How to back up huge files on DVD?

[isaacc7]

OK, maybe a basic question, but I'm having some trouble. In essence, I would like to back up a 45 GB group of files onto DVD. This is a music collection and I'd rather not have to select the songs one by one in order to fit certain groups onto the DVDs. Is there a way to burn DVDs using Tiger that can figure out disk spanning? BTW, if it matters, I would like these DVDs to be read by a windows machine eventually if that matters. I appreciated the help stripping the files out of the folders (the automater actions worked like a charm). Thanks for any info you could throw my way

Isaac

 

[Flying Llama]

Roxio's Toast 7 features automatic file spanning. It's a wonderful software, I believe it's the most popular disc burning solution on the Mac. You can also burn DivX discs in version 7.

llama

 

[Counterfit]

Of course, why you'd want to make DiVX discs out of your music is beyond me

 

[pknz]

That will take approx 10 DVDs or 5 Double Layer DVDs, another option is a external harddrive, this way ou could update you music collection as you go.

 

[Flying Llama]

Of course, why you'd want to make DiVX discs out of your music is beyond me

Because I have a DivX DVD player hooked up to my TV, and it's pretty cool to have 5 great quality movies on one DVD.

llama

 

[Flying Llama]

That will take approx 10 DVDs or 5 Double Layer DVDs, another option is a external harddrive, this way ou could update you music collection as you go.

Yes, I would go with an external harddrive, way easier, just add as you go...

llama

 

[isaacc7]

DVDs are cheap...

That will take approx 10 DVDs or 5 Double Layer DVDs, another option is a external harddrive, this way ou could update you music collection as you go.

Yes, I could back up to an external hard drive, is there a way to do that such that both Mac and Windows machines can use it? The other computer is several states away, so I thought the DVDs would be a better option. I was really hoping that Tiger would have a way of spanning DVDs, guess I'm out of luck... Looks like it would about the same price to buy Toast 7 or a new external hard drive, so if the hard drive could be made to work with both machines, I'd probably do that.

Isaac

 

[DeSnousa]

Yep just make sure the drive is formatted in fat-32 (ms dos). This can be read by Windows and Mac.

 

[isaacc7]

Yep just make sure the drive is formatted in fat-32 (ms dos). This can be read by Windows and Mac.

Really? That's awsome! So I guess I just use disk utility to format it as fat32 and then transfer everything over, right? I'll order the drive tomorrow!

Isaac

 

[khisayruou]

Really? That's awsome! So I guess I just use disk utility to format it as fat32 and then transfer everything over, right?

Yup, thats what I have going. Fat-32 is called ms-dos under disk utility as DeSnousa said.

 

[isaacc7]

Thanks!

OK, thanks again! I've been eyeing another drive anyway, this is the perfect excuse

Isaac

 

[Counterfit]

Because I have a DivX DVD player hooked up to my TV, and it's pretty cool to have 5 great quality movies on one DVD.

llama

I wasn't even talking to you.