The CDBurnerXP is a freeware burning program developed by Canneverbe Limited. This optical disc authoring program is mostly written in Visual Basic .NET and is available in both 32- and 64-bit versions. Although CDBurnerXP is a freeware application, it is considered closed source because it utilizes proprietary libraries. The program is bundled with OpenCandy. However, a standalone version is also available. It also has a portable version wherein no installation is needed.
The CDBurnerXP application can be used to create data CDs and DVDs. It can burn data on almost all types of discs. It can also be used to create bootable disks. Aside from creating data, the CDBurnerXP program can also burn audio CDs. It supports different types of audio formats including MP3, WAV, FLAC, WMA, and much more. This program can also create mp3 CDs for storing a lot of music files in one disc. The program's Audio Burning feature also provides a feature to add tracks from an existing audio CD straight to a separate compilation without the need to rip the tracks beforehand.
This burning software features Drop-Box, which can be used to drag-and-drop multiple files straight from the Windows Explorer window. It also features Disc Spanning, which spreads a large amount of data on several discs. This program also provides an option to save the compilations for creating backup copies. Disc information can also be viewed with the CDBurnerXP program. This burning software also has ISO features. It can burn ISO files to a disc, create new ISO files, save CDs and DVDs as ISO files to a disc and convert .nrg and .bin files to ISO.