Ricoh MP5120A IDE DVD+RW - Page 7

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- Bs Recorder Gold v3.04

Has been developed from BHA Software and is mainly known to our Japanese audience.

It supports both CD/DVD formats and writing at the DVD+RW format is the same as with CD-R/RW. It allows free adding of data and keeps compatibility. Allows choosing a mode to record the actual data only (and exclude dummy data) that enables fast production of DVD-ROM even with data smaller than 1GB.

When the software loads, a wizard offers the possible projects and after selecting "DataCD" we can start our first DVD+RW project. Just drag and drop enough data (up to 4.38GB) the programs explorer:

Bs Recorder Gold offers under General Options a tab with the "DVD+RW" settings. You can "Emphasizes the reading compatibility" which is used for: "...The DVD-ROM standard has a minimum data requirement (i.e. capacity); therefore with the DVD+RW when the amount of data is quite small it may be necessary to record additional data. If this option is selected recording will not stop until a radius of 30mm is reached..." Also you can select the background formatting mode.

Lets check the track options:

Recording tab offers only 2.4X (CLV) writing speed, no simulation allowed:

Burning started and we can monitor the progress bar:

After our project finished, our disc is using 96% of its total empty capacity:

The interesting issue here is that even the disc is closed; you can add more data in the remaining free space! Just add more data, press "Record" and you go! This technique is based upon "UDF Adding Data", which Nero doesn't support.