InfraRecorder Tutorials
Step-by-step guides for the jobs InfraRecorder 0.53 actually does: burning ISO and BIN/CUE images, creating images from your own discs, ripping audio CDs, copying and erasing discs, and burning DVD-Video and bootable media. InfraRecorder is free, open-source software (GPL v3) and 0.53 from 2012 is the final version — these tutorials are written for that version, with honest notes where modern Windows behaves differently.
New here? Get the program from the InfraRecorder download page, then start with the guide that matches your task below. On a newer computer, the InfraRecorder on Windows 11 notes and the guide to InfraRecorder Portable are worth reading first.
Burn an ISO File to CD or DVD
Write an ISO image to blank media the reliable way — media sizes, write-speed advice, and the verification step that proves the disc is good.
Create an ISO Image from a CD or DVD
The “CD to ISO” workflow: preserve a data or audio disc as an image file you can back up, store and burn again later.
Burn an Audio CD That Plays in Any Player
Make a true Red Book audio CD from WAV files — audio projects vs MP3 discs, track order, gaps and media that older players can read.
Rip a CD to MP3
Save CD tracks as MP3, WAV, WMA or OGG — including installing the separate MP3 plug-in (lame.irc) that MP3 ripping requires.
Copy a CD or DVD
Duplicate a disc on the fly with two drives, or via a disc image with a single drive — which method to choose and how to verify the copy.
Erase a CD-RW or DVD-RW
Blank rewritable media with InfraRecorder’s four erase methods — quick vs full erase, erasing the last session, and unclosing a disc.
Burn a BIN/CUE Image
Burn BIN/CUE images correctly: what the cue sheet does, why you select the .cue file, and the fixes for broken or renamed image pairs.
Burn a DVD-Video Disc (VIDEO_TS)
Burn an existing VIDEO_TS folder to a playable DVD-Video disc — and an honest explanation of what InfraRecorder cannot author from video files.
Create a Bootable CD or DVD
Build El Torito bootable discs: boot image requirements, emulation modes, and the legacy BIOS limits that decide which machines will start from them.
Add Files Later: Multisession
Add files to a disc in later sessions: importing the previous session, avoiding the lost-files mistake, and knowing when to close the disc.
All ten guides assume InfraRecorder 0.53 on Windows. The program was written for Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7 and is not officially supported on Windows 10 or 11, though many users run it there — each guide flags the places where that difference matters, and every burn guide includes verification so you can be sure the finished disc works.