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wjavaid50
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 10:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok..i have a video file on my hdd that is 3 hours long and about 2 gigs..what i want to know is can i burn the entire movie onto a DVD-R or do i have to use a DVD+R???
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binkie7
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 10:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Either one - each holds the same amount of data - 4.38 gigs.
If your drive can booktype I would suggest using the +r. Booktyping a +r disc to dvd-rom makes the disc almost universally compatible w/ players.
If your drive can't and you have an older player I would suggest -r.
New players usally support both formats.
Wow a 3 hr video and 2 gigs!
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wjavaid50
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 10:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i just got the BenQ 1650..im not sure if it has booktyping..what is booktyping anyways..sorry im a newb at this..
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binkie7
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 11:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not a problem - we were all newbies once!
Booktyping can be done to +r/rw and +r dual discs. It makes these discs appear to be a dvd-rom which increases compatibility.
Your BenQ does support this.
Which programs are you using?
Next question that 3 hr video that's only 2 gig - what type format is the file? i.e .AVI, .iso
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wjavaid50
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 11:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well im going to use Nero to burn it..the file format was XviD but the converted it to DVD using WinAVI...Now i have a couple of VIDEO_TS files...
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wjavaid50
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
oops sorry..thats only half of the movie...i havent yet converted the other half of the movie..so the one i have right know would be 1 and a half hour long...for some reason when i tried to convert the other half of the movie.it told me that it was already done and asked me if i wanted to overwrite it.but i new that i only converted the first half of the movie..maybe its because i was putting them in the same folder...yeah the folder was the problem..now im converting the other half to DVD into another folder...i have 3 hours to burn untill its done converting.. :(...

do i have to combine the 2 half into 1 before burning or can i just leave it like that...
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binkie7
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 12:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That one I don't know - I rarely do these. I would think you would need to but could be way off base.
One reason I rarely do these is the time it takes (.avi's w. Nero).
Here's a guide that may help.
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/multiple_formats_to_dvd_w...
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