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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: soundcheck on October 07, 2006, 06:30:57 am

Title: MC Ripping - ASPI supported?
Post by: soundcheck on October 07, 2006, 06:30:57 am

Hi there.

I'd like to try to use the  MC ripping feature instead of EAC.

EAC offered an external interface to use ASPI drivers instead of the internal win32 drivers.

Is there an option to configure e.g. ForceAspi in MC.

THX

Title: Re: MC Ripping - ASPI supported?
Post by: Alex B on October 07, 2006, 07:02:28 am

I have Adaptec ASPI installed. MC supports it automatically.

I don't know about ForceAspi. I have never heard of it before. Is it somehow special?

My system info from the Help menu:

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Media Center Registered 11.1.200 -- C:\Soft\MC\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2781 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 408 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2800 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2800 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2800 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0002) , ASPI for Win32         DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0002)

Ripping /   Drive F: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-W162C  Mode:ModeSecure  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive G: HL-DT-STRW/DVD GCC-4480B  Mode:ModeSecure  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive F: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-W162C   Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  BurnProof:Yes
  Drive G: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B   Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Title: Re: MC Ripping - ASPI supported?
Post by: Jaguu on October 07, 2006, 07:20:02 am

As far as I know you do not need ASPI any longer with Windows XP. The last ASPI driver I installed was many years ago, I think Windows 2000 needed it.

Title: Re: MC Ripping - ASPI supported?
Post by: soundcheck on October 07, 2006, 08:55:53 am

Force ASPI is a driver that provides ASPI support also on non SCSI devices.
The application gets better control over the drive - at least that's what I read.
It passes certain Windows processes by. ASPI is supposed to be better and more reliable than the SPTI driver introduced by XP. Though I don't know if this changed recently.

The Adaptec Windows versions works afaik on scsi drives only.

I had Force ASPI installed und used it with EAC.

Find below a link:

http://radified.com/ASPI/forceaspi.htm