700 mb cd contains 722 mb contents !!!

hi frendz, today I face a new type of problem which appear when I copy a 700 mb vcd to my blank 700mb cd using Nero . It gives the following error message :

"THIS VCD CONTAINS NEARLY 722 mb .COPY FAILS DUE TO NOT ENOUGH SPACE IN THE BLANK CD [700 MB] "

computer configuration : 40 gb sata hard disk , intel pentium 4 processor , windows xp sp2

my question is ::: HOW CAN I COPY THIS VCD TO MY BLANK 700 MB CD WITHOUT MAKING RAR OR ZIP.

HI FRIEND , IF THERE IS ANY SOLUTION OF MY PROBLEM , THEN PLS HELP . AWATING 4 KIND HELP ......... ......... ...........

One advice.. please write in default fonts..

anyway, simple reason is, when you write a VCD (DAT) the file gets conpressed at the time of buring in in to VCD, therefore it can fit a 722MB file in a 700MB cd.

there are 2 more things, many good CD-R supports an option called Over burning, which would allow you buring more than the allowed size

try with other cd burner...check vcd size....if u have two cd rom, then no problem.. if not, make ISO file and then burn it....

*www.cdburnerxp.se/download.php?latest

lol !! for him, now you are Undistinguished member !!

How are u copying the disk? if you are copying the video to the hard-disk first and then burning, that would show u the error. Try copying disk to disk (via image.) One more chance is, check the capacity of the source disk.

I too had some vcd's with more than 700 mb data. I just copied disk to disk and it worked.

1. You copying a VCD to a DATA CD right ?
Only then, it will give that ERROR.

2. When you make a VCD, the Burner would not check for 700MB limitation...rather it will check if the Video is 80 mins or not. Thats the Reason why CD's says 700MB/80min.

Video CD's are usualy more than 700MB but less than 80min

Burn as a VCD and it should work

Once I found a CD that has 1.5gig data. I still have that CD. Didn't remember where I got that

ambandla said:

Once I found a CD that has 1.5gig data. I still have that CD. Didn't remember where I got that

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If you are talking about those 9in1 XP CD than i explained few months back as it is done

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=393228&postcount=28

an easy solution would be to buy an 800mb cd. they're easily available in the market and cost just a little more than a normal cd

xbonez said:

an easy solution would be to buy an 800mb cd. they're easily available in the market and cost just a little more than a normal cd

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1. You copying a VCD to a DATA CD right ?
Only then, it will give that ERROR.

2. When you make a VCD, the Burner would not check for 700MB limitation...rather it will check if the Video is 80 mins or not. Thats the Reason why CD's says 700MB/80min.

Video CD's are usualy more than 700MB but less than 80min

Burn as a VCD and it should work

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As a said, there is no need

24online said:

try with other cd burner...check vcd size....if u have two cd rom, then no problem.. if not, make ISO file and then burn it....

*www.cdburnerxp.se/download.php?latest

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thisone works better....

My.. my... ok.. read this.. slow & well.

What u saw was a VCD... meaning... it's a cd written for the purpose of playing in a video player.
Now.. lets see how a VCD is denominated.. in terms of minutes.. say.. 80minutes.
Check out an empty 700MB CD, there'll b a minutes measure of 80minutes. Meaning.. an empty 700MB CD can b burnt as a 80min vcd disc.
So... check out the VCD file in the VCD... that'll definitely be around 80min if it's a .dat file.
Now.. why did I say around 80min.. it's because... there is always an xtra measure put in any resource, a lagniappe(if I may term precisely), the baker's dozen. So.. CD makers usually put in an xtra 20 odd MB or 2 odd minutes on ur CD.

Now... in a sentence... if u write ur CD as a data cd (as opposed to a VCD), u can write around 700MB of data into it (20odd MBs too can b written, but under CD & writer risk) & if u burn it as a VCD, u can burn around an 80minute dat file (read mpg/mpeg format) into it (not to forget the +2minutes under CD/CDwriter risk).
That writing/burning of xtra data is termed overburning.

Simple...
In case u r doubtful of the real capacity of the cd... there r some sw (i suppose in-built in Nero) which measure the actual CD capacity.

But, I suggest not overburn too much.. risky for the writer... put a max of around 10mb xtra.

And.. don't go around saying.. aaj maine do cheez sikhe.. ek ke lagniappe ka mathlab hai something xtra.. aur doosra... baker's dozen maane thirteen. I just hate that Cadbury Bites ad.. like this one, or the doggie one(much worse)... so stupid

And the bottomline.. as KoolBluez says so... is that u should write the CD as a video cd or copy the whole damn thin as an image & burn again.. what?

U can make the image of the cd and then burn it.

Make sure that Overburning is enabled and just do a CD-To-CD copy, on the fly... This should do the job....

And did I notice someone saying 80 min and 700 mb thing?? Let me make this clear.... in a CD 80min=700mb(approx)... and 726mb>80 min.... Overburned... Check it yourself if you dont believe... 80min=700mb

Yup .. dats the best way .. ive done it many times ..

just do copy cd, which will make an image by itself, then ask u 2 insert the blank cd and then write the image file and automatically delete the image ..

thats the EASIEST way to write ur cd ..