HELP! DVD-RW ALWAYS SAYS NOT ENOUGH SPACE!!

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HELP! DVD-RW ALWAYS SAYS NOT ENOUGH SPACE!!

i really need help!
i have the new imac with leopard and i just wanted to burn a movie.
so, in one hand a new a 4.7 GB dvd-rw and in the other hand the movie (information said 4.4 gb). now when i try to burn the movie on the empty dvd it says ON THIS DISC INSERTED IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE!
Then when i look on the info of this cd it says space 8KB!
i tried erasing and that kind of stuff, but i am at dead end now!
what can i do?

i am desperate now because happened a few times!
what did i do wrong or what do i NOT know i have to do first?

thanks
HELP!

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 31, 2008 6:30 AM

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Fortuny

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Oct 31, 2008 6:50 AM in response to celticspirit08

Hi and welcome to Discussions,

Keep in mind that manufacturers quote the capacity of a writable DVD disc in decimal (base 10) rather than binary (base 2) notation so a 4.7 GB disc stores 4.7 billion bytes (4:700,000,000 bytes ÷ 1000 = 4,700,000 KB ÷ 1000 = 4,700 MB ÷ 1000 = 4.7 GB) .
Expressed in binary notation (as is typical with CD-R, CD-RW and most operating systems) the same disc has a capacity of roughly 4.38 GB (4:700,000,000 bytes ÷ 1024 = 4,589,844 KB ÷ 1024 = 4,482.27 MB ÷ 1024 = 4.38 GB) .

Regards

Stefan

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Answer 2

Oct 31, 2008 9:26 AM in response to Fortuny

hi there,
stefan sounds german, is it? i am too...better to explain in german?!

ok thanks but what you wrote sounds CHINESE to me.
what should i do to burn then?

thanks again
christine

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Answer 3

Oct 31, 2008 9:37 AM in response to celticspirit08

Your file is 4.4 GB. The formatted capacity of a single-layer DVD is 4.38 GB. You can't burn that file to that disc because it is too big.

You could either re-encode the file to a slightly lower quality format to make a smaller version, or, if you have a dual-layer burner, you could buy a dual-layer disc and burn the original file.

If you are trying to make something that will play in a regular DVD player, then you are using the wrong approach altogether - you would need to use authoring software like Toast or iDVD.

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nerowolfe

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Oct 31, 2008 10:11 AM in response to celticspirit08

celticspirit08 wrote:
i really need help!
i have the new imac with leopard and i just wanted to burn a movie.
so, in one hand a new a 4.7 GB dvd-rw and in the other hand the movie (information said 4.4 gb). now when i try to burn the movie on the empty dvd it says ON THIS DISC INSERTED IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE!
Then when i look on the info of this cd it says space 8KB!
i tried erasing and that kind of stuff, but i am at dead end now!
what can i do?

Are you saying that after erasing the DVD it shows only 8KB free? If it does, that's your problem.
And as noted here by others, the 4.7 GB DVD is really 4.3 GB. It cannot hold a 4.4 GB file.
Can you burn anything onto the DVD? Try a smaller movie and see if you still have this problem.

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Answer 5

Oct 31, 2008 11:59 AM in response to Dont-Use-This-Forum

thanks again.
idvd...i think its on the imac anyway. yeah i am sure.
how do i burn it there....sorry am new to the dvd burning sector 😉

these kind of dual layer dvd (guess only in special shops and quite expensive?!) is bigger than the 4.7? and would make me able to just burn via disk utility on it?

thanks again
christine

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Answer 6

Oct 31, 2008 12:03 PM in response to nerowolfe

well that means that these 4.7 are generally the biggest on the market and not to use for movies? because this 4.4 one is a normal length 112 min, even shorter than the 120 mins usually.
how do i burn it then??

yes i just inserted the empty dvd and it said space available 8kb....sh...

thanks for help

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Answer 7

nerowolfe

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Oct 31, 2008 1:44 PM in response to celticspirit08

celticspirit08 wrote:
well that means that these 4.7 are generally the biggest on the market and not to use for movies? because this 4.4 one is a normal length 112 min, even shorter than the 120 mins usually.
how do i burn it then??

yes i just inserted the empty dvd and it said space available 8kb....sh...

Then you have a defective DVD. When I erase a R/W DVD I get 4.3 GB available.
You might look into Toast Platinum. I find the default Leopard burner a tad below par.

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Answer 8

Oct 31, 2008 1:55 PM in response to celticspirit08

I don't know how things work in... wherever-you-are, but in the USA, dual-layer DVDs are obviously a bit more expensive but they are certainly not hard to find. They hold about 8 GB. Here's an example of some on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Memorex-8-5GB-Double-Layer-Spindle/dp/B000UWX70S/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1225486402&sr=8-1

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