Hello friends! I want to burn a few movies in a DVD5 4.7 GB , but every time I try to add videos to it, I am allowed to add only 4464 MB. If we calculate 4.7 GB, it turns out to be 4812 MB. So why are we not allowed to use all the disk space to write the video files. Where are the rest 348 MB alloted to. Thank you.
Thats a very easy one answer , it isn't 4.7Gb as stated (it is 4.37Gb) Get your calculator out again !
@herbsman : You said its 4.37 GB, but its clearly mentioned on the DVD cover that it is 4.7 GB... @LOCOENG : Even if it is calculated as 1GB=1000MB, it comes out to be 4700MB in a 4.7GB disk. But I am allowed to write only 4464 MB in a DVD Video mode.
Read my post again. 1000 is the Japanese equivilant of a megabyte, 1024 is the standard translation. It is a marketing ploy.
here you go loco i read it and found this through the search @ go4saket: although it says 4.7 gig, you really only have 4.38 gig.The other 400meg is used by the manufactyrers to encrypt there own data into the disc, like what the disc reg is and such. I also notice you mention burning to 4464, that is way to far.To get a burn that way you are in the area where the dye is the most uneven and all you are going to get is a disc with a 30% chance of playing if the errors dont get you 1st.Try cutting it down to a more safe limit like 4300 guy
