Cd burning question

[solokool]

Is there a software update or hack to make a 74 min. cd an 80 min. cd...........i'm just trying to add one more minute of audio to a 74min cd. I thought I read somewhere that this was available.
Thankyou.

 

[bacillus]

you can overburn if you use nero!

 

[Alex]

what is overburn anyways? how does that work if there isnt physically enough space for the extra tracks on the cd?

 

[Shack70]

Overburn is a process of burning more that 74min on a 74min cdr. It depends on a few things, the burner, the software and the cdr you are using. Now, Nero supports overburn and even has setting in the preferences to set the limts Nero will work with. In order for it to work, your burner needs to support it. I think the Nero site has a list of burners that do and don't support the over burn. What makes the burner support it is how far the laser can travel on the rails that support it. The last thing you need is the cdr media. Once again, I think the nero app can examine your media and tell you how far it will overburn.

Why to overburn? several reasons. YOu can fit more data on a cdr, so you get more bang for your buck! Another reason is backing up ssoftware. One way that has been used to keep people from copying software is to make CDs with more that 650megs of data on it. If you can overburn, you can back up this software

Brands that I knwo overburn:
Yamaha
Teac
Other bardns do it, but I just son't knwo if "all" models by those manufacturers do it.

 

[Oyeve]

cdrwin overburns nicely. Or you can just get 80min cds ya cheap bastard! Just kidding!

 

[reef]

Hmm I tried overburning on Nero and I would crash before it got to the yellow marker or buffer or whatever you friggin call it
Oh but I use a samsung cd-rw so that might be the problem :

 

[Burnt]

What's the overburn limit? I always thought that it was just a few more megs (like 5-10). Anyways, if your cd burner can handle it, I suggest getting some 850 meg cdrs. I got some CompUSA brand ones for 10 bucks (16 cdrs). Great for burning divxs, although it will only burn up to about 800 megs.

 

[reef]

But what happens with the 50 megs that are left ?

 

[Burnt]

My burner can't handle that much, so it stops around 800 megs and closes the cd.

The 50 megs left don't affect anything. It's just unused space.

 

[reef]

Great more space for my porn vids lol