Just call Adobe and explain that you couldn't deactivate the old one due to an unbootable PC.

[SK6]

Nero IS supported. Nero 7 Ultra edition. Works like a charm!! :thumb:

[syadasti]

Nero 8 Ultra Edition is on sale at Best Buy for $70 right now or $63.99 download from Nero direct.

[narlus]

free + works = works for me.

in other news, some piece of software i installed didn't play nice w/ Vista, as i was getting periodic 'windows exception error' popups as iTunes was loading cover art.

i didn't do a re-boot after each install of software, and i probably should have, eh?

end result = i needed to do a clean install today. :(

damnit, i hate computers.

[narlus]

oh, and having the screen go black during software installs sucks...let the status bars stay on there, otherwise i'm paranoid that nothing's working correctly. is this a Vista thing?

[SK6]

I've never had my screen go black, but have always had the program window "gray out" and say not responding. Waiting usually solved the issue since in was more than a memory thing.

[binary visions]

oh, and having the screen go black during software installs sucks...let the status bars stay on there, otherwise i'm paranoid that nothing's working correctly. is this a Vista thing?

Err... huh?

I've never seen that.

[narlus]

maybe it's the screensaver.

probably is.


hey - i tried to install FLAC frontend and it said there was a file missing. is this not Vista-ready?

[binary visions]

Did you try this?

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=52353

I archived all my FLAC files to DVD after converting them to high quality VBR MP3 files.

[narlus]

cool, thanks for that.

[SK6]

What is FLAC?

[binary visions]

Free Lossless Audio Codec.

Just compresses an audio file losslessly, so you can rip your music collection off CDs with no loss in fidelity.

[SK6]

Awesome! Thanks! :thumb:

[narlus]

Free Lossless Audio Codec.

Just compresses an audio file losslessly, so you can rip your music collection off CDs with no loss in fidelity.

but to get a true lossless rip via EAC, all the nerds come out w/ the specific rules (cue sheet, secure mode, etc.).

:nerd:

[syadasti]

but to get a true lossless rip via EAC, all the nerds come out w/ the specific rules (cue sheet, secure mode, etc.).

:nerd:

And yet a majority of "audiophiles" can't tell the difference in a blind test between lossy VBR format at a decent rate and FLAC:monkeydance: