Interpreting Time info?

[terrypin]

How is the 'Time' field meant to be interpreted please? While burning an ISO of a DVD I noticed that it's reporting '32:38:35'. Yet the DVD is only about 6? mins. Its size is correctly reported as about 300 MB.

 

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It's based on the old CD format where a 74min CD = 650MB. 80min CD = 700MB.

 

So basically, if you're not already familiar with it, ignore it

 

It's nothing to do with the length of a bit of video on the disc.

[terrypin]

It's based on the old CD format where a 74min CD = 650MB. 80min CD = 700MB.

 

So basically, if you're not already familiar with it, ignore it

 

It's nothing to do with the length of a bit of video on the disc.

 

Thanks, appreciate the fast response.

 

OK, I'll ignore it. But, if it's essentially meaningless, wouldn't it be better to either remove it altogether or (ideally) change it to an estimate of playing time on a 4.5 GB DVD?

 

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It might be meaningless to you if you're always burning DVD images, it's not meaningless to me however when I burn CD ones.

[dbminter]

We may have to add this to the FAQ.