99 min CD-R

[kenmo]

Has anyone here tired 99 minute CD-Rs ? Are they compatible with most DVD players ?

I'm thinking about buying a few to test with SVCD & CVD movies....

Cheers

[kenmo]

Can I assume then no one here is using 99 minute CD-Rs or is not contemplating on using them ?

Cheers

[Gazorgan]

One word: Proprietary

That means they aren't compatible with squat, just the proprietaty CDRW drives that burn them, nothing else. Kind of like a DVDRAM cartridge or an LS-120 disk, usefull but it's not going to be used in other drives/players.

[Tearren]

Hello kenmo!

Actually I use the 99min CD-R's. I don't mean to contradict Gazorgan here, but I believe he is thinking of the newer CD-R media. The 99 min CD-R's are infact not proprietary. There may be some compatibility issues though. I can burn a 99min CR-R with my Lite-on using Nero for overburn. They playback in my APEX 5131 just fine.

When I was making VCD's and SVCD's I would use them. I really liked them b/c I got a little better quality for a movie on 2 disks. I believe I got my 99mins from CompUSA. That is the only place I could find them at a retail store.

Later,
Tearren

[bloo]

use them alot for dvdrips, vcds svcds, have to agree with tearren, no issues with apex 1200 . dont think compusa sells thme anymore @ least not in NYC. try it out. bloo

[wway]

I use 99 min cd-r's. Works fine in my three players (Apex 660, Pioneer 353, DMTech 2000).

I order them from: www.AllMediaOutlet.com

If you are going to buy a new player, take a movie burned on a 99 min cd to test in the player. If it plays, make sure it plays the last 10 minutes. Why? The DVD-rom drives on my computers will not play the last 5 - 10 minutes. Not sure why. Although, it could be a problem with PowerDVD.

You can always use them as 90 minute cd-r's if you cant play the full 99 minutes.

wway

[kenmo]

What size of a mpeg file (xxx mbs) does 99 minutes translate to ?

[Treebeard]

What size of a mpeg file (xxx mbs) does 99 minutes translate to ?

990mb

[Sefy]

I Use 90 and 99min CDR's, but mostly 90 right now, cause i've got a 6 years
old DVD Player (Pioneer 525) and it doesn't play 99min, but all the new DVD
Players do play them.