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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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A certain scam artist swears by the following:
"DirectCD bugs translate into the faults of packet writing"
"DirectCD bugs translate into unreliability of cd-rw media"
A lot of the DirectCD problems that are slimily blamed on the cd-rw
media and the packet writing format are caused by these DirectCD bugs:
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DirectCD 3.05
Fixes
Some older, low-speed recorders cannot correctly write high-speed
rated CD-RW media, but DirectCD would formerly allow you to try.
DirectCD now checks the media and
will reject as appropriate. === FIXED ???
DirectCD 5.3.4
Fixed:
Burn to Ultra High Speed media on non-Ultra High Speed Drives,
no longer allowed === FIX a FIX ???
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Mikey's slimy "excuse" for the above DirectCD bugs:
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From: Mike Richter (King Troll)
Subject: roxio direct CD
Date: 6/30/02
I find that in using DIRECT CD, after I format the disk, (which takes
forever) it shows it's completely full and instructions are to delete
something to make room for what I'm tying to drag & drop.
At a guess - answering is much easier if you provide some information -
you are formatting an erasable for fixed-length packets. In that case,
you have a medium which is poorly matched to your drive.
When DCD formats, it reads back each sector to be sure it's well
prepared. With a mismatch, many sectors fail which means
formatting takes a looooooooonng time
and the result is too little usable space to be of value.
Try a disc better matched to your drive and be sure it matches the drive
for HS or non-HS.
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But then:
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From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)
Subject: DirectCD 5 .. More funnies
Date: 7/29/01
Incidentally, with a little experience,
you're likely to find that
formatting an erasable is not a problem.
Fixed-length packets make for the least reliable format for
CD recording and few people find a need for many such discs.
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Mikey, you are a Scum!
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