Make a play list and see what happens? ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy and Tom To: PC audio discussion list. Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:23 PM 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]