Many music software apps and sample packs say they come on a DVDR, but they are 5 or more gigabytes, as an example: the new Omnisphere 2 disk sets. How can something 5 gigabytes or more fit on a DVDR. Don't you have to use double-sided DVD's, which are much more expensive?

 

Compressed files

 

Most times data on DVDs are compressed, But some developer probably use dual layer DVD's to i guess.

 

DVD-9 or dual layer = 2 layers of standard DVD-5 that means basically Dual layer have a capacity of 8.5GB or recordable 7.95 ish!

 

8.5GB = 7.95 GiB
Also DVD-R DL are called Dual Layer, whereas DVD+R DL are called Double Layer

 

dual layer or double layer so approx 8gb of data per disk

 

Hey wildchild. never ever feel that a question you have is something to be worried about. The only real stupid question is the one you don't ask!!

 

I was wondering the same thing but I guess the OP maybe meant production cost for the original libraries?

 

Thanks for straightening this out for me. However, I have another question: Will Omnisphere 2 fit on a 128GB USB flash drive, and will it load onto my HD from the flash format. I seem to remember that some multi-disk apps will only load sequentially from disks. Thanks, again everyone.

 

1 broken dvd gives you a loss of 4 or 8 GB. 1 broken HDD gives you a loss of 500 GB.

 

i use virtual cd,so i just burn the iso on a virtual device and i don t need any physical support

 

Gotta agree a disc is a better backup alternative to a hdd, after learning the hard way, blue ray burners and discs are cheap enough to take away a lot of the hassle of loading in loads of dvd's when going about the process as well, as well as not taking up so much storage space