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burning dvd
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:58 pm
by corpse
I bought a movie and want to make a copy to protect the original. The movie is 6.78 GB though and the DVD holds 4.5GB or somethign.
I generally use Nero for burning CDs, so if I try to copy this will it say there is not enough space on the blank or will it just know what to do? Or should I get a different program?
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:24 pm
by obsidian
Hint: buy yourself a higher capacity DVD.
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:05 pm
by corncobman
You can reduce the quality to fit it in, using DVD Shrink or something
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:02 am
by +JuggerNaut+
that's not making a copy of the original
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:32 am
by corpse
The movie is on one side of the dvd only.
I thought the only way to exceed 5GB was to have a dual sided dvd/burner.
Are there DVDs that exceed 5Gb on one side?
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:02 am
by obsidian
Get yourself a dual-layer DVD writer and some discs. They have a 8.5GB capacity. They only have one side and I think that's what you're confused about.
Dual-layer != two sided
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:13 am
by corpse
obsidian wrote:Get yourself a dual-layer DVD writer and some discs. They have a 8.5GB capacity. They only have one side and I think that's what you're confused about.
Dual-layer != two sided
confused?..yes.
You say they only have one side, but then you say dual-layer = two sides.
And you say to get dual layer. But the movie is one sided?????????????? Do they have special software to write 6, 7GB on one side/
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:16 am
by creep
!= means "does not equal". As in "Dual-layer DOES NOT EQUAL two sides"
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:32 am
by corpse
Yes, I read it as dual layer! =
Thanks
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:49 am
by Kills On Site
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Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:31 pm
by SoM
obsidian wrote:Get yourself a dual-layer DVD writer and some discs. They have a 8.5GB capacity. They only have one side and I think that's what you're confused about.
Dual-layer != two sided
first you say dual layer one side then dual layer two sides ?
all the dual layer discs i ever had were one sided
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:33 pm
by Foo
!= means "does not equal"
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:40 pm
by SoM
must be the hangover
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:18 pm
by obsidian
Time for an obligatory
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:27 pm
by SoM
i'm drunk f off
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Re: burning dvd
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:26 pm
by creep
someone should have picarded this thread by now.
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:43 am
by FragaGeddon
Dual layer DVD's are not 2 sided.
click
Dual layer recording
A Dual Layer disc differs from its usual DVD counterpart by employing a second physical layer within the disc itself. The drive with Dual Layer capability accesses the second layer by shining the laser through the first semi-transparent layer. The layer change mechanism in some DVD players can show a noticeable pause, as long as two seconds by some accounts. This caused more than a few viewers to worry that their dual layer discs were damaged or defective, with the end result that studios began listing a standard message explaining the dual layer pausing effect on all dual layer disc packaging.
DVD recordable discs supporting this technology are backward compatible with some existing DVD players and DVD-ROM drives.[10] Many current DVD recorders support dual-layer technology, and the price is now comparable to that of single-layer drives, though the blank media remains more expensive. The recording speeds reached by dual-layer media are still well below those of single-layer media.
Re: burning dvd
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:21 pm
by MKJ
thanks, i didnt get it the first 3 times.