[X4U] Why is my DVD Capacity so small?

[Nick Scalise]

On Feb 6, 2011, at 12:25 PM, John Erdman 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.
>
> I've got my files ready to burn. I've never been able to get all the  
> way thru the process. I run into problems in the burning process. It  
> seems to be related to the amount of storage capacity on the new  
> disk.  And it don't make no never mind whether I'm working in OS X  
> or Bootcamp.
>
> I'm using brand new Sony DVD+R disks. They're labelled as having 4.7  
> GB capacity and 1X-16X speeds. And when I try to burn the disks I  
> get error messages that 1) the disks are already used (sometimes)  
> and 2)That there is not enough space.
>
> Despite the data included with the spindle of unused disks,   
> Bootcamp says that the amount of space available is 1.57GB, and in  
> OSX  Info shows the available capacity is a whopping 3.32 GB.    
> Trouble is, I need at least 3.7GB to do this job of writing video  
> files.
>
> What's happening?  Does this mean that the 4.7GB is not really  
> available.  What do I need to do to get this done?


What software are you using to burn the disk?

What amount of time do the files total? If they total more than 2  
hours, it will be difficult to cram it on a 4.7GB disk.

Is there a way from your software that you can create a disk image  
first?

If so, do that and then check to see what size the image is.

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Nick Scalise
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