If I want to make a copy of a VCD, can I just copy it like a regular CD, or is there anything special I have to do -- am I misremembering there's something different about the way the files/tracks are laid down?
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Theodosia - Dec 17, 2005 4:05:14 am PST #6047 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
DXMachina - Dec 17, 2005 4:13:56 am PST #6048 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
If it's already in VCD format, yes, you can just copy it. If it's just a CD of the mpg file without the extra VCD format stuff, then you have to create a VCD from the mpg file.
Theodosia - Dec 17, 2005 4:16:12 am PST #6049 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Thanks, Ed! Yeah, it's a VCD all set up correctly and playable. The iVCD program actually creates all the files on my laptop in a folder (as well as burning them onto a blank CD), so I could just make another by copying those files over. Ex-cellent!
Jesse - Dec 17, 2005 6:07:21 am PST #6050 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I have a phone issue: I had all my phone numbers and stuff stored in my old phone, not in the SIM card, which made it a PITA to transfer. So now I'm putting them into the card, but it looks like if I have them in the new phone, I can attach photos to the phone book entries, which would be so fun! But would mean a new PITA when I get a new phone someday. I can't decide which to do. Any opinions?
le nubian - Dec 17, 2005 6:37:21 am PST #6051 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
how long does it take for the Ipod Updater? It's been 20-30 minutes already.
le nubian - Dec 17, 2005 6:52:00 am PST #6052 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I said fuck it and unplugged it.
Gris - Dec 17, 2005 10:37:21 am PST #6053 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Jesse, if you have faith that you'll be upgrading rather than breaking for your next phone, just keep them on the phone for now. There should be a setting somewhere that lets you "copy all" to the SIM card for transferring to your next phone.
§ ita § - Dec 17, 2005 10:46:29 am PST #6054 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LeN, that's what I ended up doing, and stuff seems okay.
D-at least on my phone, you can't store photos (and other extended information) on the SIM so copy all isn't a complete solution.
I synch to my Mac, but I think there may be a Motorola-specific solution that involves a cable.
Gris - Dec 17, 2005 10:59:40 am PST #6055 of 10003
Hey. New board.
D-at least on my phone, you can't store photos (and other extended information) on the SIM so copy all isn't a complete solution.
Oh, I know. The SIM card also doesn't let you store multiple numbers for one contact and stuff like that (it copies from the phone to the sim card as Mother1, Mother2, Mother3 and so forth) But it lets you have the pictures NOW, and then still have the phone numbers when you switch. Better than nothing.
If you can sync the phone address book to the computer somehow, that's definitely a better overall solution. 's what I do, but I know many phone users don't want to bother with that.
§ ita § - Dec 17, 2005 11:06:22 am PST #6056 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought Jesse's question was about having to redo the pictures, so the SIM card doesn't fix that effort.
Jesse, thing is, unless your next phone is a RAZR, the phone entries might not even be compatible. So the photos will probably need to be redone anyway.