Actually it's 74m59s, but because each individually recorded track takes
up space in two second clusters, the unused bits left over mean that
only recording in one continuous session allows you to fill all of that
space. Given that on average one second of space will be lost at the
end of each session, that still allows for 59 sessions, probably more
than most of us use (remeber session does not necessarily mean tracks,
track boundaries if recorded in one session can occur mid-cluster
without loss of space).
Similarly 80min discs allow 80m59s recording and 60min discs if you can
still find them allow 60m59. Longer play modes (mono, LP2, LP4) give
a multiple of both the maximum recording time (eg. 149m58s) and the
cluster size (eg. 4 secs).
If you really need to get every last scrap of space out of a disc, if
copying tracks from eg. several CDs, by leaving the record session in
pause mode instead of stopping it whenever you change the source disc
will avoid the loss of a second or so each time. Whenever the TOC is
written to the MD, that will close the current cluster and lose any
free space in it.
PrinceGaz.
From: "Robert J. Lynn Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> They cant sell it as 75minute because its not - its 74 minutes 57 seconds -
> those 3 seconds count for a lot.
> From: "Christoph Hertel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Hello,
> > I'm just playing around with my new MD recorder and those funny MDs
> > themselves. I just noticed that I can record 74:57 minutes on a MD
> > marked with '74'. I wonder why the people selling those MDs just don't
> > say it's 75 min MD? Or does the length decrease with the number of
> > track marks? Or have I just the wrong problems?
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