how to burn extra capacity of a cd?

[protoNium]

I heard that 700 mb disc can burn it into 725 MB.. how to do it? i use nero express...

thanks..

[scarecrow]

Actually it can even handle 807.5 MB without overburning... Take a look here
The amount of data you can burn to a disk is directly dependent to the type of data, so can you elaborate a bit more? (what kind if data you want to burn and so on).

[protoNium]

woww thanks for the info...
I need to burn a cd that contain mp3, .avi file, and also some .exe file, that is for my multimedia project...
so how do i need to start burn that data? using mode-2?

thanks...

[LTR12101B]

http://www.doom9.org/***********?/xcd.htm

Some description of Mode 2 CD-making there - be aware that the extra capacity is achieved by giving up the "data grade" error correction.

[scarecrow]

Well you can use MODE2 for such a disk, but if you do that you should take good care about the disks' health... (no scratches and such). also, some old systems may be unable to read certain parts of it (not a valid Win32 application and such...). Personally I would use mode1, since CDR media are very cheap currently, and Discjuggler in overburning mode with "30 seconds RAW leadout" option ticked on (book specs used by all other burning programs is 90 seconds). This adds not much to the disk capacity (about 9 MB), but since this noncompliant disk seems to work almost everywhere I don't see why you should not pick it...

[LTR12101B]

If you have control of the content, then using a touch more compression on your media may be preferable, or you can scrape a little extra with overburn - or 90/99 minute media, if your drive supports a large enough overburn.

Mode 2 is non-trivial - you need extra filters installed to view some content ... the "correct" way to author a Mode 2 "XCD" is to put any Installable or data critical content in FORM 1, and only audiovisual media with error handling in FORM 2 ... the error handling of many formats in these conditions is not certain (and by HANDLING, we're looking for the ability to continue with a minimal glitch, or preferably conceal it - eg blanked audio instead of a loud pop)

If exploring methods and techniques is part of the project aim, then exploring and understanding the risks and rewards of Mode 2 would be good, but if you want a bit more capacity without too much fuss, go with a little overburn, or the extra length media.