About ASPI layers

[MoonWalker]

Well, I have formated my PC and installed again WinXP..My question is which aspi layers should I install? I have an ACER DVD 16x and a SCSI Plextor 40x..I Rip movies and audio cd's.I was thinking the adaptec's one but I read somewhere that they are not supported by EAC...

Thanks,
MoonWalker

[Doom9]

While Forceaspi hasn't specifically designed for WinXP and the underlying Adaptec 4.60 layer is not WinXP certified that ASPI layer is the only one I use and I haven't had any problems with it so far.

[Ookami]

Wimpy recommends that you should NOT use Force ASPI with Windows XP!

I use the Ahead ASPI in the folders of the programs that need one. Just like Wimpy recommends :) . I used it so far with EAC, CDex etc. But I use XP only since about a month...

BTW, be sure to check Flexion.org and his articles when Flexion.org will reopen!

Cheers,

Mijo.

[Doom9]

I have to disagree with Wimpy here.. I've used WinXP ever since it was released (and betas before that though they were rather crappy) and the programs I use (SmartRipper, DVD Decrypter, ADVDInfo) didn't have any problem whatsoever with XP. And don't count out the fact that the installation of forceaspi (and no other asip layer) is part of certain guides, forceaspi is the only aspi layer avaible on my site meaning there's a large number of people who are using that combination successfully every day.

[tiki4]

I second the opinion of doom9. The only ASPI layer I was able to use successfully in all Windows version (Windows 98/SE, NT 4, 2000, XP) is Adaptec ASPI 4.60. As I own a Adaptec SCSI card I don't have to use ForceASPI.
I don't know why Adaptec says that its ASPI 4.60 won't work with Windows XP. This is definitely not true.
On the other hand I wasn't able to use the latest 4.71 from Adaptec. It seems that most ripping programs (CD and DVD) I use cannot work with the newer version. Usually they don't find any ASPI device. Also I'm pretty much sure that EAC works very well with Adaptec ASPI 4.60.

Regards,

tiki4

[Ookami]

Doom9 & tiki4, it seems that I failed to write my thoughts clear enough.

Ok, second try:

- Wimpy does not recommend the usage of Force ASPI with Windows XP as it was written (Force ASPI) before Windows XP was available (there were some users that reported problems with it)

- After installing the 4.60 ASPI from Adaptec I had to do a rollback (or whatever the name is) on my system, so it seems that there are some problems with v4.60 (BTW, I have Adaptec hardware installed)

- Of course EAC works fine with 4.60, I never implied something else as I have used EAC + 4.60 for years (only version 4.71 had (has?) some problems with EAC et all)

- Instead of installing ASPI layer in the windows system directory, Wimpy, had the idea (recommends) that you can easily copy a ASPI dll in the directory of the program that needs one (like CDex). It works fine as I did that with my Windows XP installation

- I don't know if it was correct to mention this thing as Flexion is still not reopened, but now it's too late :( . Next time, I shall think first then post. If you read this, Wimpy, sorry...

Cheers,

Mijo.

[((( atom )))]

the problem with newer aspi-version seems to be, that adaptec indeed forgot to register the files so that all apps would know to use it. there is a fix for that, wich i will paste as text so no validating has to be done.. simply copy and paste everything INEBETWEEN the dashes into a text-file and rename it to aspifix.reg or something like it..
this works with aspi 4.71 just fine on several windows installations i made using everything from cd-writing over ripping to dae (eac).

hope it helps..

/jc

----------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Aspi32]
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Type"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Aspi32\Parameters]
"ExcludeMiniports"=""
----------------------------------------------------------------

[tiki4]

Thanks Justin (hope that's your name).