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    Best way to backup PS2 games

    What's the best way to backup these PS2 games under Win XP with a Pioneer DVR-106D, DVR-109 or DVR-110? Need 4 speed: most wanted Grand theft auto: san Andrea’s Kill zone Medal of honour: rising son Medal of honour: front line Medal of honour: European assault 007: night fire lord of the...
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    Panasonic SW-9573-C

    Anyone got or seen one of the Panasonic SW-9573-C mulit drives yet? According to the brochures it supports DVD-RAM in the cartridge. How does it handle 8cm round cartridges like the Maxell DRMH60? I know it's a cartridge/tray load but I believe it is for 12cm cartridges. Does it have an...
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    Open MID Codes

    I've noticed that some of the Hong Kong/Taiwan based media company's are using what they call "open MID codes". i.e. multiple companies using the same MID code. Doesn't this cause a problem for the drive manufacturers? i.e. As I understand it the MID code is used as a lookup to determine the...
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    Has anyone ever seen a list of ODMs of DVD burners that supply OEMs?

    Has anyone ever seen a list of ODMs of DVD burners that supply OEMs? i.e. Pioneer do, BTC do, LiteOn do. Who else? i.e. if I wanted to OEM/rebadge a drive, who should I talk to? Toyo
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    Stats on DVD media sales

    Has anyone seen any up to date stats (from NPD group, Santa Clara Consulting etc.) on the world wide sales of DVD media? If yes, could I have the URL please. Thanks. Toyo
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    trying to understand whether dye type is an issue

    I'm trying to understand whether dye type is an issue with DVD recordable media or not. Is there a good guide around? Everything I can find seems to be about CD recordable media. Do the same theories apply to DVD recordable media as CDs? i.e. Long strategy media uses Cyanine, Azo or Metal Azo...
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    Burning to DVD via USB2.0 box that has RF/Cable, AV/S-VHS inputs.

    Anyone had any experience with these boxes? http://www.fastcom.com.tw/product_much_tv_usb20.htm It's USB2.0 box that has RF/Cable, AV/S-VHS inputs. Software offers - PVR for your PC - Watch TV, TV Record, Schedule Recording, Time-Shifting, Screen Shot, Alternative Video Input (Composite...
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    Can you see any difference once shrunk?

    I have backup up a few DVDs with DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink and ImgTool. I understand that DVD Shrink re-encodes the movie to fit onto a single sided DVD-R. In data compression. shrinking via a different algorithmn doesn't necessarily mean a loss of anything i.e. 7zip compresses 2-10% more...
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    Dye Test

    I was down at Peter's (Landmass Shipping) factory outlet on Friday to get some Ritec 4x DVD-R ($2.30 each) They offered me Databank Gold 4x for ($2.20 each) claiming that they were simply rebadged Ritek. This claim matched what I had been told previously. During our conversation, another...
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    NTSC/PAL, DVD/VCR, Old TV

    Can rip/burn DVDs ok om my Pioneer 106D. Play back on PC is fine. Play back of PAL DVDs on Pioneer DV-355 player in lounge is ok. DV-355 is connected through Panasonic FJ-600 VCR to a 20+ year old PAL TV with only a RF input (i.e. no AV line in etc.). Problem is NTSC DVDs playback in black &...
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    the "enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device" box

    What are the implications of checking the "enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device" box under Win2kPro on a Pioneer DVR-106D? As I understand it this allows the audio to be feed out digitally via the IDE bus rather than in analog via the DVD's D to A converter and then into the Sound...
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    Can Roxio's Easy CD & DVD Creator v6 & Nero 5.5.10.35 coexist

    Anyone out there have Roxio's Easy CD & DVD Creator v6 and Nero 5.5.10.35 coexisting happliy under Win2k Pro? I don't have a specific issue but am about to install Roxio to get around the limitation of Nero's UDF implementation limitation on long filenames. Toyo
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    burning data with long paths/filesnames

    I'm trying to archive data to DVD-R with Nero. Nero comes back complaining that it can't create unique Joliet names for a few dozen files. I have selected the relax ISO restrictions ("Allow pathdepth of more than 8 directories" and "Allow more than 255 characters in path") but neither seem to...
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    is there such a thing as an ATIP reader for DVD media?

    is there such a thing as an ATIP reader for DVD media? I've been playing with CD-R ATIP Reader and CD-R Identifier and was curious if such a beast exists for recordable DVD media? Any ideas? Toyo
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    Ulead DVD Workshop 1.0

    There is supposed to be a copy of Ulead DVD Workshop 1.0 at f*p://209.86.122.3/incoming/Ulead.DVD.Workshop.v1.0-EPS.zip When I ftp in as anonymous, incoming is set to rwx------ Anyone been able to get this software ? Anyone know of another site for it ? I started out after DVD PcitureShow...
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