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Question About Fitting XGD3 onto Dual Layer DVDs
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1. October 2011 @ 22:37 |
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It never occurred to me before to find out the actual size of a DVD+R DL but now I'm wondering about it.
The Gears 3 ISO is 8.13 GB.
The DVD+R DL disc is 8.5 GB.
This leaves .37GB of space.
Shouldn't the XGD3 ISOs fit right on with no problem? Apparently they don't (which I already know). ?I'm wondering why they won't, when there is supposedly 370MB left over.
Are the dual layers truly 8.5GB or are they less than advertised?
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Modking30
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1. October 2011 @ 23:16 |
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They are less. Kind of like an 80gb hard drive is like 74GB actual space. I think 8.5 comes out to like 8.15 or something similar.
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2. October 2011 @ 00:12 |
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I figured it was something like that. I'm gonna check out a Verb and a Memorex when I get home Monday.
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coorva
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2. October 2011 @ 02:47 |
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dont say memorex around modking,,,
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cooll903
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2. October 2011 @ 02:51 |
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memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex memorex. i have out of over 200 memorex have had only three bad ones
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2. October 2011 @ 09:15 |
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Originally posted by cooll903:
i have out of over 200 memorex have had only three bad ones
Here we go again...........
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2. October 2011 @ 11:32 |
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Quote:
The Gears 3 ISO is 8.13 GB.
The DVD+R DL disc is 8.5 GB.
The reason this doesn't work is because you're comparing GB (the size of the disc) with GiB (the size of the Gears ISO). You're using 2 different scales.
Disc manufacturers use GB as a measurement of storage, which is 1,000,000,000 bytes. Computer systems use base 2 though, so a GiB is 2 ^ 30 bytes, which is actually 1,073,741,824 bytes.
Therefore if you take a DVD+R DL disc, the capacity in bytes is 8,547,991,552.
8,547,991,552 / 1,000,000,000 = 8.548 GB (or thereabouts), so when most people say that a DVD+R DL is "8.5 GB" it's this figure they're talking about.
But in terms of computer systems, the capacity is this: -
8,547,991,552 / 1,073,741,824 = 7.961 GiB.
So using GB as the scale: -
Gears 3 = 8.739 GB
DVD+R DL = 8.548 GB
Or using GiB as the scale: -
Gears 3 = 8.139 GiB
DVD+R DL = 7.961 GiB
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2. October 2011 @ 11:45 |
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Originally posted by funksoulb:
So using GB as the scale: -
Gears 3 = 8.739 GB
DVD+R DL = 8.548 GB
Or using GiB as the scale: -
Gears 3 = 8.139 GiB
DVD+R DL = 7.961 GiB
Understood.
Either way, same result. ISO Larger than disc.
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cooll903
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2. October 2011 @ 22:21 |
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Originally posted by funksoulb:
Quote:
The Gears 3 ISO is 8.13 GB.
The DVD+R DL disc is 8.5 GB.
The reason this doesn't work is because you're comparing GB (the size of the disc) with GiB (the size of the Gears ISO). You're using 2 different scales.
Disc manufacturers use GB as a measurement of storage, which is 1,000,000,000 bytes. Computer systems use base 2 though, so a GiB is 2 ^ 30 bytes, which is actually 1,073,741,824 bytes.
Therefore if you take a DVD+R DL disc, the capacity in bytes is 8,547,991,552.
8,547,991,552 / 1,000,000,000 = 8.548 GB (or thereabouts), so when most people say that a DVD+R DL is "8.5 GB" it's this figure they're talking about.
But in terms of computer systems, the capacity is this: -
8,547,991,552 / 1,073,741,824 = 7.961 GiB.
So using GB as the scale: -
Gears 3 = 8.739 GB
DVD+R DL = 8.548 GB
Or using GiB as the scale: -
Gears 3 = 8.139 GiB
DVD+R DL = 7.961 GiB
thanks, that makes a lot of sense now
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