Hi Matthew,
When burning data you should be able, like you said, to burn as much onto a
CD/DVD as it's capacity allows, 700 MB or 4.7 GB. Although you can overburn
CDs/DVDs with most CD writers, I wouldn't advise it with Data. You can,
especially with DVDs, be unlucky and the files might be corrupted on the
DVD.
Anyway, it's not that important to know how much exactly fits on a DVD. I
usually check in the propperties that it's a little less than the maximum
capacity. Usually the data you burn doesn't match up with the exact number
of bits/bytes anyhow.
The difference between the two sets of figures you get in the propperty line
is due to the fact that one bit has eight bytes, not ten.
Take care and hope that helps
Alexandra
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbul...@runbox.com>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:25 AM
Subject: Size on disck: for data dvds?
So when organizing my file collection to put onto cd and dvd, I've figured
out that if the properties of a folder say Size On Disc: 698mb, that this
is filling up a cd with data, and that I can't really put much more data
on it. I figured this out when I used to use an old program called Stomp
Record Now Max. This program doesn't work in Windows7, so I use Express
Burn. However, Express Burn doesn't tell me if I've exceeded the maximum
for a dvd. Can anyone tell me what the Size On Disc line in the properties
should read when you can't fit any more data onto a regular 4.7gb data
dvd? I realize that even though the size on disc may say 698, the number
right next to it on the same line may say 734 megabytes, which is 34 megs
beyond a normal cd, but it seems to burn just fine.
Thanks a lot.
Matthew
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