I just got a new pc and it has a DVD burner.
I have bought some DVD+RW disks (4.7GB capacity per side, they say) and I would like to transfer some MP3's to a disk for a friend to play on their DVD player.
What I want to know, is how much can I get on there ? Is it just a question of adding up the MP3 file sizes and dividing that total into 4.7GB, or is it the total time duration that is the limiting factor (as with audio CD-R's) ?
At around 3 MB per tune you can get over 200 mp3's on a 700 MB CD which is .7 gig. On 4.7 Gig it would be over 1300 which is a hellava lot of tunes, if my math is correct.
Thanks - I've done a bit more research now and I see that if the player can handle MP3 format then you can treat the disk as a data disk - in which case the sky's the limit.
I'm still not clear what the limit would be if you were to format a DVD as a pure audio disk (i.e PCM encoded) - but that's academic, as it seems most DVD players now can handle MP3's
If you want to make standard "CDDA" audio DVD's, you will need a burning program that will do that. I have Nero6 and Roxio 7.5 and neither one will recognize a DVD blank when you make an "audio CD". There is no option in either program to make an "audio DVD". As mentioned you can make an MP3 DVD using a "data DVD" burning program.
Nero7 has some audio DVD capability but the intitial version is buggy, judging from the multitude of posts on the internet, so I'd avoid that until they get their problems straightened out. I downloaded a 30 day trial copy of V7 and uninstalled it the next day, they even messed up the regular Audio CD burning (Nero did on V7, what Roxio used to do - put out a product with lots of bugs, but Roxio finally got their act together on V7.5 and no bugs).
I have Nero 6, and that did a good job of making an MP3 CD-RW. I just checked the menu, and - sure enough - there is no 'audio DVD' option, so I'm going to forget all about it
"CD-RW". I personally do not use RW discs for anything. RW "data" discs are known (many documented cases) of losing format and/or data. Do not have your "only copy" of any data on an RW disc - have it backed up somehwere else on a "secure" media.
Many people equate CD-RW media to floppy diskettes and unfortunately it's not the same.
Thanks for the tip, Jack. In this case, its just a few radio recordings which my friend will probably just listen to a couple of times and then shelve, so it'll be no great loss if the disk comes to grief.
I was surprised when my new PC came with a floppy drive, as I never use them anymore but they say its a good idea to have a bootable floppy for recovery.
Theoretically, if you had a DVD with 1000 mp3 tunes on it would a player be able to identify each song? I know they make car audio DVD players now. Just wonder if you can actually scan through all those songs or it's just hit play.
and it has a DVD burner.