Video Recording/Playback/Editing/Converting/etc.

Saito_Hajime wrote:Have you tried updating the firmware of your writer?

uhhhh... okay.... how do i do that? :sweat: :mrgreen:

BOGCHI wrote:
uhhhh... okay.... how do i do that? :sweat: :mrgreen:

Go to the official website of the manufacturer of your writer, I'm sure you'll see the firmware in the software section (in other cases, it could be in the support section) of that website, then download and install it. ;)

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Go to the official website of the manufacturer of your writer, I'm sure you'll see the firmware in the software section of that website. ;)

There is a firmware!
COOL. I'll read more into it tomorrow. THANKS

BOGCHI wrote:
There is a firmware!
COOL. I'll read more into it tomorrow. THANKS

I hope that is good enough to solve your problem. :fingerscrossed:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

I hope that is good enough to solve your problem. :fingerscrossed:

nvm, it was a different version

BOGCHI wrote:
nvm, it was a different version

Hmmm......I've read an issue a few months ago about rebadging of some BTC products to magicspin. My guess is that the firmware for the model of your writer can be found in BTC's website.

Anyway, if you are really having trouble finding the exact firmware for your writer then you might wanna check out this website and download the liveupdate program http://www.drvupdate.com/
This liveupdate software can detect your current firmware and can download the latest firmware that is suitable for your drive.

its too complicated for me :crazy: :rofl:
it's alright..
well it works.. and thats whats important :rofl:
IM FREAKIN LAZY.. :sweat:
but thanks for the help!

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Hmmm......I've read an issue a few months ago about rebadging of some BTC products to magicspin. My guess is that the firmware for the model of your writer can be found in BTC's website.

Anyway, if you are really having trouble finding the exact firmware for your writer then you might wanna check out this website and download the liveupdate program http://www.drvupdate.com/
This liveupdate software can detect your current firmware and can download the latest firmware that is suitable for your drive.

I wasted some more DVDs.. so I tried the firmware thing.
Turned out my firmaware is up to date.
whats the problems!!! URGH
im gonna go buy some dvdrw tomorrow.

BOGCHI wrote:
I wasted some more DVDs.. so I tried the firmware thing.
Turned out my firmaware is up to date.
whats the problems!!! URGH
im gonna go buy some dvdrw tomorrow.

I see. Installing the latest firmware is the only solution I can think of, and since you said that yours is updated then it looks like you have no other choice but to buy a new writer. :sweat:

@BOGCHI: Is your issue that you cannot write at 16X, but instead 8X? Is the data still readable on the disc? If so, then I don't think that's a problem...personally, I write at only 8X. I don't trust 16X.

i've not had very good experiences with archiving on 16x, i too only burn at 8x.. 12x w/ Taiyo Yudens

krim wrote:i've not had very good experiences with archiving on 16x, i too only burn at 8x.. 12x w/ Taiyo Yudens

I hesitated moving from 4X to 8X. There's no way I'll be making the move to 16X. Too risky getting misburns.

dochira wrote:
I hesitated moving from 4X to 8X. There's no way I'll be making the move to 16X. Too risky getting misburns.

my Standalone DVD player doesn't like any disc burned in 16x... it'll stall and artifact very couple of minutes.

dochira wrote: I don't trust 16X.

Same here.

I've got some 8x Verbatims that don't like 8x burns, so I have to burn at 6x. :sweat:

Bah.... I watched Tokyo Friends Ep 1 yesterday, with soft subs. I managed to get the subs working fine by fiddling with FFShow while Windows Media Player 10 was running. (Great show by the way). So I decided to burn it to DVD last night. When I tried it this morning (I left the comp running overnight) it worked fine - except no subs. I forgot that I had played another file with WMP and had disabled subs because the subs from Tokyo Friends were appearing :(

So, i have to burn it again.

Got a .srt file and trying to hardsub it to a video_ts folder; in other words to an existing DVD that I copied to my hard drive. What software can I use to do this. So far I have only found software that will combine .srt and .avi files. :banghead:

ralphm1999 wrote:Got a .srt file and trying to hardsub it to a video_ts folder; in other words to an existing DVD that I copied to my hard drive. What software can I use to do this. So far I have only found software that will combine .srt and .avi files. :banghead:

I don't think it is possible to hardsub a dvd-video file. However, you could insert the .srt file to the dvd-video file using dvd authoring softwares like dvdauthorgui (but first you'll have to convert the files to mpeg-2 before using this software). That way you can turn on or turn off the subtitles when you watch it in your dvd player.

Saito_Hajime wrote:I don't think it is possible to hardsub a dvd-video file. However, you could insert the .srt file to the dvd-video file using dvd authoring softwares like dvdauthorgui (but first you'll have to convert the files to mpeg-2 before using this software). That way you can turn on or turn off the subtitles when you watch it in your dvd player.

Yeah, you can't intergrate a srt/ssa/etc. file into an existing DVD-video formatted disc... The disc structure and format is completely different.

Ralph, check videohelp.com and search their forums... I think you'll have to rip the DVD's contents and extract the MPEG2 file before you can do anything. Then you should be able to merge the srt with the MPEG2 using one (or more) of the tools available at the videohelp.com site...

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, you can't intergrate a srt/ssa/etc. file into an existing DVD-video formatted disc... The disc structure and format is completely different.

Ralph, check videohelp.com and search their forums... I think you'll have to rip the DVD's contents and extract the MPEG2 file before you can do anything. Then you should be able to merge the srt with the MPEG2 using one (or more) of the tools available at the videohelp.com site...

I was afraid you'd say that. I've done that before. But I didn't want to have to climb the mountain again. I d/l something called Media Subtitler and since in it, it shows how the subtitles look in combination with the DVD, why not have an output also :banghead: :banghead: once having gone to the trouble of combining them in the video display. :grumble:
Will look at videohelp.com thanks.

ralphm1999 wrote:I was afraid you'd say that. I've done that before. But I didn't want to have to climb the mountain again. I d/l something called Media Subtitler and since in it, it shows how the subtitles look in combination with the DVD, why not have an output also :banghead: :banghead: once having gone to the trouble of combining them in the video display. :grumble:
Will look at videohelp.com thanks.

I'm trying to do the same with the Nyokei Kazoku discs you sent me: extract the subs, extract the mpeg2, merge the two and re-author with an English menu. :sweat:

From some reading at videohelp.com, the process is pretty convoluted, but do-able... Now I need the motivation to do it. :sweat: