To Many Problems/DVD-R

[newbievamp]

i have a few problems.

1.iv brought a 4.7gig blank dvd-r & dvd+r and they only show up in dvd shrink or nero as 4.4 something there for i cannot burn 4.699 gig dvd from the files iv made.where am i going wrong?

2.the dvds i have made wont shrink on dvd shrink it just freezes my dvd rom drive.

3.iv got clonedvd and when i just it to backup anything it cuts the beggining of the film out and jumbles it up.

[Phil Thomas]

Looks like you have a bit of reading to do ......

A dvdr can only hold 4.37gb .... have a look here for more info :
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#3.3

Try reading some guides for DVD Shrink here : http://www.dvdshrink.info/guides.php

[VicodiN]

Looks like you have a bit of reading to do ......

A dvdr can only hold 4.37gb .... have a look here for more info :
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#3.3

Try reading some guides for DVD Shrink here : http://www.dvdshrink.info/guides.php

Thats odd, because DVDshrink's default shrink size is 4.464gb... And Ive never had a bad burn in about a year now. ::knocks on wood::

[thor300]

Vicodin, DVD Shrink says 4464 MB, which equals to around 4.36GB. Harddisks are meassured with 1000MB=1GB to look more impressive on the paper, but apart from that 1GB=1024MB

[Phil Thomas]

Looks like you have a bit of reading to do ......

A dvdr can only hold 4.37gb .... have a look here for more info :
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#3.3

Try reading some guides for DVD Shrink here : http://www.dvdshrink.info/guides.php

Thats odd, because DVDshrink's default shrink size is 4.464gb... And Ive never had a bad burn in about a year now. ::knocks on wood::

Yup as mentioned above DVD Shrink works in mb.
A full explanation can be seen here : http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#7.2

[VicodiN]

Vicodin, DVD Shrink says 4464 MB, which equals to around 4.36GB. Harddisks are meassured with 1000MB=1GB to look more impressive on the paper, but apart from that 1GB=1024MB

doh! I totally didnt even account that into my thinking... Oh well- it happens.

[newbievamp]

I got a even worse prob now

i cant burn dvds with nero i got to 12% and oh it failed and b4 u know it 3 ritek disks have been wasted.ritek worked with nero b4.aslo i cannot get dvd shrink to burn after its ripped.

[newbievamp]

think it must be my blank media when i brought it from ebay most of the blank media came here scratched

[andyp1]

That's not good !!

[richdvd]

think it must be my blank media when i brought it from ebay most of the blank media came here scratched

did you ever think that might be the reason why you are burning a million coasters? every time you post, you are saying about how many DVDs you have wasted.

[hech54]

think it must be my blank media when i brought it from ebay most of the blank media came here scratched

I understand your frustration. I've burned a few coasters myself and it can be more than a bit frustrating but please don't start the "Ebay" thing.
Ebay didn't sell you scratched media, Ebay didn't scratch the media during packaging, Ebay didn't ship the unscratched media that was then bounced around and scratched during shipping and finally(I'm sure there are more though) Ebay didn't deliberately ship you scratched media.
Ebay is not to blame. The same thing could happen if you bought it from Meritline or Naked Geeks or anyone else for that matter.
I have a very reputable seller on Ebay that I buy all of my Ritek's from and haven't had ANY problems because the SELLER is reputable.