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Gage

Howdy.

My name is Gage and I live in exile in Denver, Colorado. I say exile only because I'm originally from southeastern Alaska and I'm becoming restless to get back to the Pacific Northwest where there is an ocean and the grass is green all year.

I love listening to music especially the CDs I've ripped. I think my neighbors must like them as well since I haven't heard them complain when I crank up the stereo. My biggest disappointment however is that I haven't invested the time to understand more of the technology behind burning CDs.

Take care.

Chanser

Hi!
Long time lurker .

computerlady

Hi, I am Tami aka Computerlady,,,
I am by no means new to computers and software but boy has my dad and husband kept me on my toes with it.. I am 40ish and have had pc related jobs for the last 9 years... I love all about computers.. recently though my dad has thrown me a new one...
He has gotten into the Karaoke scene and is now wanting to back up all of his karaoke cd's. He has NO CLUE how to use a computer let alone copy the cd'...so it is up to me... ok here is the delima I am in... I have a Lite-on burner (LtR-401255). I have clone cd, Easy CD Creator v5.0, on my pc... I have seen talk about cd-g svcd's and such... he says the disks he is using have some 1400 songs on them... My question is.. will my burner and software copy these (they are getting very used), will it see, play, write on these cdg's, do I need to buy dvd disks... just plain ole HELP.. tell me what I need!!!

Good to be in a place that can help me!!

Thanks
Tami

Ice cold

Hi my name is andrew i come from England just south of guildford

My interest
Cars
MONEY
Computers

I am 17 and learning 2 drive i enjoy music and downloading stuff off emule and websites

My computer specs
1.7 pentium 4 celeron - soon 2 b upgraded
1024 mb ram pc2100
asus motherboard
128mb geforce 4 5500fx -soon 2 b upgraded
onboard 10/100 lan and sound
rubbish 2.1 speakers

favourite software
Nero 6
msn 7

well thats me

vincent_ng

Hi to all,


I'm new to CD Freaks but am keen to see what's in here as I'm very interested in CD/DVD burning. I'm particularly interested in sourcing for a new DVD writer but not sure which one to buy.

So, if you guys have good suggestions, please feel free to drop me a line.

Happy holidays!

davidessex

hi my names Dav lm a newbie from London im 20 looking to get involved in pcs over the next few years really only just got in2 pcs as of late witha abit more time on my hands.an having a blast.but with that having a few problems also trying to down load files such as svcd and havent got a clue where to start or what to do.so as you can imagine iv divided in head first to trying to down load films and well havent got a clue what to do was expected to be a piece of cake but o well not so easy after all.any help or any one who has any time on there hands to help me out please get in contact.thanks Again Dav

Kenshin

It's been long since I last visited this Newbie forum. Some really good and long introductions. Welcome, everyone and merry Christmas!

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BanditJing

Hi, I'm a n00b, and I like things.

Actually, I've been around this site a while but never joined until now. Yes, I'm a lurker. I find your site to be very helpful, especially when my CD drive wouldn't read my Freespace 2 discs... but I fixed that, thanks to you guys. Hopefully I can contribute something to this site...

SimonJester531

Hi. I just got an iPod. I use a G5 Mac. I was just reading "Apple blocks iPod Download ipod ripping tool in iTunes 4.7," Posted by Sean Byrne on 03 November 2004 - 00:13.

I'm not sure I understand the problem. I have backup software, (Personal Backup by Intego). It allows me to synchronize a folder on an external hard drive with my iTunes folder. In addition, I can, (and have), backed up my music library to DVDs.

It seems to me that the arguement for unlimited copying to protect your investment in purchased music is bogus. People just want to "share" their friend's iTunes.

One thing I've heard from a friend that's a bit disturbing is that you can only transfer your music to 3 different computers, after that you have to re-purchase it if you still want it. That does not seem fair, but if you've got it on DVD, how can your 4th, (or 40th), computer know how many copies you've made, since the DVD can only be written to once?

I can understand Apple's position. I was reading about a bill pending in Congress to ban iPods and all similar devices, to protect the music companies.

I found this site when I was looking for a way to open an iTunes file in a program that could edit it, (I have a live track with 18 seconds of the artist thanking the audience for showing up that I like to chop off). Can this be done?

roseypeach

Hello all,

My name is Rose and I am just now becoming a member. I research for fun, and hang out with my kids and watch tv most everyday. I know it doesn't sound like much of a life, but I am hopeful to the coming New Year. I am trying to get into the local tech school to become a medical assistant, even though I am out of work, it is going to be a challenge without the extra money.

I love computers, have since 1991. My first computer was a Tandy 2000. Yes, really! Anyway, 13 years later, I've graduated to my very own AMD Athlon system with WinXP and 448 spare MEGS ram. Now that my friends have computers, guess who they call for help? Yep, you guessed it! Its okay though, I think back to the days when I was harrassing the guys in the computer room at work, and figure it's time for me to share the wealth. I really love good movies, any genre, and I love reading a good mystery novel, taking long baths by candlelight (I'm a meditating kind of person, have to be with teenagers in the house!) and going horseback riding when I can.

Anyways, I'm glad to be here and maybe, make some friends. Merry Christmas everyone!

100:10100

Hi

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vantim

Hi:
Merry Christmas to you too! Welcome to the forums.

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Lownox

Just wanted to say hey. Been looking around the site for the last few days and loved all the info about Nero. I've been a member on DVDDecrypter for a while but they prefer DVDShrink for DVD9->DVD5. I like Recode because I can get rid of the extras and keep the functioning menus.
I have backed-up about 70 movies using decrypter and recode with no hassles. But my 3 year old son "fixed" my computer a couple of weeks ago and I can't remember how I had recode configured so Thanks in advance for all the help.

Oh By Golly Have A Holly Jolly Christmas This Year!

Lownox

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Superfoo5

hi

BanditJing

Phooey. Nobody has answered my question about my CD drive on the other forum. I guess I should just give up and get another one. LOL

Welcome new peoples.

kevenh

Hi fellow club.cdfreakers!

I've been a lurker here for a few weeks, but thought I could return some knowledge...

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thelord

Hello my dear fellows ..

Well, a search on slipstreaming sp2 landed me here & wow this forum really rocks.
Am 19 & studying in PEC Chandigarh. I just love music & my neighbours just hate my music sytem .. Recently got a brand new DVD burner & still learning the art of preventing coasters.
Hope to learn a lot from this great community.

Merry Christmas & happy holidays to all of you
Sukhjot

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BIGBADBOB

Hi the found this site with a problem search. So far seems like a nice place.
Hello from Canada EH!

raviraman

Hello there,
I am ravi raman and I just registered myself with CDFreaks, although I have been a regular visitor to this site whenever I need to dig up info on PC/DVD/CD burning and other miscellaneous stuff. I have found them very useful as well. A little about me - I am an engineer with a semiconductor company in the businees of making all things connected to the desktop - hence my curiosity is a natural extension of my profession. I like to keep myself updated with the latest gizmos out there even though I may not own them. Looking forward to interacting with you folks and sharing my knowledge.

wcrrun

Who is wcrrun? A older guy, who runs on the road a little, who loves computers [started in '86] for business/email/surfing. I have a solid PC with a P4 [2.4GHz] & 512ram doing W2Ksp3.
I plan to convert a few hundred songs from my beloved vinyl records to a digitial format, then onto CD and DVD.
Then I plan to convert most of my 6100+ 35mm slides to DVD.
I joined CDFREAKS in order to learn and exchange ideas and methods.

I will soon post a query about the problems I am having with a Liteon 812S and *.wma songs that I have downloaded.

I hope I can contribute.

Clayton

wcrrun

alejo_2000

Hi all,

I am a Help Desk Technician, I have been working with computers for a long time (formerly a Computer Tech), but lately I joined the US in the economic depression that is eating this country and haven't been able to afford any more tech gadgets, thus, I am a little behind on the latest and the best.

I am here to help and to be helped.

Thanks all!!!!

sghost

well first and foremost i would like to say hello to everyone on this forum second i hope i can contribute and help in any way possible so for everyone on here i say a great big hello and thanks for allowing me to be a member

leousb

Hello Everyone, my name is Leonardo, from Venezuela, and hope to learn a lot about cd/dvd technology and help in whatever i can. I´ve post already a few questions.
Cya all later . . .

aussietim

G'day mate.... (how cliche' i know.....)

I'm aussie tim. I'm 22 and been playing with things to see how they work since the commodore 64.... back in the days of the real nibbler. (more importantly, how to make em work better, and then more recently, for free! )

I stumbled across this site after a yahoo search on the ut2k4 playdisc, and thanks to all here, had it sorted in just under an hour.

I like anything loud (4 12 inch alpine subs in my HOME stereo system) or just generally kick ass, so computers have remained right up the top of my list.

anyway, hopefully i can maybe share a little around here and learn a lot in return.

Tim

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2 Samsung syncmaster 785 monitors $320
8 Liteon 52327s burners $480

The look on your wifes face as she comes home to find 1200 copies of all sorts of shizit after her 2 week vacation?
priceless