Copy Big WMV File to CD

[Guest S1L1Y1]

I have a WMV file which is 632MB. I am trying to copy it to a CD but the cd

is only 700MB and when you format the disk I am left with only 571MB of free

space. Does anybody have any suggestions what I can do?

Sol

[Guest Galen Somerville]

Re: Copy Big WMV File to CD

 

 

"S1L1Y1" <s1l1y1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:elrQU8mFIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> I have a WMV file which is 632MB. I am trying to copy it to a CD but the cd

> is only 700MB and when you format the disk I am left with only 571MB of free

> space. Does anybody have any suggestions what I can do?

> Sol

>

>

If you have to format it, it sounds like a CD-RW instead of a CDR

 

Galen

[Guest S1L1Y1]

Re: Copy Big WMV File to CD

 

Thank you for the reply. You mean the disk? Yes the disk I have is a CD-RW,

now if I use a CDR disk I will be left with 700MB free space?

Sol

"Galen Somerville" <galen@surewest.net> wrote in message

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> "S1L1Y1" <s1l1y1@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:elrQU8mFIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> > I have a WMV file which is 632MB. I am trying to copy it to a CD but the

cd

> > is only 700MB and when you format the disk I am left with only 571MB of

free

> > space. Does anybody have any suggestions what I can do?

> > Sol

> >

> >

> If you have to format it, it sounds like a CD-RW instead of a CDR

>

> Galen

>

[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: Copy Big WMV File to CD

 

"S1L1Y1" <s1l1y1@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Thank you for the reply. You mean the disk? Yes the disk I have is a CD-RW,

>now if I use a CDR disk I will be left with 700MB free space?

 

Yes. If you use your CD-RW disk as a CD-R, I think you'll get the same

result. Fire up your CD recorder software and tell it to burn the

disk, just as if it weren't rewritable.

 

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[Guest teebo]

Re: Copy Big WMV File to CD

 

> I have a WMV file which is 632MB. I am trying to copy it to a CD but the

> cd

> is only 700MB and when you format the disk I am left with only 571MB of

> free

> space. Does anybody have any suggestions what I can do?

 

I'm not sure what you are wanting to do with the 'formatting' of the cd...

...is it a CD-RW and you are using it 'as a floppy' so to speak?

 

Instead if you just want to save you 632MB file on a cd, you should

use a normal cd-burning program (like Nero Burning ROM) that writes

the file to the cd and then (optionally) closes the cd.

 

On a "700MB cd" you should be able to write 702MB files

(or 5-10MB more if you enable overburn)

 

 

Note: if you instead of saving the file to the cd, want to be able

to play the movie in you WMV-file with a TV-dvd-player, then you have to

select Video CD or Super Video CD instead. I guess the movie will be

reencoded then, but I don't know how much will fit because I don't

have any TV and have never tried that kind of cd-burning.

[Guest AlmostBob]

Re: Copy Big WMV File to CD

 

what program creates a FAT on a cd that occupies 129MB, so I know not to use

it

formatting is wasteful,

try a different program

Nero fits 721MB on a 700MB disk with my particular LG burner in overburn

mode

 

 

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"S1L1Y1" <s1l1y1@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:elrQU8mFIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> I have a WMV file which is 632MB. I am trying to copy it to a CD but the

cd

> is only 700MB and when you format the disk I am left with only 571MB of

free

> space. Does anybody have any suggestions what I can do?

> Sol

>

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