No, the cds I make are not VCDs and will not play on a
DVD player. They are data cds made to work on your computer using a
regular cd drive or dvd-rom drive.
A: I will accept cash, check, money order,
paypal - pick a payment type and wait to do any signing up until I after I
send you a confirmation email. Paypal can be used for
accepting both credit cards and electronic checks. US currency only will be
accepted. I take no responsibility for money lost through the mail.
Since Paypal recently changed there policy on credit card transactions, I was
forced to start a new account with them and now have to charge a fee of 3%
forr
credit card transactions.
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Q: Out of
Country Requests
A: I don't mind sending something out of the
country, but I'm not sure what the extra cost will come to and I will need
payment in us currency. Make note of what country and zip codes the cds
will to be
sent to in the comments field of the request form and I will contact you to make
arrangements and advise you of the extra cost. I recently checked with
the post office and global priority mail to Canada and Mexico is $8.00 up to one
pound.
Each country has there own
procedures for handling customs, it is your responsibility to check into what
your country might charge your for receiving an international package.
The US has different procedure for each country as well, some for our delivery
confirmation will be required with your request. All international
orders are declared at a value of $5 and as a gift, if you need me to make any
adjustments to what I declare, let me know.
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Q: Turnaround
Time?
A: I try to get burning as soon
as payment is received, sorry, but I can't start ahead of time. Obviously, the larger the request the longer it
will take and I work on a first come first serve basis, but generally requests
for under 8 cds (no compilations/special requests) should take three days to
be mailed from the day I receive payment. At times recently I have been getting backed up, I will let
you know if I am experiencing a delay. Please check the top of the page
to see what I am working at for turnaround time at the moment.
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Q: Trade/Sharing
Questions
A: I do take trades, but you will need
to contact me about what I will accept and how much I will give you in
return. If you want to send me something on streamload, my account is
linlee011. As downloading from streamload cost money I can't really
accept sending something to my streamload account as a real trade. Of
course, if you do send me something on cd I will make a copy of it and send your
original back with the cd copies I have made for you. Do to recent
problems, all trades must be received first before I send your request.
I found a site that does cd for
cd trade in the UK - http://www.animetradeuk.dot.nu
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Q: Quality
A: Of course quality is subjective, but I
have tried to give you a clue as to how good the video, sound, subbing is for
each series. Digital fansubs are really no substitution for animation
distributed by real production companies, although a rare few come close.
It is unfortunate that some series never seem to be bought by American
distributors and it is really great of fansubbers to make these series available
for avid fans to watch and understand. Feel free to ask me for more
information on any of the series quality. BTW, the Jenna scale is merely
my opinion of the show.
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Q:
Are the files compatible with my computer/software?
A: All the files are
previewed on my computer, I use Realplayer Basic 8,
Windows Media Player 6
&
Windows Media Player 7 and I have never had any problems running any
of the files on this list. I prefer using WMP 6, but I have found that
some files will only work on WMP 7 and only after it has auto-searched the
microsoft web site for updates/codecs. If I burn a cd for you, I will
include the player that coincides with the files on the cd, space permitting. Just a bit
of advice, if you are having problems install WMP 7, start up your internet
connection and try it again, the auto-search won't work if you are not
on-line. Every once in a while an avi file will actually play better on
Realplayer than it does on WMP, nothing on this list comes to mind though.
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Q:
What are the file formats?
AVI - Playable on both windows media player and realplayer
Binary/ASX
- Binary files, playable on windows media player and realplayer.
WM/WMP - Windows Media Player Files, also plays in realplayer
RM/RAM
- Realplayer files, will only play on Realplayer
VIV
- File made specifically for vivplayers. will not play on any other players
RT/SMIL
- Files that hold the actual subtitles to be used with the .rm
files. How to use: after downloading all three files
(.rm, .rt, .smil) open the .smil file, it will automatically open the .rm file
and the subtitles will appear below. Be sure not to
rename any of the files, also they must be kept in the same folder to
work successfully. By selecting the smil
file on the cds that I have made it will automatically work in realplayer, you
do not have to put the files on your harddrive to run them.
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Q: Where do you
get all the fansubs?
A: I get a lot of my stuff off of
Streamload, an on-line file storage site used for sharing images and video files.
You must have an account in order to download these files to your
computer. This
list is only what I have and is by no means the only fansubs available on
streamload. The best place to find fansubs is http://www.cuteworld.net
the download section has a list compiled of most of the anime available on
streamload and requests can be made on the cuteworld message board.
There are also tons of places on IRC, but I don't usually have the time to go
looking around, so I use streamload instead.
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Q:
How is Streamload's quality of service:
A: I have rarely
found anything on the internet that was actually available 24/7, so keeping
that in mind, streamload is a very good storage site. As everything in
life you should thoroughly read all documentation available, before making a
decision to buy. It is possible to be a freeloader and not have to pay
the basic $7.95 monthly fee for 1 GB of downloading, but I recommend joining. Being a freeloader is good for testing the system out, but is
extremely limiting for anime freaks such as myself. One last note,
streamload is meant for trading not really for storage, so you can't keep
files up there for an extended time without trading them, streamload keeps
track of how often a file is used, they keep popularity meters for each file
in your folder, and will delete it after a time.
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Q: What if I want
something that isn't on this list?
A: If you have something that you want burned on a cd for you that
it not shown here, first check the cuteworld streamload list, if it is not
licensed and available on streamload let me know and I'll request it and
burn it for you, depending on the circumstance I can't guarantee how long this
will take. If the files are not on the streamload list and is not
licensed, look for it out on the web, if you can find it somewhere I will
try my best to download it for you and burn it, again I can't guarantee how long it
will take or if it is even possible. Please no hentai stuff and I only
do anime.
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Q:
What if something on the request list is licensed?
A: Please advise me by email, including
the source of your information. And thanks for letting me know.
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Q:
Advice on playing the files
A: This is sort of a
reiteration of things that I have already said. First off, always make
sure when you are opening a file in whichever player that you are set to view
all file types. It sounds stupid, but you would be amazed at the amount
of people who think that files are not there because they were not paying
attention to this.
If you have any of the
following: no video, but have audio; received error unable to find proper
codec - for all formats except rm, first try installing the divx codec that I
put on the cd with your files. Second try using (or installing since it
should also be on the cd) WMP 7 and play the file while you are on-line and see
if the auto-search finds the appropriate codec to play the file. If it
doesn't search for any files, you may have taken that option off when you
installed the player. If everything else fails try using Realplayer. Every
once in a while an avi file will actually play better on Realplayer than it
does on WMP, nothing on this list comes to mind though.
For RMs you have to use
Realplayer, but it works pretty much the same and there are rarely any need
for getting updates, but if you have problems as stated above the player also
has an auto update search that will require you to be on-line while you trying
playing the file. The most common problems with RMs is that the video
will freeze and the audio will continue, unfortunately the only thing that I
have found to work is to skip ahead a few seconds on the file. There are
sometimes bad spots on a file and you will always have to skip them, they can
even cause the player to crash. The second most common problem, although
it really isn't a problem, is the rt & smil files. First, you always
open with the smil file, it will search for the rt and rm in the same folder,
so always keep the files together and never rename any of them-very
important. Second, try not to fast forward or stop while watching
these files, that can sometimes screw up the subtitles and they will start to
disappear or only show some of the words.
Lastly, trying shutting your
computer down completely for at least 10 seconds and rebooting.
Sometimes these files can really hog up memory and cause problems playing.
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Q: Other
Questions/Contact Info
A: If you have any other questions or
just want to contact me, email me at jlee011@sprintmail.
