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Topic: A question on CD-Rs
Beta Tested
Pancake
posted 08-16-2002 10:36:46 PM
Are there any CD-Rs anywhere that will let you burn 750mb? I have a few files I'd like to keep around but are about 20mb to big to get on a disk... Solutions?
What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
Melphina's Magelo
G.S. Waisztarroz
Pancake
posted 08-16-2002 10:39:43 PM
Use two CDs or overburn, but overburning can cause damage.

Or get a DVD burner and make DVD archives.

[ 08-16-2002: Message edited by: G.S. Waisztarroz ]

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Dark Elf Pimp
posted 08-16-2002 10:42:39 PM
quote:
G.S. Waisztarroz had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Use two CDs or overburn, but overburning can cause damage.

If you're trying to overburn with a god damn floppy disk, yeah.

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Pancake
posted 08-16-2002 11:40:50 PM
quote:
G.S. Waisztarroz was listening to Cher while typing:
Use two CDs or overburn, but overburning can cause damage.

Or get a DVD burner and make DVD archives.


New Really Good CD-RW drive = $100 aprox
New Really Good DVD-RW drive = $300 aprox

Which makes more sense when trying to get your dad to pay for it? Yes, that's right, the cheaper one. Even though I've gotten him to buy me a SB Audigy, I thought the burnner would be a better investment than another 60gig HDD, more useful over all and stuff because my dad's gonna make me burn him CD's....

What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
Melphina's Magelo
Burger
BANNED!
posted 08-16-2002 11:49:23 PM
ways to fit everything onto that CD:

Overburn: you can get a little extre space on a disc, probably 15-20 megs if you push it... However, doing this is not covered under an type of warranty, and it can possibly fuxxor your drive if you ask too much of it. (like OC'ing your proc, only not...)

WinRAR: Compression format better than ZIP, try and see how much of a difference it makes...

i'm out of ideas...

Bite me.

No, Really. Bite me.

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Pancake
posted 08-16-2002 11:58:28 PM
I'll try compressing it with RAR, when I did it with Zip, it only got like 4 megs off...
What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
Melphina's Magelo
Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 08-17-2002 06:18:33 AM
if they are mp3s, they prolly wont compress much at all anyway...

just what are ya trying to put on there?

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Pancake
posted 08-17-2002 12:44:44 PM
An .avi file. I don't think I'll be able to get it compressed that much. Oh well.
What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
Melphina's Magelo
Densetsu
NOT DRYSART
posted 08-17-2002 03:42:04 PM
quote:
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An .avi file. I don't think I'll be able to get it compressed that much. Oh well.

Nope.

Compression works by taking all the data in a file that is the SAME, and replacing it with a single(or a few) character to cut down on filesize. Then that character(or set) is defined in the file so that when it is decompressed, the utility knows what data to replace the special characters with.

Thus, file types with completely dynamic data, like audio and video files, don't compress very well.

BUT, with WinRAR, you can seperate the file into multiple parts, so that you can burn it onto multiple CDs.

I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl, we ate lobster, drank piña coladas. At sunset, we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over, and over?
Naota Nandaba
Don't ask me about any goddamned bannings!
posted 08-17-2002 03:43:19 PM
800 MEG CD, MAN.
Nothing amazing happens here.
Only the ordinary.
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Pancake
posted 08-17-2002 04:13:00 PM
quote:
We were all impressed when Kegwen 2.0 wrote:
800 MEG CD, MAN.

LINK!?~!!!

What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
Melphina's Magelo
Naota Nandaba
Don't ask me about any goddamned bannings!
posted 08-17-2002 04:29:42 PM
I confused 700meg/80 min somehow with 800meg and some obscene amount of minutes (that doesn't exist).

Fux.

Nothing amazing happens here.
Only the ordinary.
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Pancake
posted 08-17-2002 04:45:53 PM
The only ones I've found that are more than 700mb are for music only. Fux again. (700mb's that are suppost to be able to over burn to 730, 750 or 800mb without doing something bad and using Nero 5.x)
What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
Melphina's Magelo
Tier the Genius™
Dark Elf Pimp
posted 08-17-2002 04:52:14 PM
800mb/90min CDs exist. They're basically 700mb CDs with more writable surface that you can overburn, but it's not a sure process. Some people have burned 99 minutes on those however. But it gets real iffy after 95.
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