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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by tjoff on Thursday January 26, 2023 @02:31AM (#34528750)
And the result after recompression is impeccable so it is not a big deal. It is just a bit cumbersome.
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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by lfodofod on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:10AM (#34529048)
The result after recompression is far from impeccable.
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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by tjoff on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:58AM (#34529352)
On high bitrate content you wouldn't notice.
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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by lfodofod on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:58AM (#34529766)
Sure, but you get to push your encoder settings far less than you otherwise could. You always end up with either significantly bigger files or significantly lower quality.
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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by Dylan16807 on Saturday January 28, 2023 @02:36AM (#34555941)
It's significant closer to 5 percent or 50 percent?
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