On 3/16/08, Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 16, 2008, at 15:34, Rick Womer wrote: > > A bigger annoyance is that one cannot tell reliably > > whether the stuff one drags into the burning window is > > going to fit on the disk. I use "get info" to find > > the sizes of all the folders, add things up, drag a > > combination of folders into the window that comes to > > about 3.4 gig, click "Burn", and more often than not > > get a box saying I need to remove something. > > > > Why can't those clever people at Apple give me a > > running total as I drag things into the window? > > > > And why does a 4.7 gig genuine Apple DVD-R hold only > > 3.4 gig? > > > > > Shouldn't be this way, really. > > I HIGHLY recommend Roxio's "Toast Titanium" - it DOES give you a > running total, and even has the option to span multiple disks if what > you've dragged in there is too much to fit onto one (as a matter of > fact, I can't see how to turn spanning OFF but it does say "this will > take 2 DVDs" and then I know to remove some stuff). > > Can't remember what it costs, but it makes things so much simpler it's > worth it. > > -Charles >
Yep, The built-in burning software in both OS X and Windows XP/Vista is very rudimentary. Toast is by far the best solution for Mac users, while Windows users have several options, ranging from Roxio's Easy CD Creator (The Windows version of Toast) to Nero to Sonic. I personally use the lower-end version of Toast on my Mac (Came with my LaCie DVD Burner) and Sonic on all my Windows machines (HP packafes Sonic and all my PC's are currently HP/Compaqs). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
