Nero 9 is the next generation of the world’s most trusted integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite. It features new cutting-edge functionality that makes enjoying digital media content simple. This easy-to-use yet powerful multimedia suite, gives you the freedom to create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online. Whatever you want – music, video, photo, and data – enjoy and share with family and friends anytime, anywhere. With easy-to-use Nero StartSmart command center, your digital life has never been more flexible, feasible, and fun.

Nero 9 Highlights:

    * 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

Creative Projects Are Easier than Ever

    * Using the intuitive Nero StartSmart command center of Nero 9, your digital life has never been more flexible, feasible, and fun. You directly access features and perform one-click functions such as Audio Ripping, Burning, Copying, and AutoBackup, with optimized performance for Windows Vista® with Nero DiscCopy Gadget and Nero Live (TV) for Windows Vista Sidebar.

Fully Enjoy Your Content at Home, Online and On-the-go

    * Whether it’s video, photo, or music, you can convert and share everything your imagination creates in your digital world. Convert & share multimedia files to play on iPod®, PSP®, and upload online your coolest photos and videos to share with online communities like My Nero, YouTube™, and MySpace.

Make Your PC a Dynamic Home-Entertainment Device

    * Experience TV from the comfort of your sofa with state-of-the-art TV technology, even for HDTV and DVB Radio. Pause, record, schedule, manage, and playback your TV shows.

Best in the Business Software Gets Better

    * The ripping and burning capabilities of Nero 9 are the most reliable in the industry. Burn and copy to CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc – even copy movies*. With DVD-R Dual Layer and DVD+R Double Layer support, you’ll get more data on a disc than ever before!*

Trusted and Reliable – Backup, Restore, and Secure

    * Don’t lose your valuable memories and important files to life’s potential hazards, system crash, or risky hardware. Backing up, securing, and managing files and data is a point-and-click away.

Nero 9 is available in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Czech, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), English, Russian, Finnish, Spanish, French, Spanish (Latin America), German, Swedish, Greek, Thai,, Hungarian, Turkish, Italian

General System Requirements Nero 9

    * ­A DVD-ROM drive is required for installation

    * ­Windows® XP SP2 or SP3, Windows Vista® (without Service Pack or with SP1), Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2, Windows® Server 2003 SP 1, Windows Vista® x64 Edition (all applications except InCD and Nero DiscCopy Gadget work in the x86 emulator for 32-bit Windows® applications)

    * ­Windows® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or higher

    * 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent AMD and Intel® processor (2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD and Intel® processor for Windows Vista®), 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista®)

    * ­1.5 GB hard drive space for a typical installation of all components

    * ­CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc recordable or rewritable drive for burning

    * ­DirectX® 9.0c revision 30 (August 2006) or higher

    * ­Up to 9 GB available hard drive space for DVD images and temporary DVD files

    * ­Graphics card with at least 32 MB video memory and minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and 16-bit color settings (24-bit or 32-bit true color is recommended)

    * ­Installation of the latest WHQL certified device drivers is strongly recommended

    * ­For the Nero Online services: Nero product registration, product updates, patent activation, Gracenote® services, Nero Online Backup, and other features (such as photo sharing) an Internet connection is required.

    * Nero recommends a broadband connection (DSL-1000 and higher or Internet connection with equivalent performance) for all Nero online services such as Nero Online Backup and Nero Video Services. Internet connection charges are the user's responsibility