Total Capacity

SilverBeam · Messages: 25,447 Registration: 09.09.2002

For a video purpose which is the total capacity, in bytes, that we can put on a DVD +R/ +RW?

Motorsport · Messages: 202 Registration: 04.23.2003

4.700.000.000 bytes

Yuen · Messages: 2,426 Registration: 10.24.2003

Correction! It is exactly 4.699.979.776bytes

Rob Levinson · Messages: 11,864 Registration: 04.02.2001

Sorry to say, you're both wrong. DVDr actually holds 4.381 Gigs (4,704,317,440 bytes). Bytes in a Sector = 2048. Standard DVDR capacity: 2,297,888 sectors. FileSystem Overhead= 858 Sectors. (2048*2,297,888)-(2048*858) Total= 4,704,317,440. 4,704,317,440 bytes=approx. 4.381237 Gigs. I don't recommend using these figures when you're trying to determine CCE bitrates or whatnot. 4,700,000,000 should suffice and will give you a margin of error.

sluggo · Messages: 134 Registration: 06.16.2002

Thank u Eyes for this inside info.

dazed^ · Messages: 87 Registration: 05.29.2003

Many Thanks for all of you, particularly you Eyes.

SteveMD · Messages: 643 Registration: 05.06.2002

No worries. Glad to help. Just wanted to help you understand when that occasion comes that you go to burn a video that's over 4.7gigs and don't get an error. Now you'll know why it worked ;)

IK632 · Messages: 153 Registration: 11.10.2001

What about DVD+R / DVD+RW / DVD-RW Because Eyes`Only response was about DVD-R standard only... and based on my observation DVD+R have got a little bit less space available than DVD-R... about...????

Baby ///M3 · Messages: 959 Registration: 07.11.2002

Ahh... very keen observation! DVD+R holds a bit less: 4.377 Gigs (4,700,372,992 bytes with 2,295,104 Sectors).

Katt · Messages: 120 Registration: 08.22.2001

... but: 4.377 Gigs (4,700,372,992 bytes with 2,295,104 Sectors) is free space which I may use for data only or free data space + file system??? What about -RW / +RW data capacity (w/o file systems)??? ?