explanation on a dvd ram

ok guys, what is a dvd ram? I know it is like a pen drive. so what software do i use to write to it? how do i use it? its write speed is 3x. how does it compare to the ordinary dvd rom? I bought a few Maxell dvd rams.

 

Wiki is you friend

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-RAM

 

hey is the dvd ram compatible with my mac??btw, where's yours?? also how do i burn data to it?? do i use nero?

 

I dont have a mac anymore, dont ask, anyway you just use nero exactly the same way as an dvd-r and dvd-rw or +

Why do you want to use dvd-ram , you are better off using dvd-rw they are a lot more compatiable.

where are you located again?

 

i have launched nero but when i clicked on burn, it said it's not the appropriate disc and i must use a dvd+rw or dvd-rw....what's wrong? does it mean the super drove does not support dvd ram? actually i got a good deal on these dvds.....im located in Mauritius....paradise islannd off the indian ocean between australia africa.

 

If you have a super driver, a quick google search says it does not support dvd-ram, though we would need you drive model number to be certain , can you download nero info tool it will tell you what disc your dvd-rw will support.

ftp://ftp6.nero.com/tools/InfoTool.zip

 

its a mata dvd-r uj-868 ata device

 

Not a lot of info about, but it looks like it should write dvd-ram at up to 5x

http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Unibo...95mm-SATA-UltraSlim-Slot-Loading-p-17261.html

 

yeah, that's the name of the drive according to nero

 

hey i went to the online apple support for the superdriver but i see no support for dvd-ram write....how can this be possible???

 

what did the nero info tool say on dvd-ram support?

EDIT : If you dont see green ticks in the area i have circled red then you dvd-rw does not support dvd-rw , the picture is from my dvd-rw with does support dvd-ram.

 

From nero info tool, apparently, the macbook pro can only read from dvd-ram and cannot write to it!!!!I didnt expect this from such a new machine.

 

DVD-RAM was basically the first writable DVD type ever out... its been replaced by DVD-R DVD+R DVD+RW and DVD-RW... its really old junk that is best not ever used.

just like some old Floppy disk, if you want to use one, best to buy an external drive that supports it fully.

 

WHOAH!!!!!, DVD RAM is pretty much the primary disk fromat in many disc based camcorders as well as some disk based cineotography units. it may be an old standard but until the mount ranier standard was implimented in dvd+/-R/RW it was the defacto standard with defect management. you dont see it alot in low end computers but high end AV equipment, set top boxes and, high end computers especially used for video editing.


anytime I walk into the local TV station you see racks of DVD-RAM because they are still the best for on the fly rewrites.. even over the new standards they just moved away from mainstream

one of those damn links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram

 

DVD-ram also has 100x the amount of re-write capability of RW.

DVD-ram, is good for MORE than 100,000 re-write cycles, while the RW format is around 1000.

 

yeah, that's what i thought while getting these dvd-rams. old means that it must be surely supported and i also heard that ram is wayyy better than rw....it's just too bad that the superdrive doesn'y support it...