What is the major difference between DVD-R and DVD+R?

[PATBOY]

Hi everyone, Im not very familiar with dvd ripping but I would like to know what are the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R media?

Thank You

[CDBURNER]

well the discs are generally the same, it's the recording format that is different one is CLV (constant linear velocity) optimized for video because it is better quality and CAV (constant angular velocity) whick is optimized for Data but I really am not sure about the optimization thing.



-CDBURNER

[PATBOY]

Ok and is there a difference in the pricing? like is dvd-r cheaper and dvd+r or something like that? and wich of those 2 formats would be the best to get?

Thank you for your reply

[PATBOY]

since I dont have a dvd writer yet.. would it be best for me to get a dvd+r burner, a dvd-r burner or there will be 1 available what will do both?


Thank You

[onerag9]

Personally, i recommend the Pioneer DVR-A04. It writes to DVD-R and DVD-RW, and you can find it for around $350 (OEM, of course). DVD-R's and DVD-RW's are loads cheaper than the DVD+R/RW media (you can buy them bulk for under 2 dollars a disc, as opposed to the DVD+RW's, which are around 10 bux each... and last i checked, DVD+R's weren't even out yet), and DVD-R is supported by many standalone players. I've got the A04 and a Pioneer DV-333 player, and i've never had s ingle problem. Just my 2 cents...

[SingSing]

Most of the Ripped DVD movie take about 6.5GB.
What does it take to fit them into a DVD-R disc that is only 4.7GB ?

[onerag9]

For DVDs that are over 4.5GB, i split them in half - the movie on Dis 1, and the extra features on Disc 2... unless i don't care to have the extra features, in which case i just put the movie on a disc and go on about my day.

[SLK001]

Most of the Ripped DVD movie take about 6.5GB.

Not true. Maybe the whole disk is 6.5GB, but not the movie. Most movies are under 2 hours, which easily fit on a DVD-R intact (ie, all audio and subtitle streams). A movie that fills up 6.5GB would have to be about 2 hours 53 minutes long (at 4.6Mbps for video + 385kbps for audio). You can strip out the audio and subtitle streams that you don't want and probably pick up 3/4 of a gig of space.

[SingSing]

How long does it take to record a DVD-R ?
Is it much longer than 15 minutes ?

[lattedfw]

I have a Pioneer DVR-A03 and have just started burning DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs. I believe at 1x it takes a minimum of 1 hour to burn an entire DVD-R/RW (4.7GB). Even if your video will run more than an hour (depends on encoded bitrate), the burn-time is 1 hour at 1x. If you choose to test and/or verify burns, that time can double.

The one long video I have burned is 1 hour 45 minutes and took about an hour to prepare->burn->finalize. It was to a cdrecordable.com generic DVD-R, which might have burned at 2x (not sure now that I think about it). I have been doing most burns to Memorex DVD-RW just to practice. Those are at 1x.

Someone with more DVD burning experience care to give a more comprehensive answer?

[julian2002]

It's not true that DVD less than two hour can fit on a dvd-r . All the new DVD have a very high bitrate around 8000 Kbit and a movie arount 1h37 is something like 4,5 Go whitout audio files.

So for all the DVD you want to copy you need to re-encode the bitrate (lose quality) whit a software like rempeg2 and it take very long time.