Burnatonce has a 4,489 meg limit!!???

roadworker

roadworker

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Oz_joker said:
Blank DVD's are supposed to hold 4.7 gigs!

Can anybody explain how to get around this? I want 4.7 gigs of burning space dammit!
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You can't get around this,the maximum you can burn on a dvd is 4.37 gig.....the manufacturers use another count system....the reason that this difference exists is because in computer language 1KB is 1,024 bytes.
So, a gig = 1.07 billion bytes.
Most people assume that 1GB =1 billion bytes and the dvd media manufacturers choose to list their capacities that way.....4.7 is actually 4.37.....dvd ram even less,because it needs formatting...
 
The-poacher

The-poacher

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just as roady says

There are 2 definitions of a Gigabyte

1. 2^30 (2 to the 30th power) bytes (1,073,741,824) - this is the definition that your computer uses (the "true" definition)
2. 1 billion bytes (1,000,000,000) - this is what hard drive manufacturers and DVD-recordable disc makers use


4,700,000,000 / 1,073,741,824 = 4.377 "true" gigabytes on a DVD-recordable disc

It is just a difference in how you define gigabyte, and it's also a marketing technique.
 
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Oz_joker

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The-poacher said:
just as roady says

There are 2 definitions of a Gigabyte

1. 2^30 (2 to the 30th power) bytes (1,073,741,824) - this is the definition that your computer uses (the "true" definition)
2. 1 billion bytes (1,000,000,000) - this is what hard drive manufacturers and DVD-recordable disc makers use


4,700,000,000 / 1,073,741,824 = 4.377 "true" gigabytes on a DVD-recordable disc

It is just a difference in how you define gigabyte, and it's also a marketing technique.
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Thanx for clearing that up guys!

I feel kinda cheated, but hey, now I know why! But Roady said the Maximum is 4.37 Gigs, But BurnAtOnce will let me do up to 4.489 gigs. Only 152 extra megs, but I'm not complaining!

Thanx again!
 
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