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Oh, right, no, I don't even get that far. It says something about protection and incompatibility and... I get as far as a blank screen then the error message, BUT I can play the whole thing fine in Media Player which is just weird.

patrick wrote:My usual source hasn't been able to get the Minimal DVD. Does anyone know any reliable (and inexpensive) online shops?

I've found Ideal Copy to be incredibly reliable. Decent pricing and okay shipping times in the US. Their customer service is excellent.

Minimal DVD

Good luck,

Morgan

technotrancemix!

That's strange so many of you are having problems. Mine plays fine in my PC and my DVD Player.

Ramzy wrote: I've encountered 7"s (non-PSB) before that have been defective in every copy I've tried and EMI haven't done anything about.

NYC Boy 2x12" single ring any bells?!!

Most of the audio tracks jump on my DVD player.

ahhh same here. Just tried it for the first time.

Audio tracks ripped ok tho.

stew wrote:technotrancemix!

hello! how are you?

What was wrong with the New York city boy promo? I'm intrigued slash out of the loop.

I've had no problem playing or ripping either DVD on my Mac...

DVD does'nt play on my PC or DVD player, but it works on my playstation!!!!

Ramzy wrote:What was wrong with the New York city boy promo? I'm intrigued slash out of the loop.

All the copies were warped due to a pressing fault.

I played the video once
Ripped the audio
And I have a nice little CD that plays everything and I can crank up - including downloads.
The originals I just file away...

Shock Horror!
Just got an e-mail from Amazon informing me that they have dispatched my 'Minimal' DVD!

StevePSB wrote:Plays silly buggers on my PC too. The menu plays in fits and starts, but if you choose from the menu quik enough, the video track plays fine.

If this is protection, it stinks. :(


StevePSB

My disc wouldn't read in my external usb drive, but would in in the internal.
So I ripped the data from it and use my backup. The video is a .wmv on my harddisk.
I expect one day shall get PopArt 2.

Also my burning rights expired or something so that were fun too.

I'm going to do a post on what to use later because it's a bloody nuisance and I think I have a good idea on what works and doesn't from last two singles messaround.

I still would rather have a dvd than a CD for the video though - I can rip the DVD and you have to do it for everything else now anyway. Protections encourages piracy more - I would only rip to make a compilation if the defaults played fine. And not everyone can rip so easily.

Minimal (UK maxi-single) (CD3)
01. - Data Track (1:54) - My version of U-MYX hack, lyrics and my u-myx files.
02. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Radio edit) (3:40)
03. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (M-Factor mix) (8:47)
04. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (M-Factor dub) (7:42)
05. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Tocadisco's Sunday at Space mix) (8:05)
06. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Telex Heaven remix) (4:34)
07. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Telex Hell remix) (6:18)
08. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Lobe remix) (4:49)
09. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L remix) (5:40)
10. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L dub) (5:37)
11. Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Superchumbos light and shade dub) (8:26)
12. Pet Shop Boys - Blue on blue (3:15)
13. Pet Shop Boys - In private (7-inch mix) (4:15)
14. Pet Shop Boys - No time for tears (7-inch mix) (3:37)

This is the best compromise as if I overburn the disc (ie add Chris Lowe's Summer mix.umx) as a .wav, then my audio cd skips on occasions. So this is in original format with the normal minimal.umx. Has taken all day to get right - I'm fussy! But looks good now though. I have the CD backed up as a CloneCD image now has no protection - comes back with CDText, U-MYX and everything. ;)