Finder reporting wrong file size

I have a folder I wish to burn, it is 620 meg and has many small files in it, but when I go to burn it through the finder, I get an error that it is 900 meg and will not burn onto 1 disk. Backup tells me I need 3 disks for this folder, why?

I think the issue has to do with the fact that some programs have not adopted the new method yet. Unfortunately programs like iTunes can be used on on operating systems as far back as Tiger which used the old system. I noticed this several months ago and find it very irritating, especially when trying to do things like burn DVDs/CDs and trying to fill them up as much as possible. The only thing you can do about it is provide feedback to Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/ and hope they fix it in upcoming releases of their software.

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