Nero 9 is the next generation of the world’s most trusted integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite. It features new cutting-edge functionality that makes enjoying digital media content simple.

Using Nero 9 you can now easily burn, rip and edit, convert and share, backup and protect your digital media. Whatever you want – music, video, photo, and data – enjoy and share with family and friends anytime, anywhere.

NOTE:
To install the application you need to get a Trial Serial Number here.

Here are some key features of "Nero 9":

· Create & Edit
· Video - Whether you’re recording soccer games, concerts, or family reunions, get professional results in an easy-to-use video creation and editing tool. Use the Movie Wizard template library and create entertaining movies for every occasion (birthdays, weddings, vacations). Watch seamless movies or music videos, without commercials or other scenes interrupting, by using Ad Spotter to automatically cut them out. Become the movie director you were meant to be!
· Music - Dust off your old CDs and LPs and digitally archive them forever. Easily manage and play your favorite music titles with new music recognition service delivers accurate song and artist information, and album art (Powered by Gracenote). Browse media for playback, create playlists of your favorite audio tracks, shuffle and categorize tracks for easy reference. Simply create MP3 archives of your favorite Music videos with Music Grabber.
· Photo - Whether you’re recording soccer games, concerts, or family reunions, get professional results in an easy-to-use video creation and editing tool. Use the Movie Wizard template library and create entertaining movies for every occasion (birthdays, weddings, vacations). Watch seamless movies or music videos, without commercials or other scenes interrupting, by using Ad Spotter to automatically cut them out. Become the movie director you were meant to be!
· Convert & Share
· High-Definition - Make use of the latest AVCHD or HDV camcorders, edit your project in HD quality including Nero SmartEncoding for AVCHD and create an AVCHD disc on a regular DVD medium (red laser) or a BD-AV disc (blue laser).
· Convert & enjoy multimedia files on iPod, PSP - Convert your music, videos, and photos to DVD, CD, or your portable devices and enjoy them on the go. Convert your old CDs, LPs, and tapes to MP3s and save them forever – Gracenote MusicID will give you the track information, titles, and great album art to complete your collection.
· Internet - Upload your coolest photos and videos to share with online communities.
· Home Entertainment
· Media Center - NEW amazing TV experience from the comfort of your sofa gives you state-of-the-art TV technology, even for HDTV and DVB Radio. Integrates into Windows Vista Media Center and Windows XP Media Center Edition.
· High-Definition Television - Record, manage, playback, and enjoy your favorite TV shows – even for HDTV. Watch High-Definition TV and use the P-i-P (“picture-in-picture”) mode for watching 2 channels at the same time.
· Rip & Burn
· Best in the World! - Fast and easy ripping, burning and copying of CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs directly through Nero StartSmart. With DVD-R Dual Layer and DVD+R Double Layer support, you’ll get more data on a disc than ever before!
· DiscCopy Gadget - One-click disc copy with Nero DiscCopy Gadget - optimized for Windows Vista.
· Personalized Disc Labels - Personalize your discs with labels, covers, and booklets, and choose from multiple templates or customize with your own images.
· Backup
· Protect and Archive Files and Data - Safely backup to archive, protect, and manage your multimedia library for generations to come. Don’t lose your valuable memories and important files to life’s potential hazards, or risky hardware – protectively archiving files and data is a point-and-click away.
· Securely Manage Content - Customize automatic functions for easy and convenient Autobackup for offline or online files storage. Schedule automatic backups to ensure consistency and recover and preserve files and data with Nero RescueAgent. Easily scan for most media types and files, with quick overview of damage and rescue status.

Requirements:

· A DVD-ROM drive is required for installation
· Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
· 1 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent AMD and Intel processor (2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent AMD and Intel processor for Windows Vista), 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista)
· 1.5 GB hard drive space for a typical installation of all components
· CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc recordable or rewritable drive for burning
· DirectX 9.0c revision 30 (August 2006) or higher
· Up to 9 GB available hard drive space for DVD images and temporary DVD files
· Graphics card with at least 32 MB video memory and minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and 16-bit color settings (24-bit or 32-bit true color is recommended)
· Installation of the latest WHQL certified device drivers is strongly recommended
· For the Nero Online services: Nero product registration, product updates, patent activation, Gracenote services, Nero Online Backup, and other features (such as photo sharing) an Internet connection is required.

Limitations:

· 15 days trial
· AVCHD authoring and playback as well as MPEG-4 and BD-AV formats are not supported in the trial version

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Changes/Bugfixes:
· The error message: "could not get ClassID" is no longer displayed after launching Nero Burning ROM.
· "Continue multisession" projects are displayed in the correct size.
· Volume is correct when using the "Save Tracks" option (MP3 only).
· Nero Recode (4.4.22.0)
Changes/Bugfixes:
· The option "Shutdown down computer when finished" works correctly.
· .TS files can be opened.
· The error message "Out of memory" is no longer displayed during the burn process.
· The error message "DirectShow error" is no longer displayed when encoding to an iPod format.
· Nero Vision (6.4.9.0)
New Features:
· Import your PowerPoint presentations and convert to DVD-Video or BD for TV playback (requires installed Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 or 2007)
· Archive HD movies in highest quality AVCHD format to HDD including USB stick and flash memory card, SD Card and Memory Stick(TM), even without the use of an optical recorder
Changes/Bugfixes:
· After exporting files from Nero Vision, it is pos...

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