tlug: Library Materials (Was CD-R reliability)

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Joe Marchak writes:
 > 
 > Marcus wrote:
 > 
 > > By the way is anybody interested in some Mpeg CDs. I have see all the
 > > stuff and I would through them away eventually. Most of them are ok. I 
 > > have about 40 now and only 3 or 4 have serious problems when you play
 > > them. I have Mpegs of the last 10 or so episode of Babylon 5 Seasson
 > > 4. The entire season 5 of X-files. The first 6 episodes of Voyager
 > > season 4 and DS9 season 6, respectively. And various Seinfeld,
 > > Frasier, Friends and Mad about You epsiodes that fill up whats left on 
 > > the CDs. They are all in English. 
 > 
 > I guess these are linux-related, since they were burned with linux 
 > drivers : )  You could give them to Jonathan for the library if he
 > wants to give them a home.
 > 
Yes, they are burned with cdrecord (that`s why they are not VideoCDs
:) ). We actually also wanted to sample them with Linux, but as I
explained in the other e-mail, DEC didn`t give us any specs, so a
driver for Linux will have to wait.

Marcus

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