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Add to SafariWhen comparing InfraRecorder vs DVD Styler, the Slant community recommends InfraRecorder for most people. In the question“What is the best open source burning software?” InfraRecorder is ranked 1st while DVD Styler is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose InfraRecorder is:
You can pick from mp3, wav, ogg, wma and iso as the type of file you would like to save as when importing music or video. This makes for an easy way to import into the file type that is easiest played by the target device you would like to use your new files on.
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Pros
Pro Popular formats supported to save as
You can pick from mp3, wav, ogg, wma and iso as the type of file you would like to save as when importing music or video. This makes for an easy way to import into the file type that is easiest played by the target device you would like to use your new files on.
Pro Good selection of burning options
You can choose from burning an audio, video, data disk as well as choose to burn an img straight to the disk. This is convenient thanks to the amount of options available covering any specific disk burning situation.
Pro Free and GNU GPL
Free for personal educational and commercial use, can install on as many machines as you want. See here.
Pro Cross-platform
Available on Mac, Windows, Linux (Ubuntu) and available as source code if you want to build and compile it yourself.
Cons
Con Discontinued
The last version dates from 2012.
Con Only available on Windows
InfraRecorder can only be installed on the Windows OS, there is no Mac or Linux support.
Con pl
Con No passthru / lossless options
DVD Styler will reencode all video and audio.
Con Bundleware
Con Can't make true HD DVDs ; Limited output / reencode options
DVD Styler offers presets for the following types:
CD - 700 MB
DVD 1 - 1.4 GB
DVD 2 - 2.6 GB
DVD 5 - 4.7 GB
DVD 9 - 8.5 GB
Unlimited
No presets are available for BlueRay or similar High Definition (HD) discs. There is no control over the size when using the Unlimited option. Other tools may necessary to compress contents to fit larger BlueRay DVDs.
Additionally, all video gets reencoded. Options for output is limited to two options:
Pal: 720 x 576 px
NTSC: 720 x 480 px
Thus it is not possible to create 1080 pixel or larger videos which is the minimum resolution to be considered true HD.
Aspect ratio is likewise limited to:
4:3
16:9
Audio gets reencoded as:
MP2 48 khz
AC3 48 khz
So this application is only fit for creating Standard Definition (SD) DVDs.
