Problem with burned dvd+r's

[ChillBill]

2 questions:

1: I just bought a TDK indi dvd+r 4x burner, and used it to burn mpegs onto a dvd+r as data(mpeg, not vcd) using EZCD & DVD 6.. My problem is that I gave it to my friend to watch the clips from his dvd drive in his comp, but his comp can't even see that he has a disk inserted in his drive. I thought that all dvd drives could read dvd+r disks (I don't know what dvd drive he has, but his comp is only about 1 year old). Is there something I could be doing wrong, or is there a list like the 1 here for stand alone players saying what drives can read dvd+ or -r disks?

2: The other thing I noticed is that it says everywhere that a dvd+r can hold 4.7gigs, but it can hold that much. Does anyone know how I can figure out how much data 1 disk will actually hold?

Thanx

[spiderman2k1]

Not all DVD player's will read DVD+R or DVD-R. Some DVD player's will only play really DVD's. If you can return your DVD burner You might want to get a DVD-R. When HD-DVD player's come out they will not read DVD+R but they will read DVD-R

[Bob W]

A DVDR will hold about 4.48GB so to be safe I use 4.46GB or less.

[txpharoah]

Max is 4.7 gigabits
Aka 4.38 gigabytes - which is how your computer computes size.
I think you can overburn larger, but results not good on that.

[nerdboy69]

Max is 4.7 gigabits
Aka 4.38 gigabytes - which is how your computer computes size.
I think you can overburn larger, but results not good on that.

I don't mean to be picky, but it is 4,700,000,000 bytes, not 4.7 Gigabits.
4.7 Gigabits would be 4.7/8 Gigabytes.

But yes, 4.7 Gig when described by a drive manufacturer treats as 4.7 X 1,000 x 1,000 x 1,000 bytes = Good marketing. Technically, however 4.7 Gb is 4.7 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes.

So 4,700,000,000 / (1024x1024x1024) ~ 4.38 Gb

PS
Some say 4.48-ish if they treat 1 Gb = 1024x1024x1000.
Eg. Nero.

[ChillBill]

Thanx for the info.

I can't believe that they actually say a dvdr will hold 4.7 gigs(they should be shot) I mean, when they say a cdr can hold 700 megs, you can actually fit 703megs on it, and thats with out having to overburn.

1 last question I just thought of, does anyone know if there is a proggy, that someone can d/l so it makes it possible for them to view a dvd I make them if their dvd rom drive doesn't see the disk now? Kind of like a general driver update or firmware updatethat should work on all drives? (probably not, but I can hope )

thanx again

[nerdboy69]

does anyone know if there is a proggy, that someone can d/l so it makes it possible for them to view a dvd I make them if their dvd rom drive doesn't see the disk now? Kind of like a general driver update or firmware updatethat should work on all drives?

No such beast. (Or at least I have never heard of it if there is).
Would have to be drive specific.

[spiderman2k1]

ChillBill you can use POWER DVD to view a DVD on the hard drive and you can use www.dvd2one.com if the DVD will not fit on the blank DVD or DVDshrink thats free software

[Hardcoreruss]

[quote="nerdboy69"]

Max is 4.7 gigabits
Aka 4.38 gigabytes - which is how your computer computes size.
I think you can overburn larger, but results not good on that.

I don't mean to be picky, but it is 4,700,000,000 bytes, not 4.7 Gigabits.
4.7 Gigabits would be 4.7/8 Gigabytes.

quote]

What happenend then ?

[SLK001]

Actually, the max for a DVD-R is 4,706,7XX bytes. There is currently no overburning standard for DVD recordables.