Posted by Bill's News on 06/08/07 20:05

"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Beemer wrote:
>> "Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in
>> message news:itSdnflI1_t79fzbnZ2dnUVZ_rmdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> | Beemer wrote:
>> | > I want to use a wipe off type pen on my DVD+RW but
>> perhaps these will damage
>> | > the dvd?
>> | >
>> | > Beemer
>> | >
>> | >
>> |
>> | The "ink" turns to dust and the centrifugal force of the
>> spinning disk
>> | MIGHT throw that dust onto your optical components ...
>>
>> WOW! Thanks for the tip which I should have realised. I
>> once opened a new pack of white coloured spindle- loaded
>> dvds. I inserted the first one without realising that their
>> was a small white foam packer disk on top. It loaded but
>> the noise was horrible. Amazingly the DVD writer still
>> worked!
>>
>> Beemer
>
> Luckily for you the writing is on the bottom.
>
> I IS a good question: how to lable DVD+-RW ?

I've about 500 +RW discs which contain primarily captured TV in
either MPEG2 or AVI/Xvid format. None is in DVD format, though
any or all could be.

Each disc contains a 4 digit number, written with a sharpie, in
the hub. The slim jewel case, in which each is stored, contains
the same number in the upper right hand corner. The encased
discs are, of course, stored in numerical order.

The content of the disc is described on an insert and is either
a simple text listing, when multiple videos are written to the
disc, or a snapshot of some content frame, or other downloadable
poster material, when only a single video or less is written per
disc (in the case of edited MPEG2 captures at 12 mbps, many
films span 2, 3, or even more discs). Edited HD captures are
only slightly larger. At 2.2 mbps, xvid conversions allow for
~6 hour long episodes of TV shows to be stored on the same disc.

I chose to maintain an alphabetical HTML index of the library
(with links to IMDB), which also includes videos kept relatively
fleetingly on HDDs, as well as a few shelves of purchased DVDs,
because friends and neighbors can browse the list from their
homes to check whether they'd like to borrow one or more - most
of these folk are also equipped with Divx/MPEGISO players - none
of which will play the HD captures. The index is equally easy
to maintain in a text file, spreadsheet, or database.

I can't see any reason to write on the upper surface of RW
discs, or R media for that matter.

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