Saving data to a CD

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I'm saving data to CD's.

1. I have to put no more than 640 MB of stuff in a folder, so
I can load that folder into RecordNow, my CD writer. If I go over 640
(it appears as 650), the disk overfills and is invalid.

Is there a utility (small, executable) to set the 640 limit, then select
a bunch of files, and it only loads the first 640 MB?

2. I want a concise list of what's on the recorded CD. The final text
list should show folders and files, with details. The best display so
far I've found is:
------
Directory Lister
Version 0.6 295 KB folder, executable
2002
Leszek Skorczynski
http://freeware.prv.pl
Directory Lister lets you list all the files you have in selected
directories on your hard disk, cd-rom, floppy and wherever you want into
text or html file.
You can: choose which items you want to list - subdirs, size, date,
time, attributes, directory names, directory size, full path, crc32
value choose the width of these fields, choose which directories you
want to include, choose if you want a text file or html file, choose
sort options, choose mask for filenames, generate listing for each
processed directory, load and save your settings.
---------
To get the best display, I save to htm file, convert to text. What I
want is a list showing:
folder names/ subfolders
files- name, ext., date last modified

Is there a better one (small, executable) for this?

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
I'm saving data to CD's.

1. I have to put no more than 640 MB of stuff in a folder, so
I can load that folder into RecordNow, my CD writer. If I go over
640 (it appears as 650), the disk overfills and is invalid.

Is there a utility (small, executable) to set the 640 limit, then
select a bunch of files, and it only loads the first 640 MB?
Click to expand...


BTTB (Burn to the Brim)
http://bttb.sourceforge.net/index.html
Burn To The Brim is a utility which selects the group of files or
directories (documents, mp3 files, whatever you like to burn) which
optimally fills a cdr or other medium (or multiple CDRs/media).
The program analyses the files and folders in a folder you specify, and
groups them in the best possible way. Most likely BTTB will find a
near-perfect solution for you within one second, and a perfect one in just a
couple more.

The first priority is to fill the media to the brim, second is to minimize
the number of items (so the larger, harder to fit items have preference and
more items to choose from are left for the next burn).
BTTB is optimized for quick performance and considers the most promising
options first. It also intelligently minimizes the search length by fast
detection of dead ends.

Most discs now will do 700MB you know.

--
dadiOH
_____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.0...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
____________________________
 
ms said:
I'm saving data to CD's.

1. I have to put no more than 640 MB of stuff in a folder, so
I can load that folder into RecordNow, my CD writer. If I go over
640 (it appears as 650), the disk overfills and is invalid.

Is there a utility (small, executable) to set the 640 limit, then
select a bunch of files, and it only loads the first 640 MB?

2. I want a concise list of what's on the recorded CD. The final
text list should show folders and files, with details. The best
display so far I've found is:
------
Directory Lister
Version 0.6 295 KB folder, executable
2002
Leszek Skorczynski
http://freeware.prv.pl
Directory Lister lets you list all the files you have in selected
directories on your hard disk, cd-rom, floppy and wherever you want
into text or html file.
You can: choose which items you want to list - subdirs, size, date,
time, attributes, directory names, directory size, full path, crc32
value choose the width of these fields, choose which directories you
want to include, choose if you want a text file or html file, choose
sort options, choose mask for filenames, generate listing for each
processed directory, load and save your settings.
---------
To get the best display, I save to htm file, convert to text. What I
want is a list showing:
folder names/ subfolders
files- name, ext., date last modified

Is there a better one (small, executable) for this?

Mike Sa
Click to expand...

Try this : The New Fileorder v4.1 (EN-GER)
at http://tnfo.delta-arts.de/index.htm

Koni (new here)
 
Simon said:
</snip>

Mike

not sure if this is what you're looking for, but have a look at LS file
list generator <http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/>

it's small (120K installed) and very configurable (options to
include/exclude files, extensions, attibutes, save dates, etc) - outputs to
text, csc, or html.

S
Click to expand...

Thanks, it's a small executable. The final display in either text or
html converted to text is not as good as Directory Lister, so I'm still
looking.

Mike Sa
 
| ms wrote:
| > I'm saving data to CD's.
| >
| > 1. I have to put no more than 640 MB of stuff in a folder, so
| > I can load that folder into RecordNow, my CD writer. If I go
over
| > 640 (it appears as 650), the disk overfills and is invalid.
| >
| > Is there a utility (small, executable) to set the 640 limit,
then
| > select a bunch of files, and it only loads the first 640 MB?
|
|
| BTTB (Burn to the Brim)
| http://bttb.sourceforge.net/index.html
| Burn To The Brim is a utility which selects the group of files
or
| directories (documents, mp3 files, whatever you like to burn)
which
| optimally fills a cdr or other medium (or multiple CDRs/media).
| The program analyses the files and folders in a folder you
specify, and
| groups them in the best possible way. Most likely BTTB will
find a
| near-perfect solution for you within one second, and a perfect
one in just a
| couple more.
|
| The first priority is to fill the media to the brim, second is
to minimize
| the number of items (so the larger, harder to fit items have
preference and
| more items to choose from are left for the next burn).
| BTTB is optimized for quick performance and considers the most
promising
| options first. It also intelligently minimizes the search
length by fast
| detection of dead ends.
|
| Most discs now will do 700MB you know.
|
| --
| dadiOH

Hey,
Thanks for writing an excellent description of what this program
does, how it can be used, addressing the OP's issues, citing the
usability advangages, and doing all of this in English!

I wish that more posters would answer in a way that weren't so
cryptic and/or bloated: so many responses here are, as,

"DaddiOH, amidst all the barnyard animals bellowing and bleating,
bleated the loudest and thus attracted attention out of all the
noise that clutters the readers' attention,
....
http://glub.html

Regards
thisissomeoneelse

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Thanks again, Daddi.
I'm gonna have a look at this product fur sure.

Richard
 
dadiOH said:
BTTB (Burn to the Brim)
http://bttb.sourceforge.net/index.html
Burn To The Brim is a utility which selects the group of files or
directories (documents, mp3 files, whatever you like to burn) which
optimally fills a cdr or other medium (or multiple CDRs/media).
The program analyses the files and folders in a folder you specify, and
groups them in the best possible way. Most likely BTTB will find a
near-perfect solution for you within one second, and a perfect one in just a
couple more.

The first priority is to fill the media to the brim, second is to minimize
the number of items (so the larger, harder to fit items have preference and
more items to choose from are left for the next burn).
BTTB is optimized for quick performance and considers the most promising
options first. It also intelligently minimizes the search length by fast
detection of dead ends.

Most discs now will do 700MB you know.

--
dadiOH
_____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.0...
...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
____________________________
Click to expand...

Thanks, it may be that I have to use it, but it's a large install for
me, and as I requested, I hope to find a small executable for the job.

Mike Sa
 
Richard said:
Hey,
Thanks for writing an excellent description of what this program
does, how it can be used, addressing the OP's issues, citing the
usability advangages, and doing all of this in English!
Click to expand...

You're welcome but it was a copy and paste from the site...I include same in
a "file_id.diz" file which I include in my zip archives.

--
dadiOH
_____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.0...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
____________________________
 
Thanks, it may be that I have to use it, but it's a large install for
me, and as I requested, I hope to find a small executable for the job.

Mike Sa
Click to expand...

Size'Em ~639Kb
Tired of dragging files onto a zip disk to find out they don't fit? Tired
of dragging files to a CD burner software only to find out you are
overtime? Tired of pulling properties on folders to see what will fit and
what won't? Well if you answered yes to any of these, you have found your
saviour. This app will scan an entire directory (and browse into sub
folders) and present you with sizes of every folder there. You simply enter
how much space you have on the CD (perhaps you are adding to an existing
session?), zip or whatever. Click the CD button (no it doesn't care what
media you are using). It will attempt to select files/folders that fit up
to that maximum size you set in the little box under the button. Once the
folders are selected, the program will optionally move the selection to a
specified folder (point it to your ZIP disk or a temp folder for burning to
CD). This puppy will save you hours trying to fit files onto a CD/R.
Link will Wrap:
http://www.wolfiesden.com/download/...9C9912AA800DE262E0E4DD02A635584D61A7C58941708

Cheers!

Son Of Spy

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Son said:
Size'Em ~639Kb
Tired of dragging files onto a zip disk to find out they don't fit? Tired
of dragging files to a CD burner software only to find out you are
overtime? Tired of pulling properties on folders to see what will fit and
what won't? Well if you answered yes to any of these, you have found your
saviour. This app will scan an entire directory (and browse into sub
folders) and present you with sizes of every folder there. You simply enter
how much space you have on the CD (perhaps you are adding to an existing
session?), zip or whatever. Click the CD button (no it doesn't care what
media you are using). It will attempt to select files/folders that fit up
to that maximum size you set in the little box under the button. Once the
folders are selected, the program will optionally move the selection to a
specified folder (point it to your ZIP disk or a temp folder for burning to
CD). This puppy will save you hours trying to fit files onto a CD/R.
Link will Wrap:
http://www.wolfiesden.com/download/...9C9912AA800DE262E0E4DD02A635584D61A7C58941708

Cheers!

Son Of Spy
Click to expand...
Thanks, but the link is dead. I will try Google, if you have a better
link, please post.

Mike Sa
 
<[email protected]>:

Curious - you post anonymously and yet you have set our news reader to
X-No-Archive: yes
Any particular reason for that, or is this maybe just an oversight on
your hand?

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
<[email protected]>:

Curious - you post anonymously and yet you have set our
news reader to
X-No-Archive: yes
Any particular reason for that, or is this maybe just an
oversight on your hand?

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
Click to expand...

Not sure I get your question.
Assume by anonymous, you mean thae fact that where it says
insert name here, I insert My Name.
Not really anonymous posting.
X-No-Archive: yes
Means (To me) For all servers that honor Xnay, don't archive my
posts. I like the ethereal aspects of most newsservers that
don't archive posts forever. I.e. Old posts are displced/removed
by incoming new posts. IOW, as disk space require, posts fall of
the newserver.
I'm not crazy about everybody and their (Big) brother having
relational databases conectivity of all the data they can
compile.

Maybe this answered your question/maybe not.

Further clarification is necessary for me otherwise.
 
Not sure I get your question.
Assume by anonymous, you mean thae fact that where it says
insert name here, I insert My Name.
Not really anonymous posting.
Click to expand...

As in not posted via one or serveral anon servers? Oh well....
X-No-Archive: yes
Means (To me) For all servers that honor Xnay, don't archive my
posts. I like the ethereal aspects of most newsservers that
don't archive posts forever. I.e. Old posts are displced/removed
by incoming new posts. IOW, as disk space require, posts fall of
the newserver.
Click to expand...

Ok, so not an oversight on your hand then.
I'm not crazy about everybody and their (Big) brother having
relational databases conectivity of all the data they can
compile.
Click to expand...

You do realize that the only thing the X-No-Archive header will
"protect you" against is those archiving services that chose to honor
the meaning of said header. Currently I only know of one such (global)
service and that is Google. On the other hand there are thousands of
news servers around the world, and many ways for anyone to hook into
the news feed, so for all you know someone is building up a huge
database with your posts in it right now.

The sad part is that your No-Archive choice do the rest of us a great
disservice: We all know the benefits of the Google archive, the
ability to search this group (and others) for past messages on <insert
program name or feature>. All the more useful for a high volume group
like this one. I doubt anyone can not find the time to read everything
posted here at all times, but even for those who can - Goolging this
group is more than useful. It is also nice if you do not have proper
Usenet access (temporarily or not) your self, to be able to
see what people here have said about <insert program name>. So all the
more use for a search engine like Google, but then of course a loss to
everyone when some choose not to allow Google to archive their posts
(assuming their posts are worth reading of course <g>).

C:\bin> acf.bat
START Opera "http://google.com/groups?&as_ugroup=alt.comp.freeware"

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Bjorn Simonsen wrote in said:
I doubt anyone can not find the time to read everything
posted here at all times, but even for those who can - Goolging this
group is more than useful.
Click to expand...

Correction, a "not" to many in the above, should read:
I doubt anyone can find the time to read everything posted here
at all times, but even for those who can - Goolging this group is
more than useful.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
You do realize that the only thing the X-No-Archive header
will "protect you" against is those archiving services that
chose to honor the meaning of said header. Currently I only
know of one such (global) service and that is Google. On
the other hand there are thousands of news servers around
the world, and many ways for anyone to hook into the news
feed, so for all you know someone is building up a huge
database with your posts in it right now.
Click to expand...

I thought that was clear fom what I said.
You do realize the majority of NSP, don't archive forever.
The ability to archive my posts exists, of course.
That doesn't mean I can't dissent to as opposed to silent
consent to it.
What I use is a pseudonym not a true nym, as used in anonymous
postings. I know folks who regret not using a pseudonym, and
folks who claim to use their real name, who actually use
pseudonyms.
It doesn't matter to me how other people refer to themselves,
and I don't question them about it.
The sad part is that your No-Archive choice do the rest of
us a great disservice: We all know the benefits of the
Google archive, the ability to search this group (and
others) for past messages on <insert program name or
feature>. All the more useful for a high volume group like
this one. I doubt anyone can not find the time to read
everything posted here at all times, but even for those who
can - Goolging this group is more than useful. It is also
nice if you do not have proper Usenet access (temporarily
or not) your self, to be able to see what people here have
said about <insert program name>. So all the more use for a
search engine like Google, but then of course a loss to
everyone when some choose not to allow Google to archive
their posts (assuming their posts are worth reading of
course <g>).
Click to expand...

I disagre with the above.
I can respect that you don't agree with me.
Can you respect that I don't agree with you.
Just an aside. I don't care to go into all my reasons to satsify
others curiosity whenever I'm asked.
I have my reasons, others should respect others
diffeences/reasons/_privacy_. <--Soon to be a big issue here in
the US.
C:\bin> acf.bat
START Opera
"http://google.com/groups?&as_ugroup=alt.comp.freeware"
Click to expand...

I didn't get the point of the above.
 
["Bjorn Simonsen"; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:02:26 +0100]
The sad part is that your No-Archive choice do the rest of us a great
disservice
Click to expand...

Agreed. I can't count how many times a Google Groups search saved the day
in a matter of seconds or minutes. X-No-Archive shouldn't even exist, in my
opinion. I'm actually disappointed that GG honors it.
 
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