Need help trying to burn a DVD!

[Tullphan]

According to "File Properties", there are 496 Files, 77 Folders for a total size of 4.46 GB (4,795,555,840 bytes). The DVD is 4.7 GB. Any reason why it won't fit? Tried Nero & the overburn enabled, but I now have a coaster.
Any help/suggestions/ideas will be appreciated.
(BTW, it's supposed to be an "autorun" DVD)

 

[BlueWeasel]

Welcome to the world of DVD marketing. Manufacturers give the disc capacity in 4.7 gigabits, not gigabytes.

Therefore, the true capacity in GIGABYTES is 4,700,000,000 / (1024)^3 = 4.37GB

 

[Tullphan]

Well, that kinda bites, don't it? So I guess I need to get rid of 95,555,840 bytes?

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Tullphan
Well, that kinda bites, don't it? So I guess I need to get rid of 95,555,840 bytes?

Yup, because 95,555,840 bytes / (1024)^3 = 0.09gigabytes

4.46GB - 0.09GB = 4.37GB (maximum capacity of blank DVD media)

 

[Tullphan]

Dang...I could only get it down to 4.44 GB *sigh*

 

[Lonyo]

Have you tried WinRAR/Winzip?
Or is that not an option because it's Autorun?
(I find RAR gives better compression than Zip at default settings)

 

[Tullphan]

I downloaded it in that format...I assume since it had an "autorun" icon in the extracted file & since it was a type of "Suite" software, that it had to be extracted then burnt