Another HHAH member with DVD-R - Tips Please!

PC_Arcade

ohgodnotanotherone wrote:

Death wrote:

paul-scream22 wrote:

Well my NEC DVD+/-/R/RW drive arrived!

NEC ND-1300A i presume? I've got one myself and is very pleased with it..

Something you should know though, this drive will only burn on media in it's database, so you probably want to update the firmware once in a while for it to support more (cheap) discs..

v1.08 is available here

Me TOO got this one :mrgreen:

I say we now make this a dvd-r club ; "prayer not allowed "

no seriously , I got it 4 weeks now and still haven't got around burning a single DVD :lol:

I needed a dvd reader in the first place to rip stuff, but seeing how dirt cheap this nec was AND -/+, I figured what the hell.......

So are we now gonna release things on dvd-r format ? Most horror movies are dvd-5 content ESPECIALLY the cheap/cheesy shit..

I'll RELEASE in dvd-5 if wanted, but I'm not going to waste bandwidth downloading 'em, I can (and do) fit 6/7 movies on a dvd-+r ATM, I can't see a convincing reason to switch to dvd-5, If I want THAT quality, i'll buy the movie

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:04 am **Post subject:**

Spud's already done a thread asking if a dvdr section is wanted. I think we should stick to avi. The problems we have getting 700MB files spread with all the releases, can you imagine if we started getting 2,3,4 etc dvdr releases :shock:

PLus only a small percent of us have dvdr :lol:

and we'd have to do an avi rip to. But if a dvdr section was about I'd download and probably release a dvdr to see how it goes :wink:

And from the looks of it NEC 1300A Rules on this board

@ PC_Arcade - I've got herries firmware :wink:

Thought that was what death was on about ???
I meant I'm gonna have to check if theres been an update to herries!

It rules. had major troubles with unbranded media with NEC's firmware but herries burns ANYTHING !!!

paul-scream22

PC_Arcade wrote:

I'll RELEASE in dvd-5 if wanted, but I'm not going to waste bandwidth downloading 'em, I can (and do) fit 6/7 movies on a dvd-+r ATM, I can't see a convincing reason to switch to dvd-5, If I want THAT quality, i'll buy the movie

Do you guys just burn the avi's to dvdr?

I know PCA & I have xbox's so any format on a dvdr can be played. But was wondering if anybody converts to say SVCD and makes menus etc. And whats the best prog?

Ulead Movie Factory?? DxaKrator

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:37 am **Post subject:**

'sure monkey, you can burn 5 svcds on a dvdr, works fine.'

PrayeR · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:44 am **Post subject:**

lamers

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:45 am **Post subject:**

monkeysmasher wrote:

'sure monkey, you can burn 5 svcds on a dvdr, works fine.'

I would have though that if you authored the DVD as an SVCD or VCD in Nero you can drop the mpegs in order onto the compilation and just use the back and forward chapter buttons to navigate through each movie.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:48 am **Post subject:**

PrayeR wrote:

lamers

Remember what we spoke about yesterday Prayer?

Brain before typing
You're begining to piss me off already and it's only 10:00 am :evil:

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:14 am **Post subject:**

But converting to SVCD, how lossy is that? Do you get roughly the same quality.

I'm only really an expert in dvd ripping. I have no idea about conversions and all the different formats. Think I'll give it a go at converting say the friday 13ths/halloweens to svcd creating a menu in one of the many dvd authoring progs and see how it looks.

Like some-one psoted above would be cool to have a horror dvd with all the films in a collection one one disc, with a menu etc :mrgreen:

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:18 am **Post subject:**

paul-scream22 wrote:

But converting to SVCD, how lossy is that? Do you get roughly the same quality.

I'm only really an expert in dvd ripping. I have no idea about conversions and all the different formats. Think I'll give it a go at converting say the friday 13ths/halloweens to svcd creating a menu in one of the many dvd authoring progs and see how it looks.

Like some-one psoted above would be cool to have a horror dvd with all the films in a collection one one disc, with a menu etc :mrgreen:

Converting to SVCD isn't too bad quality wise, I used to do it for my mum all the time. The other thing to remember is that it's on TV so the quality drop (which is minimal) is hardly noticeable

But I'm not too clever with mpeg (and variants) DJ Benz is the person to ask.

PrayeR · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:18 am **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade
ermm, beginnig already?
ok.
piss off.

all i want - answers from DVD-gurus
ffs
nope?
ok, i found info on hardware forums.

1. NEC 1300A - good, BUT many users expirience problems WITH rewriting CD-RW and DVD-RW.
and the main - good chance that DVD-R/RW will be unreadable on another DVD-ROM's

2. i am gonna take Teak DV-W540D i think.
in all tests - one of the best.
one '-' CD-R max burning speed only 16. but i dont care i have Teac W540E.

viel spass nit Nec 1300A.. und gluck.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:24 am **Post subject:**

PrayeR wrote:

PC_Arcade
ermm, beginnig already?
ok.
piss off.

all i want - answers from DVD-gurus
ffs
nope?
ok, i found info on hardware forums.

1. NEC 1300A - good, BUT many users expirience problems WITH rewriting CD-RW and DVD-RW.
and the main - good chance that DVD-R/RW will be unreadable on another DVD's

2. i am gonna take Teak DV-W540D i think.
in all tests - one of the best.
one '-' CD-R max burning speed only 16. but i dont care i have Teac W540E.

viel spass nit Nec 1300A.. und gluck.

1. The NEC 1300A is fine, I have burnt and re-burnt many DVD-RW and CDRW and have tried on around 5 other dvd roms and players with no problems whatsoever, I think negative opinions of the 1300A may come from people still using the first version of the firmware.

2. Good luck, hope that works out for you

Prayer, if you want answers to questions, how are people supposed to tell that when all you post is the word "lamers" into the middle of a discussion?

PrayeR · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:29 am **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade
1. no, last frimware.
2. btw 1.06 can damage drivers lol. they removed it from site
3. i asked yesterday. in comparision i posted the same question on another forum. and already got a lotta answers and advices.
just simple advices would be enough...

Praye'R' not 'r'

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:30 am **Post subject:**

Yeah PrayeR.

With herries firmware upgrade i've had no problems burning to dvdr/cdr at all. And alot of people seem to have the NEC 1300A.

But that teak drive looks pretty solid too. So go for the cheaper one if money is a factor :wink:

On a seperate topic :

Although the first spindle of dvdr's i bought some worked some didn't, i couldn't understand. Burner just spat it out saying cannot write first track. then shove another disc in and it would work, bizzarre!

It was only on downloading dvd-info. Which will tell you the exact format and hex code of your blank dvd-r that I found the spindle was a mixture of dvd-r and dvd-RAM :shock:

Last time i buy from a computer fair :evil:

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:33 am **Post subject:**

paul-scream22 wrote:

It was only on downloading dvd-info. Which will tell you the exact format and hex code of your blank dvd-r that I found the spindle was a mixture of dvd-r and dvd-RAM :shock:

Last time i buy from a computer fair :evil:

Bloody hell !!
do the disks looks different? (dye different shades etc?)
I used to get all my blanks from computer fairs, stopped before I got my DVD writer, I'm quite glad I did now !!

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:35 am **Post subject:**

Discs were identical, but every disc dvd-info told me was dvd-RAM wouldn't burn in my drive :evil:

Might of been a manufacturing mistake. But i bought the spindle as dvd-r , and not as a mixture of dvdr's :twisted:

PrayeR wrote:

argh...
strange
me is online
Bassline, Paulscream22, Satan (i think he get it), Vibroboy, Wingedserpent, Angel**** (i think he got it too already) and yet one user of Hybrid i forgot nickname and another one also forgot name.
so that means there r 6-9 FS if nobody is gone.
8,5gb was upped

it's paul-scream22 mate LOL :lol:

Only joking PrayeR, mate LOL
Keep us informed of your dvd choice. Definetly worth getting one though in my opinion :wink:

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:42 am **Post subject:**

Yeah I'd get one too, I only bought mine to *backup* some Xbox games, but I use it for pretty much everything now, it's nice to free up 4Gb+ every time you burn

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:47 am **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade wrote:

Yeah I'd get one too, I only bought mine to *backup* some Xbox games, but I use it for pretty much everything now, it's nice to free up 4Gb+ every time you burn

Back-up eh :wink:

Have you tried putting more than one game on a dvdr???

Found a guide on xbox-scene but havn't tried it yet?

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:48 am **Post subject:**

So what's the best firmware upgrade for the NEC ? ( if that 1.08 is faulty ?!?)
What that red herring paul is talking about ?

Looking back it seems quite wise of me not FLASH it the very same day I bought......like I said above , I wasn't in a hurry anyway.....

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:52 am **Post subject:**

ohgodnotanotherone wrote:

So what's the best firmware upgrade for the NEC ? ( if that 1.08 is faulty ?!?)
What that red herring paul is talking about ?

Looking back it seems quite wise of me not FLASH it the very same day I bought......like I said above , I wasn't in a hurry anyway.....

Herrie has released some hacked firmware with different / more writing strategies for cheaper brands of DVD-R and has also remove the 2x ripping limit built in to the NEC firmware the firmware is available from http://herrie.rpc1.org.
I'd also like to point out that the ripping speeds from the NEC1300A are quite amazing compared to my old 16x LG DVD rom, it leaves the LG standing

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:53 am **Post subject:**

http://herrie.rpc1.org/

All the answers are there mate :wink:

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