Re: Cannot burn DVD but can burn CD's.

2014-09-24 Thread Stephen Partington
I have seen burning software get weird with an explicit choice in burning medium. so if you make it think CD and not DVD it will see a DVD and say media not valid. I have seen this in Windows and Linux software. On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 9:53 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Hello, I have

Re: Cannot burn DVD but can burn CD's.

2014-09-24 Thread techlists
I'm using K3b to burn the data disk. As it turns out their meter is wrong. They say the DVD should hold 4.7GB and if I look at the disk info they say the disk is 4.4GB. If I try to burn with more than 4.4GB of data it does not recognize the DVD. When I remove data and go below 4.4GB it

Re: Cannot burn DVD but can burn CD's.

2014-09-24 Thread Jon Kettenhofen
There's no fault here. The difference between the 4.4 and the 4.7GB is overhead for the DVD format and index (directory) written when the data meaningful to you is written. If it were a straight, single track song or movie you might get more data but it's all in how and what you count as

Re: Cannot burn DVD but can burn CD's.

2014-09-24 Thread techlists
Interesting!! Thanks!! On 2014-09-24 13:42, Jon Kettenhofen wrote: There's no fault here. The difference between the 4.4 and the 4.7GB is overhead for the DVD format and index (directory) written when the data meaningful to you is written. If it were a straight, single track song or movie

Re: Cannot burn DVD but can burn CD's.

2014-09-24 Thread Stephen Partington
well don't forget you can do a dual layer dvd for 9.8 or so. On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:40 AM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: I'm using K3b to burn the data disk. As it turns out their meter is wrong. They say the DVD should hold 4.7GB and if I look at the disk info they say the disk is

Cannot burn DVD but can burn CD's.

2014-09-23 Thread techlists
Hello, I have a Dell Inspiron 660 running Mint 17 KDE. I was trying to burn a DVD and cannot. I get a popup shortly after I insert the DVD which allows me to open the burner software, however is says something to the effect that the medium is not valid. I can burn CD's but not DVD's. A