# Nero Burning ROM

Nero Burning ROM, commonly called Nero, is an optical disc authoring program from Nero AG. The software is part of the Nero Multimedia Suite but is also available as a stand-alone product. It is used for burning and copying optical media such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray disks. The program also supports the label printing technologies LightScribe and LabelFlash, and can be used to convert audio files into other audio formats.

## Name

Nero Burning ROM is a pun in reference to Roman Emperor Nero, who was best known for his association in the Great Fire of Rome. The emperor allegedly fiddled while the city of Rome burned. Also, Rome in German is spelled Rom. The software's logo features a burning Colosseum, although this is an anachronism as it was not built until after Nero's death.

## Features

Nero Burning ROM is only available for Microsoft Windows. A Linux-compatible version was available from 2005 to 2012, but it has since been discontinued. In newer versions, media can be added to compilations via the Nero MediaBrowser. Nero AirBurn, a new feature in Nero 2015, enables users to burn media straight from their mobile devices. The latest version is Nero Burning ROM 2017 released in October 2016 including SecurDisc [ru; de] 4.0 with 256-bit encryption.
The software supports the creation of a variety of media formats:
* Disk image files
* Audio CD discs
* DVD-Video discs
* Blu-ray Discs
* AVCHD video discs
* Bootable data discs
* ISO/UDF data discs
* SecurDisc [ru; de] discs
Additional functions include:
* Printing on discs with LightScribe and LabelFlash technology
* Erasing rewritable discs
* Copying audio CD tracks in a choice of audio formats onto a hard disk drive
* Converting audio files to other audio file formats
* Connection to the online music database Gracenote

## Image format support

Nero Burning ROM works with a number of optical disc image formats, including the raw uncompressed image using the ISO9660 standard and Nero's proprietary NRG file format. Depending on the version, additional image formats may be supported. To use non-natively supported formats such as lossless FLAC, Wavpack, and Shorten, additional program modules must be installed. The modules are also known as plug-ins and codecs and are usually free, although Nero AG sells some proprietary video and audio plug-ins. Standard CD images created by Nero products have the filename extension .NRG, but users can also create and burn normal ISO images.

## Varieties

Nero Burning ROM is integrated in the Nero Multimedia Suite and is also available as a downloadable standalone product. It is also a part of Nero Essentials – a slimmed-down version of Nero Multimedia Suite – that comes bundled with OEM computers and optical disc writers.

## Version history
### Nero Burning ROM

| Version Number | Nero Application Release Date | Notes |
| Nero Burning ROM |||
| 1.0 | 1997 | Only release of version 1. |
| Nero Burning ROM 2 |||
| 2.0.0.0 | 1997 | First release of version 2. |
| 2.0.1.5 | 1997 | Last release of version 2. |
| Nero Burning ROM 3 |||
| 3.0.0.0 | 1997 | First release of version 3. |
| 3.0.7.1 | 1998 | Last release of version 3. |
| Nero Burning ROM 4 |||
| 4.0.0.2 | 1999 | First release of version 4. CD-ROM UDF and UDF/ISO (Bridge) support added. Nero Cover Editor. |
| 4.0.3.0 | 1999 | Last version for Windows 3.x (requires Win32s). |
| 4.0.9.1 | 20 March 2000 | Last release of version 4. New features include twin VQ Encoding/Decoding, audio echo filter, and audio drag & drop implemented for Windows 2000. |
| Nero Burning ROM 5 |||
| 5.0.0.3 | 2000 | First release of version 5. |
| 5.5 | 30 April 2001 | Major update. New features included Nero Wave Editor, Advanced Nero Cover Designer, Nero MPEG1 Video Encoder, VCD/SVCD Menu Creation, Audio Plug-In Interface, Embedded Nero API (Application Program Interface), Nero Toolkit. |
| 5.5.4.0 | 25 August 2001 | First version to support DVD burning. |
| 5.5.9.0 | 4 July 2002 | The first version with codec plug-in support (for example, writing FLAC, WavPack, MP4 etc. files to Audio CDs), Windows XP Support. |
| 5.5.10.56 | 2 March 2004 | Last release of version 5. Last version for Windows 95A. Nero 6 requires Windows 95B/98 or later. |
| Nero Burning ROM 6 |||
| 6.0.0.9 | 25 July 2003 | First release of version 6. Early versions of Nero version 6 would burn only data DVDs using the ISO 9660 file system. Though DVD drives seemed to have no difficulty reading single-layer discs, compatibility with dual-layer discs was problematic. |
| 6.3.1.25 | 18 June 2004 | Last version for Windows NT 4.0. |
| 6.6.0.8 | 17 February 2005 | Added LightScribe support. |
| 6.6.1.15c | 31 July 2007 | Last release of version 6. |
| Nero Burning ROM 7 |||
| 7.0.1.2 | 31 October 2005 | First release of version 7. For unknown reasons, Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced for North America has no LabelFlash or DiscT@2 support as Nero 7 Premium for Europe does. |
| 7.2.7.0 | 28 August 2006 | Last version for Windows 95B/98/ME. |
| 7.5.1.1 | 18 September 2006 | Introduced support for LightScribe and writing data on Blu-ray Disc writer drive. |
| 7.5.7.0 | 16 October 2006 | Designed to run on Windows Vista. |
| 7.7.5.1 | 18 January 2007 | Officially certified for Windows Vista. Fixed all prior reported flaws, updated Booktype support, and added further options for high definition discs. |
| 7.8.5.0 | 20 March 2007 | Bugfix release. |
| 7.10.1.1 | 4 July 2007 | Bugfix release. |
| 7.11.10.0b | 21 January 2010 | Bugfix release. |
| 7.11.10.0c | March 11, 2010 | Windows 7 compatibility update. Last release of version 7. |
| Nero Burning ROM 8 |||
| 8.1.1.0 | 1 October 2007 | First release of version 8. |
| 8.2.8.0 | 19 December 2007 | Added support for DualLayer DVD-RW media including layer jump junction. |
| 8.3.2.1 | 12 March 2008 | Minor bug fixes. Improved playback compatibility for Blu-ray. |
| 8.3.6.0 | 14 July 2008 | Minor bug fixes. NeroShowTime gained support for DXVA 2.0 and ATI UVD. |
| 8.3.13.0 | 17 December 2008 | |
| 8.3.13.0a | 11 January 2010 | Prior release of version 8. |
| 8.3.20.0 | 15 March 2010 | Last release of version 8. Last version for Windows 2000. |
| Nero Burning ROM 9 |||
| 9.0.9.4b | 29 September 2008 | First release of version 9. First release to support Windows 7. |
| 9.0.9.4c | 16 October 2008 | |
| 9.2.6.0 | 17 December 2008 | |
| 9.4.13.2 | 2 June 2009 | |
| 9.4.13.2b | 29 June 2009 | |
| 9.4.13.2d | 28 August 2009 | |
| 9.4.26.0 | 9 October 2009 | |
| 9.4.26.0b | 24 March 2010 | |
| 9.4.44.0b | 3 March 2011 | Last release of version 9. |
| Nero Burning ROM 10 |||
| 10.0.13100 | 12 April 2010 | First retail release of version 10 |
| 10.6.11300 | | Latest update available in official website. Last release of version 10. |
| Nero Burning ROM 11 |||
| 11.0.10700 | | First online release of version 11. First release to support the following BDXL media: BD-R TL, BD-RE TL, BD-R QL, and BD-RE QL. |
| 11.0.12200 | | |
| 11.0.10500 | 14 December 2011 | |
| 11.2.10300 | | Last release of version 11. |
| Nero Burning ROM 12 |||
| 12.0.00300 | 24 Sep 2012 | First release to officially support under Windows 8. |
| 12.0.00800 | 03 Dec 2012 | |
| 12.5.00900 | 04 Mar 2013 | |
| 12.5.01300 | 01 Jul 2013 | Last release of version 12. Last release not using calendar year for edition naming conventions of Nero Burning ROM. |
| Nero Burning ROM 2014 |||
| 15.0.02100 | 27 Sep 2013 | First release of 2014 edition. First release to use calendar year for edition naming conventions of Nero Burning ROM. |
| 15.0.02700 | 21 Oct 2013 | |
| 15.0.03600 | 27 Nov 2013 | |
| 15.0.03900 | 13 Jan 2014 | |
| 15.0.04200 | 07 Feb 2014 | |
| 15.0.04600 | 11 Mar 2014 | |
| 15.0.05300 | 17 Jun 2014 | Last release of 2014 edition. |
| Nero Burning ROM 2015 |||
| 16.0.01300 | 17 Sep 2014 | First release of 2015 edition. |
| 16.0.02000 | 27 Jan 2015 | |
| 16.0.02700 | 06 May 2015 | Last release of 2015 edition. Last version for Windows XP and Vista. |
| Nero Burning ROM 2016 |||
| 17.0.00?00 | 21 Sep 2015 | First release of 2016 edition. |
| 17.0.00700 | 03 Mar 2016 | |
| Nero Burning ROM 2017 |||
| 18.0.00900 | 04 Oct 2016 | First release of 2017 edition. |
| 18.0.16000 | 06 Dec 2016 | |
| 18.0.19000 | 15 Mar 2017 | |
| Nero Burning ROM 2018 |||
| | 2017 | First release of 2018 edition. |
| Nero Burning ROM 2024 |||
| 26.0.1.4 | 1 Nov 2023 | First release of 2024 edition. |
Note: Although Nero AG appears to no longer maintain a history of older versions on their website, release notes are archived by several third-party sites.

### Nero Linux

| Version number | Release date | Notes |
| Nero Linux |||
| 1.0 | 12 March 2005 | First release |
| Nero Linux 2 |||
| 2.1.0.4b | 21 February 2007 | Last release of Nero Linux version 2 |
| Nero Linux 3 |||
| 3.0.0.0 | 24 May 2007 | GTK+ 2 port, Unicode support, Blu-ray burning. |
| 3.0.2.1 | 6 November 2007 | |
| 3.1.1.0 | 13 February 2008 | Based on NeroAPI version 7.20. Some command line arguments supported. |
| 3.5 | 5 April 2008 | |
| 3.5.2.3 | 22 December 2008 | |
| 3.5.3.1 | 18 June 2009 | |
| Nero Linux 4 |||
| 4.0.0.0 | 17 September 2009 | Current Linux release. |
| 4.0.0.0b | 22 December 2010 | Latest Linux update |