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321 Studios Software
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mackdl
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3. March 2006 @ 17:42 |
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So Ireland...........are you going to give us a review, or wait until I've purchased CloneDvd2, and then rave about NeXt??? Can you remove subtitles/unwanted junk and select audio tracks? Wonder if the titles I couldn't do with DvdXCopy will work with this and play in my Toshiba/Sony? How's it for splitting?
I have put you on a pedestal as "Software King", and go by your recommendations. I really don't like giving my money without trying first.
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3. March 2006 @ 18:00 |
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3. March 2006 @ 19:02 |
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I LOVED my Platinum RF version, it was dead easy to use, but due to the new encryptions it was unable to do Madagascar & a few others. I am gutted it is redundant now!
I have had CloneDvd2 & AnyDVD (AnyDvd for a few years now - preferred it to Dvd idle) for a while & I like the way I can keep certain subtitles & audio (I keep the French audio & subtitles 'cos it is good for practising!), you couldn't do that with Platinum! It was a good prog in its' time, but I prefer my CloneDVD. It just seems to do the job with the minimum of fuss.
I have never got on with Recode (could never seem to work - but that is probably me) or shrink & Nero. I like things to be nice & simple & I am fortunate that I can buy any software I wish.
Pity about Platinum, but one has to move with the times I guess...
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mojavekro
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4. March 2006 @ 07:55 |
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When I got the email from the International, I was curious about the software. I purchased two different licenses from XCopy (for activation reasons) but to this day I mostly use Slysoft software for DVD copying.
However, I did cut my teeth on 321 Studios software and in the beginning I really thought that the software was cool. Every once in a while I still have to turn to my DVDXCopy to copy a disk that Slysoft somehow won't copy (it ain't often though).
I have used Shrink, Decrypter, Nero Recode w/ AnyDVD, DVDXCopy, DVDFab, DVD Region & CSS Free. Like Ireland, I swear by Slysoft because of the speed of their updating. I also like DVDFab.
I really wish that Next Copy would have a way to try it out. I just like to try before I buy, that's all.
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dbminter
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13. March 2006 @ 13:33 |
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Ah, feels good to discuss old haunts again. As an old user who can remember when it was verboten to discuss the work around for how to get DVDXCopy to work when it shouldn't have been failing to begin with... excuse me for a moment...
BURN THE OUTPUT FOLDER YOURSELF!
Sorry, just had to finally break that old rule! LOL I remember discovering that solution on my own and posting about it, only to discover it had apparently only just been recently discovered. Then, retroactively decided it was considered circumventing the software. Anyway, just had to relieve some really old stress there. :D
Back on topic, I no longer use DVDXCopy. Simply put, there are far better things out there now that are freeware. Plus, given how long it's been since it was last worked on, certain aspects of the DVD area have been drastically altered to make the job far more obtrusive. The biggest reason I don't use it, though, is that whole Platinum debacle. That software that never worked right, wasn't designed to work right, and was a beta in progress with each release. The plain DVDXCopy (eventually) worked, but, the DVD-5 splitting era was put to death with the concept of compressors like DVD Shrink. Now, in the era of DVD editing with things like DVDReMake and VOBlanker (or is it VOBBlanker or VOB Blanker?) even compression can be avoided in some cases, splitting a disc's contents WITHOUT having to split between Chapters.
I bought DVDXCopy when it was $99 and used it for about 2 years. So, I don't feel too bad about some of what went down. I, too, though, feel slighted by, though I knew it was coming even when Moore said otherwise, that there was not a means created to use the software without activation. I got my money's worth out of the software, but, those who paid $150 for the Platinum part because that's all 321 sold, knowing full well it didn't work, I admit they didn't get their money's worth.
As for activation, I would agree with boycotting anything that wants activation AND is garbage. :> So, don't buy things like Symantec products, they being probably the #2 culprit, behind Microsoft, in terms of cost versus the quality you get, both in terms of how well the software works and the fact that you have to activate it. I would say boycott Windows, but, we all know we have no other viable choice because Microsoft wants it that way. Either live with it or without. Eventually, though, at the current rate, even Windows will be released at such a higher rise in cost and lowering return in quality that even people like myself will just live without a newer version of Windows.
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13. March 2006 @ 14:06 |
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 13. March 2006 @ 14:08
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mackdl
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13. March 2006 @ 16:19 |
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Thanks Ireland
I just recently purchased CloneDvd2, didn't even wait for a discount. I did like that CloneDvd2 corrected IFO errors (whatever they are), so those backups that didn't play correctly on my Toshiba and Sony, now do. I also like that I am able to split discs and still have menus on both. Great for the TV series. The quality is equal to DvdXCopy, but I'm still having a longer time issue. I will have to get my son to come over and see if he can figure out why.
I'll keep my eye on the problem threads for DvdneXtcopy, it appears there are still a few bugs that need to be worked out. For now, I'm happy with what I have.
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aabbccdd
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16. March 2006 @ 23:29 |
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mackdl ,what do you mean a longer time issue?
you should be able to transcode and burn a dvd with CloneDVD 2 and AnyDVD in about 20 to 25 minutes
or your drive may have gotten into PIO mode when that need to be in DMA mode you can fix that in device manager
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smitty355
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25. March 2006 @ 17:01 |
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hello, How do you change to DMA in device manager? I went in and looked but nothing about DMA or PIO I saw?
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aabbccdd
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25. March 2006 @ 18:57 |
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