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I’m using InstantCopy 7 for quite a time now, and I must say it really satisfies me. Version 7.1.1 works like a charm! So why the exclamation mark, you might think… As soon as InstantCopy 8 officially was to be released, I installed it and got rid of the previous version (IC7). My first impression was the same as with IC7, AWESOME! A nicer skin, more features and less encode time, what else do you wish?! I can think up something, a program that DOESN’T corrupt data! As with many DVD titles, you get software DVD players like “Actual” or movie features toasted on the same volume as the movie is. When a concerned DVD is decrypted, mounted, encoded and burned, this data is still readable on the copy when using IC7. On the other hand, when you repeat this procedure but use IC8 in stead of IC7 for the encoding and burning process, you will end up with a copy, which software data is not readable. I’ve used several testing methods on different machines with different DVD burners and them al came up with the same results: CORRUPTED software data!
Also an important aspect is the efficiency of IC7 vs. IC8. IC7 uses a higher percentage of the DVD recordable medium than IC8. Copies made with IC7 are in most cases larger than those made with IC8, theoretically allowing the movie to have a better quality. Another advantage over IC8 is that IC7 carefully “listens” to the settings you’ve made. If you say, “bring down the movie to no less than 70%”, you want it to obey your settings, even when it seems impossible due to the size aspect. When it turns out that IC7 was right and there is less space on the destination, it notifies you and asks what to do, so you are in full control. When using IC8 this is a whole different story. This version of InstantCopy has determent to decide what is good for you. When it comes to the conclusion the encoded data isn’t about to fit on the destination medium, it automatically starts re-encoding to ensure it will fit.
This small overview of my findings according to the InstantCopy scenery, gives you an indication why I’m not convinced of the improvement of IC7 to IC8. I’m still searching for the real improvements of this new version so I’ll have an excuse to continue using it, but till now I can’t find any. If someone knows the real improvements or has comments, disagreements, please respond!!
Greetzz 2 ya all!!
Also an important aspect is the efficiency of IC7 vs. IC8. IC7 uses a higher percentage of the DVD recordable medium than IC8. Copies made with IC7 are in most cases larger than those made with IC8, theoretically allowing the movie to have a better quality. Another advantage over IC8 is that IC7 carefully “listens” to the settings you’ve made. If you say, “bring down the movie to no less than 70%”, you want it to obey your settings, even when it seems impossible due to the size aspect. When it turns out that IC7 was right and there is less space on the destination, it notifies you and asks what to do, so you are in full control. When using IC8 this is a whole different story. This version of InstantCopy has determent to decide what is good for you. When it comes to the conclusion the encoded data isn’t about to fit on the destination medium, it automatically starts re-encoding to ensure it will fit.
This small overview of my findings according to the InstantCopy scenery, gives you an indication why I’m not convinced of the improvement of IC7 to IC8. I’m still searching for the real improvements of this new version so I’ll have an excuse to continue using it, but till now I can’t find any. If someone knows the real improvements or has comments, disagreements, please respond!!
Greetzz 2 ya all!!
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