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ScubaPete

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10. February 2005 @ 19:47

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If the size was the same And the running time was the same for the Movie only You may be able to draw a coralation BUT there's no way it would true for all DVD's.

As I proposed before it's not possible to say that a certain weight will equal a certain volume UNLESS the product, say feathers, were the same.

As to the size / time stamped on the discs, it just doesn't hold true as a statement of fact.

For instance, I put 4 DVD-9 movies on a single DVD and I also put 5 DVD-5 movies on a single disc BUT there are times when a single DVD can push a backup to one disc's limit.

You can put an average of 6 hours of SVCD on a DVD so even the format changes things.

In general then,

The difference of 4.7GB DVD and 4.36GB DVD -
While the manufactures advertise the size of a DVD as a 4.7GB DVD disc it?s not true. It?s because they calculate what 1GB is differently. A DVD will hold 4700mb but that is not 4.7GB that is 4.38GB because 1GB is not 1000MB it is actually 1024MB. Manufacturers do this false advertising all the time so you think you are getting more than you are, They do it with Hard Drives also so if you buy a 120GB Hard Drive it isn?t really 120GB it is actually more like 114GB. (I think that?s right - lol) At any rate, we prefer to calculate the available writing space on a DVD as 4.36GB to include the reverse math and also provide a bit of room for overhead :-)

. When stuck using cheapo media, I like setting the size to 4300MB you can actually see a tiny unburned ring on the outside of your next DVD backup. If you are stuck using "el Cheapo" media, this is one way to reduce your "coaster Percentage". The edge of the disc is the place where flaking sometimes occurs so that your movie might ?stick? or ?freeze? there

Since DL discs are still too expensive that most don't use them I won't speak of them here.

Pete

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The ?Old Man? Pete (ö¿ô)

Your DVD answers are at ScubaPete's DVD Backup Corner ~>

http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/tutorial007.html

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