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Mame DVD Question
« on: January 27, 2005, 02:20:29 pm »
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I have a set of Mame DVDs and I'm trying to burn a copy for a friend but my DVD burner won't even get through reading the disc without giving me an error.  I also tried copying the files to a folder on my C drive and then burning them to disc but it won't even let me do that (I get an error trying to transfer the files to my hard drive).  The discs all work perfectly otherwise.  Is there some kind of protection on the DVDs or am I not supposed to be copying them?  Thanks.

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Re: Mame DVD Question
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2005, 02:54:32 pm »
I have never had a problem
have you put the roms on your HD? if so just use nero and burn a data disk from your roms folder

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Re: Mame DVD Question
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2005, 03:35:01 pm »
I can put individual roms in the roms folder with no problem - i wanted to make an exact copy of the DVDs though...  Maybe it's the software I'm using - I just got a Dell laptop and I'm using the software that came with the computer....

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Re: Mame DVD Question
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2005, 04:03:41 pm »
"Dell laptop and I'm using the software that came with the computer.... "


I think you answered your own question.

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Re: Mame DVD Question
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2005, 04:08:38 pm »
Does it really make a difference?  Why wouldn't the software I have work properly?  I've burned tons of CDs before on my old computer and it was easy.  I've never burned a DVD though so maybe there is more involved...

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Re: Mame DVD Question
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2005, 04:29:55 pm »
Burning discs (DVDs and CDs) at high speeds reduces the contrast of the burned area compared to burning at low speeds.

Cheap and/or sub-standard lasers in disc readers have troubles reading this.  It sounds like the Dell has this problem.  I know way back in the day (when CD burners will still $1000 and discs where $10 each) burning some CDs at "high-speed" - 4X (that was insane speed back then) would render them unreadable in many standalone CD players with older tchnology inside them.  We had to stick to 2X, or the contrast just wasn't good enough for the old players.

Anyways... for compatability reasons I generally burn stuff for others at much lower speeds, and stuff for myself at the max speed my media can take.  It solves a lot of these sorts of problems.

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Re: Mame DVD Question
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2005, 04:43:09 pm »
Thanks.  I'll see if I can somehow slow down the speed of things.  I used to have that problem burning CDs back in the day.  It is very annoying though - the computer is brand new.

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Re: Mame DVD Question
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2005, 04:46:07 pm »
Just one of the many reasons I refuse to buy Dell. :)

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Re: Mame DVD Question
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2005, 02:52:31 am »
Just one of the many reasons I refuse to buy Dell. :)

it's just one of the meny reasions i never buy pre-made system or if i do ( like my laptop ) FIRST thing that happens when i get home is a full HD wipe and an install of an os the way it's ment to be ( like none of the custom HAL's dell and hp/compaq use )