6. Utility Programs: MovieFactory 6 Plus

While NTI uses something of a kitchen sink approach to utility and free bonus software, Corel’s approach seems to be to stick with a few essential optical disc related items.

BD Disc Recorder: This program enables burning video to Blu-ray BD-R and BD-RE discs (25 GB and 50 GB capacities are available).

Burn.Now: This is a utility for burning files to CD, DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray discs. It can also perform disc to disc copying, create ISO files, and copy DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray movies (providing, of course, that the movie isn’t copyright protected).

Burn.Now also contains a CD Ripping module that supports the AU, MP3, MPA, OGG, WAV and WMA file formats. This is very similar to NTI’s Ripper, with many more compression options and a few fewer file naming conventions. Ulead’s ripper also has the advantage of being able to convert CD Audio to the AU and MPA formats (AU requires having QuickTime installed).

DVD DiscRecorder: This application burns content to DVD-RW and DVD-RAM discs.

QuickDrop: This small utility sits in the Windows system tray, and lets you drag and drop files for easy burning to data, audio and video discs.

Label@Once: This is a CD/DVD label designing program. In comparison to NTI’s Jewel Case Maker, NTI has the advantage of having a small image library. Corel only has a handful of “textures”—otherwise, you have to use your own images with Label@Once. However, Label@Once has the advantages of easy text alignment, a better color selector, and the ability to import and automatically add CD playlists to the label.

WinDVD Player Silver: WinDVD Silver is a software DVD player .