NRG file extension. How to open and convert files with NRG file suffix

Files with nrg extension are used for the default disk image format in Nero Burning ROM software. NRG is not just "renamed" ISO image, but proprietary format used by Nero. However both serve the same purpose, ie. physical media backup and burning.

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NRG file extension - Nero-Burning ROM CD or DVD image

What is nrg file? How to open nrg files?

File type specification:

Disk image (ISO) binary file type

Backup file type

nrg file icon:

File extension nrg is used for the default CD/DVD image file format of a very popular burning software called Nero Burning ROM that is distributed as a part of Nero Multimedia Suite.

These .nrg files are different than ISO images. NERO nrg file format uses a variation of the Interchange File Format (IFF) and stores data in a chain of "chunks".

Updated: January 12, 2025

The default software associated to open nrg file:

Nero Burning ROM

Company or developer:
Nero AG

Nero Burning ROM is burning software from Nero AG, which allows users to rip, copy, burn and protect various types of optical media.

You can convert your audio CDs into the format of your choice, make copies of your CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs and protect them with SecurDisc Technology.

Nero Platinum

Company or developer:
Nero AG

Nero Platinum is successor of Nero Multimedia Suite, which enables Windows uers to burn and copy optical media, create and edit digital videos and digital audio, play and stream media, rip and convert data from optical disks.

Nero Platinum is including Nero MediaHome, Nero MediaBrowser, Nero Video, Nero Recode, Nero Content, Nero Burning ROM, Nero Express, Nero Disc to Device, Nero CoverDesigner, Nero BackItUp, Nero RescueAgent, Music Recorder, Nero Control Center.

Nero Classic

Company or developer:
Nero AG

Nero Classic is a set of tools for Microsoft Windows, which enables users to work with multimedia data burning, copying, creating, editing, playing, streaming, ripping, and converting their multimedia files.

Nero Classic is including: Nero MediaHome, Nero MediaBrowser, Nero Video, Nero Recode, Nero Content, Nero Burning ROM, Nero Express, Nero Disc to Device, Nero CoverDesigner, Nero BackItUp, Nero RescueAgent, Music Recorder, Nero Control Center.

Nero Multimedia Suite
(obsolete software)

Company or developer:
Nero AG

Nero Multimedia Suite is popular multimedia and burning suite. Applications in Nero Suite helps with editing video, organize media, play media files, burning data, backup data and manage photos. Nero Suite is distributed in two editions Nero Multimedia Suite and Nero Multimedia Suite Platinum HD.

Nero Multimedia Suite was replaced by Nero Classic and Nero Platinum.

Extract audio tracks from NRG disk image

Open NRG file on Mac

Convert any disk image file format to ISO

Help how to open:

NRG image format is very popular and it is supported by many third-party applications. You can use Nero-Burning ROM, Nero Suite or ISOBuster and other CD/DVD burning applications to burn NRG Nero image file into recordable media or use some mounting software like Daemon tools to access to NRG Nero image file as virtual CD/DVD device.

How to convert:

On PCs with Microsoft Windows installed, you can use Nero Burning ROM to save NERO NRG image file to another ISO image format or third-party applications used to manage disk (ISO) image files (UltraISO, ISOBuster, MagicISO).

On PCs with Linux platform, you can use NRG2Iso converter and convert NRG NERO image file to ISO disk image format, that is more popular than NRG format and supported by many CD/DVD burning applications for Linux operating system.

NRG2iso also supports MAC OS X, but Apple MAC users must use version of NRG2iso with MAC OS X Linux wrapper.

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Software that open nrg file - Nero-Burning ROM CD or DVD image

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