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rds_correia

12-29-2003 11:25 PM

DVD 4.7Gb capacity under Calcumatic

Hi there,
I was wondering...
An 80min CD-ROM allows 800Mb movie in it.
That's exactly what CalcuMatic 1.0.6 computes, if I add the video size and the audio size values.
Now, why is it that when I choose DVD 4.7Gb Calcumatic will give me a final value of 4403200Kb= 4300Mb = 4.2Gb for my video and audio :?:
Shouldn't I be allowed to put ~4.7Gb in a 4.7Gb DVD :?:
Sorry but I just got my DVD burner a few days ago :oops:
Thanks.

Dialhot

12-29-2003 11:38 PM

Re: DVD 4.7Gb capacity under Calcumatic

Quote:

Originally Posted by rds_correia

Now, why is it that when I choose DVD 4.7Gb Calcumatic will give me a final value of 4403200Kb= 4300Mb = 4.2Gb for my video and audio :?:
Shouldn't I be allowed to put ~4.7Gb in a 4.7Gb DVD :?:
Sorry but I just got my DVD burner a few days ago :oops:
Thanks.

Welcome in the big world of merchandising lies :-). A "4.7GB" contains in reality 4300 MB. Nothing more :-)

It's a little like 120GB HD where you can put only 114GB of data after format :-)

kwag	12-29-2003 11:41 PM

Re: DVD 4.7Gb capacity under Calcumatic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dialhot

It's a little like 120GB HD where you can put only 114GB of data after format :-)

Like if you buy a piece of land, of so many acres, but a river passes through. So you can never use all the space :mrgreen:
But they sold you so many acres :twisted:

-kwag

rds_correia

12-29-2003 11:48 PM

Thanks guys...
After that I can only say :douh: