DVD vs CD?

I have a 600MB AVI file. Why does it take some 600 MB on a CD, but
3GB on a DVD? I thought I could pack some similar AVIs on a DVD disk,
but not at that rate.

Thanks
-GECKO

"gecko" <alpha@olympus.net> wrote in message
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>I have a 600MB AVI file. Why does it take some 600 MB on a CD, but
> 3GB on a DVD? I thought I could pack some similar AVIs on a DVD disk,
> but not at that rate.
>
> Thanks
> -GECKO


I'm sure you have asked this before unless there are many other Gecko's out
there? Anyway you can put about 7 x 600MB AVI files onto a DVDR making sure
you choose DATA .

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:10:29 GMT, in alt.video.dvd.tech you wrote:


>
>I'm sure you have asked this before unless there are many other Gecko's out
>there?

Mebbe so. If so, I apologize. Senility takes its toll.



>Anyway you can put about 7 x 600MB AVI files onto a DVDR making sure
>you choose DATA .
>

I'll have to try that to verify that my stand-alone player will play
AVI's. I should have done that.

-GECKO

For your avi uses mpeg4 or h264 codec, DVD uses mpeg2 video codec.
Comparing the advanced codec h264 > mpeg4 > mpeg2