DVD Shrink. Help w/ "Target Size"

[GtMustangJim]

I have,

"Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-104" DVD Burner
"TDK brand DVD-R 4.7GB for General 2X" Media.

I'm not sure what firmware I have on the burner but I've never touched it so it's one of the 1st ver's ever made.

I'm using "RecordNow DX" burning software and getting an the error:

"Error - 10 at sector 16 - comand:2A sence:05 ASC:2A ASCQ:00"

as misleading as that error message may seem from past experience I belive this to mean there is too much data to fit on the DISC.

The VIDEO_TS folder is 4.48GB and the image of that folder using image tool is also 4.48GB

So based on my DVD burner and my media what is the proper target size I should be using in DVD shrink?

Also any suggestions on my situation would be greatly appreciated.

[snidely]

4.37 gb, or even better, 4.36 gb just to be safe. :)

With DVDShrink this is really easy - just make sure that there is no red showing in the size bar at the top of the window and you should be okay.

[logic88]

Originally posted by GtMustangJim

as misleading as that error message may seem from past experience I belive this to mean there is too much data to fit on the DISC.

The VIDEO_TS folder is 4.48GB and the image of that folder using image tool is also 4.48GB


A DVDR's capacity is 4.38GB,using /1024 MBs/GBs. All drive manufacturers use /1000 MBs/GBs so in their eyes, 4.38GB == 4.7GB.

AFAIK, if you want to be even more nitpicky, a DVD-R/DVD-RW is 4489MB (/1024) and a DVD+R/DVD+RW is 4483NB (/1024).

[GtMustangJim]

OK I did make sure there was no red showing but I ended up with a image that was 4.48GB.

If A DVDR's capacity is 4.38GB I guess DVD shrink over shot it by 10MB?

4.7GB is very misleading if it's really 4.38.

[snidely]

There are 4,700,000,000 bytes on a DVD
1 kb = 1024 bytes
1 mb = 1,048,576 bytes
1 gb = 1,073,741,824 bytes

therefore 4,700,000,000 bytes divided by 1,073,741,824 = 4.3772161 real gigabytes. As logic88 already pointed out, the hardware manufacturers think that 1,000,000,000 bytes is close enough to an actual gigabyte that they use the former in determining hard drive capacities, DVD capacities, etc. Nice of them, heh? :)