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Joined on: Saturday, 29th December 2001, 16:42, Last used: Saturday, 29th December 2001, 16:42
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RE: Legitimate question on DVD backup`s
Good point, the film I used was Casino, not much going on there.
This item was edited on Thursday, 10th January 2002, 15:38
RE: Calling all Alba 113 Owners
I just burnt them all stragght on the disc alone using nero. I haven`t tried using different directories or anything.
No special settings are needed although i would try and keep it all standard.
RE: Are CD backups legal?
Spot on. Some people may have been getting confused with america where they have `fair use` rights (ie a copy of a CD in a car etc).
The cactus thing could be circumvented by playing on a normal CD player then recording through the sound card and then burning to a CD. True?
RE: DVD region X software for playstation 2 -Does it cause problems?
As far as i know that hack only works on early jap models.
RE: Legitimate question on DVD backup`s
VCD quality can be quite good. I recently did a test backing up a DVD of mine. I would recommend TMPG Encoder to encode VCD`s as it is free, d/l here:
http://www.tmpgenc.com/e_main.html
Its quite straight forward as the download includes a settings file for VCD or SuperVCD (I think SVCD is MPEG 2 - Same as DVD - although this will not let you store as much on a CD as with VCD).
If you want to back up your DVD`s to play on your PC you can get DVD quality (almost) on a CD by using DivX as stated above. This is MPEG 4.
I don`t know how in depth you looked but this website has good guides:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/index.html
Edit:
or this one http://nickyguides.digital-digest.com
One point to note though it took over 4hrs to encode a (albeit long) DVD to DivX on a 1600+ Athlon XP. Hope that helped, good luck with it.
This item was edited on Thursday, 10th January 2002, 00:24
RE: Calling all Alba 113 Owners
Can anyone confirm whether the DVD113 locks to a region eventually?
Does this do anything to help:
Power on your player
Press Open/Close
Press Zoom
Press a/b
Press Up Left Dowm Right
The DVD player may show a Region free message
Also is there a definative guide to using Music/VCD CDR`s as I have trouble, other than white label CDR`s is there anything extra like settings for Nero?
RE: alba 113
Check this thread:
http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=176&Thread=70357&Type=1
Edit:
In addition to that possible try `date safe` brand CDR`s with a white label, I tried a cheap CDR (`Vivastar` or something) with a white label it displayed all the tracks but wouldn`t play - Still closest i`ve got so far.
This item was edited on Saturday, 29th December 2001, 23:09
One For All - Controlling my DVD113
Does anybody know whether I can conrol my Alba DVD113 with a One For All 4 by sticking a code in the AUX key, i can`t find anything. Someone suggested using the VCR codes but no luck.
Can`t honestly be bothered searching all the way through. Ta
RE: Calling all Alba 113 Owners
My dad also got one for christmas, here is what i have learned from various posts:
MACROVISION FREE - No (However I managed to record a DVD with no problems - do some not contain the protection)? No hack yet.
REGION FREE - Yes, ish (Apparently will play region 1 out of the box however may lock to that region). No Hack yet.
FIRMWARE - If you have a red display call Alba 0208 7873111 for an update CD. If Green/White U R OK.
CDR/MP3 - No (However I think I saw somewhere that Discrite (white label) work, i presume this is a brand but have not tried, my CDR`s don`t work).
Also Argos were supplying the DVD104 as an alternative when no DVD113`s were available, this was truly Multiregion plus CDR and MP3 compatible.
Not entirely conclusive but might help somebody, now PLEASE find the hacks someone.
EDIT - If someone could confirm audio CDR`s working that would be fantastic.
This item was edited on Saturday, 29th December 2001, 18:39