I’ll send the article on turning your Mac into a Blu-Ray player as a separate eMail so you’ll be able to identify it <smile>.
********** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane > On 19 Oct 2014, at 2:52 pm, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Seriously dude? Epic! Please if you haven't lost it, send me a link to the > article. This was one of the downsides to a Mac for me. Not a big one if it's > a secondary machine. I'd love to know how to make a Mac play Blu-Ray. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:39 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Apple's New Operating System With FaceTime, Sample 01 > > Looking at the specs now, the Mac Mini is cheaper than ever though the CPU’s > used in the 2 base models aren’t as powerful as the 2012 Mac Mini I have or > the top of the line Mac Mini Machine but all the same, they’re an excellent > computer to work with if you want to do audio production, use it as a media > hub and so on, just found an article on how to turn a Mac into a fully > functional Blu-Ray player and that’s handy to know since it probably would > have even more power and flexibility than does my current Blu-Ray playing > solution, the Sony Play Station III. > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > grtd...@internode.on.net > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > >> On 19 Oct 2014, at 11:57 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Oh yeah dude. That sounds like a cool processor. Well as long as it's Ivi >> bridge then I guess that could be cool. I just thought for some reason that >> mac was on sandy bridge or worse. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >> Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 7:34 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Apple's New Operating System With FaceTime, Sample 01 >> >> The 2012 model I have uses an Intel i7 Quad Core 2.66gHZ processor, a >> perfectly respectable specification along with 16GB of memory and a Fusion >> drive, even better considering I paid around half of what it would had been >> worth had I bought it. >> >> ********** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> grtd...@internode.on.net >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 19 Oct 2014, at 10:02 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> True. I guess I'm the kind of guy that especially if I know something new >>> is on the way, I wait. Then get the new one. What was in the 2012 one any >>> ways, Ivey Bridge? Or was it Sandy Bridge? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>> Trethowan >>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 6:35 PM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Apple's New Operating System With FaceTime, Sample 01 >>> >>> I Knew my Mac Mini was a 2012 model so it wouldn’t have surprised me that a >>> new model had just been released, I got mine at a good price, it has top >>> specs so I’ve little to complain about, one can’t make a habit of keeping >>> on top of tech all the time or one would be broke. >>> >>> ********** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> grtd...@internode.on.net >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> faceTime +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >>> Twitter: @grtdane >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 19 Oct 2014, at 8:06 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> That was interesting. Oh by the way, did you note, Apple came out with a >>>> new Mac Mini. You may have bought yours too little too soon. Or do you not >>>> get that way? Where you go oh man, I could have gotten a haswell one. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>>> Trethowan >>>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 2:46 PM >>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>> Subject: Re: Apple's New Operating System With FaceTime, Sample 01 >>>> >>>> I rested it here and had no problems so will post again. >>>> Also bare in mind that this file is a wave file recorded at a lower >>>> sampling rate than is usual so perhaps some players mightn’t like that too >>>> much? That’s not the way I would have preferred it mind you, this file is >>>> a direct recording from the Voicemail service I use, if someone leaves a >>>> Voicemail then its eMailed to me in this Wave format. >>>> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample.wav> >>>> >>>> ********** >>>> >>>> Dane Trethowan >>>> grtd...@internode.on.net >>>> Skype: grtdane12 >>>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>>> faceTime +61400494862 >>>> Fax +61397437954 >>>> Twitter: @grtdane >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 19 Oct 2014, at 12:42 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dain, it's true. The link for the WAV file aint working. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>>>> Trethowan >>>>> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 6:42 PM >>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>>> Subject: Apple's New Operating System With FaceTime, Sample 01 >>>>> >>>>> Okay, the sample I’ve put a link to here is pretty basic, me leaving a >>>>> Voice Message on my Voicemail however the way it the whole thing was done >>>>> is quite fantastic to say the least. >>>>> >>>>> I’m using the latest OS X from Apple for my Mac and the FaceTime App, up >>>>> until now FaceTime was used to make extremely high quality audio and >>>>> video calls where band width allowed. >>>>> >>>>> This functionality still exists in the FaceTime App and new features have >>>>> been added, for this sample I had FaceTime use my Apple iPhone 6 as the >>>>> connection point if you like - FaceTime had my iPhone dial the number and >>>>> the audio from both microphone and speaker came from the Plantrics Audio >>>>> 478 headset connected to the Computer. - >>>>> >>>>> Yes, this is only Voicemail I know and not top notch audio but quality is >>>>> surprisingly good I thought. >>>>> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample.wav >>>>> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample.wav>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >
