Appending data to a data dvd – Sony PCG-GRX700K User Manual

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Appending Data to a Data DVD

When creating a data DVD you can choose whether to keep the writing session open to make a disc appendable.

Appendable Writing

With this option more data may be added to a disc as long as there is space available. The recording session stays
open until the disc is full. Although the space on the disc may be used efficiently, a disc written incrementally may
not be compatible with all DVD drives.

Non-appendable Writing

With this option all the data is written at one time and the session is closed, even if there is more space available
on the disc. No further data may be stored on the disc. Non-appendable discs are more compatible with different
DVD drives.

The table below describes the writing method for different media types for appendable and non-appendable writing.

Writing Method

Media Type Appendable

Non-appendable

DVD-R

N ot c urrently s upported

Disc at once

DVD-RW

Not currently supported Disc at once

DVD+R

Multi-session

Disc at once

DVD+RW

Single-session

Disc at once

The format will be UDF with Joliet in every case. UDF (Universal Disk Format) is a File System. Joliet is an extension of the
ISO 9660 standard to allow CDs to be written using long filenames and Unicode on Windows.

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