The Book of Nero 7: CD and DVD Burning Made Easy [Paperback]

Wallace Wang (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2006

Ahead Software's Nero program is the most popular CD and DVD burning software in the world. While it seems like it should be easy to burn CDs and DVDs, doing so can be much more complicated than it appears, and many users reach high frustration levels after burning multiple coasters that don't work.

This simple, task-oriented, step-by-step book covers the entire Nero program suite, including audio CD burning, data backup, managing photos, DVD video burning, designing CD/DVD labels, editing sound, creating a virtual drive and CD/DVD data disk, and playing audio and video. This updated revision to the bestseller (nearly 20,000 copies sold), has been completely rewritten to focus on the tasks that most people perform with Nero 7.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Nero 7 Ultra Edition is one of the most powerful CD and DVD burning programs on the market and if you've installed a CD/DVD drive recently, chances are that Nero came with it. But, while Nero is quite an impressive suite of tools, those tools aren't always intuitive to use and several aren't always well documented.

Combining the best parts of a media player, a design program, a sound editor, and a video editor, Nero lets you create CDs and DVDs that will knock your socks off.

This plain English, step-by-step guide to Nero 7 Ultra Edition by best-selling author Wallace Wang takes you through all of Nero's capabilities. You'll learn how to:

• Copy music onto a CD, whether to archive your favorite tunes or make the ultimate mix CD
• Burn music with the highest sound quality, remove unnecessary pauses, and balance tracks like a pro
• Back up your data to free up space on your hard drive and save yourself a lot of grief if your computer crashes
• Save your vacation photos as a slide show to share with friends and family, or make that important presentation really pop with photos accompanied by music
• Burn a DVD of your favorite video moments
• Design fantastic labels and disc covers for your CDs and DVDs, turning that mix CD into a perfect gift, and making those home movies look store-bought
• Edit sound, including removing the hisses and pops from songs recorded off cassettes and vinyl LPs
• Turn your PC into a multimedia entertainment center so you can play MP3 files, video files, and even watch TV on your computer

You'll learn how to get the most out of Nero with the least amount of hassle with The Book of Nero 7.

About the Author

Wallace Wang is the author of several best-selling computer books including the Steal This Computer Book series, Steal This File Sharing Book, The Book of Nero, and Visual Basic 2005 Express: Now Playing (all No Starch Press). He is also a successful standup comic who has appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and appears regularly at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (June 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593271107
• ISBN-13: 978-1593271107
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #805,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I may be the only computer book author who hates computers. I love what computers can do but I hate the fact that they're so complicated, hard to use, unreliable, and downright troublesome. Besides writing computer books, I also enjoy performing stand-up comedy just to do something creative that involves human beings as opposed to machines.

I've been involved in computers, stand-up comedy, teaching, writing, and game designing for most of my life. In the computer industry, I've written over 50 computer books. Initially I focused primarily on Microsoft products such as Visual Basic and Microsoft Office. Later I switched focus to the Macintosh, iPhone, and iPad as I've watched the trend of computing shift from the PC/Microsoft dominated world to the mobile/Apple-influenced world. I've also shifted my programming focus from Delphi/Pascal and Visual Basic to Objective-C and LiveCode (a HyperCard clone) to create Macintosh and iPhone/iPad programs.

In the stand-up comedy world, I've been performing stand-up comedy for over 20 years, having appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and SiTV's "Latino Laugh Festival" along with appearing at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas. Currently I'm focusing my comedic writing skills towards occasional comedy performances but mostly towards screenwriting. You can read my screenwriting blog at The 15 Minute Movie Method (www.15minutemoviemethod.com). I've collected the best ideas from my screenwriting blog and condensed them into an e-book also called "The 15-Minute Movie Method," which is available as an e-book.

In 1992, I got my first cat and after reading a basic cat care book, I found that none of the advice offered had any basis in reality for dealing with the quirks and whims of a real cat. Based on that experience, I wrote a parody of a cat care book called "How to Live with a Cat (When You Really Don't Want To)." This book is now available as an e-book.

In the teaching world, I've taught at community colleges around San Diego as well as teaching at the University of Zimbabwe in Africa. Currently I teach an online Microsoft Word course through a company called Ed2Go.

In the writing world, I've written for several magazines including Computer Power User (CPU), Boardwatch Magazine, and Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities. I also write a weekly Macintosh column in an online computer magazine called ComputorEdge (www.computoredge.com). In addition, I've ghost written several books for real estate experts, stock day trading specialists, and network marketing millionaires. In 2008, I also helped San Diego State University's film department win their first student Emmy when they filmed my sitcom pilot, "Three of a Kind."

In the game designing world, I've created and published a game in 1983 called "Orbit War," which was published by Steve Jackson Games (the game is now out of print). The game simulated low orbital combat between satellites. I'm currently designing educational games for teaching various college level topics such as organic chemistry, calculus, and geometry.

I'm interested in always learning something new and combining my various skills and experience to stay ahead of changing technology and I enjoy writing about complex topics and making them easy to understand.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fairly superficial coverage of Nero, December 22, 2006

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S. King (Ephrata, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of Nero 7: CD and DVD Burning Made Easy (Paperback)

I have to admit I'm disappointed in this title. I was hoping to get acquainted with the more complex capabilities of this software, but the book doesn't go any further than the free download help files from Nero.

The Nero Vision (DVD video burning) material amounts to a little over a dozen pages, with most of the space taken up with screen shots - not really that useful, or, at least, not worth laying out the money for a book. Even the part of "trimming" a video file was wrong based on what I found by trial and error using the real product.

If I had it to do over, I'd save my money and pass on this title.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful, January 14, 2007

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R. BAER - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of Nero 7: CD and DVD Burning Made Easy (Paperback)

The one part of this book I found helpful was the editing of audio files. This subject is not treated with much detail on the Nero website, but this book helps make some, not all, of the terminology understandable.

But for all other subjects, the information was not very useful. It was far too elementary and didn't delve into the difficult parts of the program.

I can't recommend this book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK for a beginner, May 12, 2007

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Bluffheights90814 (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Book of Nero 7: CD and DVD Burning Made Easy (Paperback)

This book is pretty basic, but gives you the information you need to get started. If you need anything more than the basics, then best to download and print the voluminous manuals available at the Nero website.