Replies to post #18690 on Dream Machine

[Chrisau]

Will it play in a regular CD player?

[P2O I'm from MO]

Are you sure that is a CD and not a DVD. Anything over
700MB is not a CD. The raw storage capability is 700MB.
If you made an image of the disc and it is over 700MB it is
not a CD media.

Regards.

[gotmilk]

"able to copy to hard drive [but get 4.41GB]"

Sounds like Windows uncompresses each file, same as done when Windows plays it.

(Lets investigate) Posted by: Reseller Mike
"... an image copying piece of software such as CloneCD or Nero or Roxio.
Make an exact image of the disc on your hard drive and then copy that image to the blank CD."

If "exact image" does not uncompress then you get same size.

Hopefully the following is related to all this.

Codec (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec

This article is on the compression/decompression algorithms used in digital media.

A codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. The word codec may be a combination of any of the following: 'compressor-decompressor', 'coder-decoder', or 'compression/decompression algorithm'.

Doug

[TEX]

whatever you do...don't quit.

I love these puzzles, and sincerely hope you find and post the answer.