It seems that my preferred CD/DVD burning software does not play nice with dual layer DVDs, and so I’ve been making do with Windows built-in burning for when I need to burn a disc that’s over 4.7GB.
I don’t expect a full-featured solution to be built into Windows, but generally if want to use a dual layer disc, it’s going to be for a single large file.
One thing that really annoys me, however, is that it wants to use a “live” file system by default - and irritatingly, the option to choose between “live” and “mastered” modes is hidden behind a unobtrusive show more options link on the initial dialog box, and as soon as you enter a volume name it begins formating the disc.
I need to do this rarely enough that I usually forget about this snare, and in my experience the “live” file system should more accurately be called the “unreadable on most other devices” system, even if the disc is finalized. DVD9 discs are still priced high enough that this makes me grit my teeth every time I throw an untrustworthy “live” disc in the trash and start over with a direct-burnt one.
Is there any way to force Windows to use a “mastered” file system by default?
I would vastly prefer this over purchasing another DVD burning suite just for dual layer discs.
ETA: I’m using Vista Business, though I imagine all flavours of Vista are about equivalent in this department.