Gigabytes to Megabytes

[elove]

Sorry for the dumb question, but 4.7 gigabytes equals how many megabytes?

Thanks!

[Bodyslide]

around 4400 mega

https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?D#DVD-R

https://www.videohelp.com/dvd

[lordsmurf]

4472MB

[elove]

Thanks for the replies, I really appreciate it!

[JohnnyMalaria]

4812.8

(4.7 x 1024)

[lordsmurf]

You don't use 4.7 "GB", you use 4.38GB, the true amount.
And the MB of 4.38GB is 4472MB, give or take about 5MB.

Also remember DVD+R holds less MB's than DVD-R. About 10-20, forget the exact number.

[JohnnyMalaria]

I agree though the question states 4.7GB

[DereX888]

IIRC the "4.7GB" as advertised on discs stands for 4,700,000,000 bytes, where they incorrectly calculate 1 kilob as 1,000 bytes (instead of 1,024) and so on (thus 1gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 instead of 1,073,741,824 bytes according to such misleading calculation - hence the total comes out as 4.7GB instead of 4.38GB as it really is).
Basically same "mistake" as with hard disk drives, where 250GB hdd is actually 238GB, etc etc.
Just a marketing bullshit.

International Standards Institute (SI) tried to regulate it as I remember from school, but it only made even more mess with new weird names like "kilobinary" for 1024 (as versus deci kilo for 1000). The reality is everywhere computers are involved kilo is 1024 not decimal 1000.

Malaria, although OP didnt specify his Q to be regarding DVD-Rs, I think you should have known better and not to mislead him

[Super Warrior]

I always burn my discs 4465(4.36MB).

I don't feel safe burning to the absolute max on media. Even on TYs.

Probably should go down to 4460Mbs.