In addition to Plec's excellent response, I use a 2 Gig flash drive (thumb
drive)
for all my presentations. It fits in my pocket easily and plugs right in to
the
USB port of my laptop.
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"theplectrum" wrote:
> "charisme" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B965E578-9E88-40E0-89A4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I am using Cyberlink (Power 2 Go) A friend of mine gave me a CD that had a
> > hundred or more songs on it. I am burning lectures, educational (talking)
> > material so the quality wouldn't be all that important.
> > * Do I compress these files into RAR and the burn onto a disk?
> > * Would DVD-R hold more data/information?
> > * Do I have to convert or change the my original files or the way that
> > they
> > are being accepted / burned?
> >
> > Please help! I have been reading these forums for two days.
> > Thank you, Charlotte in Northern Calif.
> >
>
> If the CD has 100 or more songs on it then we can assume that they are
> compressed files ie mp3, wma etc. Compressing compressed files into RAR
> format will not save much (if any) space.
>
> A CD holds 700 MB and DVD around 4.7 GB - big difference !
>
> You don't have to change the recorded fomat, burn the compressed audio files
> as DATA, not music.
>
> If you want to burn to DVD-R you have 2 options :
>
> 1) you can wait until you've got 4.7 GB of files and then burn them in one
> go as DATA files. Finalise the DVD as part of the burn process.
>
> 2) burn a DVD using "multi session" mode whereby you can keep adding files
> until the DVD-R is full. However, some dvd players may not be able to read a
> mutli session format DVD. Finalise the DVD when its full.
>
> If you have enough HD space to accumulate files I would advise you to use
> the 1st option.
>
> Cheers,
> Jerry
>
>
>
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