Backing Up my library with Double layer DVDs

I recently tried to back up all my 20GB of music and video content from my iTunes library.
Using File>Library>Back Up library I inserted a DL DVD+R and it says that iTunes needs 6 discs in order to perform the back up. I thought about it and it's completely impossible for it to need 6 discs like these to do the back up.
If you do the math it would only take 3 of them to complete the back up. Suppose I have more videos or TV shows, still 6 discs would make this ilogical. Does anyone know if it's possible to burn the back up using Double Layer Discs?

Just buy an external hard drive and back up your library, as well as all playlists, play counts, etc., by simply copying the entire iTunes folder over onto the external hard drive. Optical discs are too much of a pain, at least until all our computer come with blue ray burners.
Patrick

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Hi,
The product Name of my computer is: HP Pavilion dv6-6093ex Entertainment
Notebook PC support
The number of my computer is : LM610EA#A2N.
Could anyone please at this splendid forum take some of their precious time
out to really reply my questions and solve my problems?
FIRST OF ALL:
My HP Pavilion Laptop is about 3 years old.
My
sister's Dell Inspiron laptop is 3 years old.
My HP laptop is well-cared, as opposed to my sister's Inspiron Dell laptop, which is always thrown in dust without caring at all. Also, its battery is always inserted even when it is fully charged while the laptop is plugged in to the main power supply.
However, my laptop is either used on only battery, or on plugin. Also, it is kept from the dust. But, I really found that the battery of the Dell laptop still lasts about three and half hours, and there is no problem cooling fan is not properly properly.
I only remember one thing differently done on my laptop battery which is I charged it fully, then I stored it without using it for about four months, then when I reused it, I found it got worse over time. I.e. first time of using it after storing,I found
it empty, then I charged it again fully, however, then it lasted about 2 hours, then 1 and half hours, next an hour, now it is only lasting about 20 minutes without performance. If there is high performance, then
the computer shuts down suddenly.
My problem is follows:::
First: Whenever I inserted any Containing Data OR Data CD/DVD-RLightScribe discs, I found that HP optical driver was
unable to read them. When clicking on the optical disc drive 'double-click' while disc was inserted, then I found that disc opened as this way(NOTE: With a CD/DVD player is grayed out)
I was told 'I suspect the culprit might be hardware and lightscribe dive might be
corrupt. Please sent it to service center to check. In addition, this thread could be as a reference:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-hardware/media-in-cddvd-drive-is-not-readable/794fe26a-7e47-45c4-a50b-0af2ed53f75b'
Since no one replied to me at HP forums, although my HP laptop is one of their products, I had to post my problem here to know if my driver is corrupted and needs to be replaced or not.
Blank Or Used(containg data) CD/ DVD ±R/RW lightscirbe is unable to be read by optical drive
When clicking on drive 'duble-click', I found it opens like a USB FlashDrive or With a CD,DVD player, however,
: Bare in mind that 'with CD/DVD Player'
is grayed out)
Not Blank(containing data) CD/ DVD ±R/RW NON -Lightscirbe disc opens normal:
Blank CD/ DVD ±R/RW NON-lightscirbe opens normal(Opens like
a USB FlashDrive or With a CD,DVD)::
My LightScribe System Software version is:
I've tried installed the latest version of lightscribe software, then I run
the diagnostic utility, however, the problem still persists.
My HP CD/DVD DVDآ±R/RW specs are::
Optical Drives
hp CDDVDW TS-L633R
Media Type DVD Writer
Name hp
CDDVDW TS-L633R
Availability Running/Full Power
Capabilities Random
Access, Supports Writing, Supports Removable Media
Read capabilities CD-R,
CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW
DL, DVD+R DL
Write capabilities CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R,
DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL
Config Manager Error Code Device is working
properly
Config Manager User Config FALSE
Drive E:
Media Loaded
FALSE
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target Id
1
Status OK
Trying to solve the problem,
I have done these steps in order::
I tried checking with dignostic ulitiy:
I have tried Advanced View , this is the file of output data ofdignostic utlity
LightScribe System Software Settings:
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\MessageDir C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\LSPrintDialog C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSPrintDialog.exe
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\LSPrintingDialog C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSPrintingDialog.exe
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\LsPrintLauncher C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSPrintLauncher.dll
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\ResourceDir C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\res
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\LSPrintAPI C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSPrintAPI.dll
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\Update\UpdateShellCommand http://www.lightscribe.com/go/downloads/windows
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\Update\PreviousVersion 1.18.20.1
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\Update\CurrentVersion 1.18.27.10
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\Update\TrailingVersion
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\Type 16
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\Start 2
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\ErrorControl 0
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\DisplayName LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\ObjectName LocalSystem
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\Description Used by the LightScribe software components to support 3rd party disc labeling applications using the LightScribe COM Application Programming Interface (LSCAPI). This service needs to run for LightScribe direct disc labeling to work.
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\LightScribeService\
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\LightScribeService\
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\LightScribeService\TypesSupported 7
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Enum\0 IDE\CdRomhp_CDDVDW_TS-L633R______________________0300____\4&334f7860&0&0.1.0
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Enum\Count 2
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Enum\NextInstance 2
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Enum\1 SCSI\CdRom&Ven_ELBY&Prod_CLONEDRIVE&Rev_1.4\1&2afd7d61&0&000000
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\allocatecdroms 0
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom\autorun 1
SOFTWARE\INTEL\Intel Application Accelerator Not detected
Drives and Media:
Drive 0 : hp CDDVDW TS-L633R 0300 219 (E:), Media Imaging Parameter : 114
I tried running the below command line to fix potential disk issue 'Chkdsk/r /f'
I cleaned the drive, discs, and so on.
I have uninstalled the all third-party data recording software.
I have uninstalled the Cyber DVD suite, lightscribe system software
which came pre-installed with my HP pavilion Notebook.
I have recovered my system from the HP Factory Recovery discs.
I have tried opening all those LightScibe discs not opening on my HP optical drive, on a Dell optical drive, and all of them were opened well, although Dell optical drive did not have a lightscribe feature at all., nor third party disc recording software.
However, the problem is still with opening the discs LIGHT-SCRIBE.
Thus, my questions are:
How to determine if the drive is corrupted and needs to be replaced with another one.
I think there something needed to be done on the BIOS Of my HP laptop[[[A similar problems happened on my Desktop computer's optical drive which is as follows (ALL discs are opened as empty by Optical Drive of My Desktop Computer) ---while
my optical drive of my desktop was connected to the
primary slave IDE, and the HDD was connected to the primary master IDE, the optical drive and hard disk are functioning well. However, I remember that while burning an image with Nero essential V: 5, something went wrong, and
then the Optical Drive of My Desktop Computer (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20) became NOTrecognised/Installed on
BIOS, although it was still shown on the device manager as a recognised device. Also, it was listed on my computer, however, when entering a disc(blank or with data) into the drive, I found it was not recognised, and it opened empty(no files
at it), although it contains data. Thus, I decided to boot to BIOS, and clicked on 'Autodetection for IDE', then I found that only HDD was still shown as installed on BIOS. However, the optical drive was not. Th I tried clicking on it on BIOS and then
clicking on 'enter' to try to let the device be re-recognized. However, that
made no difference. I had to take part my computer ,and then reconnected the optical drive onto thesecondary slave IDE , and let HDD connected to the same
primary master IDE. Then, I found that the problem solved and all discs were read normally. Aslo, optical drive became installed on BIOS.
What is meant with with double Layer Support.
How much does it cost?
A man should convert his anger and sadness into strength to continue living in this life.

Did you try unsinatalling LightScribe application then checking the status ?
This is probably related to the faulty hardware or the application ( LightScribe
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Could you please really concentrate with me, and really reply to me to finish this problem pending.
If you had had a look again at my first post, you would have seen that I said that I have done some things, among of which is: I have uninstalled the Cyber DVD suite, lightscribe system software
which came pre-installed with my HP pavilion Notebook.
Yes, you're right the two threads below are concerned about one issue.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpromedia/thread/5c1aa5e8-9728-492b-a5c3-387f29ee4b6e/#d6f63628-29a3-4adf-b33f-03b33c138910
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/683997ff-1004-4579-b69d-5e982746c917/lightscribe-supermulti-dvdrrw-with-double-layer-support-is-no-longer-able-to-read-all-lightscribe?forum=w7itpromedia
However, this thread contains more precise details and screen shots about the problem. I was not able to understand whether all lightscribs were not unable to be read or not. However, I now recognized that, and I recognized that only all LightScribe(empty
or used) discs are unable to be read. furthermore, that other thread got far too longer to be followed.
Moreover, I would like you to take some time out to answer my problem about Lighstscribe discs since I am going to purchase 'A battery, Cooling Fan' From the HP agent in Yemen, which is far away from me about 1000 Km. Thus, If my optical disc drive was corrupted
as well, then I would be requesting the 'optical disc drive' as well from the HP along with 'Battery, Cooling Fan' .
A man should convert his anger and sadness into strength to continue living in this life.

Portege R600 - Is the DVD drive compatible with double layer disks?

The Australian specs for the *R600 PPR61A* state that the unti contains: *DVD SuperMulti Double Layer (7mm)*
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Are you really sure that your ODD can recognize double layer DVD’s?
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HELP: Burning double layer DVD does not work as expected by project info

Hi,
I have the following problem: I created an new project in iDVD and choose the following settings in the project info: Video-Modus=PAL, Coding=HighQuality, Format=16:9 and DVD-Typ=DoubleLayer. When I saved the project and open it again the project info dialog shows me the following amounts of used space: 1867 MB DVD-ROM, 4595 MB Diashows, 128 MB Menus, 0 MB Film, alltogether 6,48 GB and 200 minutes of duration.
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In fact what I can see is that there are several diashows doubled and even lots of picture more than once on the DVD.
Do you mean "slideshows" instead of diashows?
Did you add anything to the dvd-rom section of the DVD? If not, you may want to check this section to see what's going on.
Also what does map view look like? Does it show anything that may have been duplicated?
Please tell us your current ecoding settings.
In other words, is the encoding set to Best Quality, Best Performance, or Professional Quality?
Lastly, is this Dvd made up of of only slidesshows / images? Or did you also add a movie/s with actual video footage? And if so, what is the total playback / run time of this Dvd in hours and minutes? (keep in mind iDvd doesn't look at size/s but rather total QT playback in minutes; not to exceed 120 mins per SL Dvd-R and twice that amount for DL media).
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Disk Utility fails to create image from double layer DVD

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Hallo Experten,
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I don't know which dual layer type the DVD is.
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Thanks for the advice. However, I bought these DVDs at a closeout sale. They are labeled "Comp USA" who has gone out of business. I bought a spindle of 20 DVDs for $9.95. I wonder why the DVD burner is so particular?

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