burning more than 74min?
I just got my first mac, the new powerbook 1ghz, and while trying to burn an audio CD, I noticed that I was unable to burn more than 74 minutes even though it was an 80 minutes CD. Is there a way to change this, or is that just how the software is. Also, I have yet to try, but is it possible to burn date CD's that will fill up the entire 80 minutes? Thanks in advance for all your help.
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However, You'll be able to fit more mp3's or ogg vorbis files onto a disk than .Wav files... And MP3 CD players are becoming cheap and common (you can pick up portables as low as $60), while more professional DVD/CD players should also be supporting such...
Heck, you can fit 200+ 3mb files onto a disk... that's 200+ songs... (Or 100 6mb files)
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Older CD's (and pretty much all cheap no-name brand CDR's and CDRW's) are 650 MB/74 min. discs, which means that you can only make a 74 min. Audio CD with them, assuming of course you don't make an MP3 CD.
Well known, established brands of media like Verbatim, Fuji, Sony, Memorex, etc. Sell discs conforming to the more recent CD format which is 700 MB/80 mins.
So, if you want to make an 80 min. CD, or make a copy of an 80 min. CD, you'll have to trade on up to the slightly more expensive name brands. If you don't know what to buy just look for discs that say "700 MB/80 Min." on the packaging.
Hope that helps!
<strong>Why, of course!
Older CD's (and pretty much all cheap no-name brand CDR's and CDRW's) are 650 MB/74 min. discs, which means that you can only make a 74 min. Audio CD with them, assuming of course you don't make an MP3 CD.
Well known, established brands of media like Verbatim, Fuji, Sony, Memorex, etc. Sell discs conforming to the more recent CD format which is 700 MB/80 mins.
So, if you want to make an 80 min. CD, or make a copy of an 80 min. CD, you'll have to trade on up to the slightly more expensive name brands. If you don't know what to buy just look for discs that say "700 MB/80 Min." on the packaging.
Hope that helps!</strong><hr></blockquote>
I concur. its almost impossible to get exactly 80mins. Its just like u dun get the exact amount of harddisk space as specified in your computer configurations anyway.
Of course, I don't have a SuperDrive in my PowerBook, could that be it?
My only other suggestions are
Try Toast
Try CD blanks from a different batch/brand
<strong>I have tried 2 different types of CD's, Memorex and PNY Technologies, both have not allowed me to burn close to 80 minutes and both are 80 minutes CD's. The CD that I wish to burn is 79 minutes and 13 seconds. I took out the 2 seconds between tracks, and still no luck. Is it possible that it is the superdrive that is causing this problem?</strong><hr></blockquote>
So to get the record right (not to be rude), you've tried burning 75 and 76 minutes to no avail on the 80 minute discs? And this still failed?
I'm merely wondering if say you are trying to burn 79 minutes and 15 seconds, but can say only burn 78 mintues for some odd reason...
It looks like Apple support may be the way to go, I'm having problems finding such problems posted to other sites... hehe, do you live near an Apple Retail Store???
Definitely try a different brand of CD-R. When you put them in your machine, are they recognized as 80 Min discs? Notice if they're showing up in the Finder or in iTunes as 74 or 80 minute discs. Although I think you said you've tried two different brands, if not, it might actually be a bad pressing of discs. THey are cheap commodities now and a mislabeled batch isn't that hard to imagine.
<strong>I believe it comes down to firstly inserting the disc, then pressing the burn button. If U do it the other way, itunes doesn't know what type of disc will be inserted and probably takes the standard, 74 min.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I've actually tried that too, but every time I begin to burn the disc, it ejects the disc and I have to reinsert it.
A couple of weeks ago I posted this question over in the "Mac OS X" forum here, why is it that 700 MB CDs are recognized as having only 670 MB available, but nobody answered (http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=001773).
However, I was able to get approx. 750 MB onto a 700 MB CD via iTunes. I'm sure you wonder how I did it? Just create a playlist in iTunes (name it, eg, "CD"), and put all the tracks (aiff files) there. Then, click the "Burn" button (top right corner in iTunes) and there you go.
(HW iBook 2001 384/10GB; SW 10.2.2 at that time, latest iTunes)
Still, if anybody knows WHY the OS "limits" 700 MB CDs as having only 670 MB available (and 650 MB CDs offer approx. 600 or 610 MB - I don't remember the exact figure), I'd LOVE to know.
Jan Dvorak
<strong>CDs for burning behave "strangely" in OS X.
A couple of weeks ago I posted this question over in the "Mac OS X" forum here, why is it that 700 MB CDs are recognized as having only 670 MB available, but nobody answered (http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=001773).
However, I was able to get approx. 750 MB onto a 700 MB CD via iTunes. I'm sure you wonder how I did it? Just create a playlist in iTunes (name it, eg, "CD"), and put all the tracks (aiff files) there. Then, click the "Burn" button (top right corner in iTunes) and there you go.
(HW iBook 2001 384/10GB; SW 10.2.2 at that time, latest iTunes)
Still, if anybody knows WHY the OS "limits" 700 MB CDs as having only 670 MB available (and 650 MB CDs offer approx. 600 or 610 MB - I don't remember the exact figure), I'd LOVE to know.
Jan Dvorak</strong><hr></blockquote>
I've tried that as well, and still no dice. Any other suggestions out there?