is there any cd-r with more space than 80 min there was some 99 minutes in compusa but the don't sell them any more. Is there such thing as a blank vcd disc with more space than a regular cd-r thanks

-- guy foreman (taterg@yahoo.com), January 12, 2002

Answers

www.yesbuy.net sells 90 and 99 minute CD-Rs. WARNING - all bets are off on these discs. There are no refunds if they don't work for you. It has been my experience that almost all burners will burn 90 min. CD-Rs, but few will burn 99 min. CD-Rs. You will need to do some research on your burner to see if it supports either one. If you have a no-name burner, you may not be able to find out. www.cdrfaq.org might help you get started. You will need to use something that supports overburning such as Nero, FireBurner, etc. to use these discs. If using Nero, set it to overburn to 99 minutes and 30 seconds regardless of the disc size. Nero will recognize the disc as an 80 min. CD-R, so you just tell it to overburn. Don't go over the limit on the disc either. Trying to burn 90 minutes and 30 seconds on a 90 minute CD-R will fail. I have had no problem playing SVCDs burned to 90 minute CD-Rs on my DVD player or playing audio CDs made with 90 minute discs. However, I did burn a DivX movie to a 90 minute CD-R and it won't play at all on my PC, so be aware that all best are off and you may or may not have problems burning or playing such discs.

-- Jason (Jason.Shumate@equant.com), January 14, 2002.