Max Size for Burn on 4.7 GB DVD-R Disc
Max Size for Burn on 4.7 GB DVD-R Disc
I have tried several times to burn a project with required/available disc space showing 4.28/4.38 (4.59/4.71) on the DVDPS4 3 BURN screen. Is the last number in parens the reason it won't burn - a hair over to finish. The total is with photo files, video/audio files, and project file selected.
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michaeltee
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- ram: 16 GB DC
- Video Card: Intel HD Graphics 630
- sound_card: Realtek High Definition Audio
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Maybe someone with the precise specifics will jump in but (if my memory serves) your content for standard DVD-R media cannot exceed 4.38GiB (4.70GB). Just a guess, but I believe the "4.59/4.71" figure represents total disc size after file structure overhead has been factored in. This would slightly exceeed the capacity of standard DVD-R media. The problem can likely be solved by trimming down your show a bit or using 8.5GB (7.96GiB) "DVD+R DL" (double layer) media.
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sjj1805
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- ram: 2 GB
- Video Card: Intel 945 Express
- sound_card: Intel GMA 950
- Hard_Drive_Capacity: 1160 GB
- Location: Birmingham UK
Traditionally computer people used binary. Since the equipment they were working with used binary it made it easier to understand if they used the same number system.
In binary 1 Kilobyte = 2^10 bytes = 1024 bytes.
In binary 1 Megabyte = 2^20 bytes = 1048576 bytes.
In binary 1 Gigabyte = 2^30 bytes = 1073741824 bytes.
Somewhere along the line someone must have decided to start rating their products using decimal rather than binary.
In decimal 1 Kilobyte = 10^3 bytes = 1,000 bytes.
In decimal 1 Megabyte = 10^6 bytes = 1,000,000 bytes.
In decimal 1 Gigabyte = 10^9 bytes = 1,000,000,000 bytes.
So a 250 Gigabyte when rated in decimal is about 232.8 Gigayte in decimal.
(or when purchased from the salesman as 250 Gig is reported as 232 by windows)
The math:
250 * 10^9 = 250,000,000,000 bytes decimal.
1 Gig binary = 1073741824 binary.
In binary bytes than new 250 Gig drive is 250,000,000,000 / 1073741824 = about 232.83 Gig as seen by the computer you puchased the drive for.
And that 4.7 Gigabyte DVDR you bought to store binary data on.
4.7 Gigabytes = 4,700,000,000 bytes in decimal.
Or 4,700,000,000 / 1073741824 = about 4.3772 actual computer Gigabytes. Hence, your burning program reports the capacity as 4.38 Gig rather than 4.7 Gig.
In binary 1 Kilobyte = 2^10 bytes = 1024 bytes.
In binary 1 Megabyte = 2^20 bytes = 1048576 bytes.
In binary 1 Gigabyte = 2^30 bytes = 1073741824 bytes.
Somewhere along the line someone must have decided to start rating their products using decimal rather than binary.
In decimal 1 Kilobyte = 10^3 bytes = 1,000 bytes.
In decimal 1 Megabyte = 10^6 bytes = 1,000,000 bytes.
In decimal 1 Gigabyte = 10^9 bytes = 1,000,000,000 bytes.
So a 250 Gigabyte when rated in decimal is about 232.8 Gigayte in decimal.
(or when purchased from the salesman as 250 Gig is reported as 232 by windows)
The math:
250 * 10^9 = 250,000,000,000 bytes decimal.
1 Gig binary = 1073741824 binary.
In binary bytes than new 250 Gig drive is 250,000,000,000 / 1073741824 = about 232.83 Gig as seen by the computer you puchased the drive for.
And that 4.7 Gigabyte DVDR you bought to store binary data on.
4.7 Gigabytes = 4,700,000,000 bytes in decimal.
Or 4,700,000,000 / 1073741824 = about 4.3772 actual computer Gigabytes. Hence, your burning program reports the capacity as 4.38 Gig rather than 4.7 Gig.