Burrrn 1.14 beta 2

Burrrn is a small free Windows program by Matus Vojtek that turns music files and CUE sheets into audio CDs that play in an ordinary CD player.

The build here, 1.14 beta 2, dates from 2005, and the program has not been updated in many years, so it gets no fixes for current Windows or newer drives.

If you just need a music CD today, a maintained burner such as AnyBurn or BurnAware Free does it with less fuss.

What Burrrn Actually Does

You drag in audio files, a playlist or a CUE sheet, name the disc and pick a speed. Burrrn decodes each track to CD audio and hands the burning to cdrdao, an open-source command-line burner.

It reads WAV, MP3, OGG, MPC, AAC, MP4, APE, FLAC, WavPack, OptimFROG and TTA files, plus M3U, PLS and foobar2000 FPL playlists. It also writes CD-Text, so track and artist names from your tags show up on players that support it.

CUE support is what made it popular. If you ripped an album to one big FLAC or APE file with a CUE sheet, Burrrn burns it back with the original track layout, and it copes with the non-standard image and CUE files Exact Audio Copy writes.

Who Can Still Use It

Burrrn suits people who already have an archive of image-plus-CUE rips and an older PC where it still runs. It comes as a zip archive, and the download page offers both 1.14 beta 2 and the older 1.13 build.

The catch is age. Nobody tests it against Windows 10 or 11 or against current burners, so if a burn fails there is no fix coming.

The tell that you need something newer: your music is a folder of separate MP3 or FLAC tracks with no CUE sheet. Any of the burners below turns that into an audio CD in a few clicks.

What to Use Instead

• AnyBurn builds Audio CDs from MP3, M4A, FLAC, OGG, APE, WMA and WAV and burns BIN and CUE images. It is free, small and still updated in 2026.
• BurnAware Free has a dedicated Audio CD task with simple drag and drop. The Free edition is for home use.
• ImgBurn is the closest match for CUE fans, burning a CUE sheet as an audio CD with CD-Text. It has been frozen since 2013 but still runs on Windows 10 and 11.
• CDBurnerXP handles track gaps, CD-Text and cue sheets. Its final version came out in 2019, so it works but is no longer maintained.
• cdrtfe is a compact free front end for the cdrtools burning programs that also writes audio CDs.
• Nero Burning ROM is the paid option, with CD-Text and full control over the gaps between tracks.

Getting Your Tracks Ready

For the cleanest copy of a CD, rip it with Exact Audio Copy to FLAC.

Our CD ripping guide covers the settings that matter.

Fix missing track names with Mp3tag before you burn, so CD-Text has something to show. foobar2000 plays and converts almost any of those files if you want to check them first.

For more disc burners, browse our Burning Tools category.

Quick questions

Download Burrrn 1.14 beta 2 if you still need it, or tell us what you used it for if you have history with it.