DVD Burner Space question DVD disks

[Cyan]

I tried burning some naruto eps to a DVD 4.7 GB, using nero, but I can only get about 4.3 GB worth of files to fit, how much space do you really get when you burn a DVD+-R?

[DB_Hunter]

Well the best way I can put it is that when a disc says it has a 4.7GB capacity it's kinda telling a half truth. What it means is that it has 4.7x10^9 (ten to the power of 9) bytes of capacity. So if you want the capacity in the GB that we know and use, you have to do 4.7x10^9 divided by 1024 (the number of bytes in a KB, the number of KB in a MB and the number of MB in a GB) three times and you end up with a capacity of about 4.38GB.

So in reality, you can only fit in about 4.38GB worth of data on to the disc, or about 4485MB... though my discs say 4489MB (an extra 4MB ).

[Cyan]

Thanks a ton. Everything you said checks out with what I'm seeing.

Makes sense of everything, I suspected that might be the issue.

[KakashiSensei]

yeah it goes the same with Hard drives. I got a 120 gig but it really is 111 gigs. Its just a stupid conversion they use to make the drive and DVD sound bigger

[hiroshi]

Yeah. Can't wait for the BlueRay DVDs. As soon as they come out, you can bet (as long as it's in my price range), i'm gonna be one of the first to get one =)