[CS-FSLUG] Disc copier or computer and program needed

[davidm at hisfeet.net]

Thanks Tim.  I saw Philips system, but didnt ask enough questions. Being
able to pop out quantities of the same language in a short time is
important.   having more recordings and more languages available on short
notice is even more important.  ease of use is also important.

I'm still using the old done. It still makes good copies, but then
sometimes pushes them all out, and sometimes not, or if it does and you
happen to be distracted for a second it will draw them back in, confusing
the error messages on it's tiny little screen so that we can't know if the
recordings just made are good or not without trying each one out.  I need
to do something about this This summer.

Dave

> Hi David,
> When do you need to have your new device by?
>
> My brother, Philip, built a device of his own for the DC outreach.
> He found that with an i7 processor, he could burn 9 simultaneous
> copies.  The problem with most burners / software is that they are
> designed to do one copy at a time.  So the software takes the audio
> files, processes them to turn them into an iso image, then burns
> them.  There is a fair bit of processing time taken with the prep.
> But an i7 processor has the capability to handle 9 completely
> separate streams at the same time.
>
> So he had a large tower with an i7 processor.  He used XP Pro because
> he was used to it.  The CD-burning program he used was
> CDBurnerXP-Pro.  He was looking to build a device that he could be
> burning multiple simultaneous languages with, and that is what he
> came up with.  The down side is that, it was not as streamlined when
> you had one language that you wanted nine copies of.
>
> Philip had a number of Sony burners that he did not like, and he was
> slowly replacing.  I do not know what brand he was moving towards.
>
> The DC outreach is this 4th of July, and the new director of that
> project switched to having multiple burning stations instead of "one
> station to rule them all."  So there may be a chance that Philip's
> station may be available after the 4th of July if they ended up not
> using it.    Not sure about that, but it might be worth corresponding
> with my parents on that one.
>
>      - Tim Young
>
> On 5/12/2011 2:34 AM, davidm at hisfeet.net wrote:
>> About 6 or 7 years ago we saw the need to move from distributing gospel
>> audio cassettes and VHS gospel movies to distributing discs. We work
>> primarily with people who are illiterate or nearly so, and often do not
>> speak well any language in which the gospel is commonly preached.
>>
>> Accordingly we investigated and obtained a "duplicating tower" capable
>> of
>> duplicating 7 discs CD or DVD. Twice we have had to replace the 8
>> "burners", because the mechanism that moves the tray to recieve the
>> blank
>> disc. or eject the recorded one was worn out. Now we are at that point
>> again, *but*
>>
>> The burners needed are the outdated ide type. So we are faced with the
>> prospect of changeing the entire system.  I have been making some
>> inquiry:
>> We will need one that will produce eight discs at a time, and one that
>> has
>> a large hard drive, perhaps 2T. I haven't found one available with those
>> specs.
>>
>> Does  anyone know if the new SATA "controller cards" are capable of a
>> hard
>> disc that size? If so I could put one together from purchased parts. Or:
>> If I can find an appropriate case, and a Program to run multiple burners
>> simultaneously and efficiently, maybe a better answer would be to build
>> a
>> computer with 8 DC/DVD burners, and a large hard drive or two.
>>
>> Does anyone know of the availablilty of such a computer case? And such a
>> "burner" program? Also, Can you tell which "burners" are the more
>> durable,
>> or are there any that really stand out?
>>
>> Dave McMullen
>>
>>
>>
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