I wrote a C program a few years ago to make an image copy of DOS floppy disks. This was so I could preserve bootable floppies. (It doesn't deal with copy protected disks.)
It's a DOS program itself because it uses DOS to access the FAT tables. So it needs to run on Windows XP or earlier, or use a DOS box.
Cool video! Too bad it doesn't go in the details of copy protection. What they were doing those days was truly devious and hellish :-) (and hacking them was even more :-) )
This is the eternal struggle of trying to write about something like this on the modern internet. The video is the flashy thing that gets attention (and revenue which allows me to do this as my job) but the written part is just talking into a void and hoping someone notices. I agree this type of information is best presented in text which is why I made an effort to produce a written component as well. But there's no way that article would have ended up linked somewhere like here.
This is a great example of work “community” can do. We're in “Web 2.0” era, after all.
Dedicated fans can make a nice transcript, take screenshots when needed, and, usually with the blessing of the author, post it somewhere. It can also be turned into decent subtitles and attached to original video. Speech recognition can provide basic timestamps, then lots of merging and splitting in subtitle editor can happen, and correct text can overwrite the mess.
Rough estimate is 1 day of work for 1 hour of video. Commercial channels simply hire someone to do that before release. Author of the video in question has already provided the script himself.
When YouTube disappears, using the article, and keeping copies of videos in an on-demand archive (e. g. big torrent) would be easier than providing a streamable copies of all videos for everyone.
Comments on certain channels are important assembly points of knowledgeable people, and should be saved, too. Google might have a negative opinion on copying “its” data to other public web pages, but Goggle is not forever.
I really like videos that teach me a ton of things for something I'm never ever going to use.
This was really enjoyable, thanks.
I wrote a C program a few years ago to make an image copy of DOS floppy disks. This was so I could preserve bootable floppies. (It doesn't deal with copy protected disks.)
It's a DOS program itself because it uses DOS to access the FAT tables. So it needs to run on Windows XP or earlier, or use a DOS box.
I can put it up on github if anyone wants it.
please do
Ok. Check back tomorrow.
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Cool video! Too bad it doesn't go in the details of copy protection. What they were doing those days was truly devious and hellish :-) (and hacking them was even more :-) )
So a modern Copy II PC Option Board.
This is a great example of a YouTube video that should have been an article.
You mean https://wiki.techtangents.net/wiki/Floppy_Disk_Imaging which is linked from the video?
(I am the video/page creator)
This is the eternal struggle of trying to write about something like this on the modern internet. The video is the flashy thing that gets attention (and revenue which allows me to do this as my job) but the written part is just talking into a void and hoping someone notices. I agree this type of information is best presented in text which is why I made an effort to produce a written component as well. But there's no way that article would have ended up linked somewhere like here.
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This is a great example of work “community” can do. We're in “Web 2.0” era, after all.
Dedicated fans can make a nice transcript, take screenshots when needed, and, usually with the blessing of the author, post it somewhere. It can also be turned into decent subtitles and attached to original video. Speech recognition can provide basic timestamps, then lots of merging and splitting in subtitle editor can happen, and correct text can overwrite the mess.
Rough estimate is 1 day of work for 1 hour of video. Commercial channels simply hire someone to do that before release. Author of the video in question has already provided the script himself.
When YouTube disappears, using the article, and keeping copies of videos in an on-demand archive (e. g. big torrent) would be easier than providing a streamable copies of all videos for everyone.
Comments on certain channels are important assembly points of knowledgeable people, and should be saved, too. Google might have a negative opinion on copying “its” data to other public web pages, but Goggle is not forever.
I skimmed the linked article and I would have been lost and given up fairly quickly but watching the video I absorbed a lot more.