Tip 9 Size of DVD±R, common terms, and Regions
DVD±R sizes
Blank DVD-R 4,489MB 4,706,074,624 bytes 4.383GB
Blank DVD+R 4,483MB 4,700,372,992 bytes 4.377GB
4.7GB is on the label but it’s really 4.37GB. Same as harddrives, false advertising.
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Tip 6 DVD media (cheap vs. quality)
DVD media (cheap vs. quality)
Back in 1996 blank CD-Rs were $6 a pop in Japan and you could get cheap CD-Rs for $2 a pop. I purchased a few $2 media and had to end up buying the $6 media. When CD-R media first appeared for the first couple of years you could have terrible burns and other problems related to cheap CD-R media. Nowadays it’s almost a non-factor and almost any brand of CD-R (95% is my guess) works just great.
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Tip 4 Memtest86 (memory tester)
Download Memtest86 memtest86.iso.zip
Extract the .iso and burn the .iso file with DVD Ghost to make a bootable CD-ROM. In your BIOS make sure you have CD-ROM to boot before your Hard drive. Reboot your computer with the memtest86 CD and it’ll automatically start testing.
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Tip 2 Set DMA for all drives in system
Make sure DMA is set on all drives (hard drives, DVD-ROM, DVD burners, CD-ROM). If it’s set to PIO, it’ll use almost all your CPU to transfer data and is a common complaint as to why it’s taking forever or people exerperiencing buffer underruns while attempting to burn DVDs.
Tip 1 set region for dvd drive; Read More »
Tip 2 set DMA for all drives in system
Tip 3 CPU Burn-in (CPU tester)
Tip 4 Memtest86 (memory tester)
Tip 5 NTFS and FAT32 (4GB file limitation)
Tip 6 DVD media (cheap vs. quality)
Tip 7 Ripping Speed of DVD-ROMs and DVD Burners
Tip 8 DVD Backup software available
Tip 9 Size of DVD±R, common terms, and Regions
Tip 10 Install an ASPI layer
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iEffectsoft DVD Ripper is a DVD Player product from ieffectsoft.com. iEffectsoft DVD Ripper is definitely the most easy to use and high-definition DVD extractor program ever! Among all competitors, iEffectsoft DVD Ripper deserves the honor of the perfect terminator because of its extremely high conversion efficiency, simple & clean user interface and high-quality video outputs.
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