First off, it is no frills, and almost spartan compared to the over-bloated piles of ad-washed garbage I have seen, and it has just about any tool anyone would need… unless you really want all that extra garbage about how CDs look. I could understand it if you had a product – but even then it still is questionable why you cannot just make a label in a different program and print it.

Anyways, when looked at it is very small, sleek, and quick to run. It doesn’t freeze, it doesn’t choke on the information, and to compare it to another application, it is like a professional runner next to a flabby, over-stuffed lard-bag who hasn’t gotten up off his couch in nearly a year (Nero).

Why do I care so much to make a post? Because until now no other application, save for the “express” version of Nero, has come close to being exactly what I want and need. InfraRecorder can also go on a pen drive with Portableapps, and I find that very useful (as when I do repair a machine I would much rather leave nearly zero imprints on it, so not installing something and still being able to burn documents that might be lost is extremely useful).

Now, I know that InfraRecorder doesn’t come with the ability to burn MP3s, however the add-on is easy to find from their site, and is a separate download. All you do is unzip that one irc file into the codec folder and it runs like a charm. It is extremely nice in that it can burn ogg files, as I do have quite a few of those but Nero did not really like me doing that – and also demanded I pay for their MP3 burning. As if I am going to pay them twice.

Truth be told, I didn’t pay them once – considering it came bundled with that DVD drive I got from Sony.

InfraRecorder also sports the same things than anyone else would need, burning images, making images, et cetera. This program, being such a thin small thing to install and having such power, really impresses the hell out of me. I rank this up there with 7-zip in being ‘Awesomeness’. I might just make a post of awesome if I find more than the less-than-5 that I know. (PortableApps, K-Meleon, KMlite, InfraRecorder, 7-zip, and ConText come to mind off the bat).

Anyways, happy burning, and really, check this mofo out. Dig?

Links!
InfraRecorder
7zip
portableapps
ConText
K-Meleon