I've got a couple of films I want to put on DVD. Trouble is they're too long for regular DVD-R disks. Instead I have to get 8GB disks to fit them on. My problem is no matter how much I search all I can find are DVD+R DL disks. Nope, nowhere I look seems to stock DVD-R DL disks. Any reason for this?
Can't help you with the discs, there are many programs that can convert/compress the video file so you can fit them on smaller discs.
Search the internet for giveaways which are quite frequent.
perhaps also get a better dvd burner that can burn either dvd-r dl & dvd+r dl discs
older dual layered dvd burners had trouble making either DL discs but dvd burners made in 2010 & later are good
Wikipedia article on DVD-R DL (not DVD+R DL) - it was discontinued due to compatibility issues
DVD-R DL - Wikipedia
looks like an excellent excuse to upgrade your br.
If you're optical drive was manufactured after 2004, in all likelihood, you can use the +R DL discs. Earlier drives wouldn't recognize them, only -R DL.
Last edited by wither 2; 27 Sep 2019 at 11:05. Reason: correct designation
I recently ran out of DL disks and went shopping on line for a particular brand....that being, "Verbatim".
But all I could find On-Line was the +R variety. So that's what I bought.
Because of the nasty little habit of DVD drives having their Lasers drift off Frequency, with age, I change my own DVD drive once a year. I recently had to change a drive after only six months of service. I could burn a disk and verify it, No problem, but put that same disk in someone elses drive and it would error out.
I've also had that same problem with RW disks, so I just won't use them anymore. I found them to only be reliable on the drive that wrote them.
A cheaper and more reliable media for storing large files, like ISO's, is the USB Flash Drive. As the need for the stored data changes, the Flash Drive can be RE-Formatted just like a Floppy Disk, and used again.
Most currently available PC's today, have no trouble reading or booting off of a 64 to 128 GB Flash Drive and the prices have come down to where they are much more affordable.
Cheers Mates!
I was in an Office Max last weekend and they were selling 64 GB flash drives for $8.99 to clear them out. I gobbled one of them up even though I don't have an immediate use for it. Reformatted it from Fat32 to NTFS.
Take your pick. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...vd+dl&_sacat=0
OK, my pick is:
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I do love the Printable Disks, because I can put one in my Epson Printer and print a beautiful COLOR label right on the disk.
Is it just me, and maybe my old age, or are all the DL disks being offered +R. ???
For me, that's just fine.
I'm kind of amazed though, at the tremendous difference in price being charged by different suppliers.
Y'all have a great day now, Y'hear?
TM
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