Max. capacity of blank DVDs

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

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

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

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

Pragadheesh said:

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

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i have sucessfully write 720 mb quake 3 cd

royal said:

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

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no in multis overburning doesnt work that good...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Anyone who has actually overburned DVDs ???

Kalpik, maybe ?

digiFriend said:

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

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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....

Does overburning harm the DVD writer..??

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