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ispy
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18. August 2004 @ 12:37 |
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sytyguy,
When you click on "activate your product" follow the instructions on the right hand side of the screen,which ever is appropriate to your product,ie on disc with ID and password or downloaded and email confirmation.Good luck.
ispy
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sytyguy
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18. August 2004 @ 14:44 |
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ispy,
Thanks for the suggestion, but as I mentioned, whenever I click on the "activate your product", the screen goes nowhere, in other words, there is nothing to type in. I even tried to right click it and open it in another window, and I still get the same page.
It could be my browser if it works for you, but I cannot figure it out.
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Hairyhaus
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18. August 2004 @ 21:29 |
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Hey 321, sorry for the delay, the bruner I have is internal. I am running windows ME on a Dell Dimension 4100.
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321sucker
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18. August 2004 @ 21:42 |
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hairyhaus,
Within Device manager, try uninstalling the burner,deleting the IDE driver, rebooting and allowing ME to reinstall them both. Also, be certain that you have the most current drivers for your Mainboard and all OS updates from Microsoft if supported.What are your system specs?
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sytyguy
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19. August 2004 @ 06:06 |
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ispy
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19. August 2004 @ 13:09 |
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sytyguy,
What you need to do is with your Xcopy installed,launch the programme and you will get the activation screen come up for the first time,then follow the instructions that I mentioned on the right side of the page that your refering to,print out that page so you can follow the steps,just clicking on "activate your product" does not activate it,it only brings up the instructions.
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sytyguy
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19. August 2004 @ 15:06 |
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ispy,
For some reason that did not work for me (321 rejected it), however, I did get it activated by activating it from another computer(my old computer, that is sort of working), viola, I am now activated.
Many thanks for all the help.
321sucker,
I did not read the proper line in Device Manager, so when I re-checked a third time, it said PIO. Changed it to DMA, re-booted, and now am running at 4700KB/s
Many thanks to all,
Rich
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ispy
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19. August 2004 @ 22:38 |
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sytyguy
Glad your up and running,Happy burning :o)
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jacnyr
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22. August 2004 @ 09:38 |
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Thanks All for the helpful input.
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nosmarbad
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22. August 2004 @ 22:40 |
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Flip, sorry haven't been in here for a while.
With Platinum I am unable to split disks, the first one seems to work ok, but the second one doesn't either burns nothing or only one chapter.
I have tried several times, both manually splitting and using the auto option, I can never get it to work.
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22. August 2004 @ 22:52 |
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nosmarbad
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22. August 2004 @ 22:56 |
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Flip, the reason I need to split disks, is if I copy a large dvd, e.g TV series episodes of about 7.5 gig, I find the last couple of episodes are very poor quality. I suspect Platinum interprets these as "extras" and uses greater compression. I have experienced this on several disks of TV series. I have noticed the Extras of movie disks are very low quality also, which doesn't bother me.
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nosmarbad
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22. August 2004 @ 23:00 |
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Yes of course Flip, I have a dvd rom drive and a burner so I always use both drives, leaving the source disk in at all times.
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23. August 2004 @ 19:25 |
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nosmarbad,
I've had no problem doing large dvd's, but when it comes to episodic dvds XCopy has trouble. Same with Disney movies. Try Shrink and Decrypter you shouldn't have a problem
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nosmarbad
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23. August 2004 @ 20:13 |
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Yes, I have realised that far too late. I don't understand why episodic dvd's are different. I tried decrypter then burnt with Platinum RF, seems to work ok.
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PumPum
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22. September 2004 @ 13:20 |
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My main problem with splitting with Platinum is that I have problems figuring out what chapters need to be on what disc.
For example, City of God DVD...The movie is Titleset 1, however, when I burn that titleset to the disc, I can get as far as the main menu page, but the disc freezes when I press play. I can even access the scene select screen...but thats about it...
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sytyguy
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22. September 2004 @ 15:11 |
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PumPum
I finally stopped using Platinum, and am now using Shrink and Decrypter exclusively. They are very easy to use, and I have NEVER had a problem with them, unlike Platinum. There is a sort of tutorial on this site somewhere to get you started.
Oh, and Shrink now supports dual-layered burners, so I never worry about compression, although I usually take out any language other than English.
HTH,
Rich
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nosmarbad
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22. September 2004 @ 17:41 |
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I must admit Shrink and Decrypter are good although it involves two processes and uses a lot of hard disk space, as well as taking longer. For straight movie copies Xcopy is still good, as it doesn't require hard disk space and is simpler and faster.
For episodic dvd's such as tv series etc, Decrypter and Shrink is definitely better.
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nosmarbad
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22. September 2004 @ 17:45 |
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Dual Layer disks are still way too expensive and they don't have a rewriteable format yet. I have a dual layer burner but at $aud12-14 a disk seems unviable from my point of view whne single layer disks are down to around 70 cents each.
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sytyguy
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22. September 2004 @ 18:43 |
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nosmarbad
I hate the nag screen Xcopy produces, that's one of the reasons I don't use it any longer, plus Shrink gives many options prior to burning. It's been so long that I have used Xcopy I don't remember how long it takes to burn a DVD, but with Shrink it takes me about 35 minutes to burn a DVD, and I have a DVD-Rom, plus a burner, so it is almost hands free.
I bought dual-layer from Meritline.com for $3.75US for 2 disks.
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22. September 2004 @ 18:48 |
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nosmarbad
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22. September 2004 @ 19:28 |
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I agree the nag screen is annoying. Platinum can take less than hour depending on the length ov movie.
I find decrypter and shrink is much slower, and two separate processes. Shrink also doesn't copy without decrypter first does it?
That's a great price on the dual layer disk, in Australia we can't get them anywhere near that price.
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22. September 2004 @ 19:34 |
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There is no dual layer disc on sale for $3.75 ... if so provide the link :)
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nosmarbad
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22. September 2004 @ 19:51 |
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that meritline link doesn't work
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sytyguy
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22. September 2004 @ 20:01 |
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flip218
Yes that is the link, and the ones I bought, although I bought several, and so far they have worked fine for me.
Why do you say the link does not work, I actually used your link, and it worked for me?
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