What's new in Nero 5.0

• Supports burning on multiple recorders simultaneously.
• Support for the Super Video CD format.
• Support of more than one filter for each audio item.
• Most audio filters can be tested and used in real-time now
• Support of cross-fading between several audio tracks.
• Support for the free on-line Internet cd database http://freedb.freedb.org.
(up- and download of cd entries containing title and artist information).
• Support for local program and user cd databases.
• Support for reading and writing M3U playlists.
• Possibility to automatically add CD Text during copies of audio CDs.
• The "Save track" dialog is able to generate more obvious file names for stored audio tracks. Instead of filenames like "Track01.wav" Nero can now also create filenames like "The Beatles - Help.wav" automatically. M3U playlists containing the titles of a CD can be created.
• A completely new burning engine was developed to reduce the CPU load and to make the burn process more robust.
• Better audio index dialog with improved oscilloscope-style display.
• New Karaoke audio filter.
• Disc at once CDs no longer need to be fixated (if the recorder supports this feature).
• New ram buffer property page, that allows to set the amount of Nero's ram buffer.
• Improved burn status, that displays the recorder buffer level (if supported by the recorder).
• CD Extra and multisession CDs can now be copied by Nero.
• Support for Windows 2000.

Plus: you can burn to two recorders simultaneously and purchase upgrades to burn on 7 CD-Recorders simultaneously or unlimited recorders simultaneously.


On top of the new features, the biggest improvement lies in the stability. The burning engine is now multi-tasking - which means you can burn away in the background while working on other applications, and that you can use your computer's memory as an additional buffer (on top of the recorder´s own buffer).

Create your own Audio CD from MP3’s and TwinVQ’s and play it at home or in your car!

• Just drag & drop your favorite MP3 and TwinVQ files into your audio compilation and Nero does the rest by decoding and writing them on-the-fly onto your CD!
• Remove silence at the end of audio tracks and modify the pause length between audio tracks.
• Combine real time audio filters to improve the sound quality of your CD’s create overlapping audio tracks with our new cross-fader use our Karaoke filter to sing along to your favorite music.
• Create overlapping audio tracks with our new cross-fader.
• Use our Karaoke filter to sing along to your favorite music.

Our mission is to give you the software you really want. And that makes the success of Nero!

Back up your hard drive and your favorite CD’s before it’s too late!

• Back up partitions or entire hard drives on CD’s in only 3 easy steps.
• Any operating system or file system can be backed-up and restored fully functional and configured.
• Nero’s complex read error handling and the various read options enable you to back up on-the-fly your personal CD’s effectively and reliably.

Nero Burning ROM v. 5.0 Wizard

New: The Media Player for the Millennium!

The Nero Media Player is a must have addition for any Internet audio or CD-recording enthusiast:

• Encode on-the-fly audio files to MP3*,
• TwinVQ or Wave format
• Play back WAV, TwinVQ and MP3 files as
• Well as Audio CD’s
• Select standard MP3 bit rates up to 320
• kBit/s for ultimate CD quality
• Record from any type of device directly
• To your CD or your hard disk

* The Nero Media Player encodes up to 30 tracks to MP3 format using the very latest Fraunhofer audio codec technology. Plug-ins with unlimited track MP3 encoding available with the Nero Media Player Pro.

Recording options

• Record up to three more minutes of audio on a 74 or 80 minute CD (if supported by your recorder)
• Duplicate easily your favorite CD’s by writing simultaneously to two recorders
• Record your data in disc-at-once, track-at-once or session-at-once mode

Supported formats

• CD ROM
• CD-ROM XA
• Audio CD
• Mixed Mode CD
• HFS
• Hybrid CD
• Bootable CD
• UDF
• UDF/ISO Bridge
• Video CD
• Super Video CD

Design, print and apply your own CD labels, booklets and inlay cards!

• The revolutionary compact label applicator enables the perfect labelling of your CD’s.
• Import graphics and logos with ease.
• Add circular text, textures, color blend fills, transparent color overlays and much more!
• Retrieve CD title, artist name, and song titles of the source discs from which you are recording.

Supported CD-Recorders

Acer, AOpen, Archos, BTC, CalDigital, Caravell, Creative, Cyberdrive, Delta, Dynatek, Dysan, Freecom, Grundig, Hightech, Hewlett Packard, Hi-Val, IO-Magic, JVC, Kodak, Lite-On, LG Electronics, Matsushita, Maxoptix, Memorex, Mitsubishi, Mitsumi, MMagic, Mustek, Nomaï, Oaktech, Ocean, Olympus, Optima, OTI, Panasonic, Philips, Pinnacle, Pioneer, Plasmon, Plextor, Ricoh, Smart & Friendly, Samsung, Sony, Teac, Tevion, That’s Write!, Toshiba, Traxdata, US-Drives, Verbatim, Vuego, Waitec, Wearnes, Yamaha.

System requirements

• Pentium 90
• 16 MB RAM
• Hard disk space: 12 MB

Supported Platforms

• Nero 5
  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows NT 4.0
• Packet Writing software
  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98
  • Free upgrade for NT & Windows 2000 version when available