Overburning DVD's?

[Pariah]

Is it possible? I have 4.5GB I want to squeeze on a 4.4GB disc. Nero only has options for CDR's. Is there any way to overburn DVD's?

 

[Sid59]

i was looking for that same option with Nero and NTI but to no avail. my dvd was a bit over the limit and i couldn't do it =(

 

[Ionizer86]

It failed out for me. On Ulead's movie making prog(s), I can burn up to the blue line.

 

[MustISO]

Are you burning data or a movie? If it's a movie you can either get rid of the end credits or use DVDShrink to shrink it a bit.

BTW, 4.37GB is the limit for a DVD.

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: MustISO
Are you burning data or a movie? If it's a movie you can either get rid of the end credits or use DVDShrink to shrink it a bit.

BTW, 4.37GB is the limit for a DVD.

I thought 4.7GB was the limit, and 9.4 fir a dual layer disc.

 

[OddTSi]

4.7GB is the rating of the disk with GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. But as far as your computer is concerned GB = 2^30 = 1,073,741,824 bytes. (4.7 x 10^9)/(2^30) = 4.377GB.

And 9.4GB is the rating for dual SIDED disks, not dual layered. Dual layered are rated at 8.5GB.

 

[Pariah]

I don't copy movies. This is simply for data. The capacity is over 4,400MB. I did the lazy decimal conversion to GB. That's not the issue. I'm looking for a solution to try and get extra data squeezed onto the disc.

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: Pariah
I don't copy movies. This is simply for data. The capacity is over 4,400MB. I did the lazy decimal conversion to GB. That's not the issue. I'm looking for a solution to try and get extra data squeezed onto the disc.

4.296875GB according to Windows Calculator

That should just fit with no overburn. Couldn't hope for more efficient use of expensive media!

EDIT: Oh, "capacity"
Thought it said "data" (Did it before the edit?)
Bad reply.
Please ignore.

 

[Pariah]

If the data I had fit on the disc I wouldn't be asking about overburning. The over 4400MB I quoted was the disc capacity, not the amount of data I am trying to get on the disc which is larger than that amount. Obviously the capacity of the disc will fit on the disc. Does anyone have a useful answer to the original question on how to overburn a DVD if possible?

 

[brxndxn]

bump for answer...

I've googled for the past hour and I can't seem to find an answer anywhere. I'm using Nero 6, DVD+R and what I want to burn is 30mb over the limit - ARGH!