~4.6 GB data folder on DVD is fully readable from the DVD player?

[Cymbal Man Freq.]

I put 1500 .flv files into one major folder, and burnt them onto a 4.7GB DVD on
a Win XP machine. I brought the DVD over to my Win 98SE machine, and I don't
intend to copy the DVD to the hard drive, just play the files from the DVD. In
My Computer, it says the DVD is using 1.99 GB. I'm wondering if Win 98SE will be
able to read all of the files in this one folder (~4.6 GB folder)? I suspect
every file WILL be available for reading.

 

[Rick Chauvin]

"Cymbal Man Freq." <Don't Bother@ForgedPostsAnonymous.unorg> wrote in
message news:4710c50e$0$7488$4c368faf@roadrunner.com
> I put 1500 .flv files into one major folder, and burnt them onto a 4.7GB

What is the 'total' file size of these 1500 files all together? 1.9 GB?

> DVD on a Win XP machine. I brought the DVD over to my Win 98SE machine,
> and I don't intend to copy the DVD to the hard drive, just play the
> files from the DVD. In My Computer, it says the DVD is using 1.99 GB.
> I'm wondering if Win 98SE will be able to read all of the files in this
> one folder (~4.6 GB folder)?

It sounds like the 1500 files only total 1.9 GB, even though your DVD can
hold up to 4.7 GB, and so you had plenty of room left..

> I suspect every file WILL be available for reading.

If your SE box has a DVD and your burn was good, then yes why not?

Rick

 

[... et al.]

Cymbal Man Freq. wrote:

> I put 1500 .flv files into one major folder, and burnt them onto a 4.7GB DVD on
> a Win XP machine. I brought the DVD over to my Win 98SE machine, and I don't
> intend to copy the DVD to the hard drive, just play the files from the DVD. In
> My Computer, it says the DVD is using 1.99 GB. I'm wondering if Win 98SE will be
> able to read all of the files in this one folder (~4.6 GB folder)? I suspect
> every file WILL be available for reading.

By now you probably know, so you tell us.

However, i have checked for the reported size of many of my
commercially bought DVD-ROM's under both Win98SE and WinXP. I
have found that for somewhere between more then half to most of
them Win98SE mis-reports the size as 1.99 GB even when a larger
more correct number is reported by WinXP. Still, under Win98, all
files are found using 'Find' and all files can be copied. So, in
my experience, except for this size-reporting error, things work
fine.

Caveat. Since i noted this and started to take notice, i have
been looking at the discs with older DVD-Player Hardware under
Win98SE then under WinXP.

But the unsolved issue for me is why for some DVD-ROM's Win98SE
manages to show Total Size' a correct and larger number then 1.99 GB.


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