Nero 8 version 8.2.8.0 released today!

[Ulysses]

Version: 8.2.8.0
Release Date: 2007-12-19
File Size: 183 MB (192.369.280 bytes)
MD5 checksum: f07e4f200e8b0dbd1e5a91f6b3805b00

http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-nero8-update.php

NO changelog.

[Ian]

Some info on the new update..

http://www.nero.com/enu/press-releases.html?id=1367

Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announced today that the latest update of the award-winning Nero 8 suite brings users a number of great new features including BDMV authoring and playback, improved file encoding speed, and support for Mini HD DVD-Video discs.

Nero 8 has received certification for authoring and playback of writeable Blu-ray Disc Video (BDMV) titles and, with the new update, now supports advanced and interactive features for High Definition audio and video. The certifications were presented by Sony Corporation's Blu-ray Disc testing center and ensure maximum compatibility with other Blu-ray devices for trouble-free operation.

The latest update of Nero 8 also includes playback of Mini HD DVD-Video discs, and burning of HD DVD-Video onto DVD-R/RW media. Smart Encoding is a feature that detects compliant incoming data formats from AVCHD camcorders. This lets users avoid time-consuming re-encoding by skipping the recoding step for AVCHD content when the destination format is also AVCHD. Advancements in the Nero 8 home entertainment features offer even more flexibility by letting users fast forward and pause content streamed throughout the digital home via Nero's home media server application.

Most of this is useless unless you bought the Blu-ray/HD DVD Video Plug-in.

[Ulysses]

just my couriosity, why does Nero AG offer two downloading links:
Nero-8.2.8.0_eng_update.exe and Nero-8.2.8.0_eng_trial.exe ?

Both show the same MD5 checksum: f07e4f200e8b0dbd1e5a91f6b3805b00

so they actually have to be the same identical setup file... or am I wrong?

[Ian]

Yeah, they're both the same. If a licensed copy isn't already installed or if you don't provide a serial number, it will install itself as a trial version.

[Ulysses]

Yeah, they're both the same. If a licensed copy isn't already installed or if you don't provide a serial number, it will install itself as a trial version.

TY for your feedback but this still doesn't answer my question/curiosity, the reason for TWO different links here

Nero 8 • Trial:
http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-nero8-trial.php

Nero 8 • Update:
http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-nero8-update.php

[Ian]

I dunno. They think they're slick by having two different links?

[Ian]

Release Notes Nero 8.2.8.0

Nero Installer
Bug fixes
Some versions of Nero 8 could not be updated via Nero ControlCenter resulting in the following error message: “MSI engine could not be updated, please update manually.”

Nero BackItUp
Bug fixes
When running a job with "update backup" option, Nero BackItUp created new NBA files on the target drive, even if it was a hard drive.

Nero BurnRights
Bug fixes
The Windows Control Panel could not be opened on Danish language operating systems after Nero 8 had been installed

Nero ImageDrive
Bug fixes
Nero ImageDrive was available in English only, even if Nero 8 had been installed correctly in another language. Starting Nero ImageDrive resulted in the following error message:
“The language file you want to use is not installed on your computer. The language file has probably been deleted.”

Nero InfoTool
Bug fixes
The recorder drive was not always recognized and displayed correctly in Nero InfoTool

Nero Vision
New Features Added
· Implemented SmartEncoding for AVCHD
· Implemented Mini HD DVD-Video authoring with DVD-R/RW media
· Implemented authoring of the Blu-ray Disc Video format ‘BD-MV’
· Improved text edit functions for Smart 3D menu templates

Nero Recode 3
New Features Added
· Added Video pre-processing filters (color correction, de-noise and customized filters)
· Implemented support of interlaced encoding with adaptive frame rate conversion
· Implemented new ASP encoder with multithreading optimized for multicore processors
· Latest AAC encoder used
· Implemented simplified Nero Digital™ profiles
· New PlayStation® 3 and PlayStation Portable profiles
· New iPod® and iPhone profile
· Graphical user interface reorganized
· Optional ‘pass through’ user setting to keep AC3 audio source without transcoding
· Improved file import functionality
· Support for additional formats (flash video format, HD DVD-Video files, transport stream from DVB recordings)

Nero ShowTime
New Features
· Implemented playback of Mini HD DVD-Video
· Implemented playback of Blu-ray Disc Video format ‘BD-MV’ created with Nero Vision
· Support for additional subtitles formats (PowerDivx (*.PSB); TMPlayer (*.TXT) ; (*.ASS); Advanced SSA (SubStation Alpha)

Nero MediaHome
New Features
· Implemented new options (hide offline devices, index now, indexing speed for manually added folders)
· Changed current TV streaming for use with transport streams
· Improved trick mode (pause, fast forward, etc.) while transcoding
· Significantly improved browsing speed of Nero MediaHome
· Implemented support for external subtitle files (*.SRT) with some clients
· Improved send Media@Home behavior to better reflect current playback state
· Improved compatibility with PlayStation® 3 (trick mode support, support for MPEG-2 which significantly improves video quality of transcoded content)

Nero StartSmart
New Features
· News feed support improved with RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 as well as common encodings iso8859-1, shift-jis formats
· Usability improvements with shortcut support such as cut, copy and paste

Nero Burning ROM
New Features
· Implemented support for DualLayer DVD-RW media including layer jump junction
Bug fixes
In Windows Vista®, the Windows Aero design switched to the normal Windows design (Windows Standard), no matter which Nero application had been started.
When burning an Audio CD, the pause feature did not work as expected
The “crossfading tracks” feature did not work properly either as a result of this.
The ImageRecorder was not recognized as target when Nero CMD was used with a parameter file. An error message was displayed: “Drive ‘ ‘ not found, available are” followed by the recorders’ list.

Nero Express
New Features
· Implemented support for DualLayer DVD-RW media including layer jump junction
· Support of SecurDisc copy protected files (*pdfsd)

SecurDisc Viewer
New Features
· Support of SecurDisc copy protected files (*pdfsd)

InCD Reader
New Features
· Support of SecurDisc copy protected files (*pdfsd)

InCD
New Features
Support of SecurDisc copy protected files (*pdfsd)
Bug fixes
Minor changes