OVERBURN, how ???

[CaesaR]

how do i burn a 750MB file on a 700mb disk ???



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[The Spyder]

You dont????????//

[CaesaR]

its called overburn, its possible but i dont know how to do it

[drow_elf]

you can overburn slightly.... but not 50mb (i think....part has to do with cd specs and the other part with the individual CD + burner)

could you compress it? or just span it?

[Aedan]

Originally posted by CaesaR
how do i burn a 750MB file on a 700mb disk ???

Throw a 700MB disk in the writer, cross your fingers, and hope there's enough leadout on the disk for 750MB.

50Mb extra is probably asking a bit much, unless you have some very good disks!

Cheaper disks tend to have less leadout, so overburn less well. It also requires your CD-Writer to "support" overburning, or at least, not to complain when it gets beyond what should be the end of the disk.

AidanII

[Holst]

nero 5.5 has an option to overburn.

you might get 750 from a 700mb disk, it wont hurt to try it and see.

[Pinky]

Is the SVCD format a type of overburn? It fits a lot more data than can normally fit on a standard blank cdr.

[Samuknow]

Why not just zip the file....??

[Aedan]

Originally posted by Pinky
Is the SVCD format a type of overburn? It fits a lot more data than can normally fit on a standard blank cdr.

No, SVCD is Super Video CD. It's a halfway house between VCD and DVD, using a higher bit rate than VCD, but lower than DVD. Means the quality is better than VCD though

AidanII

[Pinky]

Originally posted by AidanII


No, SVCD is Super Video CD. It's a halfway house between VCD and DVD, using a higher bit rate than VCD, but lower than DVD. Means the quality is better than VCD though

AidanII

I know that , but how do you fit a 800MB svcd mpeg file onto a 700MB cdr, how do they do that?

[CaesaR]

i dont want to zip a DIVX

[drow_elf]

just down the bit rate a bit... (hehe another 6-12hrs of cpu time down the drain!) or as i said you could just use 2 650mb cd-rs and segment the file into two parts.... if want to sqeeze a few more bits out try: 1. get rid of the pesky letterboxing 2. cut the credits + commercials + intros you dont want 3. re-encode the darn thing (may look crappy)

to split the divx (if you dont already know how) use a program like virtualdub; select 1/2 the movie and use the "direct copy" option (ie dont process the frames)_then tell it to write the selection to a file ... wait a while... do the second half the same way (remeber to leave some overlap!)

[Pinky]

Sorry, but could someone explain the svcd size thing to me?

I already know HOW to create them, but I am looking for a little more technical info (even a link would suffice).

[CaesaR]

how do i edit out parts of a DIVX file ?

[Pinky]

Originally posted by CaesaR
how do i edit out parts of a DIVX file ?

This one I know, here's the link...

[mrpcman]

i've gotten 750 outa a 700 before... it didn't work on my no name disks though.

[CaesaR]

Originally posted by mrpcman
i've gotten 750 outa a 700 before... it didn't work on my no name disks though.

explain. . .

[Azriel]

I have tried to do an overburn several time with various brands, and the best I ever got was a 716 meg burn. I have tons of Divx movies that won't fit on a CD.

Be careful, by the way. I have lost movies because I trusted the burn. Watch the whole movie from the disc before you delete the file from your drive.

Or....... get pissed and add a 92 Gb raid JUST for divx storrage like I did.

[Azriel]

Is 70+ movies on HDD excessive? I could let this thing play like my own private HBO, and never see the same movie more than twice a week, and that's if a veggitated in fron't of the TV.