I don't get it. My cd says 700MB capacity (which usually means about 640MB available) and 80 minutes. I made a music CD with a combined file size of 718MB but it let me create it because it said the total minutes was less than 80 minutes.
How does this work?
2007-03-09 13:22:48 · 6 answers · asked by what? 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
The CD industry standard is different. They use a term for storage called "RAM".
The "MB" for RAM means 1024x1024, but for hard drives it means 1000x1000. A data CD that can hold 650 "RAM" MB of data holds about 682 "disk" MB of data.
Examples of Data or Audio storage on CDs:
63 minutes == 283,500 sectors == 553.7MB CD-ROM == 635.9MB CD-DA
74 minutes == 333,000 sectors == 650.3MB CD-ROM == 746.9MB CD-DA
80 minutes == 360,000 sectors == 703.1MB CD-ROM == 807.4MB CD-DA
This is why they "appear" to hold more data as they advertise....the unit of measurement is different.
source :
http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#s7-6...
regards,
Philip T
2007-03-09 13:32:58 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe 700MB is the guaranty the cd has. It might have more that that.
2007-03-09 13:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Henry 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is called overburning and yes it can be done but it may damage your burner in the long term
2007-03-09 13:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by crusher_mma 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
as the result working?
I think 10% more or less is forgivable.
2007-03-09 13:44:10 · answer #4 · answered by WO LEE 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does life get any better than this?
2007-03-09 13:26:18 · answer #5 · answered by altered ego 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your luck buddy
2007-03-10 06:14:10 · answer #6 · answered by GoLd E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋