01-05-2012, 11:53 AM

Best way to burn a data disc?

I am using dvd-r. I'm not sure wether to use a burn folder or the application 'burn'. I simply want to create a data disc for posterity without any loss of quality to play on both pc and mac in the future once hover boards are invented.

On the application 'burn' I am given these options
Mac (HFS+)
PC (Joilet)
Mac + PC
DVD (UDF)


and advanced options are as follows

Use file systems on the disc:
HFS+
ISO9660
Joilet
UDF
HFS Standard/Joilet (only)
Joilet 103 characters (only)

What are these? any ideas on which I should use?

OR should I simply create a burn folder in finder? will using a burn folder limit me in anyway?


also.. will the speed at which the disc is burnt effect the disc in anyway?

01-05-2012, 01:20 PM

I use PC (Joilet) with Burn and close the session. That leaves the DVD playable on your Mac and a PC. I also use another free program which I actually like better than Burn. It's called "SimplyBurns" and is likewise free.

01-06-2012, 01:09 AM

I found this on info for burning with finder "The disc you burned uses an HFS Plus/ISO 9660 hybrid format with these file systems: HFS+, ISO-9660 with Rock Ridge, and Joliet with Rock Ridge."

Will this enable me to play on both pc and mac, how about any other operating systems? It seems that I should probably use finder to burn a data disc as the application 'burn' may limit me to just one file system unlike finder. correct?

01-06-2012, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by chscag

I use PC (Joilet) with Burn and close the session. That leaves the DVD playable on your Mac and a PC. I also use another free program which I actually like better than Burn. It's called "SimplyBurns" and is likewise free.

Simplyburns default file system for burning a data disc is ISO9660+joilet and HFS+. I understand this will enable use on many different operating systems?

The default file system used on the application 'burn' is mac (HFS+) would this limit the data disc for use on just mac?
On the app 'burn' there are a number of different file systems to use, I have listed them above. Would I have to toggle a number of those for use on different operating systems?

This is what finder uses to burn a data disc HFS Plus/ISO 9660 hybrid format with these file systems: HFS+, ISO-9660 with Rock Ridge, and Joliet with Rock Ridge

Which file system and application would you recommend?

01-06-2012, 08:08 AM

What the finder help was trying to tell you was "just go ahead and use Mac OS X's built-in burn capability. It works fine with any system."

01-06-2012, 08:39 AM

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01-20-2012, 04:44 PM

I've had my '07 MBP for 5 years and I have yet to format/burn to a CD or DVD and have it work correctly using just Disk Utility and the burn folder. Whether it's CDR, CDRW, DVD+RW, DVD-RW discs, Fujifilm, Pengo, or Imitation brands, I still get nothing but unusable disks on OSX Leopard and now SL.
But when I switch over to Win7 on my Bootcamp partition, burning any type of disc works flawlessly. Weird...

01-20-2012, 07:55 PM

Yes, very odd. The burn folder/Disk Utility method is by default ISO 9000, so there should be no difference. You could try working with Burn (the program) and see if that helps.