Max ISO image to burn to DVD-R

[Mr.Bitey]

Hi All,

Im trying to work out what the biggest ISO image is that I can burn to DVD-R media.

I tired to use record now max 4.5 to burn an ISO 4,706,871,296 bytes big (according to dvddecrypter) and it failed with a 'sense key error' (which i get when I burn something too big with record now max - it doesnt tell me its too big which really annoys me, but thats another story! :) )

Interestingly, I burnt an iso image 4,706,916,352 bytes big using dvddecrypter and it burnt ok and verified OK.

DVD Decrypter tells me the blank dvd media holds 2,298,496 sectors, which equals 4,707,319,808 bytes

Using my example, this leaves 403,456 bytes 'free' on the dvd-r, however I was under the impression that the file system takes 858 sectors (or 1,757,184 bytes)... which there clearly isnt enough room for :)

So am I to understand that the ISO image includes the filesystem, thus I should be able to burn an ISO image equaling the maximum capacity of the media? Hence record now max is doing something unusual?

Help :-)

Regards,
Mr.Bitey

[Mr.Bitey]

-Update-

The ISO image 4,706,871,296 burnt and verified sucessfully with dvd decrypter 3.2.1.0 - seems record now max 4.5 is doing something unusual or has a lower tolerance for the max amount of data on a dvd-r..

Mr.Bitey

[alexnoe]

The file system itself is already included in the image file. If your disc has 2,298,496 sectors, your iso file can also have up to 2,298,496 sectors and has to be written correctly.

[Mr.Bitey]

Thanks alexnoe,

It seems record now max is doing something strange and not burning ISO as it should be.. just incase anyone is wondering if its a media issue, the discs are TYG01's (Fujifilm colour series 'grey' 1-4x's)

Cheers,
Mr.Bitey