DVD burning software

[three57m]

Does anyone know of software that does not compress or otherwise mess with your files before burning them to dvd.

I am trying to make a clean exact backup of over 1 million .png image files on 2 dvds and nero cant cope with the size and just crashes, roxio wants to compress everything. I think the problem is that these applications are trying to cache everything before burning all I need is a straight burn from my hardrive to the disk. any help would be appreciated.

 

[cdogg]

Try changing the format for the DVD you are making. Instead of ISO/Joliet, try PDF for example.

Also make sure that you aren't zipping the files into one archive that is larger than 1GB in size. If you are, that could be your problem. Instead, separate them into ZIP/RAR files that are smaller than 1GB.

~cdogg
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[GVN]

I remember messing with mkisofs in the past. It's a free command-line utility that can create CDs immediately, if memory serves me correctly...

http://freshmeat.net/projects/mkisofs/

GVN

 

[gpalmer711]

This should work by using the steps below, if it doesn't then try reinstalling nero.

1) Create New DVD ISO
2) Copy 3.6 GB worth of PNG images to ISO
3) Burn DVD

Repeat Steps 1 - 3 for rest of images.

Nero is capable of burning much larger discs such as Dual layer so 1 DVD worth of images should be no problem.

Make sure you have some HD space. It will only try to cache a few files at a time so you do not need the full 3.6 GB free.

Greg Palmer
Freeware Utilities for Windows Administrators.

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk

 

[cdogg]

Just remembered that the Nero Ultra suite has the disc-to-disc copy which works great on DVD's that aren't copyright protected. So as long as you're not changing the content on the originals, that would be the best option.

~cdogg
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[gbaughma]

Why would roxio compress it?

Are you burning as a data DVD?

And, as far as the crashing issue... are you separating them into sub-folders? There is a limit to the number of files you can have in a single folder, *especially* the root folder.... so even if you have too many folders in the root directory, you will run into problems.



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