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Optical disc authoring software is Computer Software for Authoring Optical Discs including CD-ROM s and DVD s. They are also known by synonyms such as '''CD burning application''' or '''DVD authoring software'''. Such software is required to use a Optical Disc Recorder .

Creating an optical disc usually involves first creating a Disk Image with a full File System designed for the optical disc, and then actually burning the image to the disc. Disk file systems include ISO-9660 (often known simply as "ISO") and Universal Disk Format (UDF). ISO is most common for CD s and UDF is most common for DVDs. Many programs create the disk image and burn in one bundled application, such that end-users do not even know the distinction.

There are also Packet-writing applications that do not require writing the entire disc at once, but allow writing parts at a time, allowing the disc to be used like a floppy.

The standard Open Source optical disc authoring software is Cdrtools , and is distributed with all Linux Distributions . Many third-party commercial authoring software exist for Microsoft Windows ; optical disc recorders are usually sold with bundled software.


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