Re: 80 min CD burning

[Jens Ritter <Jens.Ritter@weh.rwth-aachen.de>]

Paul Harris <harri-pc@ee.uwa.edu.au> writes:

> hi all,
> 
> i've got a whole pile of 80 minute writable cds here (I wanted 74 min but
> there was no stock), but I have discovered that xcdroast doesn't seem to
> have an "80 min cd" option when it comes to the burn.
> 
> should i just try it anyway? can i get the 80 min storage space? is that
> option (in "Write CD") just there to warn about lack of disk space or does
> it affect the burn? has anyone made a successful burn with these cds?

Just try it. xcdroast does not try to detect which length a given CD
has. Most times you are even save to burn some 660 MB on a 650 MB
CDR. 

I had no problems burning 80 minutes CDs with xcdroast. 


Jens

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