Free Nero 9 Available for Download

One year after the release of Nero 8, Nero has made available for download the next iteration of the integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite.

A trial version of Nero 9 is up for grabs for free (just 370 MB) as Nero announced the availability of the successor of version 8. Nero 9 introduces enhancements across the table, from the graphical user interface to high definition support to autobackup and data protection. According to the developer, Nero 9 is the direct result of intimately incorporating user input into the product.

"In developing Nero 9, we polled more than 3,000 of our worldwide customers to determine the functionality that they really wanted from the suite. This type of feedback has been invaluable to us over the last decade and has shown us that our consumers are increasingly living digital lives where the PC is the center of the home. They require cutting-edge multimedia capabilities which allow them to enjoy and share their content online and across devices with unparalleled ease of use," revealed Jürgen Kurz, senior vice president, Business Line PC and Consumer Electronics, Nero AG.

On the surface, Nero 9 sports an overhauled graphical user interface designed to streamline access to the basic functions of the solution from burning to ripping, to playback, and to backup. Under the hood, the suite brings capabilities including movie ad-removal (Ad Spotter), audio extraction (Music Grabber), high-quality live TV, automatic backup, etc.

Nero enumerated some of the highlights of Nero 9:

- Fast and easy rip, burn, Autobackup, and copy functions

- Backup files to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs

- Create professional-looking DVD movies with integrated 3D menus

- Copy, burn, share, upload, and create music mixes like a DJ

- Convert music, photos, and DVDs to play on your iPod and other mobile devices

- Quick photo and video upload to My Nero, YouTube, and MySpace

- Watch, record, pause, and customize your live TV experience

- Play AVCHD and other HD formats

- When you buy Nero 9, you get Nero BackItUp 4 FREE!

Download:

Nero 9 (9.0.9.4) (link 1)

Nero 9 (9.0.9.4) (link 2)

The trial version, it expires after a while and you have to buy it?

Have you tried it out?

I used to have 8 but now just have the limited version with Express on it. But my needs are extremely simple so no big deal.

Thanks for the post!

The trial version, it expires after a while and you have to buy it?

Have you tried it out?

I used to have 8 but now just have the limited version with Express on it. But my needs are extremely simple so no big deal.

Thanks for the post!

I really don't know yet, just downloading the prog. But I'll install tomorrow and see what's new.

But you're right, it's a trial and will be limited for 30 days or so.

Cheers.

Hi Reimar.

Success?

Just installing now! You will need to go to Nero.com for to sign up for an Trial Key.

Will post the result later.

By the way, the required HDD space is 2 GB!!

2Gigs, hmm, I might wait a bit and try sharestation.

thanks

2Gigs, hmm, I might wait a bit and try sharestation.

thanks

Size of download is 370 MB but install need 2 GB!

Cheers

The Trial is good for 2 weeks only.

Cheers.

I've used paid Nero versions from 5 to 8, and finally got fed up as it became increasingly bloated and troublesome to use. And now to hear 2 GB install for version 9 confirms my decision to bail out.

After uninstalling ver 8 finally in frustration earlier this year, I had and installed instead a free version of Nero 7 Essentials (the stripped down version) that came with a DVD drive purchase that works just fine without all the music, video, backup and other stuff included in the full Nero program. The Essentials version just burns CDs and DVDs, data or video/audio -- which is all I really wanted from them in the first place.

And now, of course, Windows Vista has incorporated its own disk burning capabilities.

Another really annoying feature of Nero is that when they release frequent updates to the program version you've purchased, the updates typically involve needing to download an entire new version of the 300 MB+ install file, which takes a good long time to download over DSL lines here in Thailand.

Yes I think that is the free version of Nero I have, it came with a DVD burner, that just jogged my memory.

I think on one of the versions I had, I had to jump through hoops to get rid of an annoying little search utility that appeared in my (that part of the bar on the lower right of the screen).

I'm still using Nero 7 Ultra - install is 375 MB.

I'm still using Nero 7 Ultra - install is 375 MB.

That's the multi-language download. The 'normal' download is 174 MB.

Nero 8 is 188 MB.

Nero 9 does give you the opt out, it's seems that you have to download the whole 370 MB.