Hi Kevin. I sure wish mine would play MP3's in folders. I guess I'll have to keep that in mind when I get my next DVD player. Ah, maybe I'll get a DVD recorder. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:06 PM Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive
> Hi Kathy. > > I have a Panasonic DVD player that will play MP3 files. However, you have > to have all tracks at the root level. That is, you can't play MP3 files > that have been saved in folders that are burned to the disc. Like you, I > also had a portable MP3 player, a Phillips machine. With the portable > player I could have folders with tracks inside them and it would play all > files as it was able to drill down into the folders. Maybe your DVD > player > can't drill down into folders. > > Regards. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy and Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:23 AM > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > >> Hi Kevin. I have a dvd player. It's a Tosheba, 5 cd changer. It plays >> cds, dvds, mp3s, and wma files. A friend tried to help me use the menus > to >> try and play an mp3 disk. The dvd player played the first 9 mp3 tracks. >> Then it kept going back to the first track. I called the store where I >> purchased it. They told me unless I had it connected to a tv, I wouldn't > be >> able to use the menus. I have a little mp3 walkman. It plays all the >> tracks just fine. What do you think? Is this doable? Is there a way to >> get to the next mp3 folder? Thanks so much for yours or anyone else's >> input. Have a good one. >> >> Kathy >> >> Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these >> things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6 33, KJV. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:00 PM >> Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive >> >> >> > Hi Kevin! With the DVD player I have now, I can play the WMA files I > have >> > on some disks, where I wasn't able to on my previous DVD player! I > guess >> > that more MP3 CD players are allowing for the WMA format! >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:09 PM >> > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive >> > >> > >> >> Hi Scott. >> >> >> >> I'm using windows media player to archive my CD collection using WMA >> >> lossless as my choice of format. >> >> >> >> As it says, it's a lossless format and so quality is guaranteed. >> >> Therefore, >> >> if you want to burn to CD in the future and play on a real hi-fi > system, >> >> you're going to get the full frequency range. This is where I've > noticed >> >> the compression in MP3 files that otherwise sound great when played on > a >> >> computer or portable device. >> >> >> >> There are other lossless formats but I think those have disadvantages. >> >> Flak >> >> and OG aren't really supported out there in mainstream players very > often >> >> whereas WMA is and I don't think Microsoft are going to go away too >> >> quickly >> >> so the format will be around for a considerable number of years. WAV > is >> >> uncompressed and so is larger than WMA files but even more of a >> >> disadvantage >> >> is that you don't have any ID3 tags in WAV files. >> >> >> >> A typical WMA lossless track of about 5 mins can be around the 30MB > mark >> >> but >> >> memory is cheap. >> >> >> >> I convert my music down to 128kbps on the fly when loading up my > portable >> >> MP3 hard drive player so there's no problems in taking at least some >> >> of >> >> my >> >> collection with me when I travel. You could though create MP3 files > from >> >> the WMA files by using a program like Goldwave. Because you're >> >> converting >> >> from a lossless format, you are able to go ahead and create files in >> >> other >> >> formats from your WMA masters without losing quality due to mixing and >> >> matching of formats. You will of course get quality degradation by >> >> reducing >> >> the bit rates. >> >> >> >> So, just to be clear, I rip to WMA lossless and keep those files as >> >> my >> >> archive masters. I store them on an external hard drive and don't > touch >> >> these again. If I want to shrink the music to take away from the >> >> computer, >> >> I use Goldwave to create new smaller MP3 files or use the morph > function >> >> that comes with my notmad explorer software to shrink the music on the >> >> fly >> >> as I load my Creative jukebox. >> >> >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> Kevin >> >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Scott Blanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:46 AM >> >> Subject: transferring music collection to hard drive >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi folks, >> >>> >> >>> I have a number of cd's that I am considering copying to my hard > drive; >> >> I've >> >>> had those discs for many years and I am concerned about deterioration >> >> and/or >> >>> scratching, etc. However, I don't know what file format I should > convert >> >> the >> >>> tracks into. I have free versions of Real Player and Winamp, and of >> >> course, >> >>> Windows Media. With those, I know I can choose between mp3, WMA, and >> >>> possibly another format using the newest version of Winamp. What I > would >> >>> like to accomplish is converting the tracks into a high quality file >> >>> that >> >>> does not take up too much space. >> >>> >> >>> For those of you who have converted a large number of discs into >> >>> audio >> >>> files, what format did you choose and why? Should I shell out money > for >> >>> a >> >>> more powerful program than the ones I've already mentioned? >> >>> >> >>> Very curious, >> >>> Scott >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>> >> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> > http://www.pc-audio.org >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
