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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kazan on March 26, 2004, 08:35:08 pm
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4 Gigs of game developement data, that i must keep - but only use once in a blue moon (like the 1.2 gigs of data for making file releases for TBP - and all the archived major releases).
For the average poor schmoe it has to rot on your harddrive. bwaahahaha :D
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LOL I know exactly what you mean
10 Gigs of WIP stuff for TI.....Modding is a thirsty hobby ;)
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I curse you and your descendants!!
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He's already cursed, haven't you noticed?
And sometimes I doubt he'll ever have descendants... but anyway.
I've been wanting a DVD drive lately anyway, if only just to play a game on a DVD that I somehow acquired in a magazine. OEM version of Wing Commander 4 I think...
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A DVD-ROM drive only costs ~30 USD, you know.
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To be honest, if you're going to get a drive, save up and get a burner, you will in the end anyway ;)
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Yes, well, my girlfriend is currently depleting my entire income. Should go for low matienence next time :p
But really, considering how outdated my computer is, I've got priorities higher than a DVD-Rom.
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Originally posted by DragonClaw
Yes, well, my girlfriend is currently depleting my entire income. Should go for low matienence next time :p
They tend to do that a lot...
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Originally posted by DragonClaw
And sometimes I doubt he'll ever have descendants... but anyway.
and exactly wtf is that suppose to mean
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what speeds your burner? and how long does it take to burn a full disc with verification if its got that
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Originally posted by Kazan
and exactly wtf is that suppose to mean
He's kidding.. he does it to everyone....
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i never turn verification on... um 15 minutes for a dvd-5
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Originally posted by Kazan
i never turn verification on... um 15 minutes for a dvd-5
what speed is ur burner 2x, 4x or 8x?
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I do need a DVD burner. My stack of CDs that form my photo archive is getting ridiculously tall. :nervous:
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A DVD burner does not even cost a lot anymore. I have two DVD+RW drives and I am happy. I already have over 50 DVD+R discs burned and I just recently ordered another spindlepack of 50 DVD+R discs.
Next on my to-get-list are A64 server and gaming system (yes, two computers). My current PC can't run recent games.
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I like both my DVD-RWs :D.
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xelion 4x
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[color=66ff00]Do you know that you can fit 88 episodes of Farscape, 88 episodes of Babylon 5, all of S:AAB and 11 episodes of SG1 on 17 4.7GB DVD-R's?
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Yes, I agree, it's a good idea to make duplicates of original's that way you reduce the chance of damage to the expensive DVD you've just bought :)
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[color=66ff00]Oh I was merely making a rather inspired guess. ;)
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i will have to test that hypothesis maeglamor :D
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Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Do you know that you can fit 88 episodes of Farscape, 88 episodes of Babylon 5, all of S:AAB and 11 episodes of SG1 on 17 4.7GB DVD-R's?
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You'll be lucky to fit around 50 episodes of B5 on 17 4.7GB Discs
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[color=66ff00]Of course I'm making the assumption that the episodes are DivX encoded and are in the region of say... 350MB an episode.
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Well, once I get my burner, I know that I'll be putting S:AAB and all of SG-1 on em. Tho all of Sg1 would take about 16 dvds it would be worth it.
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Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Of course I'm making the assumption that the episodes are DivX encoded and are in the region of say... 350MB an episode.
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Ok. That changes everything, though the quality loss will be noticable
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xelion: not really
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[color=66ff00]I'd have to agree with Kazan here, the loss of quality still renders a picture quality in excess of those on standard VHS videos.
In theory of course...
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Maeg and Kaz the quality wouldn't be noticable if you watching it on a standard tv but say hdtv or your computer it would be. This is not an issue to agree upon or not ... DivX compression is good but not to the extent it can give you even good quality from a 1.5GB episode to 350MB. In the compression process the resolution would be halfed and the audio quality would be lower. I've seen B5 episodes this small and there pretty bad quality...
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Xelion: I actually prefer Xvid and when Xvid is done correctly it's lossless
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Originally posted by Kazan
Xelion: I actually prefer Xvid and when Xvid is done correctly it's lossless
Well I haven't seen much video thats encoded by Xvid, what I have seen is really good. So I'll trust you on that :)