Max. capacity of blank DVDs

[royal]

guys I want to know what is the maximum amount of data that I can write in a 4.7 GB DVD-R ?

In DvdInfo blank MoserBaer DVDs show actual capacity as 4.38 GB ... is that the max I can sqeeze

Any funda of overwriting in case of DVDs ?

 

[Pathik]

try overburn in nero... i can burn about 4.81gb

 

[royal]

thx for the info...can we do it in multisession ?

 

[rahul_becks23]

if we can di it normally,then it must also go with multi's.

 

[Pragadheesh]

Whats the max. capacity for a 700MB moserbaer cd. how much mb's can u write by overburning?

 

[Akhil Jain]

Whats the max. capacity for a 700MB moserbaer cd. how much mb's can u write by overburning?

i have sucessfully write 720 mb quake 3 cd

 

[Pathik]

thx for the info...can we do it in multisession ?

no in multis overburning doesnt work that good...

 

[digiFriend]

SI standard 10^3
Each successive prefix is multiplied by (10^3)=1000

BI standard 2^10
Each successive prefix is multiplied by (2^10)=1024 rather than the (10^3)=1000 used by the SI prefix system.

(CD capacities are always given in BI standard. A "700 MB" CD has a nominal capacity of about 700 MiB . But DVD capacities are given in SI units. A "4.7 GB" DVD has a nominal capacity of about 4.38 GiB.)
as computer uses BI standard, actual capacity of DVD is 4.38 GiB only

 

[Pragadheesh]

Have you tried overburning DVDs ? how much mb can u additionally add successfully.?

 

[royal]

Hey anybody successfully done overburning in DVD ?
Please post some screenshots, if possible

 

[dOm1naTOr]

@pathiks
which DVD media r u using??I also wanna burn bout 4.8 GB...there are lots of files to burn..

 

[rakeshishere]

watz dis overburning and which version of nero supports it coz i nvr heard of it

 

[dOm1naTOr]

Nero 6 nd 7 supports it, but it has to be set on the options page. But whats happeningis most discs are giving alerts dat it doesn.t support overburning...

 

[royal]

Anyone who has actually overburned DVDs ???

Kalpik, maybe ?

 

[ayush_chh]

SI standard 10^3
Each successive prefix is multiplied by (10^3)=1000

BI standard 2^10
Each successive prefix is multiplied by (2^10)=1024 rather than the (10^3)=1000 used by the SI prefix system.

(CD capacities are always given in BI standard. A "700 MB" CD has a nominal capacity of about 700 MiB . But DVD capacities are given in SI units. A "4.7 GB" DVD has a nominal capacity of about 4.38 GiB.)
as computer uses BI standard, actual capacity of DVD is 4.38 GiB only

nice info man............

that is why i was never able to burn more than 4489 MBs.....and thought that the dvd i was usin (writx) was cheap....

 

[hard_rock]

Does overburning harm the DVD writer..??

 

[royal]

Well I have searched for this on the net...and here's what I found

<1> Simulation of Overwriting(in Nero CD/DVD Speed) and Actual overwriting are different ballgame alltogether
<2> Most of the people who have successfully overburned did it with DVD+R
[though DVD-R has somewhat greater capacity than a DVD+R]
<3> Plextor DVD writers seem less prone to Overburning failure
<4> Verbatim seems to the brand of choice for overburning though it can also be done with cheap media (apna MoserBaer is also not doing bad in the international arena )
<5> And finally though I have enabled overburning [under Nero "Expert" tab under "Option"] to 4600MB (this is the max. that Nero lets you, however this size can be increased with a Registry hack), yet when I try to burn even 4500MB I get an Error "Could not initiate Disk-At-Once" after which the DVD is ejected ...so again I am asking for anybody who has ACTUALLY overburned DVD-R in Nero...how did you do it ?

Currently I am trying with ImgBurn...will let you know if its successful with overburning

P.S. I use BENQ-DW1650 with a firmware version BCDC...will it be helpful if I upgrade it to BCHC