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| Thread ID: 50115 | 2004-10-10 23:32:00 | Data Burning Software that can split files evenly | Kame (312) | Press F1 |
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| 279990 | 2004-10-10 23:32:00 | Hi guys, I'm trying to find CD Burning software that has the ability to split/distribute evenly the music files so they fit into CD size (700MB). What I mean is, if I had say over 30GB of music I wanted to burn as data (normal file type, no conversion to audio cd), I would just copy it all to the burning program, then get it to sort out how many CDs would be required by splitting the files up. I have Nero 6 and don't know if it has this ability but if so, could you explain how I would go about this. I tried MusicMatch 9 Plus which it's burning program can't handle that much information, or it's slower than a normal burning program. Although it has the capabilities to split the music up, which is unfortunate that other burning programs I've come across don't do this. So any ideas? Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 279991 | 2004-10-10 23:49:00 | Well Nero does MP3 straight to cd (without converting to CDA format) . BUT as you've said it cant split them so it'll tell u when to insert another CD (if thats what u mean) . I can't say I've seen a CD burning program that'll ask u to insert a CD, if one is full, so it continues . BUT it does give u a meter, that tells u how many mp3's will fit onto one CD . If you did a straight burn to CD of mp3 files, you'll be able to get around 170-180 mp3s on a CD . And this would work/play, if you have a stereo, that can play mp3 files . I tried it the other week . To see if it'll work . I burned 380mb of mp3s to CD as is . This was around 96 mins of playing time |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 279992 | 2004-10-11 00:28:00 | Back the entire 30 gigs splitting into 700mb winrar files and burn each zip file onto your CD-R's. Of course you may get issues of problems with corrupt archives, etc which could cause a loss of an entire 700mb of mp3s... Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 279993 | 2004-10-11 00:33:00 | Personally i would just make a bunch of new folders,and fill each with 700mb of data,then burn to cd. 30gb would only take about 4 minutes to distribute into 700mb chunks. |
metla (154) | ||
| 279994 | 2004-10-11 00:57:00 | Hey Metla, About 2 years ago, I did what you suggested metla, but only had 10GB to go through, I thought in these 2 years that software may have evolved to include something like this. I don't want to use WinRAR, problem being is corrupted archives, and that it's not a straight forward copy, else I could have used any backup software but I'm trying to keep the files as they are. The main reason I want to do this, is I tried doing it manually, but ended up with duplicate CDs sometimes as I forgot where I was upto and was too lazy to check the CD, WinXP is too slow, even when auto-run is off, it still likes to show a waiting CD ROM picture :/ I may try and locate some type of burning program that does it, else may try copying NTFS to EXT3, and storing it there and hopefully the transfer back will be easy. If all else fails, I may use metla's idea, but first after reviewing some more programs. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 279995 | 2004-10-11 01:02:00 | You could of course split using Winrar and create some parity files to recover data from corrupt archives if need be? Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 279996 | 2004-10-11 03:51:00 | I use this: http://www.handybackup.net/ Its backup software that will span across multiple CD's. Backed Up my 10 Gb of Downloaded files onto 3 DVD's |
Dragonslayer (512) | ||
| 279997 | 2004-10-11 19:05:00 | Hello Kame, Have a look at this bttb.sourceforge.net It is freeware, and is designed to quickly find the best way to fill a cd to the brim with any data you care to point it to. It does it very quickly and has a number of user configurable settings. Regards AC |
Alan Cottrell (624) | ||
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