Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 for Free

[renegade08]

Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009

Get latest Ashampoo product for free. Obviously they are really generous and they are offering alternative to other products.

-{ Quote: "Price:Free full commercial app " }-

Enjoy !

First 2 pics are from Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 and other 2 pics are from Ashampoo Burning Studio 8.0.4(which is latest version available from Ashampoo) , just for comparison.


http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2235230/ashampoo-burning-studio-2009

[wilbertnl]

Renegade08, Thank you very much for the heads-up on this.

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "Renegade08, Thank you very much for the heads-up on this." }-


Wilbertnl , You are most welcome.

I'm glad that someone may find this interesting.

[Fuzzfas]

Thanks a lot Renegade! I was using the 6.75 free version. This must be better! ;D

[bgoodman4]

Thanks from me too, much appreciated.

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "Thanks a lot Renegade! I was using the 6.75 free version. This must be better! ;D" }-

Same here :argh:. I was using 6.75, but now we have a Winner!

Glad that you like it you guys (Fuzzfas*puppy* and bgoodman4).

[lodore]

Thanks:thumb:

[Fuzzfas]

-{ Quote: "Same here :argh:. I was using 6.75, but now we have a Winner!

Glad that you like it you guys (Fuzzfas*puppy* and bgoodman4)." }-

Yes, a winner in deed! With 6.75, sometimes i had verification failure for no apparent reason (the dvd burnt fine). I think it happened while i was watching movies from the hard disk and maybe the increased disk activity was making it fail to verify. I burnt and verified one dvd with 2009 version while watching movie and did fine! I hope it stays that way!

Thanks again. :thumb:

P.S. : Sometimes i can't help myself wondering how Ashampoo makes money with all the free leechers like me. :-[

[gerardwil]

-{ Quote: "

P.S. : Sometimes i can't help myself wondering how Ashampoo makes money with all the free leechers like me. :-[" }-

They like to sell Burning Studio 8 to you ;)

Gerard

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "Yes, a winner in deed! With 6.75, sometimes i had verification failure for no apparent reason (the dvd burnt fine). I think it happened while i was watching movies from the hard disk and maybe the increased disk activity was making it fail to verify.

Thanks again. :thumb:

" }-

Fuzzfas, I have too verification problems with Ashampoo all the time. But AFAIK is not a big deal and i don't bodder myself with that anymore. Probably is some bug with program, although i have never contacted them.
At all the disks i have burned with Ashampoo i haven't noticed anything strange.

Now i don't verify my disks.

-{ Quote: "I burnt and verified one dvd with 2009 version while watching movie and did fine! I hope it stays that way!" }-

Man, you are so fast. When did you managed to do that :blink: ?

-{ Quote: "P.S. : Sometimes i can't help myself wondering how Ashampoo makes money with all the free leechers like me. :-[" }-

P.S. Yes really they are offering quite a lot of full apps.

[the Tester]

Thanks for posting this renegade.
I'm going to try it for burning cd's. Maybe it will replace Deep Burner on my computer.

[djohn]

wow thank you Renegade,I am using studio 6 and just love it works wonderfull,In Fact I used it for a few linux distros ISO and No coasters from Ashampoo.Going for the 2009 now.

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "wow thank you Renegade,I am using studio 6 and just love it works wonderfull,In Fact I used it for a few linux distros ISO and No coasters from Ashampoo.Going for the 2009 now." }-

No problem mate.;)

You are all most welcome. I hope that you will enjoy using it.

Santa got little late this year, but for all you good boys @ Wilders it brings you a present ;D .

[Tarq57]

Thanks from me, too. Heard good things about the Ashampoo burning software, looking forward to trying it out as an alternative to the Nero6 I have been using.

[innerpeace]

Will this version allow you to rip and burn at high kbps? I think my version 6 was limited at 64kbps.

[Fuzzfas]

-{ Quote: "Fuzzfas, I have too verification problems with Ashampoo all the time. But AFAIK is not a big deal and i don't bodder myself with that anymore. Probably is some bug with program, although i have never contacted them.
At all the disks i have burned with Ashampoo i haven't noticed anything strange.

Now i don't verify my disks. " }-

In deed, it was always burning them correctly, but oddly enough, failing in verification. Anyway, i have hopes for this version. I always verify dvds with content that is particularly important for me, just in case. Even by using Verbatim, i have had cases of disks that were defective.


-{ Quote: "
Man, you are so fast. When did you managed to do that :blink: ? " }-

Ah, simply i had the files ready to burn, when you came with the good news! So i used the 2009 version. :D

-{ Quote: "Thanks from me, too. Heard good things about the Ashampoo burning software, looking forward to trying it out as an alternative to the Nero6 I have been using." }-

You won't regret it. I ditched Nero a long time ago, because it was no longer a burning program. It was a huge multiprogram doing 100 other things beyond burning.

-{ Quote: "Will this version allow you to rip and burn at high kbps? I think my version 6 was limited at 64kbps." }-

I don't know how much this translates into nominal drive speed. I have a x16 SATA dvd burner and i always had the option for X16 even in 6.75 version.

[innerpeace]

-{ Quote: "I don't know how much this translates into nominal drive speed. I have a x16 SATA dvd burner and i always had the option for X16 even in 6.75 version." }-
Thanks Fuzzfas. I meant a high mp3 bit rate ( greater than 64kbps) and not burning/drive speed. Sorry, it's getting late here :ouch:.

[Fuzzfas]

-{ Quote: "Thanks Fuzzfas. I meant a high mp3 bit rate ( greater than 64kbps) and not burning/drive speed. Sorry, it's getting late here :ouch:." }-

Ah, i see, i didn't catch you. Well, with the 6.75 Free version, i have made audio cds from high bitrate MP3s (up to 320kbps,as well as flac) and also "data cd" with mp3s inside (without format conversion that is). I don't think it has any problem at that.

[hitbit]

Thanks for the info,
Have just installed Ashampoo and burned 3 disks. Its much faster and less complicated than my paid for Nero Burning Suite. Just off to have a look at their other products.

hitbit

[Mrkvonic]

What are the benefits of this over version 6, for instance?
Mrk

[Creer]

Thanks renegade08 for the info!


cheers!

[vafan]

Sweet. Thanks for the heads-up.


vafan :)

[innerpeace]

-{ Quote: "Ah, i see, i didn't catch you. Well, with the 6.75 Free version, i have made audio cds from high bitrate MP3s (up to 320kbps,as well as flac) and also "data cd" with mp3s inside (without format conversion that is). I don't think it has any problem at that." }-
Thanks for the info :). I'm using version 6.61 and if I choose to rip a normal music cd song to mp3 format and look under options, the highest choice of bit rate I'm offered is 56kBps. I worked around it by using Mrk's tutorial for audio files which included Audacity. IIRC, I copied the music cd or songs to a file and then converted with Audacity. I may have to try this 2009 version with the help of my little friend Returnil and see if it's different.

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "Thanks from me, too. Heard good things about the Ashampoo burning software, looking forward to trying it out as an alternative to the Nero6 I have been using." }-

Well it's quite good. I think that is only application that can be compared to Nero head to head, by features that offers and by it's quality.

For Ashampoo, i can only tell you about their burning software, which is quite good for me, although i don't have great demands, and you can see from comments from other members.

For Other Ashampoo products i can't comment, because i don't use them, although i have trialed them. You will have to ask someone else for that.

I have too Nero 6 but i'm not using anymore , maybe very rarely. Ver.6 (6.6) from Nero, was the last good version from Nero and everything above that was Dinosaur.

I still have Nero because one reason. When i was using Nero in the past i have some DVD-RW. When i erased them with other(Ashampoo,ImgBurn) program they become un-usefful(coasters).

So, i plan these days to buy new DVD-RW, and the i hope that i will ditch Nero.

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "What are the benefits of this over version 6, for instance?
Mrk" }-

Hi Mrk,

I can't really tell you what will you gain from upgrading from ver.6 to this latest release.
This was just released and i myself haven't had chance to tried it a lot, so that i can share experience. I have to burn 3-4 DVD's, so i will post here what happend.

As you already probably know, i will only tell you that you will have to install 2009 and try it for yourself. That way you will know whether does or doesn't satisfy your demands.
If you are afraid that 2009 is heavy that ver.6 ( like newer versions from nero which are heavier that the older ver. which are lighter) i don't think that you have to worry.

If you have installed ver. 6 you compare the features offered in ver.6 and in 2009.
I don't want to spam the forum, but you can see and other interested people
features offered in ver.6 and ver. 2009 .

Obviously the latest 2009 is richer with features.
It's their latest and newest version so i assume probably it has some new technologies applied to it. This may apply to newest hardware.

If you see other two pictures, version 2009, also states 8.04.
I have downloaded from Ashampoo their latest 8 version, and also states 8.04.
Now you can see my point.

When i have installed both versions( 2009 and ver.8 ) I haven't seen no differences whatsoever it both version.
So, you are getting Ashampoo latest version for free ;) , which they are selling for 50$. You can check this on their site. Although they have promotions from time to time and their products can be acquired very cheap.
From what it states @ vnunet i can see that offer upgrade to ver.8 and the only difference between these two(ver. 2009 and ver.8.04) is following:


-{ Quote: "Upgrade to Ashampoo Burning Studio 8 and you'll gain features like the ability to create animated DVD slideshows from your favourite photos. You can now create DVD movies from QuickTime source files (amongst many other supported formats), preview them with sound, then burn them to video DVDs." }-

BTW i don't find this a huge difference.

This kind of giveaways from Ashampoo happen quite usually and are not strange.

And if you don't want 2009, you can always keep ver.6.

[innerpeace]

Ok, I'm looking at the 2009 version and it gives me the same mp3 bit rate options :(. I admit I don't know much about ripping and burning, but I would at least want to rip music to 128kbps. Is there something I'm missing?

205936

As a side note, I notice this download version is about 10MB larger in size. The 2009 version installed is 63.4MB in size.

[Tarq57]

Interesting. Been following the bitrate discussion, for similar reasons to innerpeace, and decided to try this, using a random CD (Talking Heads 2nd album) and my results indicate a high bitrate is possible.
I wonder if yours was limited by the original quality on the source?

[renegade08]

I have the same results as Tarq57.

[innerpeace]

Hmmm... Thank you Tarq57 :thumb:. I wonder if it's because I've never went through with the installation of Windows Media Player? I've always used WinAmp as my media player with this nlited install of XP SP3 Home. I'm only guessing though. I'll have to try again, but not until tomorrow because it's late.

Thanks also to renegade08 for the confirmation of the bit rate and the thread/offer.

[Fuzzfas]

-{ Quote: "What are the benefits of this over version 6, for instance?
Mrk" }-

After having burnt 4 DVDs now, i can tell you one thing for sure. File verification is visibly improved. Also the buffer seems more stable. This verion is certainly improved. What remains to be see, is how it updates dvd data discs (i had some problem with that in the 6.75 version) and if it performs full deletion of RW dvds (it was doing it too quickly that i thought it wasn't the real "full deletion" thing).

[innerpeace]

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I still can't get the full rip bit rates you all are showing. Did you get them with the free version 6? I do know that my key is the same from 2 different email addys.

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I still can't get the full rip bit rates you all are showing. Did you get them with the free version 6? I do know that my key is the same from 2 different email addys." }-

I have same results with version 6.
I really can't tell you why you can get full bit rates.

Do you have different DVD devices. If you have more than one try on all you have.
Or try with different CD's (But i assume that you have already tried this above).:-\

[Tarq57]

Innerpeace, what are you ripping from?
Could the quality of the media be limiting the available bitrate? Tried different CDs?

[rpsgc]

I can also select up to 320kbps.

Innerpeace, maybe try reinstalling it, see if that works. If all else fails, use Exact Audio Copy :)

[innerpeace]

Thanks renegade08, Tarq57 and rpsgc. I have uninstalled and reinstalled a few times now. The last cd I tried to rip was Aerosmith "Big Ones".

Either something is missing from my XP home install or I didn't get the proper full version registration. Is there some sort of mp3/lame encoder anywhere in the Windows folder? I did do a search for lame, but I only find it in Audacity and Screamer Radio folders. IIRC, I put them there myself, definitely Audacity.

[zarzenz]

I've very interested in getting this Studio 2009 for free as it seems to be having some great reviews here. Been using Nero 6 for a while which came with my LG burner and I've never had any problems at all using it, but sometimes I thought if there was anything different or better I could try.

Just one thing... seems after doing some research that Ashampoo like to give these away from time to time but then spam you to sell their latest products... in this case Burning Studio 8. This is fair enough as they are in business to sell their newer stuff.

But as I would not wish to purchase anything at this time and therefore not get spam to my main address, I was wondering if it's ok to use a temporary inbox for registering the software. I've never used these before but it seems this can be a useful way to get products like this. Wondering if there is a particular site that works well for this type of temporary purpose.

[mrhero]

zarzenz, it's true that ashampoo is spammer, I receive at least 2 email for a day. You can use 10minutemail.com.

[zarzenz]

Thanks mrhero,

I just checked out the 10 minute site and it looks good for this purpose.

[Coolio10]

Yeah, once ashampoo gets your email you'll need a new one :(.

[innerpeace]

-{ Quote: "Thanks renegade08, Tarq57 and rpsgc. I have uninstalled and reinstalled a few times now. The last cd I tried to rip was Aerosmith "Big Ones".

Either something is missing from my XP home install or I didn't get the proper full version registration. Is there some sort of mp3/lame encoder anywhere in the Windows folder? I did do a search for lame, but I only find it in Audacity and Screamer Radio folders. IIRC, I put them there myself, definitely Audacity." }-
Does anyone have an answer for my bolded question? As I've mentioned, this is an very mild nlited XP home install so something may have been left out. Any ideas?

I should also mention that I can rip .cda audio to .wav with Ashampoo and then covert them to high bit rate mp3 with Audacity. It's not convenient, but it works.

Thank you,
innerpeace

[innerpeace]

There is a fix for the bit rate problem I was having. As I was troubleshooting the problem with a friend, I emailed Ashampoo support and here was their suggestion.

"please install the latest codecs. The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a good one which should solve your problem. You will find this package on various download pages."

They listed a few links, but I grabbed a copy from MajorGeeks. I'm not sure if I needed the Mega Pack, but what the heck.

As part of the troubleshooting I also tried the Austrumi live cd which can load into memory. With it and the program SimpleCDR-X I was able to rip a cd to higher bit rate thus narrowing down the problem a bit. Austrumi has beautiful desktop by the way.

Thanks again to everyone that helped :)

[Tarq57]

Glad it's sorted, and thanks for posting back with the answer.
I can't help thinking that maybe the "lite" install had something to do with it. Not bad support from Ashampoo, there.

Regarding spam from Ashampoo, there are options to opt out of it. Not hard.

[renegade08]

Innerpeace, I'm also pleased that you got managed the things.

Very professional from Ashampoo to offer you help regarding the fact that this is free version.

Yep, codecs are must have for an PC. K-lite Codec Pack (Full) is enough.

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is version with added plus features, but is up to you to choose.

I was also thinking that "lite" version of XP was the problem.

Keep us informed how did burning is perfoming.


I have burned couple of DVD and everything was fine.

This version is from my point of view, improved and better than v6.

There is no more verification problem.

[innerpeace]

It very well could have been my nlited install. I just now went back over my old unorganized notes and I opted to leave out Movie Maker and Music Samples. If they had any of the needed codecs, that could have been my problem.

What I do like about Ashampoo is that it's very easy to use. And for the record, they did reply to my request within 48 hours just like it states on their site.

[tradetime]

Thanx for the heads up renegade08
Anybody using this on Vista 64bit?

[Skytrooper]

-{ Quote: "Yeah, once ashampoo gets your email you'll need a new one :(." }-

I've used Ashampoo products (mostly Burning Studio and ClipFinder) for years and haven't had that problem. All you have to do is go to your Ashampoo account and opt out of e-mail you don't want to receive. The only times I get e-mail from Ashampoo is when a new, major version of Burning Studio has been released and, very rarely, an offer to buy a second license at a discount.

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "I've used Ashampoo products (mostly Burning Studio and ClipFinder) for years and haven't had that problem. All you have to do is go to your Ashampoo account and opt out of e-mail you don't want to receive. The only times I get e-mail from Ashampoo is when a new, major version of Burning Studio has been released and, very rarely, an offer to buy a second license at a discount." }-

Or you can just simply create filter for Ashampoo in your mail. Create new folder especially for their offers, add their e-mail address to the filter and all the messages will be sent to that folder.
So, someone can read once it 10 days or once in a month.

[zapjb]

I unsubscribed from their emails within seconds of receiving my reg key. I've been checking that spam email acct. for the past couple days. Exactly NO emails from Ashampoo. Suprised & pleased. Haven't tried the Burning Studio yet. But I'm quite impressed with Ashampoo regularly giving away their products in Full versions no less.

[tDJ]

Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 v8.04.4993
2009-03-06

The vnunet release is v8.04.4877. MajorGeeks just released v8.04.4993.

Download:
-{ Quote: "http://www.majorgeeks.com/download6138.html
Setup: ftp://majorgeeks.mirror.internode.on.net/backup/ashampoo_burning_studio_2009_804_4993.exe" }-

[zarzenz]

-{ Quote: "Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 v8.04.4993
2009-03-06

The vnunet release is v8.04.4877. MajorGeeks just released v8.04.4993." }-

I'm using the version 4877 that was given at the start of this thread.

So far it seems to be good and I like the interface which is so easy to use.

Can version 4993 be downloaded and simply installed over the top without any problem.

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 v8.04.4993
2009-03-06

The vnunet release is v8.04.4877. MajorGeeks just released v8.04.4993.

Download:" }-


Thanks for the heads-up.


EDIT: BTW. Where can you see the version number: .4877 and .4993.

[tDJ]

-{ Quote: "EDIT: BTW. Where can you see the version number: .4877 and .4993." }-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009, edition, eid=4993

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009, edition, eid=4993" }-

Got it. Thanks.

[Baldrick]

-{ Quote: "...Can version 4993 be downloaded and simply installed over the top without any problem." }-

I am interested in a response to this as well. Usually the built in updater deals with keeping the program up to date but so far it has notrecognised that there is a new version out and so I may need to upgrade manually.

If no answer is forthcoming I will give it a try and then post back.

;D

[renegade08]

-{ Quote: "I am interested in a response to this as well. Usually the built in updater deals with keeping the program up to date but so far it has notrecognised that there is a new version out and so I may need to upgrade manually.

If no answer is forthcoming I will give it a try and then post back.

;D" }-

I suppose that such update is not possible.

I did try online update, but it gave me possibility to update to paid version of Ashampoo (30 days trial).

Those kind of updates trought built in updater are probably possible for security apps AFAIK.

[Baldrick]

Installed the latest download over the top of what I currently have installed, ie, 4262, and when I checked again the system still shows as 4262...so am confused.

No ill effects from installing over the previous installation - BTW

[zarzenz]

Hi Baldrick,

I also tried installing 4993 over the top of my 4877 and found that it didn't take the new version. So I uninstalled, then reinstalled the fresh download and then had to go through the registration process again.

This gave me the desired result with the new build being installed.

I have no idea what, if any, difference this latest release will make as everything looks just the same, but I always like to have any latest builds installed on my system so at least it is now up to date from today.

Anyway... hope this helps to clarify. I guess the program simply doesn't bother to upgrade itself with what may be minor changes to the build on an over the top install, but would imagine if there was an actual program version update... which is now unlikely as studio 8 is the next version... then it would have taken it through the normal update process.

[Baldrick]

Hi Zarzenz

Thanks for taking the trouble to post back. I like you prefer to have up to date software on my PC and so I tend to update where possible. As Version 2009 is great I will not be bothering to update to v8 (given what I use the software for) and so will most probably take your advice and uninstall/install & re-register. Just hope that they don't continue with the annoying nags to purchase v8 'at a specially reduced price' which seem to have abated after having v2009 installed for a while.

Cheers ;D

EDIT: Have just uninstalled/re-installed and the Registry now shows 4993 as the version...so all is well! Indeed, I
used the license key I already had and so did not have to register again. ;D

[iHz]

I just saw this thread :P save me time trying other free software...

Can it be installed on many pc's with the same key, as it seems all the "free" keys are the same?

[bgoodman4]

I am not sure but it should be easy enough to try it.

[pdf]

Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 had been updated to be based on version 9, the name had been changed to "Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 Advanced" i am guessing to distinguish it from the older 2009 version based on 8.04.

get it from computerbild.de page, it is in German but all you need is to hit the download button. once you install it follow the wizard to get a full free key.



http://www.computerbild.de/download/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-2009-Advanced-Kostenlose-Vollversion-430765.html

[OldMX]

-{ Quote: "Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 had been updated to be based on version 9, the name had been changed to "Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 Advanced" i am guessing to distinguish it from the older 2009 version based on 8.04.

get it from computerbild.de page, it is in German but all you need is to hit the download button. once you install it follow the wizard to get a full free key.



http://www.computerbild.de/download/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-2009-Advanced-Kostenlose-Vollversion-430765.html" }-

Thanks a lot pdf :D

[renegade08]

Thanks pdf.

[rpsgc]

ty pdf. And ty Ashampoo for giving me free stuff ;D

[renegade08]

Ashampoo just released update of version 6.
They never stop with their pleasant surprises.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE 6.76

Anyone that want's get it here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Ashampoo_Burning_Studio_6_FREE_d5937.html

Their latest update to v.6 was 8 months ago.

[layman]

-{ Quote: "Ashampoo just released update of version 6." }-

I use CDBurnerXP, but have always wanted to give the Ashampoo burner a try. I downloaded this new version and executed a simple test in which I wrote a couple of data files to a CD. This successfully burned. I then added several files to that disk, one of which superceded a file of the same name. This also burned successfully (as it turns out,) but the burner left the drive in limbo after adding the files. The OS could no longer recognize the presence of any disk in the drive, short of a reboot. I repeated the test to satisfy myself this behavior was no fluke and uninstalled the Ashampoo software. I'm kinda disappointed, as I like the look and feel of it.