Cd-r 800mb

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hey all, i've searched far and wide on the internet and found some sites I can purchase 800mb 90min cd-r's. the reason i need them is to burn the game shenmue 1 and 2, for some discs are 740+ mb and won't fit on a standard 700mb cd. I was wondering if a retail store carrys them, I tried radio shack, circuit city, best buy, and walmart but they only have the 700mbs. do i need to buy them online?

Im 90 percent sure you wont find them in your typical retail outlet like bestbuy etc. I've also read mixed things about there quality and burn success rate. I read one forum saying the disc weren't very reliable. I may be wrong, or have read this awhile ago, but I think the best bet on where to find them would be online. The dreamcast won't read dvd's

Its been some time since i burnt dreamcast games, but isnt there an option called 'overburn' in the DiscJuggler program? I was able to burn images over 700mb...i think it might be possible with images that large, but could be wrong

If I remember right, burning programs know of a safety limit for CD's. They're like a garaunteed burn limit that the CD will work properlly. If you have a drive that supports overburn, then the software will bypass and ignore the safety limit and 'overburn' beyond it to get more data on the disc. However, because you're exceeding the safety limit, your chances of having a succesful burn with full readability lessens...

Well if you ever need even more room than that per CD you could buy a Plextor drive, they support burning up to 1gig of data on a typical 700mb CD...there are pit falls tho...not all other CD reader's will see the data..or may see it as corrupt. How ever if its burned and used by a Plextor drive...you'll be fine.

You can burn a S-VCD disc where the actual files are 800 MB in Windows Explorer on a 700 MB disc. The same with Audio CD's. The burner treats this type of data differently than regular data because there's no need for error correction which in this case gives you more room.

Also if anyone is looking to bug a Dreamcast BBA to play across the internet - only a few games utilize internet capabilities and even fewer utilize the broadband adapter. They assume you have dialup and wants phone number and ISP info...bah

Also, since you're new to DC burning, you should know it's IMPORTANT to keep your burn speed LOW. I usually burn at 4x since it's important not to have any corrupted data on your DC game - trust me on this one! If you're 80% through a game and hit a bad sector, it sucks.

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