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Can I burn a CD with a Quicktime recording

Can I burn a CD with a Quicktime recording? Do I need a special CD like a music or DVD to create a Cd that can then be played on another computer?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 28, 2018 6:59 PM

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Posted on Mar 1, 2018 5:25 PM

Can I burn a CD with a Quicktime recording?

The short answer is yes. Unfortunately, your lack of amplifying information makes it difficult to describe any specific workflow here.


Do I need a special CD like a music or DVD to create a Cd that can then be played on another computer?

A "special" form of optical media is not required as long as the media disc is of reasonably good quality and has the capacity required for the file(s) you wish to store. CDs are normally limited to 650-700 MBs of storage while DVDs have a capacity of 4.2 GBs (single layer) to almost 9 GBs (dual layer) with BDs topping out at 25 GBs (single layer) or 50 GBs (dual layer). Therefore, the first question is "How much space do you need to store your files?" This usually depends on the quality settings used to encode your files, the resolution at which the files are stored, and the length of your videos. In turn, your encode settings depend on whether you are creating a data disc or authoring discs that are playback compatible with commercial disc players, a computer, or both and whether or not the video is being played directly from the disc or is to be copied from the disc to the second computer's hard drive for playback. In short, there are numerous workflows here which depend on how the media is to be played which, in turn, determine the specific type of software required for creating/burning the media to optical media in the first place.


How much of this information have you determined at this point?

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