PAQCompress v0.3.40 released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.40: This release adds paq8pxd v79. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 5
PAQCompress v0.3.39 released
Hi eveyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.39: This release adds paq8pxd v78. You can download it on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 7
Ritek Mini CD-R: Part 2
Hi everyone, Today, I burned a few more Ritek Mini CD-R media, where I found out they have a surface issue: I didn’t realized this, but it seems to be a plant manufacture problem. I opened another of the 100-pack I have and it have the same problem. The problem is that the data was burning fine, with no errors on my Lite-On iHAS524, but it failed to verify on some parts of the disk, as it was approaching the…
Installing Node.js 10.x on Ubuntu Focal (20.04) before the official release
Hi everyone, Today, I’ll guide you through the steps of installing Node.js 10.x on Ubuntu Focal (20.04) which is stated to be officially released on April 23, 2020. Right now, installing Node.js using the NodeSource Node.js official repositories do not work because they do not support unreleased versions of Ubuntu. You may think of using a previous Ubuntu repository in order to install Node.js, but this will actually not work. This is because Ubuntu 20.04 renamed the Python 2 packages…
PAQCompress v0.3.38 released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.38: This release adds paq8pxd v77. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 5
PAQCompress v0.3.37 released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.37: This release adds paq8pxd v76. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 1
Ritek Mini CD-R Photos and Quality Tests
Hi everyone, Yesterday, I received some Pocket/Mini CD-R I purchased on eBay, which were being sold for cheap due to them not being branded or not having their specs listed. The seller was selling 3 packs of 100 unbranded silver surface Mini CD-R, and since the price was lower compared to other branded media, I decided to buy all 3. The discs were wrapped with no spindle. The discs have a silver surface: Here we can see a single CD-R:…
Audio MD5 Checker v0.7 released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released Audio MD5 Checker v0.7: This version adds the ability to change the Frame Size by clicking on the new Set Frame Size link: Also, the Source Checksums and Frame Mistatches listbox are now resizable: You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 6
Audio MD5 Checker v0.6 released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released Audio MD5 Checker v0.6: This release adds support for .m4a files. You can download this version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 9
Audio MD5 Checker v0.5 released!
Hi everyone, Today, I have released Audio MD5 Checker v0.5: This release adds a FrameMD5 check in addition to the usual MD5 check performed to the audio stream. This makes it possible to see where the mismatches are in a file. Here’s how to use the new MD5 feature of it: All files will be checked with both MD5 and FrameMD5. When the file checking finishes, double click on either the source or comparison file. The whole FrameMD5 information will…