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Question about using the DVD+R DL.

Jun 13, 2015 12:02PM PDT

Hey guys,
I'm going to go straight to the question.
I just bought a DVD+R DL:
http://online.barclays.lk/mmBC/Images/11261.jpg
It has 8.5 gb capacity.
I was wondering if it's possible to copy all my iTunes library, which has around 7 gb worth of songs, to the DVD directly.
I'm asking this because it's an R CD (I think) so I don't wanna mess it up because I won't be able to delete.


THANK YOU.

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It's a copy so no reason why not.
Jun 13, 2015 12:16PM PDT

But don't make any mistake that one copy of your collection will function or be safe there.

There are tomes on the web about iTunes on read only media so your question was "possible to copy" not "Can I run my collection off a DVD with iTunes?" (which is simply no.) I'm going to not write why since that's been done so many times before and no matter how we dive into it, it won't fix it.
Bob

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Re: copying
Jun 13, 2015 12:16PM PDT

If you have the right hardware to burn a double layered DVD, a program to burn files and folders to a DVD, and know which files and folders contain the data you want to copy, yes, you can do it then.
Backing up to DVD is getting more or less uncommon now, with the upswing of USB-sticks, cloud storage and external hard disk, but certainly still possible.

But how do you mean "directly"? I don't know of any way to do it "indirectly".

Kees

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Jun 13, 2015 12:47PM PDT

I'm burning it from my laptop I don't think it has double layer burning capabilities :/
By directly I mean put all of them in one go without switching between the two layers, it cost me 2 bucks I'll just give it a go

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Jun 13, 2015 12:53PM PDT

One question; is it R only or RW?

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The picture clearly shows R
Jun 13, 2015 12:58PM PDT

Its a fine backup medium.

Post was last edited on June 13, 2015 1:09 PM PDT

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Jun 13, 2015 1:02PM PDT

what's that supposed to mean lol?

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I'm guessing you need a tutorial on media.
Jun 13, 2015 1:11PM PDT