How to choose a disc for recording

When choosing a disc for recording, you must start from the purpose of its use.

How to choose a disc for recording: characteristics that need to be considered

When choosing a disc for recording, it is advisable to consider the following characteristics:

1. Recording standard (music, video, various files);

2. Disc type (CD, DVD, BD);

3. Type of recordable disc (R, RW);

4. Drive compatibility

Recording standard

All types of optical recording can be divided into two types - classic, in which data is recorded in the form of tracks, and modern, when a separate file system is created on the disk. The first option puts a limit on the duration of the recording, the second - on the amount of data.

So, the following record standards are related to the first type:

1. Audio CD is a well-known and compatible standard for recording audio;

2. Video DVD is a recording standard designed to produce discs that can be played on virtually all home DVD players.

3. The entry in .MP3, .AVI and other standards is of the second type.

Disc type

The most widely distributed 5 types of disks. They differ in the amount of data that can be written on them:

1. CD. The maximum capacity is about 700 MB (or up to 70 minutes of audio in Audio CD format);

2. DVD. About 4.5 GB;

3. DVD-DL. About 7-9 GB;

4. Bd. About 26 GB;

5. BD-DL. About 50 GB.

View Recordable Disc

There are two types of recording discs:

1. R. They can be written once;

2. RW. They can be recorded several times;

RE. BD with rewriting support.

For good reason, RW / RE cost more than R.

Drive compatibility

Before taking a disc for recording, you should make sure that the drive supports it. You can do this by looking at its labeling. If the drive supports CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, BD-R, BD-RE, there are corresponding marks on it.

If they are not there, then it’s worth knowing the characteristics of the drive However, almost all modern drives support discs up to DVD-RW inclusive.

Manufacturers

Optical discs are now produced by almost all manufacturers of computer accessories - from the budget Defender to the relatively expensive Verbatim. However, their products are about the same in terms of operating parameters, so you can safely buy any model.

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Attention! This material is the subjective opinion of the authors of the project and is not a guide to purchase.