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Thread ID: 91621	2008-07-13 03:08:00	Writing files to CD problem	Craig Mellor (13762)	Press F1

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688438	2008-07-13 03:08:00	Hi, I have some video-files that I want to write to CD (-R), instead of using Nero I just drag and drop because they are 700mb avi files and when added to Nero they become around 850mb. But when I drag and drop the file it writes to CD and all that and then ejects disc, then I insert the disc back into my laptop it says it still has all the free space and nothing is on the disc. Is it the discs I'm using, I was using CD-RW but that was kinda a waste so I bought some CD-R's. And the odd time I've done it, it writes files to disc but when inserted into DVD player or computer it plays the first 20 odd seconds and stops and skips to menu. Can anyone tell whats up with this or suggest any software that writes files to discs without adding menus or anything not needed. Thanks.	Craig Mellor (13762)
688439	2008-07-13 03:22:00	Well if you want to play this in a standalone dvd player, I doubt the way youre doing it is going to work It needs to be in a format a dvd player can understand / read This might work (www.cdburnerxp.se) Thats if it knows what AVI is. So, it can load it But then you may also need DVDR not CDR	Speedy Gonzales (78)
688440	2008-07-13 03:33:00	Thanks, downloading now.	Craig Mellor (13762)
688441	2008-07-13 23:40:00	Nero will only increase the size if you are creating a Video CD or DVD and it's converting the files. If you create a data disk they should stay exactly the same size which I'm pretty sure is what dragging and dropping in windows will be doing. It's possible the CD is not closed which will cause a lot of read problems. A lot of standalone players these days do in fact support data disks with .avi files on them, but not all and I'm not sure if data CD's are included or just DVD's. At any rate blank DVD+-R are just as cheap as CD's theses days and the Drives are cheap so why bother with CD's at all.	dugimodo (138)
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