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Topic: best format to backup data to DVD+R (Read 2551 times) previous topic - next topic
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best format to backup data to DVD+R

i currently have most of my music collection backed up onto CDRs.

I have started to go though my entire collection and fixing all of the audio Tags just to get everthing just the way i like it. Also i will be Reencoding any low quality albums into a better format, most likely mpc--quality 7 --level or lame--ape.

After i get everything the way i want i am going to be backing up everything onto dvd+r media. I just bought a plextor px-504a burner. and now its time to "break it in".

so my stupid question is
what is the best disc format with using nero to backup data to dvds?

iso?
iso9660?
iso/udf?
udf?

what are the benifits of one way over another?


also if any one has any comments on what brand dvd+r are the best in longtivity and relieable quality.

currently i have some Verbatiums dvd+r 4x.

thanks

best format to backup data to DVD+R

Reply #1 –
I do not know about which format to use when actually burning the DVD (and I would like to know myself)

But I suggest you to change your Encoding options. If you are going to use DVD, that have so much space compared to CDs, you should go lossless, maybe FLAC would be your best choice.
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best format to backup data to DVD+R

Reply #2 –
I don't think you can go wrong with any of those settings for nero because none of the files you are backing up are very big.  UDF allows you to burn files of greater size than 2GB, or something like that I can't really remember right now.

I think you should try this software:
http://www.ntibackupnow.com/
You can't access the files on the dvd in windows explorer but it keeps track of what you've backed up already, it is very nice software for DVD backup.