Aqua-Soft ForumsKay, I am trying to burn a movie that is 717 megs to an 850 meg CD-R and Windows says I can only write to 650 megs!! WHy is this happening !! Is there absolutely any way at all to make this movie size smaller or any way to set windows right?
850 Meg Cd-r
is it 717 megs in the format on the drive, or once it is converted on the cd?
If you are trying to burn a movie that will read in a dvd player, it takes up more space for some reason.
try burning it as a regular computer-read disk.
(if this isn't what you're talking about, sorry, i'm not sure...)
maybe you should go under options in Nero or EazyCD writer and change the parameters on CD size, ie... 80 min. or 70 min, or in your case, 95 min..
i know this has happened to me before because windows misidentify my cd's as 650mb instead of 800mb.
Use Nero, and select "finalize disc and disc at once", if that doesnt work use the overburn feature.
Where is the overburn feature?
From Nero Help file:
Overburning a CDFirst check whether your recorder can overburn or not. From the Recorder menu, choose the item Choose Recorder and select your recorder from the list. You will find information about whether the recorder supports overburning in the recorder information box.
Activate the overburn option within Nero. From the File menu, choose Preferences and then click on the Expert features tab.
Activate the checkbox which allows overburning and specify the maximum CD length. In theory you can choose any size up to 99 minutes and 59 seconds. Initially you should enter a length 2 minutes longer than the specified capacity. If SCSI/ATAPI errors occur at the end of the simulation or burning process, we recommend that you reduce the maximum overburn capacity or use a different make of CD. If no errors occur, you can gradually increase the overburn capacity.
Click on OK to confirm the change and close the dialog box.
This setting will have the following effect on the burning process:
If the amount of data to be burnt is larger than the normal capacity of the blank CD, but less than the maximum overburn capacity, Nero will ask at the beginning of the burning process whether you really want to overburn. If you answer yes to this question, Nero will start the burning process. If you answer no, the burning process will be aborted because there is not enough space on the destination CD.
Originally posted by deadzombie@May 22 2003, 05:56 AMFrom Nero Help file:
Overburning a CD
First check whether your recorder can overburn or not. From the Recorder menu, choose the item Choose Recorder and select your recorder from the list. You will find information about whether the recorder supports overburning in the recorder information box.
Activate the overburn option within Nero. From the File menu, choose Preferences and then click on the Expert features tab.
Activate the checkbox which allows overburning and specify the maximum CD length. In theory you can choose any size up to 99 minutes and 59 seconds. Initially you should enter a length 2 minutes longer than the specified capacity. If SCSI/ATAPI errors occur at the end of the simulation or burning process, we recommend that you reduce the maximum overburn capacity or use a different make of CD. If no errors occur, you can gradually increase the overburn capacity.
Click on OK to confirm the change and close the dialog box.
This setting will have the following effect on the burning process:
If the amount of data to be burnt is larger than the normal capacity of the blank CD, but less than the maximum overburn capacity, Nero will ask at the beginning of the burning process whether you really want to overburn. If you answer yes to this question, Nero will start the burning process. If you answer no, the burning process will be aborted because there is not enough space on the destination CD.
Yea I found it thanks DZ, tho, when i clicked help it said it couldnt find and wanted me to lacate manually and no it not a ware.
I run into the same thing with some installations of Nero (and mine is also legal) whenever I reformat and reinstall my OS...its a little wierd like that. Well, if your good now then I hope we helped somewhat. (Y)