Where shall I begin with Feurio? First, let me give an overview of what this program does and does not do. Feurio is a utility for burning CDs for use in music players. Inotherwords, this program is for making CDs to listen to in your home or car stereo system; it does NOT have the capability to create CDs to store data on for computing purposes. OK, having said that, lets go over the basics.

First let me start with my favorite feature of Feurio. All CD recorders have an internal buffer that has to remain at least partially full so there can be a constant stream of information to put on the disc. Feurio offers you a secondary buffer, size determined by the user, that will feed the CD recorder buffer. If this seems like an overkill to you, remember that the most common reason that CD burns fail is due to buffer underrun. After burning about 100 CDs with Feurio, I have NEVER had a buffer underrun, and I thank the Feurio software buffer for this.

Next we have the project maker. You can create new projects, and select and WAV or MP3 files you would like to put on your disc. Simple, enough, right? Well, Feurio will also create jewel case inserts based on the titles of the WAV and MP3 files. They can, of course, be manually edited, as well. Another nice thing about this is that there is a database that gets updated after each project you burn, which is referred to at later times when you insert a disc into your computer CD player - that way the software playing your disc will be able to report what album/song you are playing.

The best thing about this program, though, is that it is relatively free. Registration is not required, and payment also not required, if you can deal with annoying pop up windows reminding you to register. This is nice, as all the functionality is there. Nothing is removed if you have not yet paid.

The only complaint that I have with this software is the fact that it will only make audio CDs. You cannot create a data disc with it. I suppose this is fine, as that was not the intention when it was created.

Recommended: Yes