Welcome to Nero´s Technology Licensing Program

Leverage Nero´s industry leading multimedia technology in your commercial applications and services!

For over 20 years, Nero´s award winning multimedia software applications have been delighting customers and OEM partners around the globe. A selection of core technologies powering some of the world`s most popular software products are now available for commercial licensing. Please click on the CONTACT US button, to tell us about your project and find out how we can help you.

 
 

 
 

Audio Codecs

Convert your audio files with the Nero AAC Codec - FREE!

How to use the software?

In order to use the software, download the archive and save it to a folder on your hard drive.
The software contains a command line Nero AAC Codec without a graphical user interface. The applications must be retrieved either from the command prompt, batch file, or from the "Run" command in Microsoft® Windows™ start menu.

The encoder requires .WAV files in PCM wave format as input and provides .MP4 in MPEG-4/3GPP file format as output, as well as quality and bitrate values as parameters. The decoder requires input in MPEG-4/3GPP file format and provides PCM wave files as output.

For more detailed information about the basic and advanced options of the codec, refer to the readme.txt file provided in the archive.

Chip Magazine Test

Chip Magazine (Germany) rated the Nero AAC Codec in terms of efficiency of size and the results, as listed below, show that MP4 files created with the Nero AAC Codec take up approximately 50% of the space that an MP3 file does. Which means you can pack more MP4 files onto your portable device and enjoy more music and audio books everywhere you go!

Song Title and Artist Album Title WAV file size MP4 file size MP3 file size
"Easy to Love" "Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei" (OST) 38 MB 993 KB 1.75 MB
"Unbelievable" - EMF "Coyote Ugly Soundtrack" (OST) 35.4 MB 914 KB 1.64 MB
"All By Myself" - Jamie O'Neal "Bridget Jones' Diary Soundtrack" (OST) 46.3 MB 1.03 MB 2.05 MB
 
 

Download the latest version of Nero AAC Codec

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. YOU MUST HAVE AGREED TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE.

End-User License Agreement

IMPORTANT NOTE

Nero AG licenses you to use this software package for personal non-commercial and/or technology-evaluation purposes.

This License does not provide any rights to reproduce and/or distribute this software package in whole or in any part.

A written license agreement with Nero AG is needed for any Commercial use of this software package, including, but not limited to, exploitation of products, which are incorporating and/or using, in whole or in part, executables provided in this software package

Please contact Nero AG for licensing guidance.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY NERO AG TO YOU "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL NERO AG BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

IN NO EVENT WILL NERO OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, CLAIMS OR COSTS WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM THIS LICENSE AND/OR YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS, EVEN IF A NERO REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, DAMAGES, CLAIMS OR COSTS OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN YOUR JURISDICTION. NERO'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY AND THAT OF ITS LICENSORS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LICENSE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TEN US DOLLARS (US $ 10.00).

MPEG-4: Use of this product in any manner that complies with the MPEG-4 Audio Standard is prohibited, except for use by a consumer engaging in personal and non-commercial activities.

AAC: The command line encoder is using the MP4 file format I/O library for writing AAC audio to ISO/IEC 14496-1 compatible container. This library is available under MPL from www.mpeg4ip.net.

This License constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement between Nero and you with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior oral or written understandings, communications or agreements not specifically incorporated herein. You may not assign your rights or obligations granted under this License without the prior written consent of Nero. None of the provisions of this License shall be deemed to have been waived by any act on the part of Nero, but only by an instrument in writing signed by an authorized signatory of Nero.

If any provision of this agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and such decision will not affect the enforceability

  1. of such provision under other circumstances, or
  2. of the remaining provisions hereof under all circumstances.

The failure of either party to enforce any of the provisions hereof will not be construed to be a waiver of the right of such party thereafter to enforce such provisions. Any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any remedy conferred hereby or by law, and the exercise of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other. Headings will not be considered in interpreting this Agreement.

This License will be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws in force in the Federal Republic of Germany. The respective law courts of Karlsruhe, Germany, shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes relating to this License. This License will not be governed by the conflict of law rules of any jurisdiction or of the United Nations Convention on contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is expressly excluded.

© Copyright Nero AG April 2006. All rights reserved.

 
 

Technical support is not available for Nero AAC Codec.

 
 

Overview

CodecOperationFeaturesLibrariesFrameworkSupported OS
 

AAC
  • encoding
  • encoding
  • transcoding
  • Software encoding
  • Software decoding
  • Specifically optimized for SSE/SSE2 instruction sets
C/C++ DLL 
libraries
for 32-bit

(wrapper DLL)

DirectShow
Windows X86/64

(X64 emulated)

THE HIGHEST FIDELITY MPEG-4 AUDIO SOLUTION BY NERO

  • Reference quality codec for MPEG-4 AAC LC, HE-AAC [AAC Low Complexity (LC) + SBR], and HE-AACv2 (LC + SBR + Parametric Stereo(PS)
  • Support for .aac and MPEG-4 (.mp4,.m4a) containers
  • Supported bit rates: 6 – 320 Kb/s per channel
  • Supported coding modes: Constant Bit Rate (CBR), Average Bit Rate (ABR), Variable Bit Rate (VBR), Double-Pass (2-Pass) CBR
  • Supported sampling rate: 8 kHz to 96 kHz (fully compliant with ISO 14496-3 standard) 
  • Supported channels: 8 channels max (7.1 Speakers configuration) 
  • Supported PCM bit depths: 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit integer, and 32-bit Floating point for maximum precision  
  • Crystal-clear, award-winning sound quality at every compression ratio and bit rate!
  • Support for embedded album art including covers, booklets, and lyrics
  • Testimonial Press: Chip Magazine  (Germany) found that AAC files encoded with the Nero AAC encoder would consume as little as half of the space on a portable music player when compared to MP3 files of similar audio quality.
  • Testimonial OEM: Nero AAC decoder integrated in Bang & Olufsen Beoplayer software (Press Release)


 
 

 
 

Video Codecs

CodecOperationFeaturesLibrariesFrameworkSupported OS


H.264/AVC
  • encoding
  • decoding 
  • transcoding
  • Intel/ATI/Nvidia hardware encoding
    /software encoding
  • DXVA hardware decoding/software decoding
  • Transcode with smart encoding
C/C++ DLL libraries  
for 32-bit  

(wrapper DLL)  

DirectShow
Windows X86/X64

(X64 emulated)



MPEG-4 Part 2/H.263
  • encoding
  • decoding
  • transcoding
  • Software encoding
  • DXVA hardware decoding/
    software decoding
C/C++ DLL
libraries
for 32-bit

(wrapper DLL)

DirectShow
Windows
X86/X64

(X64 emulated)

Reference quality H.264 video codecs

  • Fully compliant with ISO/IEC 14496-10 specification
  • Max resolution 4096 x 2160 @ 60 fps (Level 5.2)

Reference quality MPEG-4 SP/ASP video codecs

  • MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14496-2) & H.263 (ITU-T Recommendation H.263)
  • Levels up to Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) @ 5 Level
 
 

 
 

Disc Burning SDK

Add the world`s leading disc burning engine to your applications

When it comes to data burning, no technology can match the world`s leading engine that powers Nero´s most trusted applications.

Features include:

  • List all available drives, speeds, and formats
  • Obtain the information about the current disc in any drive
  • Burn: 
    ISO DVD ; ISO/Audio CD; Video CD; Super Video CD; Disc from image; Freestyle disc
  • Perform disc copy operation
  • Estimate resulting ISO track size
  • Grab Audio tracks and store them in files (Digital Audio Extraction)
  • Eject disc from drive or load disc into drive
  • Erase rewritable media
  • Display the disc information contained in an image file

Nero SDK includes:

  • NeroAPI: Application Programming Interface 
  • NeroCOM: Type Library for the Component Object Model / set of COM classes and interfaces that can be used in any programming language that supports COM philosophy (including C/C++, Delphi, Visual Basic,Java, etc.) / language independent / single DLL file
  • NeroCMD: console application that facilitates the processing of commands which NeroAPI understands