DVD DL vs copy

Hi all,
is the DVD burner in a macbook able to copy up to 9.4GB dvd disk? DL?
michel

thank you all for your inputs...
I went to the store and the only DVD DL available are DVD+R DL. Not sure again what is the difference between - and +. Play on PC or dvd player ...not sure which one is better..
well I looked at my system profiler says:
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD Write:-R,-R DL, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
questions
1-so I beleive it can burn DVD DL....! Correct???
2-I was trying to use Roxio popcorn and everytime I try to copy a Video_TS folder, it quits. But popcorn works perfectly on my G5. This is only for Single layer disc.
any ideas on this one?
michel
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