Hi Garry, a one sided DVD holds 4.7 gigs. You can also get DVDs that will record on both sides, which will bring to 9.4 gigs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 5:43 PM Subject: Re: MP3's DVD's and Bit Rates.
>I thought I heard once that the average DVD holds from between 4 and 6 GB. > Now with bluray and/or HD DVD there could be a lot more that those disks > can > hold! There might be no limits to the amount, eventually! But also, I > believe that Bluray or HD DVD's could be quite costly if you buy just one! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:13 AM > Subject: Re: MP3's DVD's and Bit Rates. > > >>I don't know where my recording prof got this info but he said that DVDs >>can hold about 17 gb of data? i don't remember reading >> that anywhare and that sounds a bit big for one disk, even dool layer >> DVDs. >> >> SA&G >> >> The holidays are upon us. visit http://shop.marrie.org for great >> bargains! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:36 AM >> Subject: RE: MP3's DVD's and Bit Rates. >> >> >> You can record on those disks just like you can on traditional compact >> disks. The disks most people, like me, have access to hold around five >> gigs >> of data. They come in writable and rewritable types. You need a >> different >> kind of drive to read and write to them but they're not terribly >> expensive. >> I believe the latest disks, blue ray, hold fifty gigs but I'm not sure of >> this. I have a pack of the disks I first mentioned but I haven't used >> any >> of them yet. I will be shortly, however, because I'm ripping 650 disks >> to >> my hard drive and plan to use these as more or less permanent storage. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Gary Wood >> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:15 PM >> To: PC audio discussion list. >> Subject: MP3's DVD's and Bit Rates. >> >> Hi All! We've discussed file sizes of MP3's vs. WAV. Now, what is the >> file >> size of a DVD, especially DVD audio? You can get more on a DVD than you >> can >> on a CD. As great as DVD's sound, is the file size smaller, or is it a >> more >> compressed format? >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________ NOD32 2645 (20071108) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]