@ChrisH

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Slayer can't put his hand up

Slayer thinks Gebrochen should probably be the one for this since Gebrochen has a history of speed test considerations, via MakeCD and AmiDVD writing preferences

@brotsalami

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thanks for the heads up

seriously though, You'll be more than welcome

btw, what's this darn obsession with having small cpu cases, put it on the floor and it needs some weight, also, more space inside means ease of evaluation and installation. Take it easy

@brotsalami

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I'm referring to me as in 2ND machine, I already have a SAMep 440 non flex model...

for my next SAM, I want a 1gig UP processor

sorry to confuse you

@brotsalami

I've never brought a tower case for a pc because I've always used an Amiga system.

I ended up picking up a Thermaltake Matrix VD2000BNS and I have to say I don't think I'd use anything else... lol

It cost $200.00 for it but I'm sold, I'm going to buy another shortly and put it away to host my next SAM... probably won't get a flex, not powerful enough.

Go for it now though do not wait, the NG Amiga is GREAT!

but look, I just brought another A4000 auction, MAD as a maggot I tell ya that's number 9 heh

@jahc

lol

But that is also what is wrong with the world jahc, no one makes things matter

It is okay, I didn't expect any warm feelings, it just plants that seed

being laid back is a false sense of doing what's right

Hello All

I've noticed there are a couple of part-timers on here that seem to just draw on the expertise of people within this community that give very little (this means it's questionable whether it warrants identifable thanks) or no acknowledgement when there request is filled.

I want your help to end this.

Don't help them

And there is one old arguement that frankly I don't care to hear and that is: someone else will benefit by reading that thread. My answer has always been the same, That person will start there own thread if the need is great enough.

One thing I can't stand to see in a community is ignorance.

You get what you want, so show some acknowledgement.

simple maths

My time matters to me, make your time matter to you!

@TiredOfLife

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Yip! I certainly find 'on the fly' is certainly slower to alot slower than buring say 5x700meg files. If you created an image first I dear say that would be even quicker than the 5x700meg but then of course, you add the time it took to create the image and the 5 images would come out on top in the end, I would think, anyway

@Gebrochen

Yes but on the A1 and burning to that DVDRW Drive with Frying Pan it would burn a full DVD in 8 mins

Always used 16x TDK DVD-R

I am going to try and get the same brand of DVDRW for the SAM but SATA

If that doesn't work then I give up

Thanks for your supportive post

@daveyw

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I'm a little confused, are you taking about the physical DVD? Or are you taking about the file format? If you are taking about the physical DVD then copy across the files first or try a different DVD medium. If you are taking about the file format then check to see if you can't change how your DVD recorder records its recording. eg My DVD recorder can record audio in PCM (default) or Mp3 (needs to be selected) The video is always MPeg.

Or maybe I am way off the track and therefore, do not worry

I installed Songplayer once to listen to some mp3s I'd created for someone as a favour and only had to install the mpeg lib from OS4depot and I must say sound from o'SAM is pretty good!

But I don't actually listen to music as a choice so perhaps my vote doesn't really count

It is another option for those which are having difficult with other setups

@nubechecorre

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yes, and ideas are good. don't let flag burning Slayer's words worry you

in the end we are all pure opinion (based on fact or otherwise) , right or wrong is pretty much decided on chance of ratio within the collective group.

I have a bad habit of being quite the cynic and clinically practical to a fault, but I adore logic and there isn't really an alternative... heh, yikes, listen to me :-p

Can ya tell I've only had one hour sleep, it was so hot last night I ended up getting up at 4am!

@nubechecorre

Ideas like this always sound good but it's a bit like the o' tradesman arrives to do a job for you around the house and you're there keeping an eye on them to ensure they do what you want. Some people don't mind, alot of people do.

I wouldn't want someone breathing down my neck personally and if the site doesn't update for a defined amount of time? It'll just give fuel to some of those people out there that have little patience for inactivity.

If there is anything to be said that we need to really hear then the people involved have many avenues to inform us, via this site or others.

We don't have to be an active part of the creation; that's what feedback in the traditional way is for.

It's just one of those things I think, the world is obsessed with being an open book or everyone is everyones next door neigbour, I like space and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

But hey, I'm not trying to be over the top, heck, Rogue and Co may even like the idea. It's just not the way I'm betting

@padrino

Sounds pretty good indeed!

downloaded it and will try it later on, thanks padrino!

@padrino

Sounds pretty good indeed!

downloaded it and will try it later on, thanks padrino!

@AJS

I tried it briefly last night, it does warrant further use

@Antique

After the first grim reaper I increased the icon stack to 100000 however this didn't make any difference... it happens as follows:

I select the torrent and after it displays some information about it and the contents of the file to be downloaded it proceeds to convey:

Total: 1404 MB
Directory: Auto-Installer.Deluxe.v4.40.Xbox-Hq
warn. couldn't set bit field refer file "1:DL/Auto-Installer.Deluxe.v4.40.xb
This is normal if you are seeding.
Listening on 0.0.0.0:2706

The GR appears:

Guru Meditation: 80000003
Task 0x5bbddc60 ("ctorrent"}
generated an error of type DSI (Data Storage Interrupt)
on address 0x6fb4c7a8
Redzone was not damaged
Stackpointer is inside bounds

I haven't tried higher stacks than 100,000 but that should be plenty anyway?

1:DL/ is my download partition

I suspect in that warn line it cu off at xb is because the window displayed isn't wide enough?

hope that helps?

@TiredOfLife

Yes I have and no worries, always look at the obvious! It's a good starting point for the not so obvious? hmm

@jahc

at least we're shipmates

I've always used TDK16x DVD-Rs

Lets see if anything else turns up

I am not completely happy with the speeds writing to DVD via FryingPan and I'm just wondering if there something I can do as in regards to getting a different brand of DVDRW and/or a different type of HD to write from.

I have a brand new 160g Western Digital that hosts workbench and the download directory and a brand new 320g Seagate that hosts storage material and I usually burn from that HD

The DVDRW is a ASUS DRW-2014S1T a drive I know little about and one I wouldn't have probably brought if there were anything else SATA available in the store.

here is the print out of the drives and settings, I noticed an extra setting on the 320g perhaps it's not good? I took someones advise about using GGGG to setenv etc...

idetool -u sii3114ide.device 0
-------------------Unit 0 information------------------------
Flags : $00000187 - present, LBA48 used, supports DMA, ATA, supports cache flush, interrupts used,
Xfer mode : best pio 12 (PIO 4, 16 MB/s) / best dma 70 (UDMA 6, 133 MB/s) / current 70 (UDMA 6, 133 MB/s)
Total blocks : 312581808
Blocksize : 512
Power mode : 2 / idle (ready for operation)
IO1 / IO2 / BMCR @ : $1100 / $110A / $1120

idetool -u sii3114ide.device 1
*** Error opening device sii3114ide.device / unit 1

idetool -u sii3114ide.device 2
-------------------Unit 2 information------------------------
Flags : $000001A7 - present, LBA48 used, supports DMA, ATA, supports acoustic mgmt, supports cache flush, interrupts used,
Xfer mode : best pio 12 (PIO 4, 16 MB/s) / best dma 70 (UDMA 6, 133 MB/s) / current 70 (UDMA 6, 133 MB/s)
Total blocks : 625142448
Blocksize : 512
Power mode : 2 / idle (ready for operation)
IO1 / IO2 / BMCR @ : $1110 / $111A / $1128

idetool -u sii3114ide.device 3
-------------------Unit 3 information------------------------
Flags : $0000011D - present, supports DMA, removable media, ATAPI, interrupts used,
Xfer mode : best pio 12 (PIO 4, 16 MB/s) / best dma 68 (UDMA 4, 66 MB/s) / current 68 (UDMA 4, 66 MB/s)
Total blocks : 0
Blocksize : 0
SCSI devtyp : 5
Packet size : 12
Current medium read speed : x 65535 ('65535' stands for max.)
Current medium write speed : x 65535 (idem)
Power mode : 2 / idle (ready for operation)
IO1 / IO2 / BMCR @ : $1110 / $111A / $1128

when I use say makecd to burn a CD or whatnot it FLIES along... burning a full cd in 3 mins...

any ideas?

I know I haven't given you any ideas about how fast it burns a dvd but lets put it this way, the dead A1 could burn a dvd in under 10mins... this SAM to DVDRW is taking almost 30mins to do the same thing...

edit: just noticed the 320 is running JXFileSystem4 4.33 I was meaning to convert them all back to SFS, perhaps that has some bearing on the matter; just quickly checked, all partitions are 512 blocks and sporting 1024 buffers

the partitions on the 160 use SFS and they would be the same settings and I seem to remember having better speed from that HD when burning... not entirely sure though

I'm a little confused here because I thought SATA was a good step forward, perhaps it's just the same as IDE just a different plug? you'd think everything would be perfectly sorted these days

@yescop

Small update, got it going, my first torrent! and woha, average speed was 400k/s I didn't think that was too bad

but ctorrent with gui didn't work, kept returning that it couldn't bind to it or something then a line about listening on 0,0,0,2764 or there abouts

I downloaded transmission with a gui and that worked flawlessly

again, thanks for getting me started

@yescop

Invauable yescop, thank you for bothering!

Good suggestions and welcome imformation! have a beer on me on Friday night!