Version 5.0.4.4 - 3/2/01

• Bugfix: Yamaha CRW2100S reports error "Media not supported by this drive" in case of HighSpeed CD-RW for MELCO CDRW S8432 to prevent error while start reading CD
• Bugfix: "HD read error" while running hard disc backup enabled writing CD-Text with MATSHITA CW-7503
• Bugfix: CD will be closed in case 99 tracks are written
• Bugfix: corrected display of recorder buffer status while writing lead-in
• New: reduced start-up time of Nero
• New: enable overburn feature for CRD-BP2 up from FW 2.25
• New: selectable erase speed for CD-RW media
• New: new supported recorders: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2002, IOMEGA ZIPCD650 USB, IOMEGA ZIPCD1024EXT

Version 5.0.3.8 - 12/22/00

• Enable overburning for
• Lite-on LTR-0841 (and compatible), FW >= MS13
• Lite-on LTR-12101B (and compatible), FW >= LS18
• Mitsumi CR-4805TE / CR-48x5TE
• Enabled CD-Text for Ricoh RW8080A and Mitsumi CR-4804TE
• Enlarged the timout for internet cd database access from 2 to 15 seconds.
• Bugfix: in some cases manually ejecting of source CD from some
• CD-ROM/DVD drives failed after writing process
• Enable CD-Text writing for Toshiba SD-R1002 up from firmware version 1037

Version 5.0.3.5 - 11/30/00

• New recorders: Samsung CDRW/DVD SM-308B, Samsung CDRW/DVD SM-304B, Waitec T-REX, Waitec T-REX EI, Waitec Celerus, Memorex TwelveMAXX 1032A, AOpen CD-RW CRW1232 A, HP CD-Writer+ 9100c
• Bugfix: Hard-Disk-Backup if more than one CDR is needed
• Bugfix: In some rare cases Nero rejects writing to CD-R in case of unsupported media
• Improved performance of writing ISO Mode 2 compilations in TAO
• Show more detailed status information in CD-Info dialog

Version 5.0.3.1 - 10/31/00

• AOpen CRW1232, Creative CD-RW RW121032E, HP CD-Writer+ 9100b, HP CD-Writer+ 9500, HP CD-Writer+ 9500b, HP CD-Writer+ 9600, IODATA SX64, LaCie CDBP-121032S, Matsushita UJDA320, Matsushita UJDA330, Matsushita UJDA340, Matsushita UJDA710, Matsushita CDRCB01, Matsushita CDRRW03, Matsushita CDRRW04, Matsushita CDRRW05, Melco CRWS-SB1210, Melco CDRW-S4432, QPS CD-R PX-W1210A. QPS PX-W124TS, TEAC CD-W24E, Waitec CD-R WT3284, Waitec Raptor RED, Yamaha CRW2100E, Yamaha CRW2100S.
• Don't bother user with turning on simulation in case of BURN-Proof or JustLink turned on and first "copy on the fly" is detected.
• Added: Under Win2000 and Win98 Nero will no longer go into suspend or energy saving mode during the burn process or file conversions
• Added: possibility to stop the write process for BurnProof-sessions implemented
• Enabled Oversize feature for Plextor 8x4x32x and 12x10x32x family drives
• Enabled Oversize feature for Acer 10x8x32x
• Improvements in DAO/TAO writing at Sony-CDU9xx-family
• Bugfix: Mitsumi CR-2801TE and all other CD-Rs, which cannot write in DAO-mode: now you can burn a DAO-Image with these recorders (in TAO)
• Bugfix: mode 2 track could not be read after writing under Win 2000, only after reboot or CD-Info!
• Bugfix: Philips CDD3600 producing Audio-CDs in DAO-mode works correct now.

Version 5.0.2.4 - 9/19/00

• new recorder: PlexWriter 12/10/32S
• Less "Continue with Burn?" messages.
• Fixed an issue on some Windows 2000 systems with copy on-the-fly, some discs where unreadable

Version 5.0.2.2 - 9/1/00

• new recorders: AOpen CRW1232, Iomega ZIPCD-DVDROM, LACIE CDBP-12432S, LG CD-RW CED-81
• Matsushita/Panasonic CW-7586, Ricoh CD-R/RW MP7120A
• Corrected selection of write speed regarding loaded CD-R/RW media for several recorders.
• Improved reading from source CD using CD-Copy
• Improved detection of USB devices under Windows 2000
• Fixed bug causing ISRC not being written to disc

Version 5.0.1.8

• new recorders: Archos ARC XS4424, ARC XS8432, Canon XS4424, Creative CD-RW RW8436E, CD-RW RW8437E,
• Creative CD-RW RW8438E, CD-RW RW8439E, MiniCDRW RW4426U, Iomega ZIPCDINT1536, Maxell MCD-RW84-32,
• Memorex CDRW-8432, NEC NR-7500A, Philips 4424 CDRW, 4220 CDRW, Q-lity CD-R/RW ECW-043,
• Sony CRX0821, CRX700E, Wearnes CDRW-12832
• Overburn support for several Sanyo drives
• Copying of CDs in CD-Extra format improved.
• Multiple recorder support under Windows 2000 improved.
• Support of drives which does not have driveletters
• Bugfix: Trying to load an audio document (NRA) with dead link using filters was causing a crash.
• Bugfix: Problems writing an Audio CD with CD-Text with Sony CRX120
• Bugfix: The hiss reduction audio filter filled sometimes the disk with useless data
• Bugfix: The "queuing failed" error of Nero 5.0.1.3 fixed

Version 5.0.1.3

• new recorders: Actima ARW8432E, ARW8432P. BTC IDE8x4x40, BCE840IE, IDE8432, BCE833IE, Creative CD-RW RW8435E. Delta CQ8040A, RW880
• Lite-On LTR-1240B, Plextor CD-R PX-W1210A, Ricoh CD-R/RW MP7063A, Samsung CD-R/RW SW-208B
• Supporting additional USB drives under Windows 2000
• Improved data transfer speed under Windows 2000
• bugfix: ISO Property pages shows correct size of ISO multisession compilations
• bugfix: Corrected write speed selection for high speed recorders and 2x write speed selection for some older recorders
• Fixed problem of creating audio CDs in DAO with some Mitsumi recorders (audio tracks contained noise)
• Fixed problem writing ISO/UDF Mode 2 bridge CDs in DAO mode
• Fixed problem writing Mixed Mode CDs, in case CD-ROM drive is used as source for audio tracks

Version 5.0.0.9

• new recorders: e.g. recorders with FireWire/1394 interface improved the stability of Nero
• improved the support of Mitsumi and Samsung drives
• improved the recognization of available recorder speed seetings
• bugfix: fixed problems with internet database access, that would not work, if the Windows user name contained blanks " "
• bugfix: fixed a problem in Super Video CDs compilations, that could not handle many still images correctly
• bugfix: fixed problems, that could cause audio CD to contain only noise instead of music under certain circumstances

Version 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 realtime now
• Support of crossfading between several audio tracks
• Support for the free online 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" auto- matically. M3U playlists containing the titles of a CD can be created.
• A completelely 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

Version 4.0.9.1

• new recorders: Samsung Combo SM-304, Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R1002, Delta OIP-PW2004A, external FreeCom adapters
• new feature: Twin VQ Encoding/Decoding
• new feature: Audio echo filter added
• new feature: Audio drag&drop implemented for Windows 2000
• MultiMounter works again under Windows 95/98
• workaround: incompatibility of logitech mouseware 9.0 under Windows 2000
• bugfix: hibernate mode now fully supported under Windows 2000
• bugfix: corrected CD-info of multisession CDs with some recorders
• bugfix: copy on-the-fly of mixed mode CDs with some CD-ROM drives

Version 4.0.8.3

• new recorders: AOpen CRW8432, Memorex CDRW-6424, Panasonic KXL-RW10AN, Ricoh DVD/CDRW MP9060, Smart & Friendly CD Rocket Mach 12, Yamaha CRW8424S, ...
• supporting Windows 2000
• several minor bug fixes

Version 4.0.7.5

• new recorders: JVC XR-W4424S, Sanyo CRD-BP2, Yamaha CRW8416
• supporting BURN-Proof feature
• several minor bug fixes

Version 4.0.7.0

• adding support of 12x cd-recorders
• many new other cd-recorders
• bugfix: Wave splitting should now work correctly for wave files with nonstandard parameters
• bugfix: improved the recording with 8x ide cd-recorders

Version 4.0.5.6

• 30 times MP3-Encoding with ultrafast brandnew MP3-Encoding engine from Fraunhofer
• Audio File Encoding between formats
• Video CD: non-VCD 2.0 MPeg-files are allowed now
• Nero Wizard improvements
• Increased read-speed and more options for copy on-the-fly
• Improved button usage in user-interface
• Editing of Joliet-filenames now enabled
• bugfix: long tracks on a Video CD were truncated slightly when played on non-CDI players
• bugfix: two or more identical drives in a PC could have made problems for CD Copy
• bugfix: Nero wave files could have contained wrong information in their header

Version 4.0.5.0

• Video CD support
• Nero Wizard for easy burning
• Increased stability with some IDE CD-ROM drives for copy on-the-fly using larger RAM buffer for burning for higher security
• Russian language support

Version 4.0.3.5

• Bug fix: in some large ISO compilations files could be truncated.

Version 4.0.3.4

• New recorders: Acer CD-R/RW CRW4432A, Philips CDD4201 CD-R/RW, Waitec WT2444EI, WT4046, WT2082, Traxdata CDRW4424 PLUS, CDRW4432 PLUS, DYSAN CDRW-4416, CDRW-4216, CRW-426, CRW-1426, CDRW-2216, Memorex CDRW-4416, CDRW-4216, CDRW-4416S, CD-RW2224, CD-RW4224, Plextor CD-R PX-W8220, HP CD-Writer+ 7500, 8200
• Bug fix: error 'wrong file type.' if multiple copies in copy-on-the-fly mode solved
• Feature: now backup works fine with Image recorder

Version 4.0.3.0 - 5/8/99

• MP3 (MPEG 1.0, Layer 3) decoding support implemented. MP3 files can be burned and decoded "on the fly".
• 20 band realtime equalizer audio filter implemented.
• Harddisk backup feature, that allows to burn partitions and entire harddisks sectorwise on cds. Even fully configured operating systems can be restored as they were in the moment, when the backup was written. Nero currently supports the filesystems FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HPFS and Linux ext2fs.

Version 4.0.1.3

• On some machines in rare cases a 'waitqueue error' occured. Fixed.
• Problem with SCSI1HLP.VXD solved (blue screen with some dvd-rom drives).
• VCD discs could be played again with media player.
• NEW: Chinese version avaiable.