Product FAQs

Nero 9 is the easy-to-use yet powerful multimedia suite that gives you the freedom to create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online. Whether it’s music, videos, photos, or data, you can share and enjoy with family and friends anytime, anywhere. Using the intuitive Nero StartSmart command center, your digital life has never been more flexible, feasible, and fun.

Nero StartSmart 9 is the easy central access and task manager for all functionality in Nero 9. With Nero StartSmart 9, all the powerful features of Nero 9 are at your fingertips, making it easier than ever to complete your digital tasks.

Nero 9 comes loaded with a number of features that enhance Windows Vista®. With the Nero DiscCopy Gadget, you can copy a disc of any format with just one click. Nero Live Gadget for Windows Vista enables you to watch TV right in Windows Vista Sidebar and smoothly connects to Nero Live integrated in Windows Vista Media Center. Moreover Nero 9 is full multimedia suite without any compromise and it gives you unique access to all your tasks via the central task manager Nero StartSmart.

Windows Media Center has limited support for recent TV standards, whereas Nero Live in Nero 9 supports all standards and has much more convenient usability as well as great look and feel. Moreover, it also supports up to four different TV turner cards and has integrated Picture-in-Picture view for watching 2 channels simultaneously. Additionally, it provides a cool always on spot TV gadget for the Windows Vista Sidebar.

Yes. Nero regularly provides updates to Nero 9, available for free after initial purchase, that provides you with the latest cutting-edge features to enhance your digital life.

Yes. With Nero 9, you can capture video directly from your camcorder onto a Blu-ray Disc (in BD-AV format). If your source video is High Definition, then it will remain in High Definition format after you convert. Nero 9 will also upscale your standard definition video into High Definition for playback on Blu-ray Disc device such as the PlayStation® 3.

Yes. Nero 9 allows you to easily edit your photos using professional tools. For example, you can change the brightness, remove red eye, resize, and much more, all a quick and easy-to-use interface in Nero 9.

Yes. With Nero 9, you can create DVDs out of your own home videos. With new and exciting 3D menu templates, you can even give them a professional looking finish when enjoying on your DVD player. You can also edit your videos by cutting out scenes, merging, dubbing, and more, and then burn them onto a CD or DVD.

Yes. QuickTime videos can be played and edited with Nero 9

Yes. With Nero 9, you can easily author and edit videos. You can import your favorite TV shows, have the commercials automatically detected and cut out. You can save your shows either as video on your hard drive or burn to a disc. Additionally you Nero 9 lets you grab just the music from your recorded music vidoes and easily adds them to your MP3 archive.

Yes. With Nero 9, you can import, author, and edit your AVCHD video, allowing you to customize your home videos as you wish. A great thing about Ner9 is that it gives you Smart Encoding for AVCHD saving you a big chunk of time when outputting your project to AVCHD Disc or BD-AV.

Yes. With Nero 9, you can share and enjoy your videos and photos with integrated, quick upload to YouTube™, MySpace and My Nero through Nero Vision.

Yes. Nero 9 lets you convert videos for both your iPod® and PSP™, and other compatible devices, so that you can enjoy your videos whether you are at home or on the go.

Yes, of course. Your VHS, S-HVS, Video 8 or Hi-8 tapes can be transferred to your PC using Nero 9. For this you need a proper video capture card that fits to the output signal of your camcorder or VCR. Once connected to the PC and properly setup as put down in the hardware manual Nero 9 gives you easy and efficient capture and editing tools. You can even use the automatic scene detection to have your clips cut into sequences as you recorded them.

Yes. With Nero 9 and the proper hardware, you can convert your vinyl LPs or analogue music tapes into digital format like MP3 or Audio CD so you can enjoy them anywhere. An easy to use 4 step wizard leads you through the process and makes sure you get great results. Nero 9 can also help you improve the quality of your converted LPs with features that let you reduce background noise, crackling, and more.

Yes. Nero 9 lets you record and mange your favorite TV shows. It makes use of the EPG information that is included in the signal stream from your TV provider. Now you can ensure that you never miss your favorite TV show. Please make sure to have the necessary hardware build in or adapted to your PC.* Nero Live has an easy set up wizard that leads you through the process of setting up your TV card. You can even use up to 4 tuner cards at the same time and Nero Live has a convenient Picture-in Picture viewing mode.

*Please note:
DVB-S/S2 currently works only on Windows Vista® and Windows XP® MCE 2005

Yes. Nero 9 helps you with complete track information of tracks with missing data so you can sort your music into customized playlists, such as by genre, artist, etc., making it easier for you to enjoy your music.

Yes. Nero 9 has direct burning capabilities for Audible® audio books, making it the easiest way to enjoy your books on the go.

Yes. With Nero 9, you can burn your data to any disc format, whether it is CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc.

Yes. Nero 9 lets you recover files from damaged or partially unreadable media and to restore accidentally-deleted files from a complete range of supported media types. Nero Rescue Agent contains a wide level of support for major file systems on optical drives, USB storage devices, memory cards, hard drives, floppies. Basically there is almost no medium that Rescue Agent can’t recover

Yes. With integrated SecurDisc technology, you can protect your confidential data from unauthorized access with a number of features. For more information about SecurDisc, please visit www.SecurDisc.net.

Yes. The retail box version of Nero 9 includes Nero BackItUp 4 that lets you create a disaster recovery disc with ease, in the event of a system failure. For extra security, Nero 9 also lets you password-protect your backup.

Yes. Scheduling backups is easy with Nero 9. Using a simple wizard interface, Nero 9 will lead you through the entire scheduling process, where you can choose specific times for backups to occur and where they should be saved. Extremely easy to use Auto Backup is now integrated right into the central task manager Nero StartSmart.

Yes. Nero 9 supports all the latest digital TV standards for standard and high definition. You can even use mixed scenarios of tuners as Nero Live supports up to 4 tuners for watching and recording at the same time. The great picture in picture viewing mode makes sure you have control over your different tuners and programs right on the full screen.