VCD's and other crap

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i just got my ps2, and i have a few questions about stuff

1- is there any way to play VCD's?

2- does DVD-X mean u can backup DVD's straight to VHS?

3- can sum1 tell me a site which has a complete guide on backing up ps2 game....ive found all these worthless guides which all have stupid alternative mothods etc..

cheers

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i knew there was sumthing i forgot...

4- can anyone tell me a good backup program (cdrwin etc.) that runs on windows xp. Nero doesnt (although it claims it does), cdrwin (doesnt, to my knowlege). but, cloneCD does...the only thing is that u cant change any of the Read/Write options with the newer version...

Any help will do

[Charlie]

1- is there any way to play VCD's?
Don't remember but search the PS2 forum over the last 6 months on the keyword VCD where this was extensively discussed with a positive outcome, I believe.

2- does DVD-X mean u can backup DVD's straight to VHS?
Don't know Hope someone else answers this.

3- can sum1 tell me a site which has a complete guide on backing up ps2 game....ive found all these worthless guides which all have stupid alternative mothods etc.
What an insult. What do we volunteers get for our efforts other than criticism? You do it better, son, when you're the expert. Give up all your hours just to get it perfect so that when people like you come on in the future, they won't have to do a damn thing but criticise what has gone before. Bloody cheek.

That said, some of us are trying to improve things gradually and one such improvement is likely to come out shortly for CloneCD on ####://www.psxcopyworld.co.uk which is a very comprehensive site.

And if you think my DVD-R burning guides are "stupid", try and do better yourself. Bloody cheek.

[Charlie]

i knew there was sumthing i forgot...
that was to search the Forum. CD/DVD Utilities 24-Nov-01 where in reply to a similar question, and in response to your question-

4- can anyone tell me a good backup program (cdrwin etc.) that runs on windows xp. Nero doesnt (although it claims it does), cdrwin (doesnt, to my knowlege). but, cloneCD does...the only thing is that u cant change any of the Read/Write options with the newer version...

I wrote/write:

"I took a Windows XP PC that had no burning software on it and achieved complete success with CDRWin, Nero and CloneCD. These are the principal steps I used, note particularly step 2c) for CDRWin 3.8D:

STEPS
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1/
Plugged a Yamaha 2100S into the SCSI port. Recognised and installed by XP.

2/
a) Installed licensed version of CDRWin 3.8D. On loading, gave error message that ASPI layer not found

b) Installed Goldenhawk.com version of ASPI kit. It put wnaspint.dll in SYSTEM32 directory. CDRWin still did not work.

c) Renamed winaspint.dll to wnaspi32.dll. THIS TIME CDRWin 3.8D WORKED OK.

d) Upgraded to CDRWin 3.8F. This installed updated wnaspint.dll driver. So I renamed wnaspi32.dll to something else to see if 3.8F needed this name. CDRWin 3.8F worked with wnaspint.dll.

3/
Installed licensed Nero 5.0 and updated to Nero 5.5.5.1. Worked perfectly - no further manipulation required.

4/
Installed licensed CloneCD 3.0.8.1 and updated to 3.1.0.0. Worked perfectly - no further manipulation required.

CONCLUSIONS
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a) A fresh install of software is a guaranteed way with XP.

b) The ASPI layers for CDRWin and Nero are inter-operable

c) Point 2c above removes a problem with 3.8D and thus possibly with XP upgrades

Hope this helps "