[X4U] Why is my DVD Capacity so small?

[Jeff Carruthers]

John: I use DVD-R blank disks all the time to make DVDs that can be viewed on my TV via a DVD player, both using my MacBookPro and using a DVD Recorder.

Have you tried using a DVD-R?

Also, what's the source for the DVD you are trying to burn?

Finally, I agree with other comments about using a slow speed to record the session.

Jeff

On Feb 7, 2011, at 4:25 PM, John Erdman wrote:

> Thanks for the tip about ImgBurn.   I found it on my own about 30 mins ago. Looks almost exactly like DVD Decrypter. It appears that they're related. Nevertheless the size of the image from the original DVD is exactly the same.   AND it still doesn't see any more that 1.55GB of space on the new DVD+R and there fore aborts.... but it does allow me to try to ignore the mismatch.  Alas, the burn stops with error messages about 1/2 way thru the write.
> 
> Still looking for ideas from other fora. Will share if I see something nteresting.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Feb 7, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Wes James wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:25 AM, John Erdman <jperdman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm trying to make a video DVD that I can play on my TV with my regular DVD player that is connected directly to the TV.
>>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> You may want to try the free app ImgBurn at http://www.imgburn.com
>> 
>> Standard windows 7 and windows server 2008 r2 media from micro$loth do
>> not boot on macs so I used a process to copy the files over to a
>> folder and then create an ISO to burn back to new media that would
>> boot on macs.
>> 
>> -wes
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