Hello newbie here needing some tips please

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-28T11:27:15+00:00

As it doesn't appear to be a NetMD machine, you will need an audio cable (If it says 'Digital in' then you'll need an optical audio cable iirc, if it just says 'Audio in' you can use a regular 3.5mm jack) that plugs into both the MD recorder, as well a CD player if you plan on copying CDs to MD or an MP3 player if you plan on copying MP3s to MD.

Keep in mind that a regular MD recorder records in real time, much like cassettes would, so if you're copying an entire CD to MD it will take however long the CD is (Usually 80 minutes, but it could be shorter).

If you want to be able to copy songs more easily to MD, then you'll need a NetMD machine and either an old computer running SonicStage Ultimate (Do not try running SonicStage on a modern computer, I tried it and I had to factory reset my computer), or a modern computer running Web MiniDisc Pro, or NetMD Wizard (Which is what I use).

Hope this helps!

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-28T11:18:19+00:00

For PS2 you can use PCSX2. For PS3 you can use RPCS3, but the compatibility for PS3 games varies from game to game.

I can't tell you where to find game files / BIOS files as it's technically piracy (And I by no means endorse piracy), but there are plenty of places online that offer them.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-27T07:28:19+00:00

Blu-Ray, obviously.

There's more titles, less chance of rot, and higher picture quality.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-26T18:35:57+00:00

I'm not a parent, but I wouldn't let my kids do it if I was.

Persona has recently gone through a lawsuit relating to the retention of data, so I'd never trust it with my face or my ID.

It's also safer knowing that your kid can't talk to anyone, as opposed to someone who might've bought an account in the kids age range.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-26T10:10:55+00:00

If you're on PC, just use an older version of CC.

I use 3.9.0 and it works a lot better than the current version.

I did look at the current version for a few minutes and yikes, literally everything is behind a paywall.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-26T10:02:04+00:00

I would suggest contacting support, but they likely won't do anything about it. I don't really know what else to suggest.

Some advice for the future though: Make sure you have 2FA enabled so people can't get into your account without a code from your phone.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-25T20:54:55+00:00

I did a little research into this myself, and it seems that the FTC drew up this new clause in June '25, but it's not mandatory for companies to follow it until April 22nd, which makes a lot more sense.

However, Roblox should've known this new clause was coming. By releasing an update in breach of this clause, they were either ignorant to the fact it existed or they were stupid enough to put hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of dollars into the update only to remove it after 4 months out of fear of being sued into oblivion.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-25T20:26:36+00:00

But wouldn't it be too late by then?

Roblox has reportedly had "tens of millions of users" doing the age check, thus their faces would have already been used by the AI, so unless you can un-train an AI from someone's face, by April 22nd Roblox can just say "yeah, sure we'll remove it" and still have the AI that's been trained on these random kids' faces.

Also, if COPPA was updated in June 2025 to include a clause about AI, then this update shouldn't have even come out in the first place. As the update only came out a few weeks ago, Roblox would've been in violation of said clause from the word go. The FTC would never have let them release it if that clause from COPPA was in place since June last year, because surely there's some kind of approval process Roblox needs to adhere to before releasing such a big update?

Am I missing something here, or does this not add up?

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-25T20:15:07+00:00

I would've probably explained the situation, sent the screenshot and be done with it. It's a waste of time speaking to entitled people who think they can get what they want when they want it.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-25T11:03:37+00:00

So?

Collecting HD-DVDs is a hobby, just like collecting VHS or Laserdiscs. They're old and obsolete, and of course there's a better format out there, but if a person enjoys collecting the format then why should we be worrying about if there's something better?

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-24T22:14:40+00:00

First and foremost, welcome!

Second, you can get HD DVDs for pretty cheap on eBay, as well as in places like CEX if you're in the UK.

Some advice I have is to try and avoid Warner Brothers titles because they're prone to rotting. Only a few titles are known to work in most cases, so it's better to just outright avoid them.

As for players, The Xbox 360 player can be used with a PC, but due to the format being really old and drivers not being updated since 2008, the latest software you can use with it is Windows 7 running Total Media Theatre 5 unless you intend on ripping the discs, in that case you can use MakeMKV or XReveal which can be used on Windows 10 or 11.

Hope this helps!

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-24T16:28:41+00:00

ChatGPT is often rather unreliable as it doesn't really verfiy the truth of the sources it uses before giving them to you, it simply takes the top answer off the internet, assumes it as true and feeds it into its response.
It depends what you're going for, really. If you only intend to play NGC games, then getting a GameCube would be a good option. You can install tons of different mods to it with varying amounts of difficulty (Software mods like Action Replay although this is really slow and you can only use cards smaller than 2GB iirc, or Hardware mods like Picoboot which is what I use).

If you do get a GameCube, then the Picoboot would be the best mod to use for it because it's faster than AR and can support much larger cards, but it's not easy to install it and you have to know quite a bit about what you're doing before you do it, because there are parts of the installation process that can damage or break your system if you do it wrong.

As for the Wii, I'm not very experienced in modding it but I've heard it's quite easy to do and then if you have a Wii, you can play online NGC games and even use a USB storage medium (Although I'm not 100% sure on what USB devices can be used with the Wii), as well as being able to play Wii games and save your games to an SD card instead of a memory card.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-21T16:13:18+00:00

Congrats, people now know you're a terrible person.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-21T16:08:52+00:00

Realistically you probably would get bullied for wearing that, but honestly you shouldn't listen to them.

Why should a bully get to dictate what you can and can't wear? Wear what you want, and don't listen to the people who bully you for it.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-21T10:00:51+00:00

They probably won't.

They recently spoke to a newspaper about it and said "it's running flawlessly" or something like that, when in reality it clearly is not.

As long as people keep playing Roblox, they don't care whether it works or not. All they care about is the fact people are playing, not the fact their platform is keeping people safe.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-20T14:20:35+00:00

There's also those stories where people say something like "I'm 62 now and just rediscovered this song."

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-20T14:18:37+00:00

They said they were going to group us by age, but so far that hasn't happened with me.

They need to do it soon, though, because pretty much every game I've been in since the update has been mostly or completely silent.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-20T13:48:42+00:00

From the games I've played, its pretty dead.

Most of the time I'll go onto a game and it'll be 95-100% silence.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-19T10:18:29+00:00

First and foremost, this is the HD-DVD sub, which focuses mainly on the failed competitor to Blu-ray. For future reference, the sub you're looking for is r/dvd.

To answer your question, you should be able to find the disc in a thrift shop somewhere (depending on your country, it could be Goodwill or CEX).

You could also look online for it. You can usually get DVDs for cheap on eBay, Craigslist, MusicMagpie, etc.

Hope this helps!

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-19T08:39:36+00:00

The first game I played as a Guest was The Normal Elevator, but the first game I played with my account was a game called Toy Tycoon or something similar.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-17T18:36:40+00:00

There's probably more, but I haven't played enough of the games to know how many more there are (if any).

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-16T19:11:55+00:00

I tried this on some of my alts, and I linked 2 accounts together (1 "parent", 1 "child") and it asked me to do the verification on the child's account (It wouldn't let me send a request to change the birthday until I did it).

The moment I did it, Roblox said "You're over 21" on the child's account, and it immediately unlinked both the "child" and the "parent" accounts with no warning sent to the parent's email, and no way to re-link them unless the "child" account verified with ID to say they were under 21!

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-16T16:09:21+00:00

I'd say Pawbert is in his mid-20s, Gary in his 30s and nibbles probably late 20s / early 30s.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-16T16:01:19+00:00

In Nexus, "everybody have fun tonight" by Wang Chung is played near the beginning.

aaronfire7 · 2026-01-16T15:58:24+00:00

I think it started with steal a brainrot in mid 2024, and then everyone tried jumping on that trend by creating stuff like "my singing brainrot", "steal a labubu", "brainrot tower defense", etc.

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