Free CD burning software
Express Burn Free CD is a CD-burning software that lets you burn audio or video files to a CD, DVD or Blu-Ray disc. You can also use it to burn ISO images to create a bootable disc.
NCH Software developed Express Burn for use on your Windows PC. You can download it for free in English or five other languages. You can also use it on your Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 to Windows 10 operating systems. Alternative options for you to consider are Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning, Ashampoo Burning Studio Free and AnyBurn.
Software features
This software lets you burn audio files with digital recording to maintain excellent sound quality. It lets you create MP3 discs for use in traditional CD players. It supports a variety of audio formats, like WAV, WMA, OGG and FLAC.
You can also create DVD and Blu-ray video discs using either PAL or NTSC. Express Burn re-encodes video files when you create standard movie discs. It supports AVI, MPG, WMV, MP4 and other video formats using a DirectShow-based codec.
Express Burn offers many DVD authoring features, like creating menus and adding custom images. It provides you with more than 20 templates to get you started. It also lets you burn rewritable or read-only discs or create bootable discs. Additionally, you can use the command line to automate burning or integrate it with other software.
Express Burn supports multi-session audio discs, but only if you haven't finalised the disc. Note that it won’t play on all CD players. Data discs, though, are only single sessions, so you can't add any files later.
The free version only lets you burn CDs, but you can use it indefinitely without an account.
System requirements
You need to meet the following basic requirements to run this software on your PC:
- Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 to Windows 10
- It supports the 64-bit Windows operating system
- A disc drive that supports burning
Burn audio, video, and data disc
Express Burn lets you burn audio and video files to CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. You can use it to burn your favourite music to a CD to use in your car radio or CD player. Lastly, you can back up photos of treasured moments and share them with friends and family.
