Where's the MakeCD site?

[Paul_Gadd]

Yeah the thread has gone wacky  :lol:

Anyway glad you found MakeCD.

[lempkee]

alberon: its normal to flame like crazy when people like doommaster enters , its a shame but thats what happened to amiga.org and thats why i normally never visit it anymore.

[Zadoc]

Anyway glad you found MakeCD, use

H7Ur(removed rest of pirated keyfile)

to register it as private user with DAO.

Moderators:

How many times is Paul Gadd going to get away with posting links to warez sites, spreading serialz, and enabling piracy here on Amiga.Org when it is clearly against Amiga.Org's posting policies???

Paul_Gadd:

We are all painfully aware of your stance on piracy, but for the sake of others, and Amiga.Org itself, if you're going to spread pirated serial numbers, warez, keyfiles, could you pick somewhere else aside from Amiga.Org to do it, please?

[Paul_Gadd]

Actually it was supposed to be a PM to that guy, yeah i f**ked up the reply without checking it.

Paul,

You are hereby invited to visit other sites, as we are tired of constantly having to remind you of the policies here at Amiga.org.  

We really don't care how you feel about software piracy.  It is not allowed here.  "PM'ing software keys" or "f@#king up and posting it" are equally forbidden.  We've also had to continually edit your posts to remove insults and trolling, so we feel it would be best if you were to make your presence felt on another site as it's no longer wanted here.

Your account is hereby temporary suspended.

[alberonn]

Yeah, he PM'ed me the Keyfile, but I'll be buying the package as soon as I can anyway.

Our official stance is the ACUG doesn't support Piracy, which in our mind is copying any software that you can legally get otherwise.

MakeCD is still supported and buyable, therefore I'm paying for it, while some older stuff that you cannot register or find ANY other way to get is a different matter.

If we don't support the stuff it's gonna disappear and I don't like that idea myself.

[Hyperspeed]

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.lha

This 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

[Holley]

That was thorough :-D

I'd agree with that, making backups for your own use comes under 'fair use' of course.  Out of the 5 or so people I know still using playstations (ones), I think they have 500 games, and 10 originals between 'em though ;-)

Copying things that are unobtainable elsewhere is a bit of a grey area, thats more legal IP problems than anything else - thats more at the owner's discression, really.

[SilvrDrgn]

Zadoc wrote:

Moderators:

How many times is Paul Gadd going to get away with posting links to warez sites, spreading serialz, and enabling piracy here on Amiga.Org when it is clearly against Amiga.Org's posting policies???

How many times do we have to say that we're not omnipotent??  How many times have we asked for the users' help???  Lots!  The site is busy, and from time to time we may miss things.  Thankfully, Wayne took care of this one.

Note to everyone:  If you see a violation, don't just complain about it.  Send us a message using the "Contact Us" link on the left side of the page.  If we all work together, we can make this a much better place.  Thank you!