dvdfab/imgburn discrepancies

[bind]

when burning movies very close to the single/double layer threshold, DVDFAB seems to ask me for a double density disk and imgburn asks me for a single density disk.

They burn fine on single density disks with imgburn, but its a pain to pop in a single density, only to be asked for a double density by dvdfab, take the single density out, put in the double density, then to be asked for a single density by imgburn, take out the double density, and put in a single density again - lol

can this be fixed ?

thank you

[SweetOne69]

The reason for this is the default's in both imgburn and dvdfab for disc capacity.

For DVDFab the default DVD-5 Size is 4300MB, for Imgburn it is 4.37GB.

If you want to eliminate the conflict, increase the DVD-5 Size in DVDFab to 4370MB.

[bind]

Shouldnt the default be the actual capacity of the dvd disk in the drive ?

I only burn dvd 9 full quality, so I am unsure what dvd 5 has to do with anything.

[W&B]

Some movies you purchase is single layer (not many) and the default is set that way for a reason since lots of newbs use crap blank media and write errors occur near the outer edges of them.
Open Fab's common settings and set the write size to your wants or needs, that's what they're there for.
The max size for DVD+R is 4472mb and DVD+R DL is 8152mb.

[maineman]

Shouldnt the default be the actual capacity of the dvd disk in the drive ?

No, for a number of reasons, particularly with respect to the huge variability in terms of blank media quality.
As the quality of the dye and manufacturing deteriorates, burning close to the edge becomes more and more problematic; the dye thins, wobble increases and accurate laser focus will become impossible.

I only burn dvd 9 full quality, so I am unsure what dvd 5 has to do with anything.

Your statements are confusing. Most movies, but certainly not all, will require compression in order to fit on an SL disc
Please check your settings in Fab.
Use high quality media, eg.,
for SL, Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim (with the AZO Dye logo)...
for DL, Verbatim +R DL MIS (made in Singapore).

4472 MB should be the max setting for SL
8152 MB for DL.

[maineman]

The max size for DVD+R is 4472mb and DVD+R DL is 8152mb.

Hey W&B, sorry didn't spot you in time

[bind]

thank you for the info