On Tuesday 02 May 2006 16:28, Eben King wrote:
> Problem: DVDs use the "HD vendor" definition of GB, 10^9 B, whereas ls and
> friends use the "everywhere else in computers" definition of GB, 2^30 B.
> 4.7 * 10^9 B = 4.38 * 2^30 B. And 4.5 > 4.38. Did you take that into
> account?
Noooooo...Because all of the mailing lists dealing with ripping/copying say to
keep it under 4.7GB and it will work OK. Could have sworn that media from a
different manufacturer (Memorex) could handle an "everywhere else in
computers" file size of 4.5GB.
Bob S.
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