DVD overburning??

[shinomen]

Here's something I don't understand. I've got an image file that is ready to be burned to DVD-R (using the Pioneer A0-3). The image size is only 4.39gb and the discs of course are are 4.7gb. But when I go to burn it using Nero, it says that the disc isn't big enough.

So I guess my first question is WHY? (it calculates out right to me!?)
And my next question is: If it is going to be too big for the disc, is there anyway to overburn like you can with cd-r?

(I should probably try to look it up, but I figure if someone knows off the top of their head, that'll be quicker)

Thanks

[invisibler]

ok..heres the deal...there is a misconception that you can fit a 4.7gb movie on a DVD-R...in reality you can only fit a 4.37gb movie on a DVD-R...I forget the exact reason why, but I think it has somethign to do with the idea that a DVD-R can actually fit 4700mb and since a gig is actually a bit more than 1000mb, it comes out to 4.37gb...any,way I have the same set-up as you: an A03 and I use Nero and Prassi to burn...I recently had a movie that was a little over 4.37gb just like your 4.39gb movie...Nero's overburn settings only apply to CD-Rs...I couldn't figure out a way to overburn DVD-Rs, although it may somehow me possible...anyhow, you have 2 other options that I know of...you could use the trim/join tool in TMPGenc and cut off a minute or 2 from the end credits, which should only take about 10-15 minutes...or you can use reMpeg, to re-encode your movie to be a bit smaller without noticeably affecting the quality at all, however this will take over-night to do...there is an excellent tutorial for using reMpeg to scale down movies for DVD-R at www.dvd2dvdr.com ....good luck

[Baldrick]

A single layer DVD(DVD-5) fits 4 700 000 000 bytes and that is 4.37 "computer" gigabytes where 1 kilobyte is 1024 bytes. 4 700 000 000 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024=4.377216.