Ahead Software announced that the latest addition to its Nero product, Nero Recode 2, has already surpassed 20 million downloads within the first four weeks of release.

Nero Recode 2 which includes Nero Digital, the world's fastest MPEG-4 video and audio codec, are part of last month's update of Nero 6.3. Nero Recode 2 is the first application to take full advantage of Nero Digital's power. In addition to its capabilities to re-author, copy, recode and reduce MPEG-2 streams (DVD-9 to DVD-5), Nero Recode 2 can transcode 'non-protected' DVD movies to Nero Digital, preserving chapters, sub-titles, multi-channel audio and above all else, quality - all at lightening speed. No other application today offers these features.

The Nero 6.3 update including Nero Recode 2 with Nero Digital technology is available online at www.nero.com.