Re: Eliminating audio tape squeal

2007-05-27 Thread John Price
Hello everyone,
I think I know what's cossing that problem.
Air can get in to tite places.
air always lieves dust and when it gets on magneted tape, it makes that 
squilling sound when you try to play it.
Removing dust from one of these is a time consuming process.
This may sound crazy, but it works.
In the open end of the casset, run some water over the tape, but let it set 
and dry for up to 5 days.
Rewind and fastforword just to make sure the tape moves threw the machine 
without any problem.
After that, then try and play the tape.
If it runs smoothley and you don't hear the squilling sound any mor, then 
you have done this successfully.
I hope that this tip has been of some help to you, good luck.
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 Try another  cassette in the machine and see what happens.
 If it still makes a squeeking noise, chances are that it is probably the
 machine. .
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 Hi listers,

 I have an audio cassette which has developed a rather nasty squeal
 during playback.  Not sure if it's the tape or the machine.  Anyone
 have any hints on eliminating this problem?

 Thanks,
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Re: Pod Cast recievers

2007-05-27 Thread John Price
Hello Michael,
Did you ever conseder looking at the Juice websight?
I think I saw somthing there about running Juice from a flash drive or if 
you will, a thum drive.
I don't remember the site address right off the top of my head, but Google 
Juice podcast reciever, maby the surch will take you to the websight.
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 Hello.
 Does anyone out there know of a pod cast reciever program that i can run
 from a u s b stick?  I am looking for one that does'nt require any
 installation, i just want to be able to get my pod casts no matter what
 computer i am on.  It will be used on windows operating system
 machines.  any ideas?

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Griffin Tech's Radio Shark 2

2007-05-27 Thread Jani Kinnunen
Hi,

Has anyone out there tried using the Griffin Tech's Radio Shark 2 AM/FM 
radio receiver with JAWS? Does it work well? Can the bundled software be 
operated by keyboard at all? If not, are there any reasonably accessible 3rd 
party programs I could use to control this unit?

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audio cassette squeel problem

2007-05-27 Thread Bob Seed
 The last thing that you want to do is to amerce your cassette in water. Make 
sure that anything that comes in contact with the audio tape is clean such as 
the tape transport, capstan, pinch roller, and record and playback heads. Once 
that is done, and the tape still squeeks then you may want to try the 
following.   
Tape Baking
When magnetic recording tapes are being stored, moisture is slowly absorbed by 
the binder that holds the components of the tape together. Affected tapes will 
squeak when played back. The squeaking can be heard directly from the tape 
passing over the playback head and other fixed parts of the player, but is also 
transmitted electronically through the playback head. Often the tape will also 
sound dull and distorted.

If you hear a tape that is squeaking, stop playing the tape immediately. 
Continuing to play a squeaking tape can cause permanent damage to the tape, and 
in some cases damage to the player.

This problem can happen to any tape, but is more common in tapes manufactured 
after the mid 1970s in the USA.

The solution to the problem of squeaking tapes is to bake the tapes at very low 
temperature in an oven. There are as many different opinions about optimum 
temperature and duration of baking as there are audio engineers. Certainly, do 
not attempt to bake your own tapes unless you can be certain that the 
temperature in your oven will not exceed 60 degrees Celsius 

CD ROM Services Pty Ltd offers a tape baking service, and although we have 
successfully baked well over a hundred tapes, and haven't damaged one, we will 
take all care in baking your tapes, but cannot take responsibility for 
accidental damage. If you give us your tapes to bake, it is on the basis that 
you agree with this

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RE: Eliminating audio tape squeal

2007-05-27 Thread Norma A. Boge-Conyers
Hi Tom,

Actually, I don't know why I didn't think of cleaning the head, etc, 
my brain must be in stand-by this weekend.  Would you please remind 
me what is a safe solution to clean with?  And the squeal does come 
through the speaker and headphones.  Other tapes play just fine.  I 
should probably state this is not a huge deal; it regards tape 1 of 
an NLS audio book I got late last week so I could read it over the 
long weekend.  So, if my efforts don't resolve the problem, I'll just 
send it back and re-order hopefully a better copy.

Thanks to all who gave me suggestions,
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Re: Eliminating audio tape squeal

2007-05-27 Thread John Price
Hello again everyone,
There are head cleaning kits that you can get from a full line electronic 
store such as RadioShack.
There ar two kinds of head cleaning kits.
There is the dry kind, but I found that that kind doesn't work to well.
There is also the wet kind which uses an alcohol baced solution.
This does wonders for any tape recorder.
But however, cleaning the heads won't get red of the squilling sound that 
you hear on some old dusty tapes.
When dust gets on the tape, it cosses that problem.
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From: Norma A. Boge-Conyers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 2:45 PM
Subject: RE: Eliminating audio tape squeal


 Hi Tom,

 Actually, I don't know why I didn't think of cleaning the head, etc,
 my brain must be in stand-by this weekend.  Would you please remind
 me what is a safe solution to clean with?  And the squeal does come
 through the speaker and headphones.  Other tapes play just fine.  I
 should probably state this is not a huge deal; it regards tape 1 of
 an NLS audio book I got late last week so I could read it over the
 long weekend.  So, if my efforts don't resolve the problem, I'll just
 send it back and re-order hopefully a better copy.

 Thanks to all who gave me suggestions,
 Norma




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RE: Eliminating audio tape squeal

2007-05-27 Thread Dale E. Heltzer
You can buy at various places (RadioShack, Wal-Mart, etc) a cleaning
cassette. The box (that is, the cassette itself) has a small hole in the
lower right front into which you can squirt a bit of cleaning solution
(iso[propyl alcohol) that comes in the package in a small tube.

Put the cassette in the machine, and play. 

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 Boge-Conyers
 Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:45 PM
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 Subject: RE: Eliminating audio tape squeal
 
 Hi Tom,
 
 Actually, I don't know why I didn't think of cleaning the 
 head, etc, my brain must be in stand-by this weekend.  Would 
 you please remind me what is a safe solution to clean with?  
 And the squeal does come through the speaker and headphones.  
 Other tapes play just fine.  I should probably state this is 
 not a huge deal; it regards tape 1 of an NLS audio book I got 
 late last week so I could read it over the long weekend.  So, 
 if my efforts don't resolve the problem, I'll just send it 
 back and re-order hopefully a better copy.
 
 Thanks to all who gave me suggestions,
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Re: Video to DVD

2007-05-27 Thread Mac Norins
Victoria,

I invested in a Panasonic Model number DMR-ES35V, DVD recorder, that will 
automatically record, from VHS.  You might need a little bit of sighted 
assistance, initially, but, it is pretty straight forward!  I have it hooked 
into my Media system, in my living room, not attached to my computer system, 
but, it is working very well,for just what you described!!

Look for instructions at www.panasonic.com, I think!

Just enter that model number, in a search field, after you find the product 
category, under consumer electronics and you can get a PDF of the 
instruction manual!

Regards,

Mac Norins

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Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:06 PM
Subject: Video to DVD


Has anyone here found an independent way to transfer videos on to DVDs?  I
have about 200 videos and find even my duel VCR DVD machine takes a sited
person with a manual right in front of them to work through the intricacies
of making a DVD copy.

Please be specific with brand and or software.  I would really appreciate
the help!  Vicky



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Winamp essentials Pack

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Pattison
The Winamp essentials Pack is a group of plug-ins designed to enhance 
Winamp.  One place where you can download it from is at 
www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5644.  These plug-ins have been 
designed to work with Winamp version 5.35.  I don't know if they will 
work with older versions of Winamp.  Some information about the 
Winamp essentials Pack appears below.  -Steve.

This is a plug-in pack compiled by Winamp staff and contributors, 
namely Ben Allison, Will Fisher and Darren Owen, with help from DJ 
Egg  Koopa. However the copyrights of these plugins are held by 
their respective authors.

The Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) input plugin is by Ben Allison 
and is based on the decoder by David Hammerton 
(http://craz.net/programs/itunes/alac.html).

The Ogg Vorbis encoder is (c) Nullsoft, Inc. Originally written by 
Christophe Thibault and Justin Frankel. Updated to use the aoTuV 
encoder by Ben Allison. For more information about aoTuV, visit 
http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/

Lite-n Winamp Preferences, ML Lite-n, Skins in Submenu, Playlist 
Undo, Find file on disk and the Predixis/MusicIP Removal Tool are all 
by Darren Owen. Find more information about all these plugins and 
more at http://www.nunzioweb.com/daz/

Waveform decoder written by Peter Pawlowski, (c) Nullsoft, Inc. 
Wrapper written by Darren Owen.

NSIS installer script written by Christoph Grether. 'Previous Mode' 
code by Darren Owen. http://nsis.sourceforge.net

All of these plugins are provided as-is with no express or implied 
warranty. By clicking I Agree it is assumed that you agree to these terms.


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Re: Video to DVD

2007-05-27 Thread VICTORIA VAUGHAN
Hi Mac, Thanks! I'll check it out right away.

Vicky


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Re: Video to DVD

2007-05-27 Thread Donald L. Roberts
Mack, When using your Panasonic unit, are you precluded from 
copying commercially produced VHS movies to DVD?

Thanks.

Don Roberts

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Victoria,

I invested in a Panasonic Model number DMR-ES35V, DVD recorder, 
that will
automatically record, from VHS.  You might need a little bit of 
sighted
assistance, initially, but, it is pretty straight forward!  I 
have it hooked
into my Media system, in my living room, not attached to my 
computer system,
but, it is working very well,for just what you described!!

Look for instructions at www.panasonic.com, I think!

Just enter that model number, in a search field, after you find 
the product
category, under consumer electronics and you can get a PDF of the
instruction manual!

Regards,

Mac Norins

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From: VICTORIA VAUGHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:06 PM
Subject: Video to DVD


Has anyone here found an independent way to transfer videos on to 
DVDs?  I
have about 200 videos and find even my duel VCR DVD machine takes 
a sited
person with a manual right in front of them to work through the 
intricacies
of making a DVD copy.

Please be specific with brand and or software.  I would really 
appreciate
the help!  Vicky



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Revox cassette recorder

2007-05-27 Thread Bob Seed
The Revox cassette recorder that you are probably looking for is  the model 
710.
Nakimichi made two professional cassette recorders in the 70's. The 1000, 
and the cheaper 700. I personally have the 700 model. It is a solenoid 
machine with three motors with Dolby, echo, and a oscillator for tape 
alignment. The thinking here is that there are no two cassettes alike 
despite how stringent manufacturing might be. By using the tone for 
alignment you could be assured of a perfect recording all of the time. . The 
700 even comes with a wired remote control. This company also made a 
portable 600 model which was very good for field recording.
You may also want to look at Tascam. Tascam is the professional line of 
Teac. If I had my druthers and wanted to stick with the audio tape
format I would much rather use R-dat. The problem here is that R-dat is used 
professionally, and unfortunately did not catch on with the public as 
expected. It has been rumoured in the audio file community that CD's are now 
on the way out in favour of audio being put on flash cards and hard drives. 
It truly makes sense, as you can now get a 500 GB external hard drive for 
about 150 bucks. One could virtually have their entire record collection on 
one portable drive to take anywhere. Most commercial radio stations now have 
their entire music library on hard drives.

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Subject: audio cassette squeel problem


 The last thing that you want to do is to amerce your cassette in water. 
 Make sure that anything that comes in contact with the audio tape is clean 
 such as the tape transport, capstan, pinch roller, and record and playback 
 heads. Once that is done, and the tape still squeeks then you may want to 
 try the following.
 Tape Baking
 When magnetic recording tapes are being stored, moisture is slowly 
 absorbed by the binder that holds the components of the tape together. 
 Affected tapes will squeak when played back. The squeaking can be heard 
 directly from the tape passing over the playback head and other fixed 
 parts of the player, but is also transmitted electronically through the 
 playback head. Often the tape will also sound dull and distorted.

 If you hear a tape that is squeaking, stop playing the tape immediately. 
 Continuing to play a squeaking tape can cause permanent damage to the 
 tape, and in some cases damage to the player.

 This problem can happen to any tape, but is more common in tapes 
 manufactured after the mid 1970s in the USA.

 The solution to the problem of squeaking tapes is to bake the tapes at 
 very low temperature in an oven. There are as many different opinions 
 about optimum temperature and duration of baking as there are audio 
 engineers. Certainly, do not attempt to bake your own tapes unless you can 
 be certain that the temperature in your oven will not exceed 60 degrees 
 Celsius

 CD ROM Services Pty Ltd offers a tape baking service, and although we have 
 successfully baked well over a hundred tapes, and haven't damaged one, we 
 will take all care in baking your tapes, but cannot take responsibility 
 for accidental damage. If you give us your tapes to bake, it is on the 
 basis that you agree with this

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Re: Eliminating audio tape squeal

2007-05-27 Thread Gary Wood
I heard that alcohol on a cuetip is good for cleaning tape recording heads!
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Subject: RE: Eliminating audio tape squeal


 Hi Tom,

 Actually, I don't know why I didn't think of cleaning the head, etc,
 my brain must be in stand-by this weekend.  Would you please remind
 me what is a safe solution to clean with?  And the squeal does come
 through the speaker and headphones.  Other tapes play just fine.  I
 should probably state this is not a huge deal; it regards tape 1 of
 an NLS audio book I got late last week so I could read it over the
 long weekend.  So, if my efforts don't resolve the problem, I'll just
 send it back and re-order hopefully a better copy.

 Thanks to all who gave me suggestions,
 Norma




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Re: Video to DVD

2007-05-27 Thread VICTORIA VAUGHAN
Hi Garry and Don, Thanks for your info also!  1 Touch sounds about my 
speed.The  one  I have now, needs lots and lots of steps to get the job 
done.  Do you recommend any particular type of blank DVD for me to use?

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RE: Eliminating audio tape squeal

2007-05-27 Thread Dale E. Heltzer
Will the cotton stay on the head of the Q-tip? You don't want fluff
coming off and getting in the works.
 

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 Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 7:51 PM
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 Subject: Re: Eliminating audio tape squeal
 
 I heard that alcohol on a cuetip is good for cleaning tape 
 recording heads!
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 Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:45 PM
 Subject: RE: Eliminating audio tape squeal
 
 
  Hi Tom,
 
  Actually, I don't know why I didn't think of cleaning the head, etc,
  my brain must be in stand-by this weekend.  Would you please remind
  me what is a safe solution to clean with?  And the squeal does come
  through the speaker and headphones.  Other tapes play just fine.  I
  should probably state this is not a huge deal; it regards tape 1 of
  an NLS audio book I got late last week so I could read it over the
  long weekend.  So, if my efforts don't resolve the problem, 
 I'll just
  send it back and re-order hopefully a better copy.
 
  Thanks to all who gave me suggestions,
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Fwd: The Creative Zen Stone MP3 player

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Pattison

From: Brian Hartgen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I wanted to let people know about a very affordable easy to use portable
media player which Anna told me about and which I have just purchased.
It is called the Zen Stone player from Creative, and it costs 25 pounds
or 40 Us dollars.  The player was released on 3 May this year and so is
very new and is available just about everywhere you can think of
including retail outlets and Amazon.

The player is extremely small indeed and weighs less than one ounce and
has no screen.  It has a mode switch on the side (for cycling between
some features such as repeat, play all or shuffle), and a typical wheel:
up and down for volume, left and right to skip tracks or within a track,
and play/stop in the centre.  The mode switch, if pressed and held, will
allow you to skip to the next album or folder which is a nice feature.
The Zen Stone can accommodate up to 1 GB of storage.

The great thing about this player is that no special software is
required to transfer regular WMA or MP3 files to it.  You can simply
copy and paste using Windows Explorer.  However, there is software which
can be downloaded called Creative Media Light, which allows you to not
only rip tracks from audio CD, but in addition once the audio extraction
has taken place, the music is automatically transferred to the player.
So for a person who does not want to get into the business of copying
music to the player, this could be very good.  There's a bit of
scripting needing to be done with that, but I intend to issue some free
JAWS scripts for this if I can get that particular item to work.  Apart
from that and one or two small issues of labelling buttons which I have
done, the software is quite usable.  The good thing about the software
is that when the player is connected to the computer for charging, the
status line will report the percentage of the charging process.

Now to the final great feature.  This player will allow you to play DRM
Windows Media files and Audible content.  When playing Audible content
(up to format 3 only), and you stop playing the book and move to another
folder, your position within the book is retained! I think that the
storage capacity of the player, and the fact that the quality of format
3 is quite listenable, makes the use of this format quite acceptable.

If anyone would like to know more about the player please let me know.
But if you want something really simple on which to listen to music,
podcasts  and particularly Audible books, this is a very inexpensive
option.  If it does play DRM content, and I've no reason to doubt the
claims made by the manufacturers, then this kind of player could be the
start of people moving away from the iTunes music store (thank goodness)
and to other music providers who offer DRM content.

Brian Hartgen
More information about portable media devices can be obtained from the
Portable Player Portal.  Please visit
www.hartgen.org
and choose the Portable Player Portal link.

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no video while playing avi files

2007-05-27 Thread Jorge Mojica
I wonder if some knowledgeable person can help me out.
I've got some avi files and there's no video.
whether I play them in winamp or wma, I get no video.
for the most part I don't need the vid, but when I need my wife to explain 
something that is going on in the avi, I'd like to have video.
any ideas why my video files are missing the video?
Jorge
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Re: Eliminating audio tape squeal

2007-05-27 Thread Gary Wood
Well that wouldn't be good.  I think you would just run it through smoothly. 
I used to use alcohol and cuetips when I had a job cleaning tapes for the 
computers for the State of Michigan.  These were open reel tapes that ran 
through a machine where it had blades on it to clean the excess dirt and 
iron oxide from the tapes.  I'd have to use the cuetips after every other 
time I would clean a tape.  I'm sorry if this is straying off topic, but 
this was some general information about using what I used.  I think that 
maybe using a cuetip to clean a tape head would be a bit harder.
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 Will the cotton stay on the head of the Q-tip? You don't want fluff
 coming off and getting in the works.


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 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Wood
 Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 7:51 PM
 To: PC audio discussion list.
 Subject: Re: Eliminating audio tape squeal

 I heard that alcohol on a cuetip is good for cleaning tape
 recording heads!
 - Original Message -
 From: Norma A. Boge-Conyers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: PC audio discussion list.  pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:45 PM
 Subject: RE: Eliminating audio tape squeal


  Hi Tom,
 
  Actually, I don't know why I didn't think of cleaning the head, etc,
  my brain must be in stand-by this weekend.  Would you please remind
  me what is a safe solution to clean with?  And the squeal does come
  through the speaker and headphones.  Other tapes play just fine.  I
  should probably state this is not a huge deal; it regards tape 1 of
  an NLS audio book I got late last week so I could read it over the
  long weekend.  So, if my efforts don't resolve the problem,
 I'll just
  send it back and re-order hopefully a better copy.
 
  Thanks to all who gave me suggestions,
  Norma
 
 
 
 
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