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The visually challenged drive
As some of you may know I went skydiving about week ago. Ofcourse I had it filmed.
What I got was a dvd showing me getting ready to jump, jumping, and eventually hitting the ground.
Some of my friends filmed it from the landing site, and I wanted to make on big montage out of it, so I decided to rip the dvd.
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Lets just say that didn't go as planned.
First I tried to show the dvd to my mother (who by the way totally flipped out when I told her I jumped out of a plane at 16.000 feet, lol)
I put the dvd in my dvd player, press play...and it says "NoDisc".
...ok. So I take out the dvd and I put it in my computer.
Again, nothing. #@@%^$#^#$! It worked at my dads house and at my friends house, what's wrong with this thing!?
I tell my mother I'll show her some other time, seeing as how the machine won't agree with me.
I thought maybe it'll play the ripped file, so lets just do that first.
I went on a mission troughout the internet, desperatly searching for a dvd ripper that actually WORKED.
The dvd I'm talking about was in a format called dvd+.
On my dvd drive itsself it said: DVD RW +/-, so I figured it could read and write both formats.
I downloaded like a million different dvd rippers, but none of them would rip it, or even admit there was a dvd LOADED.
Even Nero 7 (for wich I actually paid, lol) had the guts to tell me I was insane and I should insert a disc before trying to rip it.
So I went on yet another desperate search for how this was possible, and how I could get rid of the problem.
I remembered ince hearing something about different regions, and how you had to set up you dvd to your region.
So I went looking for some kind of patch or firware update that would make my computer recognize this dvd.
Nothing...
So I went into my system info, and looked for the exact type and brand of my dvd rewriter (it said nothing on the thing itsself...)
It turned out to be a Sony NEC 7170, so I went to NEC.com and went looking for my dvd player, hoping for some support or FAQ.
I was redericted to http://www.sonynec-optiarc.com/products/hhid_dvdrw/index.html# , Where I found the specs of my DVD...
It can WRITE this:
DVD+/-ROM
DVD+/-Video
CD-ROM(mode1,mode2)
CD-ROM XA/
CD-I
CD-DA(Audio CD)
CD Extra
CD-TEXT
PhotoCD
Video CD
it can READ:
DVD- ROM
CD- ROM
WHAT THE SON OF A SHIT IN A BAG OF FUCKING NUTCRAP!?
IT CAN WRITE STUFF IT COULDN'T READ BACK!?!?!
HOW IS THAT USEFULL, OR AT ALL LOGICAL!?!?!?
I COULD BY ACCIDENT BACKUP MY ENTIRE HARDISK ON DVD+, AND I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO ACCES IT!
THE STUPID THING IS LIKE A BLIND MAN! HE CAN DRAW A PICTURE, BUT HE COULDN'T LOOK AT IT AGAIN!!!!
WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOULD YOU MAKE AND SELL SUCH A CONTRAPTION!? WHY THE CRAP DID THEY BUILD ONE IN MY COMPUTER!
ITS ABSOLUTE FULL 100% SHIT!
I'D HAVE TO BUY A SECOND DRIVE TO OPEN WHAT I MADE ON THE FIRST ONE!
....wait a sec..THOSE FILTHY MONEYHUNGRY BASTARDS!
that's it. I'm gonna sue them
And I'm gonna make sure all evidence against me is put on DVD+,
so that it gets lost forever....
