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yoyoman · Apr 6, 2003, 02:24 PM

Who hear knows about over burning. http://www.pnpgadgets.com/co-0518.html

This has over burning by a lot. Can any one get some information about it for me please.
Or information about what over burning does and if any program can do it.

G4ME · Apr 6, 2003, 04:00 PM

i have no clue but my guess would have to be you would have to use special media for it

yoyoman · Apr 6, 2003, 06:43 PM

Originally posted by G4ME:
i have no clue but my guess would have to be you would have to use special media for it

The link says on the cdr that it is allowed to over burn. DOes this mean its safe with the burner. Would toast let me do it.

superlarry · Apr 7, 2003, 12:11 PM

you definitely need special cd-r's to burn that much. the most widely available ones are 80 minutes, a small improvement over the standard 74 minutes. if you can get cdrdao working on OSX (a command-line program) then it'll work, probably even without the overburn option set because it tries to detect the media size and type. i've used toast to burn 80-minute cd's, so i think it should be alright with bigger ones, but i'm not sure (i haven't had the bigger cd-r's to try).

bradoesch · Apr 7, 2003, 09:32 PM

Originally posted by G4ME:
i have no clue but my guess would have to be you would have to use special media for it

Then it's not really "over-burning."

You can usually fit a bit of extra stuff on a regular CD. The problem is that it's not as reliable as the information recorded onto other parts of the disc. You also risk damage to your CD writer (I have no idea how, I've just read that a few times.)

yoyoman · Apr 7, 2003, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by bradoesch:
Then it's not really "over-burning."
You can usually fit a bit of extra stuff on a regular CD. The problem is that it's not as reliable as the information recorded onto other parts of the disc. You also risk damage to your CD writer (I have no idea how, I've just read that a few times.)

Well the link I gave you clearly says you can over burn. Now what? What do I do?

bradoesch · Apr 9, 2003, 10:33 AM

Originally posted by yoyoman:
Well the link I gave you clearly says you can over burn. Now what? What do I do?

You need recording software that supports overburning. The drive comes with Nero, which supports overburning. Toast doesn't support overburning though.

There is a program for OS X that does, but I can't remember it's name. It's a little tricky to use. I'll post back if I find it.

yoyoman · Apr 9, 2003, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by bradoesch:
You need recording software that supports overburning. The drive comes with Nero, which supports overburning. Toast doesn't support overburning though. There is a program for OS X that does, but I can't remember it's name. It's a little tricky to use. I'll post back if I find it.

Ok. ANy one else know about over burning. The link says the burner can do it.

legionare · Apr 9, 2003, 06:12 PM

check out today's http://xlr8yourmac.com/

there's the overburning answer(s)

tooki · Apr 9, 2003, 07:13 PM

With blank CDs costing next to nothing, why risk damaging your CD writer (not to mention appreciably reducing your data integrity) by squeezing a couple more megabytes onto a disc?!?

Also, greater-than-80-minute blank CDs exist. But they're not common.

tooki

yoyoman · Apr 9, 2003, 07:56 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
With blank CDs costing next to nothing, why risk damaging your CD writer (not to mention appreciably reducing your data integrity) by squeezing a couple more megabytes onto a disc?!?

Also, greater-than-80-minute blank CDs exist. But they're not common.

tooki

can i get a link to those cd's

bojangles · May 11, 2003, 03:47 PM

Click here!

the_glassman · Jun 28, 2003, 11:49 PM

Firestarter has worked great for me as far as overburning disk on my SuperDrive eMac.