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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive Toast 6 Titanium User's Manual
Table of Contents
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Foreword Precautions 1. [. . . ] · Incorporates the Direct Overwrite (DOW) system, allowing data to be written directly over existing data in a single pass. DVD-R Discs: · Best sutied for: recording DVD videos, storing multiple photo albums and data DVDs under 4. 7GB. · These discs are also functionally similiar to CD-R media, and have the same capacity as DVD+R discs. · There are two types of DVD-R discs: DVD-R General, which are intended for home applications, and DVD-R Authoring, which are intended for professional DVD-Video development applications. DVD-RW Discs: · Best sutied for: backing up and archiving digital content. · These discs serve the same general purpose as CD-RW media, but with 4. 7GB of space versus 650MB. CD-R Discs: · Best sutied for: recording audio CDs, store photos and data CDs. · Files can not be deleted from CD-R discs, and you cannot write over existing files on a CD-R disc. CD-RW Discs: · Best suited for: passing medium sized files around an office or among students. · Discs can be reformated up to 1, 000 times, and files can be written over. · Most CD-ROM drives and audio CD players cannot read CD-RW discs.
LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive Toast 6 Titanium User's Manual
5. File System Formats - Definitions
When writing DVD+R9 DL, DVD±R/RW and CD-R/RW discs, you will have the option to assign the disc a particular file format (the way in which a computer names and organizes files for storage and retrieval). There are essentially three file system formats to be concerned with when using a LaCie DVD or CD Drive: · Universal Disk Format (UDF) · ISO 9660 · Mac OS Extended UDF This file system was developed to ensure consistency between various optical media, compatibility across platforms and among various CD and DVD applications. UDF is used by DVD to contain MPEG audio and video streams, and is required by DVD-ROMs. ISO 9660 This is the standard file system for CD-ROMs, which allows them to be read on a Mac, PC or other major computer platform. Microsoft created an extension to the format, called Joliet, which allows for Unicode file character names and file names up to 64 characters in length (twice as many as the ISO 9660 Level 2 and 3 specifications). Mac OS Extended Also known as HFS+, this is the file system used by Mac OS 8. 1 and higher. If you will be using your disc only on Macs, this is the preferred file format.
5. 3. DVD Capacity
There are important factors to consider when recording video, audio or data to DVD. The DVD media specification provides for two physical sizes: 4. 7" (12cm) and 3. 1" (8cm) (both are . 47" (1. 2cm) thick). DVD discs can also be single-sided (SS) or double-sided (DS), and each side can have one (SL) or two (DL) layers of data. The amount of data or video that a disc can hold are dependent upon factors such as the amount of audio and the degree of compression of the data, video or audio. [. . . ] Partition, -ing After formatting, the hard drive is not yet ready to store files. It must be divided into sections that will contain special information required for a Mac or PC to operate and other sections that will contain the files. A partition is just one section of the hard drive that will contain either special data put there by Silverlining or other files and data. Peripheral A generic term applied to printers, scanners, mice, keyboards, serial ports, graphics cords, disk drives and other computer subsystems. [. . . ]