how to write 705 MB files on a CD?

**McWalt** · December 3rd, 2003, 02:02 AM

I've got so many movies larger than 700 megs on my HD. 701-702 megs are ok, but I can't write more than 703 megs on my CDs.

Now:
Is there any option to tell NERO (or another prog) to write the file anyway, which means losing 10 lousy secs at the end of the movie? I need the space, pls, any proposals?

thx.

**rastilin** · December 3rd, 2003, 02:07 AM

As far as I know you can tell nero to "overburn" and my friends say that it has no effect on the data in most circumstances, but I've never done it myself so I can't be certain.

**isus** · December 3rd, 2003, 04:40 AM

yes, nero can overburn your cd's, look for an option in nero's settings. it's quite handy, so just raise the bar by what you need, and go.

**Induna** · December 3rd, 2003, 05:00 AM

Go to file> preferences> expert features and check 'enable overburn'.

I overburn and haven't had any problems. Most of the time you can get away with a few extra mb.

**shawners** · December 3rd, 2003, 05:16 AM

I think overburn writes to the disk making the data closer and bundled together and more compact method. I would like to see DOUBLE sided Cd's being made. they had those for LASERDISK.

**McWalt** · December 3rd, 2003, 05:30 AM

Thx for your help, but the overburn option won't help me.
My CDs have a capacity of 702 MB, my movies are 704 MB.

I've already set the overburn option to 81/ 82 ... minutes, but Nero still doesn't want to burn. That option is only for 800 MB CDs, I guess.

--- edit ---
I found it: Nero 6 can't overburn, here is a patch for every Nero 6 user:
http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?pa...&news_id=10961

**cjules13** · December 3rd, 2003, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by isus

yes, nero can overburn your cd's, look for an option in nero's settings. it's quite handy, so just raise the bar by what you need, and go.

Are all CDR drives compatible with this? I imagine you might need to have the right burner no?

**Wolfie** · December 3rd, 2003, 06:01 AM

How about using a file splitter application to cut out the end credits to make the file smaller?

**McWalt** · December 3rd, 2003, 06:03 AM

I found it: Nero 6 can't overburn, here is a patch for every Nero 6 user:
http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?pa...&news_id=10961

Note: The patch is only for Nero 6.0.0.15

**Foreverboard** · December 3rd, 2003, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by McWalt

Thx for your help, but the overburn option won't help me.
My CDs have a capacity of 702 MB, my movies are 704 MB.

I've already set the overburn option to 81/ 82 ... minutes, but Nero still doesn't want to burn. That option is only for 800 MB CDs, I guess.

--- edit ---
I found it: Nero 6 can't overburn, here is a patch for every Nero 6 user:
http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?pa...&news_id=10961

If you compress your movie with winrar or winzip you should be able to compress your 704-707meg files small enough to get them onto a cd. But you can also use TMPGEnc to cut the credits off also.

**Induna** · December 3rd, 2003, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by McWalt

Thx for your help, but the overburn option won't help me.
My CDs have a capacity of 702 MB, my movies are 704 MB.

I've already set the overburn option to 81/ 82 ... minutes, but Nero still doesn't want to burn. That option is only for 800 MB CDs, I guess.

--- edit ---
I found it: Nero 6 can't overburn, here is a patch for every Nero 6 user:
http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?pa...&news_id=10961

You CAN overburn. Nero is telling you that you have a capacity of 702 MB. What happens is that the laser will continue to burn past that point (on the outer-most edge of the disk) that's why it tells you may get read errors. Just overburn anyway, it'll fit, trust me.

**CHELSEY12** · December 3rd, 2003, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by McWalt

I've got so many movies larger than 700 megs on my HD. 701-702 megs are ok, but I can't write more than 703 megs on my CDs.

Now:
Is there any option to tell NERO (or another prog) to write the file anyway, which means losing 10 lousy secs at the end of the movie? I need the space, pls, any proposals?

thx.

nero does work but if u aint sure about that download dr divx this will compress your films a little bit more also it can compress from a wide range of of stuff ie camcorders or tv check out what it can do www.divx.com u can get the full version on kazaa the file size is 10.7 mb +the key gen is 95.5 kb
this program is very easy to use :devil

**origin** · December 3rd, 2003, 08:11 AM

overburning is all too common these days whitch is a good things because all have "some" files on out HD that are just over the 700MB compacity. If it just over the limit by a few megs it should still overburn sucessfully, but if anything more I would question if it would complete sucessfully, and possibly damage you're burner. Just enable the overburn feature in nero and you should be set.

l8

**fireforce555** · December 3rd, 2003, 08:15 AM

I once burned a 719MB divx file onto a 700MB cdr, no problems. Guess its all in the CDR, I used a TDK.

**goweropolis** · December 3rd, 2003, 10:26 AM

You can also burn in XCD mode. It can fit 800 MB on a 700 MB CDR, but it loses some error checking, so if it's a high priority archival, you might want to think about it first.

http://xcd.sourceforge.net/
http://www.doom9.org/xcd.htm
http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/xcd.cfm