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  #31  
Old October 18th 09, 02:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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In message , glee
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
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In message , glee
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visit John; the trouble is, I don't know if they allow the temp.
files location to be specified as burn4free does, and there's not
really enough space on the C drive.

Which version of Microburner? I have versions 4.x and 5.x here.
Silentnight Microburner 5.x has a place in its "burner settings" to
choose the temp location. I don't see any way to do it with version
4.x, though.


5.0. Under burner settings, I see something called "Temporary ISO
folder placement" under "Direct Copy/Clone Settings", which I presume
is something to do with copying one CD to another. I have wondered
whether it also uses the folder specified for temporary .wav files,
but have yet to find out; if you know that it does, I'll be pleased to
try - it looks a nice piece of software. (And the speech is fun.)


I haven't used it for music ripping/conversion/etc., so I can't say if
that setting applies to it also. Why not try and find out? It can't
hurt (too much) eg


I intend to!
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
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At least with a British car, you know that everything that falls off it is a
product of true British workmanship. (Lord somethingorother on Robin Day's
programme, 1980-1-15.)
  #32  
Old October 18th 09, 11:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , dadiOH
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

The suggestion elsewhere in this thread about trying a different
brand of disc is also a good idea, especially if the issue is
*only* with burning discs, not reading them.

The first few we did were with cheap unlabelled ones, which were
mostly fine (we had a couple of part-burned ones, but that was I
think more a buffer problem - it is a BURN-proof drive, and the
software knows that, but still; and moving the "temporary files"
space for the .mp3-to-wav conversion to a different partition,
combined with reducing the burning speed, seemed to solve that).


A fail-safe method is to just decode the MP3s to wave yourself then
burn the waves. Many programs to do decoding/encoding, CDex is
good, easy and free. http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/


GoldWave (with Lame) too. But (a) that part of Burn4Free seems to have
worked fine anyway, (b) I suspect it (burnfree) would still
intermittently fail to detect there was a blank in the drive, when we
tried to burn the .wavs.


Right. I was suggesting it as an alternative to your previous buffer
problem.

--

dadiOH
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dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico



  #33  
Old October 18th 09, 11:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
dadiOH[_3_]
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , dadiOH
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

The suggestion elsewhere in this thread about trying a different
brand of disc is also a good idea, especially if the issue is
*only* with burning discs, not reading them.

The first few we did were with cheap unlabelled ones, which were
mostly fine (we had a couple of part-burned ones, but that was I
think more a buffer problem - it is a BURN-proof drive, and the
software knows that, but still; and moving the "temporary files"
space for the .mp3-to-wav conversion to a different partition,
combined with reducing the burning speed, seemed to solve that).


A fail-safe method is to just decode the MP3s to wave yourself then
burn the waves. Many programs to do decoding/encoding, CDex is
good, easy and free. http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/


GoldWave (with Lame) too. But (a) that part of Burn4Free seems to have
worked fine anyway, (b) I suspect it (burnfree) would still
intermittently fail to detect there was a blank in the drive, when we
tried to burn the .wavs.


Right. I was suggesting it as an alternative to your previous buffer
problem.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico



  #34  
Old October 18th 09, 03:31 PM posted to 24hoursupport.helpdesk,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Meat Plow wrote:
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:02:14 -0600, ???hw??f
wrote:

In message , "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
In message , Andy
writes:
[]
It isn't the _drive_ that's not being detected - that always shows up
in explorer; it's only the fact that there's a blank disc in it that
is so often missed.

Any ideas what's causing it, and what will improve it?
Try a different brand of CD blanks...Taiyo Yuden are among the best.
And once you've wasted a couple of quality blank CDs, throw the drive
away and spend $20-$30 to replace it.

It's ****ed. They don't last forever.

I think if it was the blanks, it wouldn't have been burning faultlessly
for the last few times we did manage to make it realise there was a disc
present. (And with cheap blanks, too.)

Will it recongnise if theres a disc in the drive that has data on it?
If so then its probably the media itself.
CD/RW discs are a problem sometimes.

It's not that old - only a year or two; the elderly PC had a non-writing
drive (still there). It's actually a CD and DVD writer, as I couldn't
even find a CD-only one. It's not been used much.

Did you ever drop it?


I will try the cleaning disc suggestion, but I do think it's a system
configuration funny: as I mentioned earlier, when burn4free is told to
do a burn, it accesses the floppy drive before getting to the writer.

Then you need to g00gle up the website for that app and look for a support
section, mate.


Appears he's got some corruption in his system part of the registry.


If so tehn he s gotta uninstall it and do surgery on the registyryry to
remove all the diseased bits.

^_^
  #35  
Old October 18th 09, 11:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
Greg[_2_]
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Here a suggestion if he trying to burn cds. Lower the speed down to
12x (Yes, you have to wait longer, but it is more reliable to have
the data stored correctly). I notice when my burners are going bad,
you can use lower speed for a few months till it quits. My lasted
for about a year.


Greg
  #36  
Old October 18th 09, 11:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
Greg[_2_]
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Default CD-R erratically detected

Here a suggestion if he trying to burn cds. Lower the speed down to
12x (Yes, you have to wait longer, but it is more reliable to have
the data stored correctly). I notice when my burners are going bad,
you can use lower speed for a few months till it quits. My lasted
for about a year.


Greg
  #37  
Old October 19th 09, 08:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Default CD-R erratically detected

In message , dadiOH
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

[]
A fail-safe method is to just decode the MP3s to wave yourself then
burn the waves. Many programs to do decoding/encoding, CDex is
good, easy and free. http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/


GoldWave (with Lame) too. But (a) that part of Burn4Free seems to have
worked fine anyway, (b) I suspect it (burnfree) would still
intermittently fail to detect there was a blank in the drive, when we
tried to burn the .wavs.


Right. I was suggesting it as an alternative to your previous buffer
problem.

Ah, understood, thanks.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

At least with a British car, you know that everything that falls off it is a
product of true British workmanship. (Lord somethingorother on Robin Day's
programme, 1980-1-15.)
  #38  
Old October 19th 09, 08:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Default CD-R erratically detected

In message , dadiOH
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

[]
A fail-safe method is to just decode the MP3s to wave yourself then
burn the waves. Many programs to do decoding/encoding, CDex is
good, easy and free. http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/


GoldWave (with Lame) too. But (a) that part of Burn4Free seems to have
worked fine anyway, (b) I suspect it (burnfree) would still
intermittently fail to detect there was a blank in the drive, when we
tried to burn the .wavs.


Right. I was suggesting it as an alternative to your previous buffer
problem.

Ah, understood, thanks.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

At least with a British car, you know that everything that falls off it is a
product of true British workmanship. (Lord somethingorother on Robin Day's
programme, 1980-1-15.)
  #39  
Old October 19th 09, 08:08 AM posted to 24hoursupport.helpdesk,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Default CD-R erratically detected

In message , S??hW0?Æ’
writes:
Meat Plow wrote:

[]
I will try the cleaning disc suggestion, but I do think it's a
system configuration funny: as I mentioned earlier, when burn4free
is told to do a burn, it accesses the floppy drive before getting
to the writer.
Then you need to g00gle up the website for that app and look for a support
section, mate.

Appears he's got some corruption in his system part of the registry.


That is (the sort of thing I) fear, but wouldn't know how ...

If so tehn he s gotta uninstall it and do surgery on the registyryry to
remove all the diseased bits.


.... to do that. (The surgery I mean.)

^_^


--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

At least with a British car, you know that everything that falls off it is a
product of true British workmanship. (Lord somethingorother on Robin Day's
programme, 1980-1-15.)
  #40  
Old October 19th 09, 08:08 AM posted to 24hoursupport.helpdesk,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Default CD-R erratically detected

In message , S??hW0?Æ’
writes:
Meat Plow wrote:

[]
I will try the cleaning disc suggestion, but I do think it's a
system configuration funny: as I mentioned earlier, when burn4free
is told to do a burn, it accesses the floppy drive before getting
to the writer.
Then you need to g00gle up the website for that app and look for a support
section, mate.

Appears he's got some corruption in his system part of the registry.


That is (the sort of thing I) fear, but wouldn't know how ...

If so tehn he s gotta uninstall it and do surgery on the registyryry to
remove all the diseased bits.


.... to do that. (The surgery I mean.)

^_^


--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

At least with a British car, you know that everything that falls off it is a
product of true British workmanship. (Lord somethingorother on Robin Day's
programme, 1980-1-15.)
 




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