Recent content by Deft

O.k. so i had a bunch of files. A couple of .IFO's, a couple of .BUP's and 5 .VOB's. Looking through the tutorials i kind of pieced together that i needed to chuck these in a VIDEO_TS folder, create an AUDIO_TS folder and burn to a DVD-R. I did this using RecordNow!Deluxe - though the interface...

I am currently in the 'process' of buying a DVD-Writer. I saw this at 121cdr and Ebuyer and it seems a good deal (~£100). I was going to just play it safe and get the Pioneer 106, ut now am not so sure. Anyone had any experience with it - presumably it's pretty new. How have NEC drives been in...

I am continuously toying with the idea of getting a DVD-Writer, but am a bit concerned about what are the key bottlenecks with regards speed of writing? My 40X LiteON CD-RW can write at about 19X max without any buffer under-runs. I realise the underun protection 'deals' with this but i'd rather...

I am having trouble with cue sheets and mp3's. The process is as follows. I have a continously mixed dj set. Using EAC i do "Copy Image and Create Cue Sheet" after retrieving track name info from freedb.org. So i now have the .wav and associated .cue. I now use Razorlame with Lame 3.90 compile...

Is it possible to rip a mixed cd (i.e. continous with track markings) into 1 single .mp3 file that retains all the track divisions. I am aware of how this would usually work with .wav files and cuesheets, but can you have a single mp3 file that has this info embedded so that most hardware or...

I tend to only encode to SVCD. But i see a lot of stuff in VCD format. In what situation is it better to do a conversion to VCD? Is it a total filesize issue or will some things actually look better as a VCD?

I haven't really tried hard looking for the answer to this, so sorry if it's obvious. When i rip audio cd's to mp3 (which is fairly rare for me), i use EAC - ripping the image and creating an associated .cue sheet. This is nice and easy (and sensible in my mind). Now say i have downloaded a full...

Drive: Lite-on 40125S Firmware: ZS0P Media: Datasafe Media 80 minute "Multi-Speed" Nero Cd-Speed Info: Manufacturer: Ritek Recording Layer: Dye Type 2; Long Strategy (Cyanine, AZO) Bought from the UK from http://www.121cdr.co.uk (SVP blanks) £15.50 for 100. Symptoms: Burnt a disc and checked...

Checked a disc using Nero Scandisc (surface scan) and came up about 50:50 good/errors. Updated my firmware to ZS0P in the hope it might help but again ths same sort of error levels. Anything else worth trying before i give my 97 cd-rs to a friend? The media is Datasafe 80 min (multi-speed), blue...

On another board asking about audio ripping someone mentioned they use an altered cdfs.vxd file to show audio cd's as a collection of .wavs in the file browser window to allow direct use rather than ripping from a stream. Sounds like a good way to transfer. Does this really work better /...

Has anyone got a quick, easy way to get a .nfo file sized onto a cd cover for printing. I have a few long winded ways but it's a real pain, and tends to get screwed up in the process.

I'm fairly new to all this malarky but was just wondering how much people tend to squeeze onto their discs? I did my first rip (DVD to .avi) and largely thanks to Chickenman it came out perfect. However, this was only a 45min film so i made it 690mb to pretty much fill up a disc (did the audio...

This is a kind of recurrent problem on my pc. I tend to reformat every so often and i've noticed on a few occasions that EAC will suddenly stop working somewhere along the line. I am using 09b4 and it doesn't recognise any cd's in my Lite-on 16X DVD or 40X writer. I'm thinking that since i have...

I used Smartripper + Vidomi to encode a short 45 min film. I set the media size to 699 megs and media to 1. However the first time i did it, it split the film into 6*699 segments. Not sure why it did that? Anyway i re-did it but set the total target size as 699megs and this time it's come out as...

Is there an online site that archives the original .nfo's of releases? I know Isonews kind of gets you the info but it'd be nice to get the originals in all their glory.