Hmm... so this is what happened to the SpaceOrb!
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the $499 price tag is definately just silly. for about $35, I bought the serial version in a slightly different piece of plastic, called the SpaceTec SpaceOrb.
1. Find awesome concept company about to go under and buy.
2. Change design a little, and sell for 5-6 times the price.
3. PROFIT!
I am sorry, but I still stand behind modifying a PS2 AsciiSphere (the console version of the same hardware! check the insides! identical parts!), or just simply getting a ps2 - usb adapter. cheaper cost, same quality.
I may just do that. Anyone know of any free/cheap hosting? My poor Cable would melt:)
CD/DVD recording, Windows ASPI troubleshooting, DVD+/- R/RW compatibility issues, software conflictions, driver conflictions, how to cook beans in 300 easy steps...
I already have much of this kind of material typed out, I just need a place to post. Anyone who wants this info available, just let me know where to go...
Later...
ok... now for the FACTS:
the XCopy series is ONLY for MPEG2, and Royalties ARE BEING PAID.
The recompression that is used in the XCopy programs is a technique known as Trans-coding. This process removes extra MPEG video information that lessens the quality slightly, but does not change keyframes or time. This is actually abusing some of the transport streams damage recovery, and dropping "less important" video information. This, applied in correct amounts at the right times, can shrink a DVD video to the required 4.36 gigs needed for writing to modern DVD R / RW discs. This DOES NOT change the format, as very few players support anything other than MPEG1/2, and the re-encoding process would take forever and a day!
Currently, the only program of theirs even using Mpeg4 is CopyPlus5, which does scaled-down AVI files for palm pilots. This feature is broken in current versions of DivX by the way... look elsewhere if you want to do that. chances of an update to DCP5 = slim to none.
oh, by the way, MPEG2 is owned by the MotionPictureExpertsGroup I believe, NOT DVDCCA. DVDCCA was created specifically for handling CSS and related tech, and licensing to the various technology companies.
Later...
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the $499 price tag is definately just silly. for about $35, I bought the serial version in a slightly different piece of plastic, called the SpaceTec SpaceOrb.
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:)
1. Find awesome concept company about to go under and buy.
2. Change design a little, and sell for 5-6 times the price.
3. PROFIT!
I am sorry, but I still stand behind modifying a PS2 AsciiSphere (the console version of the same hardware! check the insides! identical parts!), or just simply getting a ps2 - usb adapter. cheaper cost, same quality.
http://www.planethardware.com/spaceorb/asciisph
6 axis of awesome. Serious Sam was never quite the same after this toy
I may just do that. Anyone know of any free/cheap hosting? My poor Cable would melt :)
CD/DVD recording, Windows ASPI troubleshooting, DVD+/- R/RW compatibility issues, software conflictions, driver conflictions, how to cook beans in 300 easy steps...
I already have much of this kind of material typed out, I just need a place to post. Anyone who wants this info available, just let me know where to go... Later...
ok... now for the FACTS: the XCopy series is ONLY for MPEG2, and Royalties ARE BEING PAID. The recompression that is used in the XCopy programs is a technique known as Trans-coding. This process removes extra MPEG video information that lessens the quality slightly, but does not change keyframes or time. This is actually abusing some of the transport streams damage recovery, and dropping "less important" video information. This, applied in correct amounts at the right times, can shrink a DVD video to the required 4.36 gigs needed for writing to modern DVD R / RW discs. This DOES NOT change the format, as very few players support anything other than MPEG1/2, and the re-encoding process would take forever and a day! Currently, the only program of theirs even using Mpeg4 is CopyPlus5, which does scaled-down AVI files for palm pilots. This feature is broken in current versions of DivX by the way... look elsewhere if you want to do that. chances of an update to DCP5 = slim to none. oh, by the way, MPEG2 is owned by the MotionPictureExpertsGroup I believe, NOT DVDCCA. DVDCCA was created specifically for handling CSS and related tech, and licensing to the various technology companies. Later...