losmi8 Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 hey, i bought a sony 510a dvd burner. i tired to copy a dvd movie, but it was 7.54GB, my dvd+r was only 4.7gb. can someone please explain the difference between dvd-r, dvd+r, and dvd-ram...can my burner burn dvd-ram ? i saw they were selling 9.54GB dvd-ram (rewritable) on gateway.com thanks!!! milos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykocus Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 the dvd you were burning was probably dual layer. i don't have a dvd burner yet, but i remember reading that dual layer dvd burners will probably not make it to the consumer market. the cost would make for a very limited market. check out www.doom9.net they have many guids on ripping dvd's and backing them up, and what to do with dual layer dvds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 this is something the companies have thought out. the idea behind this is to keep you from duplicating retail dvds. this was soemthing that they didn't do with cd burners, and it led to some major problems for cd companies... they WON'T make the same mistake with dvds. the only solutions is 321 studio's DVD X copy. it'll span 2 recordable dvds thus making up for the extra space. as a long time owner of a dvd burner I can tell you this is not only the BEST but the only program that does it right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
losmi8 Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 can you get the dvd-ram that has 9.54GB for $10 and then burn a movie ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobbDogg Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 (edited) Use a program called DVD2One, it will rip out the unnecessary stuff like closed caption, other languages. There is a 3 step process to this that I find works way better than DVD X Copy, mainly cause it works on every movie I've tried so far. 1. Rip the DVD with DVDDecrypter using the 'select main movie files' option 2. Use DVD2One to take out the unnecessary stuff mentioned above 3. Put 'processed' files into a folder called VIDEO_TS , burn the folder and contents to the root of a DVD disc with Nero 6. Works for any size of DVD. Video quality only suffers a very small amount that you can usually never tell anyway. Also you can take out audio tracks that you won't use, such as French, or maybe Spanish or whatever. Also those DVD-RAM discs are like RW's. Except better, but don't use them for a DVD movie unless you only want to watch in your computer. Edited October 4, 2003 by LobbDogg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
losmi8 Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 thanks alot guys!!! i will get all those programs. ps. so dvd ram can not be played on dvd players? milos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobbDogg Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 (edited) not unless the DVD player will play a DVD-RAM. I personally haven't seen one that will. Primarily they are used for backup, definitely a good form of backup for sure though. Also this will make a movie fit onto one DVD rather than 2 DVDs. Much much better than DVD X Copy. Edited October 4, 2003 by LobbDogg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobalt Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 (edited) We know we realy live in a consumer world when a company trys to make a machine that will not do this and that, for someone to make something that will do it. I wonder why they go trough all this trouble for nothing ,someone will always find a way to make it work especially when it's about computers and programming DVD burners prices are comming down fast,just check when you buy one if there's everything on it, it might be worth the few bucks more Edited October 4, 2003 by kobalt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O(V)eGA_l2el) Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 hehe it is funny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
losmi8 Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 i have a sony 510a...is it good ? i wanted to get the best one, and this seem like its the bets..i love sony, so i chose sony over pioneer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobbDogg Posted October 5, 2003 Posted October 5, 2003 I've used some of the Pioneer drives and they worked well, never tried a Sony yet, but I bet its an ok performer. Let us know how well it works! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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