Today's Reader Mail and Rumor Report includes- rumors on: Babya bSuite to include CD/DVD burning, and we revisit earlier rumors in the lead up to Monday's Babya Expo.
Babya bSuite:
We previously said that bSuite will include a new word processor, updated Babya bCal (greatly improved, first new version since Sept. 2003), Babya Photo Workshop, Babya Discoverer RSS (v11) and web site creation software.
Now it is now confirmed that Babya bSuite will also come with a powerful CD/DVD burning application-CDBurnerXP Pro (http://www.cdburnerxp.se), by Stefan Haglund, Fredrik Haglund, Florian Schmitz.
Features of CDBurnerXP Pro:
- Write CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs (as Data and Video)
- Burn audio-CDs with and without gaps between tracks
- Burn on the fly / Burn-proof
- Supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives
- Rip Audio-CDs to harddrive, obtain track-information (ID3-tags) from Internet
- Burn and create ISO-files
- Customizeable with many settings
- Data verification after burn, create bootable discs
- (will be) available in multiple languages
- 100% freeware - no adware or restrictions
- Audio Editor (ver. 2.2.9 and upcoming version 3.5)
- ISO converter
- Simple cover printing and much more!
Operating systems: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP systems. - All features in detail:
- Create Data-CDs/DVDs
burn any Data on CD-R/CD-RW/DVD+R/DVD-R/DVD+RW/DVD-RW - burn mp3-CDs to store many audio files on one single disc
burn Video-DVDs with menus (read in helpfile how to do that) - create bootable discs
verify written Data automatically after burning process - use either the internal browser to add your files or the intuitive Drop-Box to drag and drop files
- directly from any Windows Explorer window
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apply file filters to see only the files you need (for example *.jpg to display only JPEG files in local browser) -
save your compilations for creation of backups -
burn on-the-fly and with buffer-underrun protections -
import previous (ISO 9660) sessions and edit existing file structure on CD/DVD -
quick- and full-erase disc -
retrieve recorder and disc information -
overburning possible - Create Audio-CDs
create Audio-CDs from mp3, wav, ogg and wma* files -
add single or multiple tracks from existing audio-CDs directly to your new compilation without ripping tracks before (add cda-files) -
play audio-files with integrated audio player -
gapless audio-CDs supported (disc-at-once-mode) -
import m3u-playlists -
integrated advanced audio editor - Rip Audio-CDs
- rip tracks from any audio-CD to wav, mp3, wma or ogg
- download album information from online database
- sort ripped files in subdirectory automatically (based on information you get from online database)
- supports jitter-correction ripping modes to rip tracks from scratched CDs ISO features
- burn ISO files to CD
- create your own ISO files
- convert bin- and nrg-files to ISO
- Other features
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simple cover printing feature for Data- and Audio-CDs
Audio Editor -
MP3 Tag-Editor -
converter for audio files (wav+mp3) -
supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives -
ASPI not required for NT/2000/XP -
integrated option to enable access to drive for restricted users -
lots of settings to customize CDBurnerXP Pro -
multi-language interface -
online update
Screenshot:http://www.cdburnerxp.se/screenshots/main-data.png
We revisit some of the earlier rumors:
With not long to go until Monday's keynote, we revisit and update on several earlier rumors from previous weeks.
Babya IIS alternative:
The Babya IIS alternative is currently under development for a February/March release. It's expected that this won't be released at the Babya Expo, but a possible preview of it .
Babya video editor:
It is likely to be Wax (http://babyasystem.portal.dk3.com), and included with bSuite, but as a optional download.
Babya desktop search:
The Babya desktop search is to be included with bSuite and Babya Discoverer RSS and possibely announced at Monday's Babya Expo, and released within the next 30-60 days.
Also it will be available as a separate download.
Babya bSecure :
A couple of weeks ago, we reported on a rumor about a bSecure update. Unfortunately, a updated version is not expected to be announced at the Babya Expo, but one source said, a update may be released in about 2-3 weeks, after the expo. Still, no information about what the improvements are yet.
Babya Photo Workshop .pal file support:
Babya Photo Workshop is now not to include in the next version (v7.1), JASC .pal file support, but the v 7.1 update will be included with bSuite and has access to the other bSuite components and a updated UI and logo.
That's all rumors and reader email for today's report.
In our next report, we'll post a roundup of recent rumors related to the Babya Expo and Babya applications, and what we expect will be released/announced or previewed at the Babya Expo.
