The last time I was talking about free DVD burner's was with Express Burn. Now it turns out Express Burn is not exactly free. The download is fully working for 14 days. After that period of time it expires and you are restricted to only buring CD's. It's kinda freeware but actually just shareware. Annoying, but fine if you only need to burn audio CD's.
Well anyway, no need to worry! If you want a completly free DVD burner with no restrictions and compatibility with Windows Vista, you should use DEEP BURNER.
It burns CD's and DVD's but not HD DVD or Blu Ray. But it's stable and very good. It actually looks like the front end of that other freeware burner Final Burn - except slightly more polished and presentable.
Go download DEEP BURNER here.
Remember: it's freeware.
Showing posts with label Essential. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essential. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Express Burn: free DVD burner that works under Vista
Yesterday I was trying to back up some Office Hours files to a disc, but I ran into a few difficulties. I was using Windows Vista and was attempting to burn a DVD using freeware program Final Burner. Final burner is usually so reliable - well it is under Windows 2000/XP - but with Vista it just kept failing to write. Annoying.
Anyway's, I went looking on the internet for a Vista Compatible alternative and came upon Express Burn.
It has a nice simple interface, can burn Audio CD's, Data DVD's, Video, and even BLue Ray and HD DVD discs. And it's free! Most importantly it burned those important Office Hours files for me and I intend to keep using it. Maybe you should give it a try too.
You can download it here : EXPRESS BURN http://www.nch.com.au/burn
The people who make this software also do Wave Editor (the free audio editing program), so you can check that out too while you're on their site. Express Burn is not shareware, contains no time-linits or any crap like that, and it's adware free.
Remember to check out the Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List for other top quality free software recommended by us.
Anyway's, I went looking on the internet for a Vista Compatible alternative and came upon Express Burn.
It has a nice simple interface, can burn Audio CD's, Data DVD's, Video, and even BLue Ray and HD DVD discs. And it's free! Most importantly it burned those important Office Hours files for me and I intend to keep using it. Maybe you should give it a try too.
You can download it here : EXPRESS BURN http://www.nch.com.au/burn
The people who make this software also do Wave Editor (the free audio editing program), so you can check that out too while you're on their site. Express Burn is not shareware, contains no time-linits or any crap like that, and it's adware free.
Remember to check out the Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List for other top quality free software recommended by us.
NOTE: I just noticed today (Dec/10/2007) that my copy of Express Burn no longer burns to DVD/Blu Ray/HD DVD. As far as I knew, Express burn was "freeware" - with no restrictions or expiry limits. Well, guess what? It does expire after 14 days. This is pretty crappy, In my opinion. You can stil burn CD's but not DVD's. Just wanted to let you know - Shane
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Our 100th POSTING!
This is the 100th posting on the Dwarfed Films blog!
Hopefully there are a few people out there in internet world that have visited the site and enjoyed what they've read/seen. (fingers crossed)
Our very first posting was back in 2006 and featured details on a "new" film called
TO SHOOT A RURF which we were in the process of making.
The following postings discussed the filmmaking process behind the making of To Shoot A Rurf and featured screenshots and stills. We also included some small bits of info on previous films such as The Darkside and Opera Baby.
As we progressed we realised that people were interested in seeing the developmental progress of piecing a film together so we included more and more images and screenshots but this time with annotations and comments. An extension of this lead to the idea of putting together the Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List which promotes the most effective and useful freeware/open source tools available for making films. You can find lots of freeware on the net but it's annoying having to trawl through lists and advertisements just to find something good so we hope our freeware list packages the best of the best together nicely :)
In the past few months we've delivered an abundace of material showing the making of our latest film OFFICE HOURS. By the end of it you'll have seen the complete breakdown of how this 3D animated picture was put together from initial design concept through to the finished end product.
To anyone thats stuck with us or to any new visitors we say a big thank you and hope you'll stick with us for a hundred more postings featuring details on filmmaking, photography, animation, our music and much more!
Shane Sheils & Paula Sheils
Dwarfed Films
Ireland
NOTE: To Shoot A Rurf is screening at the Portobello Film Festival in London, UK on the 17th August at Westbourne Studios. Visit the Portobello Film Festival 2007 site and download the programme brochure (2mb-PDF format).
Email Dwarfed Films or leave a comment on the site
Hopefully there are a few people out there in internet world that have visited the site and enjoyed what they've read/seen. (fingers crossed)
Our very first posting was back in 2006 and featured details on a "new" film called
TO SHOOT A RURF which we were in the process of making.
The following postings discussed the filmmaking process behind the making of To Shoot A Rurf and featured screenshots and stills. We also included some small bits of info on previous films such as The Darkside and Opera Baby.
As we progressed we realised that people were interested in seeing the developmental progress of piecing a film together so we included more and more images and screenshots but this time with annotations and comments. An extension of this lead to the idea of putting together the Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List which promotes the most effective and useful freeware/open source tools available for making films. You can find lots of freeware on the net but it's annoying having to trawl through lists and advertisements just to find something good so we hope our freeware list packages the best of the best together nicely :)
In the past few months we've delivered an abundace of material showing the making of our latest film OFFICE HOURS. By the end of it you'll have seen the complete breakdown of how this 3D animated picture was put together from initial design concept through to the finished end product.
To anyone thats stuck with us or to any new visitors we say a big thank you and hope you'll stick with us for a hundred more postings featuring details on filmmaking, photography, animation, our music and much more!
Shane Sheils & Paula Sheils
Dwarfed Films
Ireland
NOTE: To Shoot A Rurf is screening at the Portobello Film Festival in London, UK on the 17th August at Westbourne Studios. Visit the Portobello Film Festival 2007 site and download the programme brochure (2mb-PDF format).
Email Dwarfed Films or leave a comment on the site
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Dwarfed Films blog is B.B.D featured feed
Our site is the featured feed on the Big Blog Directory (B.B.D) for this week.
So if anyone who is reading this linked to us from B.B.D we'd encourage you to check out the Dwarfed Films site history of postings.
You are sure to find something interesting to read or view!
Oh, and don't forget the updated Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List or the To Shoot A Rurf blog either.
Check the links section on this site to navigate to more Dwarfed Films related sites.
As usual you can email Dwarfed Films or simply leave a comment on the site
So if anyone who is reading this linked to us from B.B.D we'd encourage you to check out the Dwarfed Films site history of postings.
You are sure to find something interesting to read or view!
Oh, and don't forget the updated Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List or the To Shoot A Rurf blog either.
Check the links section on this site to navigate to more Dwarfed Films related sites.
As usual you can email Dwarfed Films or simply leave a comment on the site
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Essential Free Software List has been updated
The Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List has been updated with some new programs and direct links to download sites.
Some websites that advertise freeware are fake and contain malware/spyware. The sites we've included are ones we've used ourselves.
We hope you find some useful programs and realise that just because something is free doesn't mean it's crap! The particular programs we've featured are the equal or better than their commercial rivals. Programs marked with "*" are ones we regularly use.
Click to go to Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List
Email Dwarfed Films or leave a comment below
Some websites that advertise freeware are fake and contain malware/spyware. The sites we've included are ones we've used ourselves.
We hope you find some useful programs and realise that just because something is free doesn't mean it's crap! The particular programs we've featured are the equal or better than their commercial rivals. Programs marked with "*" are ones we regularly use.
Click to go to Dwarfed Films Essential Freeware List
Email Dwarfed Films or leave a comment below
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
PC Utilities Magazine Issue#88
The Essential Freeware section on this website hopefully has been of some use to a few of you out there but we highly recommend a UK magazine called PC Utilities. It is a monthly magazine that comes with a DVD of freeware (plus some shareware/trialware) software for windows operating systems.
This months issue, #88, comes with a bumper 4gigs+ of software that will suit your needs for practically every task (well a lot of tasks at least!). It includes everything from Blender(2.43 version - although 2.44 is now out and available from blender.org), Firefox, security software (Ad Aware SE, and loads more), Foxit PDF Reader (better than acrobat reader) and literally hundreds more essential programs in all catagories. If you see it in your local newsagents I recommend picking up a copy and make sure that the DVD is included!
Go to the Dwarfed Films ESSENTIAL FREEWARE
Contact Dwarfed Films
This months issue, #88, comes with a bumper 4gigs+ of software that will suit your needs for practically every task (well a lot of tasks at least!). It includes everything from Blender(2.43 version - although 2.44 is now out and available from blender.org), Firefox, security software (Ad Aware SE, and loads more), Foxit PDF Reader (better than acrobat reader) and literally hundreds more essential programs in all catagories. If you see it in your local newsagents I recommend picking up a copy and make sure that the DVD is included!
Go to the Dwarfed Films ESSENTIAL FREEWARE
Contact Dwarfed Films
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