Re: converting an .m4b file to MP3 without using iTunes in m4a files and Nero 9
Will Nero 9 burn audio cd files using .m4a files too? Regards, Html-man To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
Thanks Chris. So, this card does not plug directly into the USB port on your lap top right? I was hopeing to find a solution that would not involve having another USB cable hanging from my Dell. Any thoughts on a good PCI sound card for an XPS1210? Cheers! - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. It has 4 audio jacks 2 on each end of the card, the ones I've paid the most attention to are the microphone, and the headphone jack, which are on the same end. This card also sports 2 stereo mics, a green LED light that blinks when audio is present, and stays solid when none is playing. So if you have some usable sight this might take a bit of getting used to. I have a set of speakers hooked up to the card which handles my music and windows sounds, and I have Window-eyes 7.01 routed to my laptop's internal Sigmatel card. So I now have 2 sets of speakers instead of one.This allows me to have more control over the volume of each one. I have 2 volume controls to use now, but if I want to hear the speech over the music more, it's easier for me, because I can keep the music at the same level now. As far as instalation goes, I had another friend of mine helping me, and we learned a somewhat valuable lesson that I'm sure most people probably know either through just being technically savvy, or having the same experience we had. If you're going to install this card, be sure to hook the card *directly* into your laptop or desktop's USB ports, do not use a USB hub. If you do, the driver's won't install properly, because the card can't draw enough power. The card is recognized, but not to the same point as it would be via a regular straight USB connection. So make sure you have a free USB port handy. To install it, we first inserted the cd that came with the card. If you're using window-eyes, you'll have to use your mouse pointer, numpad plus pressed twice, and then you use your numpad 2 and 8 keys to arrow down to where it says setup. At that point, press your left mouse button and the software will install. Then, when prompted, please insert the cable into the card, and the other end into the USB port. You may lose speech after pressing yes at this point, but this can be fixed. It's a good bet that the card is now active, so what you'll need to do is plug a pare of headphones or speakers into the headphone jack. If you hear speech, you're good to go. The headphone jack is located on the top right handside of the card, you'll feel a circular sort of socket or plug with ridges, and just to the right of that, that's your headphone jack. The jack to the left of that one is your microphone jack. When you plug a headset mic or any other mic into that jack, the stereo mics on the card itself are muted, so for the least confusing results, I would say you might want to have something plugged into that jack all the time. Initially, the software tried to install the necessary driver for the card to function properly, but I had to reboot a couple of times to get the process to work properly. Hey, I'm new to this and it was a learning experience. So the driver installed and all, at this point, seems to be working well. As for the SRM control pannel program, it is definitely not very speech friendly, not without a lot of mousing around. and even then, some of the screens look mighty confusing. So the best way to customize things is to probably stick to using the regular Windows volume control. That will allow ou to set things how you want them. Overall, I'm very pleased with the card! The install was a bit touch and go because, as I said we weren't sure why things weren't working but after I remembered that I had been using a hub, and I plugged the card directly into my laptop USB port, that's when things vastly improoved. Hope this helps anyone looking to buy a card like this. Hopefully it'll help you avoid any pitfalls along the way and you'll have your new card up and running in ono time! To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4080 (20090515) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4080 (20090515) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
One more question Chris, I have been trying to figure out if this unit will opperate the internal lap top speakers? In other workds: drive the lap top built in speakers by over riding the built in sound chip? Cheers. - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. It has 4 audio jacks 2 on each end of the card, the ones I've paid the most attention to are the microphone, and the headphone jack, which are on the same end. This card also sports 2 stereo mics, a green LED light that blinks when audio is present, and stays solid when none is playing. So if you have some usable sight this might take a bit of getting used to. I have a set of speakers hooked up to the card which handles my music and windows sounds, and I have Window-eyes 7.01 routed to my laptop's internal Sigmatel card. So I now have 2 sets of speakers instead of one.This allows me to have more control over the volume of each one. I have 2 volume controls to use now, but if I want to hear the speech over the music more, it's easier for me, because I can keep the music at the same level now. As far as instalation goes, I had another friend of mine helping me, and we learned a somewhat valuable lesson that I'm sure most people probably know either through just being technically savvy, or having the same experience we had. If you're going to install this card, be sure to hook the card *directly* into your laptop or desktop's USB ports, do not use a USB hub. If you do, the driver's won't install properly, because the card can't draw enough power. The card is recognized, but not to the same point as it would be via a regular straight USB connection. So make sure you have a free USB port handy. To install it, we first inserted the cd that came with the card. If you're using window-eyes, you'll have to use your mouse pointer, numpad plus pressed twice, and then you use your numpad 2 and 8 keys to arrow down to where it says setup. At that point, press your left mouse button and the software will install. Then, when prompted, please insert the cable into the card, and the other end into the USB port. You may lose speech after pressing yes at this point, but this can be fixed. It's a good bet that the card is now active, so what you'll need to do is plug a pare of headphones or speakers into the headphone jack. If you hear speech, you're good to go. The headphone jack is located on the top right handside of the card, you'll feel a circular sort of socket or plug with ridges, and just to the right of that, that's your headphone jack. The jack to the left of that one is your microphone jack. When you plug a headset mic or any other mic into that jack, the stereo mics on the card itself are muted, so for the least confusing results, I would say you might want to have something plugged into that jack all the time. Initially, the software tried to install the necessary driver for the card to function properly, but I had to reboot a couple of times to get the process to work properly. Hey, I'm new to this and it was a learning experience. So the driver installed and all, at this point, seems to be working well. As for the SRM control pannel program, it is definitely not very speech friendly, not without a lot of mousing around. and even then, some of the screens look mighty confusing. So the best way to customize things is to probably stick to using the regular Windows volume control. That will allow ou to set things how you want them. Overall, I'm very pleased with the card! The install was a bit touch and go because, as I said we weren't sure why things weren't working but after I remembered that I had been using a hub, and I plugged the card directly into my laptop USB port, that's when things vastly improoved. Hope this helps anyone looking to buy a card like this. Hopefully it'll help you avoid any pitfalls along the way and you'll have your new card up and running in ono time! To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4080 (20090515) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4080 (20090515) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
.mkv files?
Hi, I was wondering what exactly an mkv file is and if there's a free program out there for converting it to avi or mp3 or some such so it can be put on a dvd? I know its some sort of video format - but I've never heard of it before. thanks contact details: email: tcwoo...@shaw.ca and others msn: the_conman...@hotmail.com skype: the_conman283 system details: Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive, connecsant AC-link audio To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Setting up a new I-Pod Nanno for speech Output
Where can I find information on setting up a Nanno for speech output? I'll have sighted assistance, but I would like to know how it's done. Thanks. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Setting up a new I-Pod Nanno for speech Output
You enable spoken menus from within the iPod's summary page in iTunes. You can also turn it on and off on the iPod itself once the speech components are installed. -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrishallsworth - Original Message - From: Dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:31 PM Subject: Setting up a new I-Pod Nanno for speech Output Where can I find information on setting up a Nanno for speech output? I'll have sighted assistance, but I would like to know how it's done. Thanks. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: CD Ripping Software?
Did you remember to tell him how to point to the folder where he wants the files ripped? -- By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends. -- robert Doc Wright http://www.wrightplaceinc.net msn godfeare...@hotmail.com - Original Message - From: Sunshine To: PC Audio Discussion List Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:24 PM Subject: Re: CD Ripping Software? ok, when you are on the tree view of tracks and tab 5 times you will hear device combo box. which screen readers are you using? - Original Message - From: Larry Naessens larr...@distributel.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:00 PM Subject: Re: CD Ripping Software? Hi and thanks for the suggestion. One question though. How do I know when I'm in the drive combo box. Neither of my screen readers is speaking it and I can't recall how many times I tabbed to get to that combo box. Thanks again for the help. Larry Original message from From: Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:07 PM Subject: Re: CD Ripping Software? ok, this is what you need to do. open up easy cd da extracter. now tab to your drive combo box. and choose the drive you want to use now do alt f and enter on retrieve. this will retrieve the cd titles. for the cd you want to rip. now if you have choosen your file format you can now do f 8 to start ripping the cd. let me know if this works for you. - Original Message - From: Larry Naessens larr...@distributel.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:59 PM Subject: Re: CD Ripping Software? Hi. Actually 2 things are happening here. What I'm doing is to right click on the drive where my CD is waiting to be ripped. Easy CD DA Extractor comes up, but it doesn't show my tracks. In fact, it shows nothing except for all empty fields. I can find nothing to indicate which drive has focus for the program and trying each drive yields the same results. Just out of curiosity I pressed F8 to begin the rip, but nothing happens. No error shows whatsoever. The program appears to be waiting for me to do something, but I can't see what that might be. Of course it's possible, even likely that I'm missing something here, which is why I wrote to the developer. But as I said, he has not responded. Larry To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4079 (20090515) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
Hi. No, the card itself does not have any USB ports on it, you have to use the provided USB cable with it. As for a PCI card? I'm really not sure but I'm thinking either Turtle Beach or Creative will have a card that will do that for you. In another e-mail, you asked about it driving the internal sound card, and I don't think it will. If you want your software speech to come out of your internal card in your computer, what I did was I bought an extra set of speakers and plugged them into the laptop, and I set Window-eyes so that it comes out of the sigmatel card. All other sounds are routed to my Audio Advantage. So right now, my laptop's internal Sigmatel card handles software speech, and everything else goes through the audio advantage. I hope that makes sense? Thanks. At 10:04 AM 5/16/2009, you wrote: Thanks Chris. So, this card does not plug directly into the USB port on your lap top right? I was hopeing to find a solution that would not involve having another USB cable hanging from my Dell. Any thoughts on a good PCI sound card for an XPS1210? Cheers! - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. It has 4 audio jacks 2 on each end of the card, the ones I've paid the most attention to are the microphone, and the headphone jack, which are on the same end. This card also sports 2 stereo mics, a green LED light that blinks when audio is present, and stays solid when none is playing. So if you have some usable sight this might take a bit of getting used to. I have a set of speakers hooked up to the card which handles my music and windows sounds, and I have Window-eyes 7.01 routed to my laptop's internal Sigmatel card. So I now have 2 sets of speakers instead of one.This allows me to have more control over the volume of each one. I have 2 volume controls to use now, but if I want to hear the speech over the music more, it's easier for me, because I can keep the music at the same level now. As far as instalation goes, I had another friend of mine helping me, and we learned a somewhat valuable lesson that I'm sure most people probably know either through just being technically savvy, or having the same experience we had. If you're going to install this card, be sure to hook the card *directly* into your laptop or desktop's USB ports, do not use a USB hub. If you do, the driver's won't install properly, because the card can't draw enough power. The card is recognized, but not to the same point as it would be via a regular straight USB connection. So make sure you have a free USB port handy. To install it, we first inserted the cd that came with the card. If you're using window-eyes, you'll have to use your mouse pointer, numpad plus pressed twice, and then you use your numpad 2 and 8 keys to arrow down to where it says setup. At that point, press your left mouse button and the software will install. Then, when prompted, please insert the cable into the card, and the other end into the USB port. You may lose speech after pressing yes at this point, but this can be fixed. It's a good bet that the card is now active, so what you'll need to do is plug a pare of headphones or speakers into the headphone jack. If you hear speech, you're good to go. The headphone jack is located on the top right handside of the card, you'll feel a circular sort of socket or plug with ridges, and just to the right of that, that's your headphone jack. The jack to the left of that one is your microphone jack. When you plug a headset mic or any other mic into that jack, the stereo mics on the card itself are muted, so for the least confusing results, I would say you might want to have something plugged into that jack all the time. Initially, the software tried to install the necessary driver for the card to function properly, but I had to reboot a couple of times to get the process to work properly. Hey, I'm new to this and it was a learning experience. So the driver installed and all, at this point, seems to be working well. As for the SRM control pannel program, it is definitely not very speech friendly, not without a lot of mousing around. and even then, some of the screens look mighty confusing. So the best way to customize things is to probably stick to using the regular Windows volume control. That will allow ou to set things how you want them. Overall, I'm very pleased with the card! The install was a bit touch and go because, as I said we weren't sure why things weren't working but after I remembered that I had been using a hub, and I plugged the card directly into my laptop USB
resetting ipod shuffle?
Hi, I'm attempting to put songs on someones Ipod Shuffle 2nd gen. The computer keeps saying USB device not recognized. So, I tried connecting it to a wall charger for a little while; no go. I've also tried going to device manager and disabling power USB if not in use, etc and still nothing - restarted various times. Finally I downloaded and installed the ipod reset utility. Thing is, I have no idea how to use it, it says to click on the reset button, well its not letting me do that. any ideas? Thanks contact details: email: tcwoo...@shaw.ca and others msn: the_conman...@hotmail.com skype: the_conman283 system details: Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive, connecsant AC-link audio To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
ITunes Questions
Is this program worth using as a player? If so, how can I get songs to display so I can add them to a playlist and do whatever else I'm supposed to be able to do with it. My first attempt at creating a new playlist was a real bummer. Thanks. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: ITunes Questions
Hi Dan; Have you actually managed to use *I tunes?* If you have, can you take a few moments, and list the proceedure on the I Tunes site? Just list the icons or whatever, to download music after one has registtere TXS fi you can and I'll understand if you can't txs again; Ken B - Original Message - From: Dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:55 PM Subject: ITunes Questions Is this program worth using as a player? If so, how can I get songs to display so I can add them to a playlist and do whatever else I'm supposed to be able to do with it. My first attempt at creating a new playlist was a real bummer. Thanks. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.32/2117 - Release Date: 05/15/09 17:55:00 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: ITunes Questions
Sorry, but I haven't gotten that far yet. I not so much interested in ordering music or anything, but I want to use an iPod and such. Dan -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kenbu Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:13 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: ITunes Questions Hi Dan; Have you actually managed to use *I tunes?* If you have, can you take a few moments, and list the proceedure on the I Tunes site? Just list the icons or whatever, to download music after one has registtere TXS fi you can and I'll understand if you can't txs again; Ken B - Original Message - From: Dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:55 PM Subject: ITunes Questions Is this program worth using as a player? If so, how can I get songs to display so I can add them to a playlist and do whatever else I'm supposed to be able to do with it. My first attempt at creating a new playlist was a real bummer. Thanks. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.32/2117 - Release Date: 05/15/09 17:55:00 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: ITunes Questions
That's ok Dan; Good luck ay? Ken B - Original Message - From: Dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:19 PM Subject: RE: ITunes Questions Sorry, but I haven't gotten that far yet. I not so much interested in ordering music or anything, but I want to use an iPod and such. Dan -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kenbu Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:13 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: ITunes Questions Hi Dan; Have you actually managed to use *I tunes?* If you have, can you take a few moments, and list the proceedure on the I Tunes site? Just list the icons or whatever, to download music after one has registtere TXS fi you can and I'll understand if you can't txs again; Ken B - Original Message - From: Dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:55 PM Subject: ITunes Questions Is this program worth using as a player? If so, how can I get songs to display so I can add them to a playlist and do whatever else I'm supposed to be able to do with it. My first attempt at creating a new playlist was a real bummer. Thanks. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.32/2117 - Release Date: 05/15/09 17:55:00 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.32/2117 - Release Date: 05/15/09 17:55:00 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
Yes Chris that is what I needed to know. Thanks...KG - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:59 AM Subject: Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM Hi. No, the card itself does not have any USB ports on it, you have to use the provided USB cable with it. As for a PCI card? I'm really not sure but I'm thinking either Turtle Beach or Creative will have a card that will do that for you. In another e-mail, you asked about it driving the internal sound card, and I don't think it will. If you want your software speech to come out of your internal card in your computer, what I did was I bought an extra set of speakers and plugged them into the laptop, and I set Window-eyes so that it comes out of the sigmatel card. All other sounds are routed to my Audio Advantage. So right now, my laptop's internal Sigmatel card handles software speech, and everything else goes through the audio advantage. I hope that makes sense? Thanks. At 10:04 AM 5/16/2009, you wrote: Thanks Chris. So, this card does not plug directly into the USB port on your lap top right? I was hopeing to find a solution that would not involve having another USB cable hanging from my Dell. Any thoughts on a good PCI sound card for an XPS1210? Cheers! - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. It has 4 audio jacks 2 on each end of the card, the ones I've paid the most attention to are the microphone, and the headphone jack, which are on the same end. This card also sports 2 stereo mics, a green LED light that blinks when audio is present, and stays solid when none is playing. So if you have some usable sight this might take a bit of getting used to. I have a set of speakers hooked up to the card which handles my music and windows sounds, and I have Window-eyes 7.01 routed to my laptop's internal Sigmatel card. So I now have 2 sets of speakers instead of one.This allows me to have more control over the volume of each one. I have 2 volume controls to use now, but if I want to hear the speech over the music more, it's easier for me, because I can keep the music at the same level now. As far as instalation goes, I had another friend of mine helping me, and we learned a somewhat valuable lesson that I'm sure most people probably know either through just being technically savvy, or having the same experience we had. If you're going to install this card, be sure to hook the card *directly* into your laptop or desktop's USB ports, do not use a USB hub. If you do, the driver's won't install properly, because the card can't draw enough power. The card is recognized, but not to the same point as it would be via a regular straight USB connection. So make sure you have a free USB port handy. To install it, we first inserted the cd that came with the card. If you're using window-eyes, you'll have to use your mouse pointer, numpad plus pressed twice, and then you use your numpad 2 and 8 keys to arrow down to where it says setup. At that point, press your left mouse button and the software will install. Then, when prompted, please insert the cable into the card, and the other end into the USB port. You may lose speech after pressing yes at this point, but this can be fixed. It's a good bet that the card is now active, so what you'll need to do is plug a pare of headphones or speakers into the headphone jack. If you hear speech, you're good to go. The headphone jack is located on the top right handside of the card, you'll feel a circular sort of socket or plug with ridges, and just to the right of that, that's your headphone jack. The jack to the left of that one is your microphone jack. When you plug a headset mic or any other mic into that jack, the stereo mics on the card itself are muted, so for the least confusing results, I would say you might want to have something plugged into that jack all the time. Initially, the software tried to install the necessary driver for the card to function properly, but I had to reboot a couple of times to get the process to work properly. Hey, I'm new to this and it was a learning experience. So the driver installed and all, at this point, seems to be working well. As for the SRM control pannel program, it is definitely not very speech friendly, not without a lot of mousing around. and even then, some of the screens look mighty confusing. So the best way to customize things is to probably stick to using the regular Windows volume control. That will
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
an this sound car be used for d.j.ing purposes, meaning can you have JAWS go to the turtle beach soundcard and play music on your default soundcard? Sincerely, Jason known as Blind Fury windowslive contact kb3...@msn.com skype contact kb3icc - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:51 AM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. It has 4 audio jacks 2 on each end of the card, the ones I've paid the most attention to are the microphone, and the headphone jack, which are on the same end. This card also sports 2 stereo mics, a green LED light that blinks when audio is present, and stays solid when none is playing. So if you have some usable sight this might take a bit of getting used to. I have a set of speakers hooked up to the card which handles my music and windows sounds, and I have Window-eyes 7.01 routed to my laptop's internal Sigmatel card. So I now have 2 sets of speakers instead of one.This allows me to have more control over the volume of each one. I have 2 volume controls to use now, but if I want to hear the speech over the music more, it's easier for me, because I can keep the music at the same level now. As far as instalation goes, I had another friend of mine helping me, and we learned a somewhat valuable lesson that I'm sure most people probably know either through just being technically savvy, or having the same experience we had. If you're going to install this card, be sure to hook the card *directly* into your laptop or desktop's USB ports, do not use a USB hub. If you do, the driver's won't install properly, because the card can't draw enough power. The card is recognized, but not to the same point as it would be via a regular straight USB connection. So make sure you have a free USB port handy. To install it, we first inserted the cd that came with the card. If you're using window-eyes, you'll have to use your mouse pointer, numpad plus pressed twice, and then you use your numpad 2 and 8 keys to arrow down to where it says setup. At that point, press your left mouse button and the software will install. Then, when prompted, please insert the cable into the card, and the other end into the USB port. You may lose speech after pressing yes at this point, but this can be fixed. It's a good bet that the card is now active, so what you'll need to do is plug a pare of headphones or speakers into the headphone jack. If you hear speech, you're good to go. The headphone jack is located on the top right handside of the card, you'll feel a circular sort of socket or plug with ridges, and just to the right of that, that's your headphone jack. The jack to the left of that one is your microphone jack. When you plug a headset mic or any other mic into that jack, the stereo mics on the card itself are muted, so for the least confusing results, I would say you might want to have something plugged into that jack all the time. Initially, the software tried to install the necessary driver for the card to function properly, but I had to reboot a couple of times to get the process to work properly. Hey, I'm new to this and it was a learning experience. So the driver installed and all, at this point, seems to be working well. As for the SRM control pannel program, it is definitely not very speech friendly, not without a lot of mousing around. and even then, some of the screens look mighty confusing. So the best way to customize things is to probably stick to using the regular Windows volume control. That will allow ou to set things how you want them. Overall, I'm very pleased with the card! The install was a bit touch and go because, as I said we weren't sure why things weren't working but after I remembered that I had been using a hub, and I plugged the card directly into my laptop USB port, that's when things vastly improoved. Hope this helps anyone looking to buy a card like this. Hopefully it'll help you avoid any pitfalls along the way and you'll have your new card up and running in ono time! To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
Hi. I don't see why not, as long as you can get JAWS to behave itself. JAWS 10 will let you determine what card it works on, whereas older versions required you to edit a .ini file to make that work, and it wasn't always easy to do. But I think y ou can do that. At 04:23 PM 5/16/2009, you wrote: an this sound car be used for d.j.ing purposes, meaning can you have JAWS go to the turtle beach soundcard and play music on your default soundcard? Sincerely, Jason known as Blind Fury windowslive contact kb3...@msn.com skype contact kb3icc - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:51 AM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. It has 4 audio jacks 2 on each end of the card, the ones I've paid the most attention to are the microphone, and the headphone jack, which are on the same end. This card also sports 2 stereo mics, a green LED light that blinks when audio is present, and stays solid when none is playing. So if you have some usable sight this might take a bit of getting used to. I have a set of speakers hooked up to the card which handles my music and windows sounds, and I have Window-eyes 7.01 routed to my laptop's internal Sigmatel card. So I now have 2 sets of speakers instead of one.This allows me to have more control over the volume of each one. I have 2 volume controls to use now, but if I want to hear the speech over the music more, it's easier for me, because I can keep the music at the same level now. As far as instalation goes, I had another friend of mine helping me, and we learned a somewhat valuable lesson that I'm sure most people probably know either through just being technically savvy, or having the same experience we had. If you're going to install this card, be sure to hook the card *directly* into your laptop or desktop's USB ports, do not use a USB hub. If you do, the driver's won't install properly, because the card can't draw enough power. The card is recognized, but not to the same point as it would be via a regular straight USB connection. So make sure you have a free USB port handy. To install it, we first inserted the cd that came with the card. If you're using window-eyes, you'll have to use your mouse pointer, numpad plus pressed twice, and then you use your numpad 2 and 8 keys to arrow down to where it says setup. At that point, press your left mouse button and the software will install. Then, when prompted, please insert the cable into the card, and the other end into the USB port. You may lose speech after pressing yes at this point, but this can be fixed. It's a good bet that the card is now active, so what you'll need to do is plug a pare of headphones or speakers into the headphone jack. If you hear speech, you're good to go. The headphone jack is located on the top right handside of the card, you'll feel a circular sort of socket or plug with ridges, and just to the right of that, that's your headphone jack. The jack to the left of that one is your microphone jack. When you plug a headset mic or any other mic into that jack, the stereo mics on the card itself are muted, so for the least confusing results, I would say you might want to have something plugged into that jack all the time. Initially, the software tried to install the necessary driver for the card to function properly, but I had to reboot a couple of times to get the process to work properly. Hey, I'm new to this and it was a learning experience. So the driver installed and all, at this point, seems to be working well. As for the SRM control pannel program, it is definitely not very speech friendly, not without a lot of mousing around. and even then, some of the screens look mighty confusing. So the best way to customize things is to probably stick to using the regular Windows volume control. That will allow ou to set things how you want them. Overall, I'm very pleased with the card! The install was a bit touch and go because, as I said we weren't sure why things weren't working but after I remembered that I had been using a hub, and I plugged the card directly into my laptop USB port, that's when things vastly improoved. Hope this helps anyone looking to buy a card like this. Hopefully it'll help you avoid any pitfalls along the way and you'll have your new card up and running in ono time! To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature
Converting from victor stream to wav or mp3
Hi list: I understand a program called switch will convert these recorded victor stream files to wav or mp3 format. is this true and can someone explain how this is done? Thanks! Reese Shiloh's travel: http://www.shilohstravel.com Email: reservati...@shilohstravel.com Phone: 888-831-3180 404-419-6777 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Converting from victor stream to wav or mp3
Have no idea. Why not just use stream companion;much easier and things. contact details: email: tcwoo...@shaw.ca and others msn: the_conman...@hotmail.com skype: the_conman283 system details: Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive, connecsant AC-link audio - Original Message - From: Reese re...@shilohstravel.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:57 PM Subject: Converting from victor stream to wav or mp3 Hi list: I understand a program called switch will convert these recorded victor stream files to wav or mp3 format. is this true and can someone explain how this is done? Thanks! Reese Shiloh's travel: http://www.shilohstravel.com Email: reservati...@shilohstravel.com Phone: 888-831-3180 404-419-6777 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
Thanks for the info about the card, Chris. I looked at the specs: http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/audio-advantage-srm/indetail.aspx This is quite a powerful little audio device. Did you know it has 10 bands of EQ on each output? I like the fact it has built in stereo mics. And the volume/mute control would be convenient. I'm going to send for one too. I hope I can manage it's control panel, especially the equalizer. Bob - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. snip To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Converting from victor stream to wav or mp3
Have you used stream companion for this process before? Reese - Original Message - Have no idea. Why not just use stream companion;much easier and things. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
about how much does this card cost? - Original Message - From: Robert Logue bobca...@telusplanet.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:37 PM Subject: Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM Thanks for the info about the card, Chris. I looked at the specs: http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/audio-advantage-srm/indetail.aspx This is quite a powerful little audio device. Did you know it has 10 bands of EQ on each output? I like the fact it has built in stereo mics. And the volume/mute control would be convenient. I'm going to send for one too. I hope I can manage it's control panel, especially the equalizer. Bob - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. snip To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: CD Ripping Software?
I've been using iTunes and Winamp to rip CD's. -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrishallsworth - Original Message - From: Larry Naessens larr...@distributel.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:44 PM Subject: CD Ripping Software? Hi. There was a time when I would have chosen Easy CD DA Extractor for ripping Cds. But I'm not getting anywhere with version 11 much less version 12, and I haven't received a response when seeking advice from the program's developer. I think now that I would prefer to move on to another program. With that in mind, what would you recommend for a ripper that yields good results while getting along with a screen reader. I have Window-eyes and System Access on board. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Larry To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: .mkv files?
MKV files are saved in the Matroska format. All the information you need about this format as well as software that can support the Matroska format can be found at www.matroska.org. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Sat, 16 May 2009 10:15:29 -0600 Constantine tcwoo...@shaw.ca wrote: I was wondering what exactly an mkv file is and if there's a free program out there for converting it to avi or mp3 or some such so it can be put on a dvd? I know its some sort of video format - but I've never heard of it before. Regards Steve Email: s...@internode.on.net MSN Messenger: internetuser...@hotmail.com Skype: steve1963 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: CD Ripping Software?
Hi Chris; Would you by e mail, ke...@rogers.com, let me know what icons or whatever else, you use to be successful re I Tunes. Thanks for any help; Ken B - Original Message - From: Chris Hallsworth christopher...@googlemail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:52 PM Subject: Re: CD Ripping Software? I've been using iTunes and Winamp to rip CD's. -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrishallsworth - Original Message - From: Larry Naessens larr...@distributel.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:44 PM Subject: CD Ripping Software? Hi. There was a time when I would have chosen Easy CD DA Extractor for ripping Cds. But I'm not getting anywhere with version 11 much less version 12, and I haven't received a response when seeking advice from the program's developer. I think now that I would prefer to move on to another program. With that in mind, what would you recommend for a ripper that yields good results while getting along with a screen reader. I have Window-eyes and System Access on board. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Larry To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.32/2118 - Release Date: 05/16/09 17:05:00 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM
Less than 90 bucks in Canada. - Original Message - From: Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 6:27 PM Subject: Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM about how much does this card cost? - Original Message - From: Robert Logue bobca...@telusplanet.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:37 PM Subject: Re: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM Thanks for the info about the card, Chris. I looked at the specs: http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/audio-advantage-srm/indetail.aspx This is quite a powerful little audio device. Did you know it has 10 bands of EQ on each output? I like the fact it has built in stereo mics. And the volume/mute control would be convenient. I'm going to send for one too. I hope I can manage it's control panel, especially the equalizer. Bob - Original Message - From: Chris Skarstad toonhe...@verizon.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: my initial impressions of the turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM A while ago, I had asked about buying an external sound card, and I eventually chose the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM. This card is tiny, weighing in only a few ounces, and it kind of looks like a cigarette lighter at first glance. snip To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Converting from victor stream to wav or mp3
It might. What format does the Victor Stream record in? I assume you're asking how to use Switch. It's a very straight forward interface that works well out of the box with JFW. I assume it would work with any screen reader. You just hit alt-f to go into the File pulldown and press enter to add files to the list of files to be converted. This is the pretty standard dialog that you get when searching for files, but tab over and select the file type you're going to convert. I usually just go to the bottom of the list to select all file types. Now find the files you're interested in and click on the open button. You can repeat this as many times as you want to populate the list of files you want to convert. When you're done selecting your files, I usually hit control-a to make sure they're all selected. Tab over to the browse button and pick the directory where you want the converted files to be located. Tab over to select the output of the file type, click on the convert options to set things like the bit rate and click the convert button to start the conversion process. Like I said, it's all pretty straightforward and the program has a free trial, so no reason to download it and give it a try. Reese wrote: Hi list: I understand a program called switch will convert these recorded victor stream files to wav or mp3 format. is this true and can someone explain how this is done? Thanks! Reese Shiloh's travel: http://www.shilohstravel.com Email: reservati...@shilohstravel.com Phone: 888-831-3180 404-419-6777 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher cchalt...@austin.rr.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
