Nero 9 is the new and improved multimedia suite that provides the freedom to create, rip, burn, edit, share, and upload online. Whatever you want music, video, photo, and data enjoy and share with family and friends anytime, anywhere. Using the intuitive Nero StartSmart command center, digital life has never been more flexible, feasible, and fun!

Nero 9 enhances every aspect of your digital lifestyle, offering ease of use while remaining reliable and dependable, with improvements catering to your digital wants and needs. Nero frees you to do more with your digital content. Create, manage, and share your music, videos, and photos with fast and easy to use tools which allow you to explore and enjoy the unlimited possibilities with Nero 9.

Features:

* Rip and burn faster and easier than ever
* Backup files to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs
* Fast and easy auto backup and copy functions
* Playback and manage all popular audio files, videos, photos and web media
* 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
* Play AVCHD and other HD formats
* Watch, record and pause High Definition TV
* Achieve your favorite tasks faster than ever directly from Nero StartSmart
* Add track and album information of your audio files and audio CDs via the new Gracenote® integration
* Automatically backup all your files with Auto Backup
* Playback and manage all popular audio files, videos, photos and web media
* Easily capture, quickly edit, author, and output your videos to professional looking DVDs with Dolby® surround sound
* Recover damaged data

* A DVD-ROM drive is required for installation
* Windows XP SP2 or SP3, Windows Vista, Windows Vista 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

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
* TV tuner or video capture card for analog and digital video recording

Product Packaging: Electronic Delivery