Music
Got an MP3 collection that keeps growing and growing? Nero 9 makes it easy to edit your files, create mixes, and individualize your entire music library. Nero 9 audio features will be music to your ears.

• Add MP3 files from your favorite music videos
  Music Grabber in Nero 9 makes it easy to enhance your MP3 collection with video soundtracks. Now you can play back recorded TV broadcasts of music videos and save the audio track as an MP3 file! Music Grabber lets you get more from your favorite music videos.
  
  
• Edit and record your favorite audio files
  Nero WaveEditor provides easy editing and customizing to any audio file. Create new ring tones for your cell phone by clipping audio segments. Built-in filtering and sound optimization allows you to make perfect audio files quickly and easily.
  
  
• Turn your LPs, cassettes, and CDs into MP3s
  Dust off your old vinyl records, cassette tapes, and CDs, and digitally archive them forever as MP3s. Nero SoundTrax makes it easy to play back and record the sound you love from your most memorable classic albums. Get nostalgic with Nero SoundTrax!
  
  
• Create your own music mix
  With Nero SoundTrax you can create your own DJ music mix with digital studio quality. Use the tools and options to add transitions and special effects to get professional results. Now your music mixes will sound better than ever with Nero SoundTrax!

Video
If you make your own videos to enjoy with friends and family, Nero 9 has features that let you indulge your visual senses! Create memorable videos with state-of-the-art features and cutting-edge tools that give you professional results in a snap. Get an exciting, high quality video experience with Nero 9.

• Get more from your home videos
  Do you have hundreds of hours of videos on your hard drive and in your camcorder? Nero 9 makes it easy to import footage, even High Definition AVCHD format, to use in fun and simple multimedia projects like creating DVDs, AVCHD, and Blu-ray Discs to enjoy for a lifetime. Play back your videos with Nero Showtime, the DVD player software in Nero 9. You can even upload your files to share with friends and family on My Nero and other online communities.
  
  
• Create videos with personalized templates
  Movie Wizard in Nero 9 helps you create professional-looking DVDs with fun, thematic templates for birthdays, weddings, vacations, and much more. The Movie Wizard automatically creates intro and end credits, add transitions, fades, and other cool special effects so you can turn your everyday home videos into memorable multimedia projects to save and share.
  
  
• Simple and advanced video editing in one!
  Make DVD movies with Nero Vision, the popular video editing and authoring application that lets you capture videos from external devices, including AVCHD format camcorders, and easily create memorable video slide shows and home movies that you can play back in High Definition on Blu-ray Disc*. Advanced options let you include titles, credits, and clips for professional-looking projects you make right at home.
  
  
• Enjoy TV and movies without the ads
  Ad Spotter in Nero 9 makes watching recorded broadcasts of TV shows and movies even more enjoyable by automatically cutting out the commercials. Now you can enjoy the latest series and your family’s favorite movies without interruption. Ad Spotter puts you in control of your favorite shows.

* This feature requires the Nero Blu-ray Disc Authoring Plug-in

Photo
Got folders full of digital photos? Breathe new life into your old photos with special effects and professional editing tools. Create multimedia slide shows with your images to enjoy on your PC or your TV. Share photos like never before with Nero 9.

• Editing photos is a snap
  Nero PhotoSnap lets you edit your favorite photographs with a wide range of options designed to enhance image quality. Make all your digital photos come to life. Share the stories of your life’s most memorable moments with professional photo-editing tools to correct red-eyes, crop, rotate, adjust, and enhance photo quality.
  
  
• Share your photos online
  Want to share photos with friends and family around the world? Nero 9 has features that let you upload your favorite photo slide shows to My Nero and other online communities quickly and easily. So all it takes is a few clicks to show off your latest vacation photos or pictures of your new car!
  
  
• Create entertaining photo slide shows
  Nero 9 has great features that let you create dynamic photo slide shows to share with friends and family. Use the special tools and options to add special effects, cool transitions, and even add background music or commentary. Burn your project to DVD or Blu-ray Disc* with unique 3D menus and enjoy your special moments again and again.
  
  
• Create personal photo albums
  Nero 9 has the tools you need to arrange your photos into folders and personal albums on your hard drive or external storage for easy organization. With Nero PhotoSnap Viewer, your built-in photo album, you can view your photos conveniently right on your PC.

* This feature requires the Nero Blu-ray Disc Authoring Plug-in

Rip and Burn
Want added security by burning and copying your files to disc? Look no further than Nero 9 for the best, most reliable, and world leading burning applications. Copy files to CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc and save your music, videos, and photos in highest quality for a lifetime of enjoyment.

• World’s most reliable burning application
  Nero Burning ROM is the industry standard solution for burning and copying your audio, video, and data files. Features include advanced settings and options to support a wide range of formats and media. Burn files to CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc for extra backup or to share with others.
  
  
• Recode discs with highest quality results
  Want to compress media files and discs to enjoy on portable devices? Nero 9 lets you recode non-copy-protected DVD movies to DVD or hard drive without losing all the original features such as fancy menus or subtitles, while maintaining optimal playback quality. You can recode entire DVDs including menus and additional languages, and convert DVD movies to MPEG-4 and AVC/H.264, which is compatible with almost all portable devices.
  
  
• Copy discs with ease
  Want to create copies of your favorite music, video, and photo discs, and even important data discs? Nero Express is the easy wizard-style copying application that simplifies the basic steps for copying audio, video, and data discs in one go. Based on the same platform as the world-renowned Nero Burning ROM, Nero Express gives you powerful, cutting-edge tools in an easy-to-use format. Copy all popular disc formats like CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc.
  
  
• Rip music CDs in popular formats
  Want to create a digital music library from your CD collection? Nero 9 has the tools to let you rip your favorite music CDs and save them in popular formats such as MP3, AAC/MPEG-4, and .wav files so you can create music mixes, burn CDs, or share files with friends. Integrated Gracenote® music recognition service delivers accurate song, artist, CD, and album details for your entire MP3 collection!

Please note:
* Nero applications do not rip or copy encrypted or copy protected content

General System Requirements Nero 9

• A DVD-ROM drive is required for installation
• Windows® XP SP2 or SP3, Windows Vista®, Windows Vista® with SP1 or SP2, Windows® 7, Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2
• Windows® XP and Windows Vista® 64 bit versions are supported in 32 bit emulation mode.
• Nero DiscCopy Gadget only works in 32 bit emulation mode in the Sidebar under Windows Vista® 64 bit, or in the Desktop Gadget under Windows® 7 64 bit. Please follow these steps to activate.

  Windows 7

  1. Close all 64-bit gadgets.
  2. Open the Task Manager by pressing the CTRL, ALT, and DEL buttons simultaneously. Proceed by searching for the sidebar.exe process in the Task Manager and close it if it is running.
  3. Locate and run the 32-bit version of sidebar, by double-clicking the sidebar.exe, located in the following directory: [System partition]/Program Files (x86)/Windows Sidebar/sidebar.exe .
  4. Right-click the desktop and select the "Gadgets" entry in the context menu.
  5. The gadget gallery window opens. You can now add Nero gadgets to your desktop by double-clicking them. For more information about Nero gadgets, please consult the respective user manual(s).

  Windows Vista

  1. Right-click on the Sidebar icon on your taskbar and select Properties.
  2. Uncheck Start Sidebar when Windows starts. Click Apply and then OK to close the window.
  3. Right-click on the Sidebar icon again and select Close.
  4. Locate and run the 32 bit version of Sidebar.exe located in Program Files (x86) in the folder Windows Sidebar.
  5. Right-click on the Sidebar icon (32 bit version) on your taskbar and select Properties.
  6. Make sure the option Start Sidebar when Windows starts is checked. Click Apply and then OK to close window.
  
  
  
• 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®, or Windows® 7), 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista®, or Windows® 7)
• 1.8 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

Optional Requirements

• 16-bit Microsoft® Windows® compatible sound device and speakers (16 bit sound device required for Nero Wave Editor and Nero SoundTrax)
• Installation of latest WHQL certified device drivers recommended
• Blue laser reading/ writing device for Blu-ray Disc support* (check special blue laser system requirements)
• Up to 50 GB free hard drive space for Blu-ray Disc BD-R/RE dual layer disc images
• SecurDisc compatible optical drive for SecurDisc features
• OHCI compliant FireWire controller (IEEE 1394) for DV or HDV capturing

Special Requirements for Home Entertainment
Nero Show Time

• Optical drive with DVD capability to play DVD-Video
• Graphics card with hardware overlay support.
• 16-bit Microsoft® Windows® compatible sound device and speakers

Special Requirements for video editing and authoring with Nero Vision

• For TV recording, DVD-Video authoring, capturing and burning in real time 2 GHz CPU and 512 MB RAM
• For analog or digital recording: TV tuner or video recording card
• OHCI compliant FireWire® card (IEEE 1394) for DV capturing
• For Smart 3D menus: DirectX® 9.0 compliant graphics card with 3D acceleration, 16 bit color, and a minimum of 64 MB video memory is required (32 bit, true color, 128 MB video RAM and support for Shader Model 3.0 is recommended)
• For High Definition Capturing and Editing: HD capable video board, FireWire® controller conforming to OHCI (IEEE 1394) for HDV recording, 2.4GHz or faster processor (HT or dual core), 1 GB of RAM or more

Special Requirements for LightScribe and Labelflash™

• LightScribe compatible recorder and medium
• LightScribe host software must be installed
• Labelflash™ compatible recorder and medium

Special Requirements for working with high definition content with Nero Vision

• Intel Pentium IV 2 GHz or equivalent AMD and Intel processors (faster recommended)
• Blu-ray Disc drive with recording functionality for data, audio and video recording
• Minimum of 512MB RAM

For playback of unprotected high definition content, like AVCHD, additionally

One of the following processors:

• AMD Athlon 64 FX 2.6 GHz or faster
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz or faster
• AMD Turion 64 X2 2 GHz or faster
• Intel Core Duo 2 GHz or faster
• Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or faster
• Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz or faster
• Intel Pentium D 3.4 GHz or faster

1GB of RAM recommended

A graphics card with at least 256MB of video RAM based on one of the following:

• nVidia GeForce 6600GT, 7600GT, 7800GTX512, 7900GS, 7900GT, 7900GX, 7900GTX, 7950GT, 7950GTX, 8500, 8600, 8800, 8400M, 8600M or newer
• ATI X1600, X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950, Radeon HD series or newer

For playback of protected high definition content (home recorded BD-AV or AVCREC discs), additionally

• For 64bit systems, Windows Vista or later is required
• The installed Blu-ray Disc drive must support AACS

One of the following graphics setups:

• PCI-Express/onboard video card with built-in display (e.g. notebook or integrated PC)
• PCI-Express video card with DVI/HDMI and HDCP-support, Display/TV with HDMI input or HDCP-enabled DVI input
• PCI-Express video card with VGA output and VGA monitor (some discs may not play or play with reduced resolution on analog displays)
• PCI-Express video card with component/video output and support for CGMS-A and Macrovision, TV/projector (some discs may not play or play with reduced resolution on analog displays)
• Latest graphics drivers with COPP support (ATI Catalyst 8.1, NVIDIA ForceWare 169.21 (Windows XP), ForceWare 169.25 (Windows Vista) or newer recommended)

Note

• To determine whether a display or TV supports HDCP, please check its documentation
• Some combinations of graphics cards, displays and discs may result in reduced resolution playback. Use of a HDCP-supporting card and display is recommended for best results

*Please note:
Blu-ray capabilities are subject to change