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CD File Size

Dec 20, 2004 2:04PM PST

Hi Everyone,

I have recently encountered a strange phenomenon which I would like to share with everyone.

A friend of mine gave me a Video CD for copying. The capacity of CD was 700 MB / 80 Minutes. Strangely when I copied the CD on my NTFS drive ( I am using windows XP), the file size jumped to 780 MB. Now when I try to files back on a new cd of identical capacity, it says that the CD does not have enough disk space.

I would like to know that how is it possible to write bigger video format (.dat) files on a cd with less capacity. Is it through some software or their is some new compression technology.

Looking forward to hearing your expert comments

regards,

Umair

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It's called slack.
Dec 20, 2004 9:33PM PST

File slack can account for this issue. I've helped people craft such CDs to counter piracy a little. A straight duplication still works, but kills those that try to copy the files from said CD and back.

Why didn't you duplicate the CD?

I have reserved my thoughts that you are pirating something and more...

Bob

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For IBuGpower, no cracks allowed here.
Dec 22, 2004 4:31AM PST

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