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On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Joerg Schilling |
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<Joerg.Schilling@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:38:16 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> > I have a cheap Sony Optiarc (formerly NEC?) and it has worked fine for |
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>> > me for ripping and burning audio CDs, DVD+/-R (single and dual layer). |
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>> > It cost around $25 USD. I don't know if it is better or worse than any |
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>> > other brand but it seems to work for me anyway. |
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>> I've got a couple of these, one SATA one PATA, the SATA one works very |
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>> well but the PATA one is slower at ripping discs. |
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> While NEC is not bad, my current NEC drive does not read hidden audio |
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> tracks (like e.g. found on "13" Die Ärtzte). |
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> The answer can only be: "It depends..." |
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> Jörg |
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Thanks Joerg. I sort of knew that would be the answer. Since I really |
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needed something to build the machine and it isn't going to get much |
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cheaper than $25 for an Optiarc I just ent ahead and got one. We'll |
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see how it works. |
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Is there any way to know ahead of time which drives will read the |
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hidden audio track? |
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Sort of related is that what about multimedia CDs - 8 tracks of audio |
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and then a multimedia video. Any way to copy those with these drives? |
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What's your opinion in the Libby and Dee firmware and/or flashing that |
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firmware or Optiarc firmware updates using the binflash app? I'm in no |
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hurry to do any of that but figured I'd learn a bit about it in the |
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next week. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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