I have MakeCD 3.2d Public Beta 10.
I bought MakeCD 3.2b from HiSoft for 50 UKP and what was I greeted
with inside?
"This code will last 1 month, please send off for the full one"
I was disgusted! I paid good money for a temporary, half
functioning registration code . To get the full code I would
have to spend more money and give all personal details to Angela
Schmidt the programmer.
When I buy software I expect it to come complete. I was very impressed
with TurboPrint 7.50 which has a rock-solid copy protection mechanism
and registration encoder for the floppy.
MakeCD is a very good package but up until Public Beta 10 was quite
annoying and tempremental.
In it's favour (and in reference to what has been mentioned earlier)
the package includes PD software BRIC which does CRC checks on the
files to make sure no bits have gone missing.
Also, you can obtain the Linux port of VCDGear on Aminet:
http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/aminet/disk/cdrom/VCDGear.lhaThis will let you convert MPG (correct bitrate permitting) into
VideoCD for playing on CD32/Saturn/Playstation/DVD etc.
I think only MakeCD 3.2d Public Beta 10 supported VCDGear as it has an
input menu allowing the .BIN & .CUE ISO image format.
I love using MakeCD to burn MP3 `on the fly' to CDDA but I found it
can hang if you don't use the minimum burning settings, even on SCSI.
I once copied a Playstation disc as I had bought a commercial copy of
Command & Conquer:Red Alert-Retaliation and it only came with 1x disc.
Of course the game is supposed to come with 2x (Red & Blue - to allow
you to link both Playstations for 2-player skirmish). Copying the disc
gave me a feature I was entitled to under the original software's
package.
It copied well, and another legitimate use for copying Playstation CDs
is so you can replace the music tracks in WipEout for your very own!
This also worked well with MakeCD.
Everyone is entitled to back up software (including console games)
under law. A lot of people have experience of those black and blue
dye-based Playstation discs and how unreliable they are, especially
2nd hand ones covered with scratches.
What hasn't been mentioned is, since MakeCD is the Amiga's premier CD
mastering software, then you can expect it to support auto-booting of
CDTV and CD32 console discs. It supports their copyright files too.
Now, where is Angela's e-mail so I can get my full code.
:-D :-D :-D :-D
