Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

[Christopher Chaltain]

Yeh, I think they will. Access times will just be really slow.




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On 1/8/2011 3:07 PM, Colin Phelan wrote:

Thanks Christipher,
It has just occurred to me that do you think modern day stand alone hard
drives will operate, ie be recognised by a USB 1 connnection
Regards
Colin

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Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi


I was thinking it would be slow whenever you were copying files over to
or from the USB drive over that 1.1 USB connection. I'm not sure if the
access rate over a 1.1 USB connection would be so slow as to effect your
ability to play audio off a drive attached to such a port. It would
probably work, but your player may have to do a tiny bit of buffering.

There's a few things you can do to see if you have more hard drive space
out there. When you go into My computer, do you see any other drives
listed besides the C drive? If so, they may be other partitions on your
hard drive.

You can also use Windows Disk Management to see how your hard drive is
partitioned. Go to your desktop, arrow over to My Computer, and hit the
shift+f10, right mouse button or applications key to bring up the
context menu. Arrow down to Manage and hit enter. Now you can arrow down
to Storage, Disk Management and then tab over to check out how your
drive is partitioned.




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On 1/8/2011 5:22 AM, Colin Phelan wrote:

Thanks Christopher, I am using XP.
The memory I would njeed to upgrade is that I would store MP3's  on
which I guess is HD.  From what you said not worth that.
I am sure there is more than 20G HD on the machine.
What is an idiots way of finding out overal HD size please.
When you say an external drive would be slow do you mean when playing or
just when initially retrieving?
Thanks again
Colin

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You will free up space by deleting programs you aren't using, but
depending on the programs, it probably won't be very much. How much
data are you talking about transferring? Are any other partitions
besides C listed? there may be a recovery partition that you could
steal, if you don't care about ever recovering the machine or if you
already have recovery CD's burned. BTW, what OS is running on this
machine?

When you ask about additional memory, are you talking about RAM or
hard drive space? How much RAM is there now? Prices on memory and hard
drives only come down, so finding hardware for older systems can end
up costing you enough to make it worth buying a real cheap low end
system. Since it's a laptop, you'd have to replace the drive that's
there, which would mean a lot of work reinstalling Windows onto the
new hard drive, assuming you have a license and the install media for
Windows. Depending on how much RAM you have and how much the laptop
will support, you may be able to add more, but this probably won't buy
you anything when it comes to storing media files on the hard drive.
Something like Crucial.com at http://www.crucial.com/ can take you
through the RAM upgrade process.

You could use an external drive, but I think you'd find the speed
frustrating.

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On 1/7/2011 3:35 PM, Colin Phelan wrote:

Thanks all for your great suggestions.
I have taken the easy option at this stage and dusted down an old lap
top and have taken all files well most off it. Then using a 4G SD
card have started coping my music across This is taking some time as
the Dell Latitude only has USB1 connections but that's ok. I did not
realise HD was so small as already telling me is full, that's where I
need further assistance please. I'm a bit thick when it comes to this
so here goes Local disc (c) when clicking on properties is roughly
telling me it is

20G.

Is this the whole size of the lap top including programmes or will I
free

up

lots of space by deleting programmes not assocatied with music. I
from memory thought it was 40G but may well have been wrong. If not
what is best? Buy additional memory for the machine, will this be
possible? External hard drive will this be a problem as only USB1?
Once again thanks all for your support
Regards
Colin


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Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora

[David Tanner]

I'll gladly third that.


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Subject: Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora



I second Roger's praises of this program. I have been enjoying Pandora
for the last few months on my Android phone, and for the last week on my
new iPod Touch, both of which have totally accessible apps. It's great
to now be able to use it on the PC.

If you are a music lover, it is well worth the ten dollars, even if all
you have is the free version of Pandora.

~Ann


On 1/7/2011 7:38 PM, Roger R. Cusson wrote:



Greetings Folks,


With the very recent initial software release of a truly wonderful 
Pandora
third party interface known as: HOPE, a blind-friendly approach for 
Pandora,

we are now on equal footing with all of the other Pandora Radio listeners
out there.

For the uninitiated, Pandora Radio, found at:

http://www.pandora.com

is a very innovative web site, that seeks to allow users to set up 
various

radio stations, based on their musical preferences, both by individual
artist and or specific genres.

The Pandora radio site is almost completely unusable by blind folks with
screen reading technology, as they rely on Adobe's extensive use of Flash
technology, to deliver all of the usable web content and adjustments to
account options and the music player.

Pandora is much more than just a radio or music web site that actually 
finds
music based upon your specific and wide ranging solutions but I do not 
feel
like writing all of that crap out. I am not nearly as good as my friend 
Hap

Holly, is at spinning a good yarn.

Basically, the visually impaired developer of Qwitter, a third party
application layer gateway for the popular social networking site, 
Twitter,

has gone and done it again with his extremely unique approach to Pandora.
Based on some Python programming skills, and some excellent use of the
Pandora very secret XML technology, he has made a completely accessible
interface to the Pandora site...

It is $10.00 which seems to be a one time purchase for as many updates as 
he

can try to write, before his fingers fall off.

The developer, Chris Toth has made a truly usable interface to Pandora. 
Once

you configure a few stations, either based on artist or genre, you will
never listen to Internet radio quite the same way again. No commercials, 
no

speaking in between the tracks, just good music of all styles.

Pandora uses your suggestions to essentially pick songs and artists in or
close to the same musical style or genre/sound.

It is unbelievable!!!

Chris with his HOPE application has made the Pandora experience 
completely

blind-friendly by eliminating having to even use the Pandora site.

A blind user cannot even independently create their initial account on 
the
Pandora's.com web site. With H O P E, all all all things are usable and 
all
account creation, and all of the same interactions that a sighted user 
would
experience, have been built directly into Pandora's third party gateway, 
H O

P E.

The H O P E program can be found at:

http://q-continuum.net/hope/

I want everyone who is interested to visit Chris's site, and ask him
questions and of course purchase the program to further the development 
of

HOPE.

Believe me, from a fellow who has used Pandora since 2006, his program 
was

well worth waiting for.

Check it out, and hope you enjoy the accessible experience that HOPE 
brings

to Pandora.com

If anyone wants to contact the Pandora support staff, in case they have
questions or want to purchase for 36 bucks per year, a unlimited 
listening

experience, please e-mail:

supp...@pandora.com

The subscription process is only technically open to U.S. subscribers,
unless, you happen to have a proxy gateway to make it look like you are 
in

fact in the U.S. That is another discussion for another time...

Respectfully submitted,


Roger R. Cusson
Computer Access Specialist
Seeing Hands Enterprises - Lisbon, Maine
(207) 353-5007
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Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora

[David Tanner]

You can also use a credit card.  I know this to be true since I used a 
credit card for my purchase of Hope.




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Subject: Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora


Hi okay what if you don't have pay pal and would still like to purchase 
the product.

Then what do you do?

Casey
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If you'll go to
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must pay the ten dollars using PayPal.

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Re: lost my windows sounds

[Brad Dunse]

de sure that

nothing is muted.  If I check the list of sounds
they are all there and work   My sound card is a S B live and I'm
running XP and windoweyes.  I can't think of anything I did 
at the time I
lost the sounds as far as downloading or installing any 
program or anything
like that, they just all of a sudden disappeared.  Any 
thoughts would sure

be appreciated.  I sure miss them.
Thanks..


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Re: zoom h1 digital recorder

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

I know someone in the U.K who just purchased one of these recorders, think he 
got it from Amazon but there are other places according to him so by the sounds 
of it they're readily available.  I'm in Australia and I've owned one of these 
nifty recorders for nearly 3 months now as the list would no doubt be aware as 
I've written about it often enough both on this list and on my blog.

Now please forgive me as I'm not sure I understood the second part of your 
question correctly so here's how I interpreted it along with my answer.

You asked if the Zoom H1 can be used as a microphone or line input for a 
computer, in other words you're asking if the Zoom H1 can be used as a sound 
device for your computer? At this time the answer's no which is a shame as it 
would be damn nice though Zoom could if they wanted to "upgrade" the software 
to allow this to happen as all the hardware's there.

The H1 itself will accept both line-in and microphone sources through the 
"Input" socket, some adjustments may need to be made to the "Input Gain" but 
that's easily done.


On 09/01/2011, at 11:33 AM, Kieran L wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have been thinking about purchasing one of these recorders for a while, and 
> have some questions.
> I am in the UK, what is the cheapest price for one?
> Plus, could one connect it to a line-in port on a PC, and use it as a 
> microphone?
> Also, can they be baught in retail stores?  Or just online.
> Just as an extra, I'm in the northeast of england.
> Plus, if it is available in a retail store, would you be able to buy the 
> accesserry pack for it?
> Thanks,
> Kieran.
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zoom h1 digital recorder

[Kieran L]

Hi all,
I have been thinking about purchasing one of these recorders for a 
while, and have some questions.

I am in the UK, what is the cheapest price for one?
Plus, could one connect it to a line-in port on a PC, and use it as a 
microphone?

Also, can they be baught in retail stores?  Or just online.
Just as an extra, I'm in the northeast of england.
Plus, if it is available in a retail store, would you be able to buy the 
accesserry pack for it?

Thanks,
Kieran.
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Email:
kieran.little...@googlemail.com
MSN:
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zoom H1 SD card question

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

I've been reading another review of the Zoom H1 recorder.

The author of the review brings up some interesting points, one being that he 
doesn't know whether the SD cards are hot swappable in other words when you can 
have the recorder in "Standby" mode and swap the cards, anyone got any views on 
this? I've sure I've done this before without any problems but maybe I'm not 
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Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora

[Casey]

Hi okay what if you don't have pay pal and would still like to purchase the 
product.

Then what do you do?

Casey
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If you'll go to
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must pay the ten dollars using PayPal.

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Re: lost my windows sounds

[Bud Schwab]

Christopher,

Yes, I did try out the various .wav files and they all play just 
fine   I also checked all the volumes and they are all set to almost 
500  and all the mutes are unchecked. Isn't that wild?

Thanks again.

Bud.  At 12:10 PM 1/8/2011, you wrote:

Bud,

I also suppose you tried different sounds with no joy? You used the 
preview button or what ever it is to make sure you can hear the 
sounds and there's nothing wrong with the .wav files. Did you try 
listening to the .wav files directly with WMP or Winamp?


Also, when you go into your volume settings, did you double check to 
make sure that none of the different output sources were at 0% volume or muted?


I know I'm tossing out the obvious here, but I don't know what else to try.




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On 1/8/2011 12:18 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
Bud and list:  Yes..by all means let us know as I have a friend who 
has not been able to hear her Windows sounds in quite sometime!

Tom Kaufman
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Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: lost my windows sounds



Hi Christopher

I've done all that and still no sounds.  It's got me baffled also.
If I ever find out the cause and get it fixed I'll let you guys 
know what it was.

Thanks so much for your input.

Bud

At 08:40 PM 1/7/2011, you wrote:
So when you go into Sounds, you're double checking that you've 
got sounds set up for Windows startup and shutdown, right? If you 
make any changes, you're saving them and making sure the updated 
or new sound scheme is the one that's active, right? I assume so, 
so this is pretty strange.





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On 1/7/2011 10:26 PM, Bud Schwab wrote:

Hi Christopher,

Yes, all the other sounds are working.  I can play music and I 
still get the sound when a download has completed.  The ones 
that I know are missing for sure are the sounds when windows 
shuts down and when it comes on.  Also the sound when a piece of 
hardware is accidentally disconnected and when it comes back on 
line  I did check the scheme and the audio device shows my sound 
card.  It's got me pulling my hair and I don['t really have much 
to pull these days.


Bud.At 08:13 PM 1/7/2011, you wrote:
and are you talking about all sounds or just Windows sounds 
that you get when you maximize a window or close an 
application? Is your screen reader still working? Can you still play music?


When you go into Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds, check to 
make sure that your sound scheme hasn't changed. Ditto for the 
default Windows audio output device.





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On 1/7/2011 9:45 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote:

Bud,

Which operating system are you using? If XP, did you go to 
"sounds and audio

devices" in the control panel?

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Subject: lost my windows sounds

Hi gang,

I don't think I asked this question on this list because I'm a 
pretty new
kid on the block, so if I did ask it before please forgive 
me.  A few months

ago all of a sudden I lost my windows sounds such as the starting and
shutting down of windows, and the sound that indicates hardware
disconnecting or connecting. I've checked all the volumes and 
made sure that

nothing is muted.  If I check the list of sounds
they are all there and work   My sound card is a S B live and I'm
running XP and windoweyes.  I can't think of anything I did at 
the time I
lost the sounds as far as downloading or installing any 
program or anything
like that, they just all of a sudden disappeared.  Any 
thoughts would sure

be appreciated.  I sure miss them.
Thanks..


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Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora

[James Scholes]

http://q-continuum.net/hope

Previously, Jorge Paez said:

Can anyone please give me a link?
I tried googling and it kept coming up with Pandora's box instead.

On Jan 8, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Matthew Bullis wrote:


I love this program, and I've only used it for about twelve hours now. I hope 
the developer will be interviewed on a tech show like Main Menu or Innovations, 
because I'd like to hear about how he accomplished this task, and what plans he 
has for the future of the program, as far as features. I've not seen his name 
on any e-mail lists that I'm on, and I'm on quite a few. I've sent him an 
e-mail, so hopefully he'll get back to me soon. Pandora has found almost every 
obscure or under-the-radar folk artist I've put in, and I already have new 
artists to check out.
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RE: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

[Colin Phelan]

Thanks Christipher,
It has just occurred to me that do you think modern day stand alone hard
drives will operate, ie be recognised by a USB 1 connnection 
Regards 
Colin 

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On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: 08 January 2011 21:01
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Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi


I was thinking it would be slow whenever you were copying files over to 
or from the USB drive over that 1.1 USB connection. I'm not sure if the 
access rate over a 1.1 USB connection would be so slow as to effect your 
ability to play audio off a drive attached to such a port. It would 
probably work, but your player may have to do a tiny bit of buffering.

There's a few things you can do to see if you have more hard drive space 
out there. When you go into My computer, do you see any other drives 
listed besides the C drive? If so, they may be other partitions on your 
hard drive.

You can also use Windows Disk Management to see how your hard drive is 
partitioned. Go to your desktop, arrow over to My Computer, and hit the 
shift+f10, right mouse button or applications key to bring up the
context menu. Arrow down to Manage and hit enter. Now you can arrow down 
to Storage, Disk Management and then tab over to check out how your 
drive is partitioned.




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On 1/8/2011 5:22 AM, Colin Phelan wrote:
> Thanks Christopher, I am using XP.
> The memory I would njeed to upgrade is that I would store MP3's  on 
> which I guess is HD.  From what you said not worth that.
> I am sure there is more than 20G HD on the machine.
> What is an idiots way of finding out overal HD size please.
> When you say an external drive would be slow do you mean when playing or
> just when initially retrieving?
> Thanks again
> Colin
>
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
> On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
> Sent: 07 January 2011 22:04
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi
>
>
> You will free up space by deleting programs you aren't using, but 
> depending on the programs, it probably won't be very much. How much 
> data are you talking about transferring? Are any other partitions 
> besides C listed? there may be a recovery partition that you could 
> steal, if you don't care about ever recovering the machine or if you 
> already have recovery CD's burned. BTW, what OS is running on this 
> machine?
>
> When you ask about additional memory, are you talking about RAM or 
> hard drive space? How much RAM is there now? Prices on memory and hard 
> drives only come down, so finding hardware for older systems can end 
> up costing you enough to make it worth buying a real cheap low end 
> system. Since it's a laptop, you'd have to replace the drive that's 
> there, which would mean a lot of work reinstalling Windows onto the 
> new hard drive, assuming you have a license and the install media for 
> Windows. Depending on how much RAM you have and how much the laptop 
> will support, you may be able to add more, but this probably won't buy 
> you anything when it comes to storing media files on the hard drive. 
> Something like Crucial.com at http://www.crucial.com/ can take you 
> through the RAM upgrade process.
>
> You could use an external drive, but I think you'd find the speed 
> frustrating.
>
> --
>
> Christopher
> chalt...@gmail.com
>
>
> On 1/7/2011 3:35 PM, Colin Phelan wrote:
>> Thanks all for your great suggestions.
>> I have taken the easy option at this stage and dusted down an old lap 
>> top and have taken all files well most off it. Then using a 4G SD 
>> card have started coping my music across This is taking some time as 
>> the Dell Latitude only has USB1 connections but that's ok. I did not 
>> realise HD was so small as already telling me is full, that's where I 
>> need further assistance please. I'm a bit thick when it comes to this 
>> so here goes Local disc (c) when clicking on properties is roughly 
>> telling me it is
> 20G.
>> Is this the whole size of the lap top including programmes or will I 
>> free
> up
>> lots of space by deleting programmes not assocatied with music. I 
>> from memory thought it was 40G but may well have been wrong. If not 
>> what is best? Buy additional memory for the machine, will this be 
>> possible? External hard drive will this be a problem as only USB1?
>> Once again thanks all for your support
>> Regards
>> Colin
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org 
>> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
>> On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
>> Sent: 05 January 2011 17:07
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Dr

Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

[Christopher Chaltain]

I was thinking it would be slow whenever you were copying files over to 
or from the USB drive over that 1.1 USB connection. I'm not sure if the 
access rate over a 1.1 USB connection would be so slow as to effect your 
ability to play audio off a drive attached to such a port. It would 
probably work, but your player may have to do a tiny bit of buffering.


There's a few things you can do to see if you have more hard drive space 
out there. When you go into My computer, do you see any other drives 
listed besides the C drive? If so, they may be other partitions on your 
hard drive.


You can also use Windows Disk Management to see how your hard drive is 
partitioned. Go to your desktop, arrow over to My Computer, and hit the 
shift+f10, right mouse button or applications key to bring up the 
context menu. Arrow down to Manage and hit enter. Now you can arrow down 
to Storage, Disk Management and then tab over to check out how your 
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On 1/8/2011 5:22 AM, Colin Phelan wrote:

Thanks Christopher, I am using XP.
The memory I would njeed to upgrade is that I would store MP3's  on which I
guess is HD.
 From what you said not worth that.
I am sure there is more than 20G HD on the machine.
What is an idiots way of finding out overal HD size please.
When you say an external drive would be slow do you mean when playing or
just when initially retrieving?
Thanks again
Colin

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On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: 07 January 2011 22:04
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi


You will free up space by deleting programs you aren't using, but
depending on the programs, it probably won't be very much. How much data
are you talking about transferring? Are any other partitions besides C
listed? there may be a recovery partition that you could steal, if you
don't care about ever recovering the machine or if you already have
recovery CD's burned. BTW, what OS is running on this machine?

When you ask about additional memory, are you talking about RAM or hard
drive space? How much RAM is there now? Prices on memory and hard drives
only come down, so finding hardware for older systems can end up costing
you enough to make it worth buying a real cheap low end system. Since
it's a laptop, you'd have to replace the drive that's there, which would
mean a lot of work reinstalling Windows onto the new hard drive,
assuming you have a license and the install media for Windows. Depending
on how much RAM you have and how much the laptop will support, you may
be able to add more, but this probably won't buy you anything when it
comes to storing media files on the hard drive. Something like
Crucial.com at http://www.crucial.com/ can take you through the RAM
upgrade process.

You could use an external drive, but I think you'd find the speed
frustrating.

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On 1/7/2011 3:35 PM, Colin Phelan wrote:

Thanks all for your great suggestions.
I have taken the easy option at this stage and dusted down an old lap
top and have taken all files well most off it. Then using a 4G SD card
have started coping my music across This is taking some time as the
Dell Latitude only has USB1 connections but that's ok.
I did not realise HD was so small as already telling me is full, that's
where I need further assistance please.
I'm a bit thick when it comes to this so here goes
Local disc (c) when clicking on properties is roughly telling me it is

20G.

Is this the whole size of the lap top including programmes or will I free

up

lots of space by deleting programmes not assocatied with music.
I from memory thought it was 40G but may well have been wrong.
If not what is best?
Buy additional memory for the machine, will this be possible?
External hard drive will this be a problem as only USB1?
Once again thanks all for your support
Regards
Colin


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On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: 05 January 2011 17:07
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi


I can think of a few options. One would be to use an FM transmitter.
You could attach an FM transmitter to your PC and then broadcast the
music from your PC and pick it up on your stereo, assuming you have a
FM receiver as part of your stereo. I don't have one myself, but I'm
sure others can chime in with more details, opinions and information.

You can also use a few different technologies to broadcast music from
your PC over wifi or bluetooth to a receiver that you could then
attach to your stereo. Apple TV and Airport Express would be two such
examples, and others can speak to them 

Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora

[Matthew Bullis]

If you'll go to
www.q-continuum.net
you will find the link for further information. You can read the 
instructions on how to use this program, but in order to download, you must 
pay the ten dollars using PayPal.
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Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora

[Ann]

I second Roger's praises of this program. I have been enjoying Pandora
for the last few months on my Android phone, and for the last week on my
new iPod Touch, both of which have totally accessible apps. It's great
to now be able to use it on the PC.

If you are a music lover, it is well worth the ten dollars, even if all
you have is the free version of Pandora.

~Ann


On 1/7/2011 7:38 PM, Roger R. Cusson wrote:
>  
>  
> Greetings Folks,
>  
>  
> With the very recent initial software release of a truly wonderful Pandora
> third party interface known as: HOPE, a blind-friendly approach for Pandora,
> we are now on equal footing with all of the other Pandora Radio listeners
> out there.
>  
> For the uninitiated, Pandora Radio, found at:
>  
> http://www.pandora.com
>  
> is a very innovative web site, that seeks to allow users to set up various
> radio stations, based on their musical preferences, both by individual
> artist and or specific genres.
>  
> The Pandora radio site is almost completely unusable by blind folks with
> screen reading technology, as they rely on Adobe's extensive use of Flash
> technology, to deliver all of the usable web content and adjustments to
> account options and the music player.
>  
> Pandora is much more than just a radio or music web site that actually finds
> music based upon your specific and wide ranging solutions but I do not feel
> like writing all of that crap out. I am not nearly as good as my friend Hap
> Holly, is at spinning a good yarn.
>  
> Basically, the visually impaired developer of Qwitter, a third party
> application layer gateway for the popular social networking site, Twitter,
> has gone and done it again with his extremely unique approach to Pandora.
> Based on some Python programming skills, and some excellent use of the
> Pandora very secret XML technology, he has made a completely accessible
> interface to the Pandora site...
>  
> It is $10.00 which seems to be a one time purchase for as many updates as he
> can try to write, before his fingers fall off.
>  
> The developer, Chris Toth has made a truly usable interface to Pandora. Once
> you configure a few stations, either based on artist or genre, you will
> never listen to Internet radio quite the same way again. No commercials, no
> speaking in between the tracks, just good music of all styles.
>  
> Pandora uses your suggestions to essentially pick songs and artists in or
> close to the same musical style or genre/sound.
>  
> It is unbelievable!!!
>  
> Chris with his HOPE application has made the Pandora experience completely
> blind-friendly by eliminating having to even use the Pandora site.
>  
> A blind user cannot even independently create their initial account on the
> Pandora's.com web site. With H O P E, all all all things are usable and all
> account creation, and all of the same interactions that a sighted user would
> experience, have been built directly into Pandora's third party gateway, H O
> P E.
>  
> The H O P E program can be found at:
>  
> http://q-continuum.net/hope/
>  
> I want everyone who is interested to visit Chris's site, and ask him
> questions and of course purchase the program to further the development of
> HOPE.
>  
> Believe me, from a fellow who has used Pandora since 2006, his program was
> well worth waiting for.
>  
> Check it out, and hope you enjoy the accessible experience that HOPE brings
> to Pandora.com
>  
> If anyone wants to contact the Pandora support staff, in case they have
> questions or want to purchase for 36 bucks per year, a unlimited listening
> experience, please e-mail:
>  
> supp...@pandora.com
>  
> The subscription process is only technically open to U.S. subscribers,
> unless, you happen to have a proxy gateway to make it look like you are in
> fact in the U.S. That is another discussion for another time...
>  
> Respectfully submitted,
>  
>  
> Roger R. Cusson
> Computer Access Specialist
> Seeing Hands Enterprises - Lisbon, Maine
> (207) 353-5007
> Skype Contact: rcusson
>  
> A quote to live by:
> Any program that works perfectly, just hasn't been tested properly!"
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Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora

[Jorge Paez]

Can anyone please give me a link?
I tried googling and it kept coming up with Pandora's box instead.

On Jan 8, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Matthew Bullis wrote:

> I love this program, and I've only used it for about twelve hours now. I hope 
> the developer will be interviewed on a tech show like Main Menu or 
> Innovations, because I'd like to hear about how he accomplished this task, 
> and what plans he has for the future of the program, as far as features. I've 
> not seen his name on any e-mail lists that I'm on, and I'm on quite a few. 
> I've sent him an e-mail, so hopefully he'll get back to me soon. Pandora has 
> found almost every obscure or under-the-radar folk artist I've put in, and I 
> already have new artists to check out.
> Matthew 
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Re: There Is HOPE For Pandora

[Matthew Bullis]

I love this program, and I've only used it for about twelve hours now. I 
hope the developer will be interviewed on a tech show like Main Menu or 
Innovations, because I'd like to hear about how he accomplished this task, 
and what plans he has for the future of the program, as far as features. 
I've not seen his name on any e-mail lists that I'm on, and I'm on quite a 
few. I've sent him an e-mail, so hopefully he'll get back to me soon. 
Pandora has found almost every obscure or under-the-radar folk artist I've 
put in, and I already have new artists to check out.
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Re: lost my windows sounds

[Christopher Chaltain]

Bud,

I also suppose you tried different sounds with no joy? You used the 
preview button or what ever it is to make sure you can hear the sounds 
and there's nothing wrong with the .wav files. Did you try listening to 
the .wav files directly with WMP or Winamp?


Also, when you go into your volume settings, did you double check to 
make sure that none of the different output sources were at 0% volume or 
muted?


I know I'm tossing out the obvious here, but I don't know what else to try.




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On 1/8/2011 12:18 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
Bud and list:  Yes..by all means let us know as I have a friend who 
has not been able to hear her Windows sounds in quite sometime!

Tom Kaufman
- Original Message - From: "Bud Schwab" 
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: lost my windows sounds



Hi Christopher

I've done all that and still no sounds.  It's got me baffled also.  
If I ever find out the cause and get it fixed I'll let you guys know 
what it was.

Thanks so much for your input.

Bud

At 08:40 PM 1/7/2011, you wrote:
So when you go into Sounds, you're double checking that you've got 
sounds set up for Windows startup and shutdown, right? If you make 
any changes, you're saving them and making sure the updated or new 
sound scheme is the one that's active, right? I assume so, so this 
is pretty strange.



 



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chalt...@gmail.com 

 




On 1/7/2011 10:26 PM, Bud Schwab wrote:

Hi Christopher,

Yes, all the other sounds are working.  I can play music and I 
still get the sound when a download has completed.  The ones that I 
know are missing for sure are the sounds when windows shuts down 
and when it comes on.  Also the sound when a piece of hardware is 
accidentally disconnected and when it comes back on line  I did 
check the scheme and the audio device shows my sound card.  It's 
got me pulling my hair and I don['t really have much to pull these 
days.


Bud.At 08:13 PM 1/7/2011, you wrote:
and are you talking about all sounds or just Windows sounds that 
you get when you maximize a window or close an application? Is 
your screen reader still working? Can you still play music?


When you go into Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds, check to make 
sure that your sound scheme hasn't changed. Ditto for the default 
Windows audio output device.



 



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chalt...@gmail.com 

 




On 1/7/2011 9:45 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote:

Bud,

Which operating system are you using? If XP, did you go to 
"sounds and audio

devices" in the control panel?

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On Behalf Of Bud Schwab
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 8:05 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: lost my windows sounds

Hi gang,

I don't think I asked this question on this list because I'm a 
pretty new
kid on the block, so if I did ask it before please forgive me.  A 
few months
ago all of a sudden I lost my windows sounds such as the starting 
and

shutting down of windows, and the sound that indicates hardware
disconnecting or connecting. I've checked all the volumes and 
made sure that

nothing is muted.  If I check the list of sounds
they are all there and work   My sound card is a S B live and I'm
running XP and windoweyes.  I can't think of anything I did at 
the time I
lost the sounds as far as downloading or installing any program 
or anything
like that, they just all of a sudden disappeared.  Any thoughts 
would sure

be appreciated.  I sure miss them.
Thanks..


Bud Schwab
W 6 Z Y P
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There Is HOPE For Pandora

[Roger R. Cusson]

 
 
Greetings Folks,
 
 
With the very recent initial software release of a truly wonderful Pandora
third party interface known as: HOPE, a blind-friendly approach for Pandora,
we are now on equal footing with all of the other Pandora Radio listeners
out there.
 
For the uninitiated, Pandora Radio, found at:
 
http://www.pandora.com
 
is a very innovative web site, that seeks to allow users to set up various
radio stations, based on their musical preferences, both by individual
artist and or specific genres.
 
The Pandora radio site is almost completely unusable by blind folks with
screen reading technology, as they rely on Adobe's extensive use of Flash
technology, to deliver all of the usable web content and adjustments to
account options and the music player.
 
Pandora is much more than just a radio or music web site that actually finds
music based upon your specific and wide ranging solutions but I do not feel
like writing all of that crap out. I am not nearly as good as my friend Hap
Holly, is at spinning a good yarn.
 
Basically, the visually impaired developer of Qwitter, a third party
application layer gateway for the popular social networking site, Twitter,
has gone and done it again with his extremely unique approach to Pandora.
Based on some Python programming skills, and some excellent use of the
Pandora very secret XML technology, he has made a completely accessible
interface to the Pandora site...
 
It is $10.00 which seems to be a one time purchase for as many updates as he
can try to write, before his fingers fall off.
 
The developer, Chris Toth has made a truly usable interface to Pandora. Once
you configure a few stations, either based on artist or genre, you will
never listen to Internet radio quite the same way again. No commercials, no
speaking in between the tracks, just good music of all styles.
 
Pandora uses your suggestions to essentially pick songs and artists in or
close to the same musical style or genre/sound.
 
It is unbelievable!!!
 
Chris with his HOPE application has made the Pandora experience completely
blind-friendly by eliminating having to even use the Pandora site.
 
A blind user cannot even independently create their initial account on the
Pandora's.com web site. With H O P E, all all all things are usable and all
account creation, and all of the same interactions that a sighted user would
experience, have been built directly into Pandora's third party gateway, H O
P E.
 
The H O P E program can be found at:
 
http://q-continuum.net/hope/
 
I want everyone who is interested to visit Chris's site, and ask him
questions and of course purchase the program to further the development of
HOPE.
 
Believe me, from a fellow who has used Pandora since 2006, his program was
well worth waiting for.
 
Check it out, and hope you enjoy the accessible experience that HOPE brings
to Pandora.com
 
If anyone wants to contact the Pandora support staff, in case they have
questions or want to purchase for 36 bucks per year, a unlimited listening
experience, please e-mail:
 
supp...@pandora.com
 
The subscription process is only technically open to U.S. subscribers,
unless, you happen to have a proxy gateway to make it look like you are in
fact in the U.S. That is another discussion for another time...
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
 
Roger R. Cusson
Computer Access Specialist
Seeing Hands Enterprises - Lisbon, Maine
(207) 353-5007
Skype Contact: rcusson
 
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Re: To all of you Total Recorder aficionados out there, a puzzle for you

[Larry Higgins]

Well James, I tried that approach, but no go. I am willing to assume 
the role of a total beginner here and have you direct me. For one 
thing, what should be my driver configuration. At present, I'm using 
the "User-mode virtual device driver (Playback/Record through 
TotalRecorder)" selection. Do I need to default to using TR as my 
default playback device? I think I have successfully done this, but I 
still can't get any sound recorded or played back with the soundboard 
muted. I really couldn't swear as to just what my settings were 
before I started having this problem once again. I do know that I 
didn't have to mute my soundcard to have it go silent when recording 
linein before now. Man, this is sure frustrating.


At 11:52 AM 1/8/2011, you wrote:
You don't have to accomplish this through Total Recorder.  Just open 
Windows Volume Control, and assuming you're running Windows XP, 
check the box to mute the Line In.  By default Volume Control shows 
playback controls, so muting the Line In will only stop it being 
played back.  In other words, it won't affect your recording at all, 
and you can get on with using your computer as you normally would.


Previously, Larry Higgins said:
Well, I guess I should really say that puzzle is mine. Hopefully 
somebody can help me restore harmony between me and TR.


Just a little bit of background. I had a nearly fatal accident with 
my computer at the end of  March of the previous year. No need to 
go in to all that, except to say that it became necessary to 
rebuild my computer from the ground up, software wise. Yesterday, 
after all that time, I needed to schedule and record a radio 
program from my stereo receiver, using the linein to my soundcard. 
That part went fine, but the problem is what follows.


The problem is simply this. I can no longer get TR to mute the 
sound coming into the linein when recording. This used to allow me 
to record from my receiver, allowing me to do any other work 
without interference from what I am recording from the external 
source. I have scoured every dialog box for any remedy, and just 
can't find one. I remember there being a monitoring option that one 
could check or uncheck in a previous version, and when unchecking 
that box, that, at least as far as I can remember, allowed me to 
record linein in the background, but now I can't seem to find 
anything remotely relating to monitoring, unless it is preview 
monitoring, and that doesn't seem to help.


Please, please, don't get this issue confused with hearing speech 
through my soundcard going to my linein recording. I have that 
covered, no problemo.


If I can further clarify the issue, please let me know. I guess I 
can always find something to do other than use my computer during 
these times, but would like to once again have the option of 
computing in silence.


Thanks much,

Larry

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Re: lost my windows sounds

[Tom Kaufman]

Bud and list:  Yes..by all means let us know as I have a friend who has not 
been able to hear her Windows sounds in quite sometime!

Tom Kaufman
- Original Message - 
From: "Bud Schwab" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: lost my windows sounds



Hi Christopher

I've done all that and still no sounds.  It's got me baffled also.  If I 
ever find out the cause and get it fixed I'll let you guys know what it 
was.

Thanks so much for your input.

Bud

At 08:40 PM 1/7/2011, you wrote:
So when you go into Sounds, you're double checking that you've got sounds 
set up for Windows startup and shutdown, right? If you make any changes, 
you're saving them and making sure the updated or new sound scheme is the 
one that's active, right? I assume so, so this is pretty strange.





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On 1/7/2011 10:26 PM, Bud Schwab wrote:

Hi Christopher,

Yes, all the other sounds are working.  I can play music and I still get 
the sound when a download has completed.  The ones that I know are 
missing for sure are the sounds when windows shuts down and when it comes 
on.  Also the sound when a piece of hardware is accidentally disconnected 
and when it comes back on line  I did check the scheme and the audio 
device shows my sound card.  It's got me pulling my hair and I don['t 
really have much to pull these days.


Bud.At 08:13 PM 1/7/2011, you wrote:
and are you talking about all sounds or just Windows sounds that you get 
when you maximize a window or close an application? Is your screen 
reader still working? Can you still play music?


When you go into Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds, check to make sure 
that your sound scheme hasn't changed. Ditto for the default Windows 
audio output device.





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chalt...@gmail.com 




On 1/7/2011 9:45 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote:

Bud,

Which operating system are you using? If XP, did you go to "sounds and 
audio

devices" in the control panel?

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org 
[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]

On Behalf Of Bud Schwab
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 8:05 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: lost my windows sounds

Hi gang,

I don't think I asked this question on this list because I'm a pretty 
new
kid on the block, so if I did ask it before please forgive me.  A few 
months

ago all of a sudden I lost my windows sounds such as the starting and
shutting down of windows, and the sound that indicates hardware
disconnecting or connecting. I've checked all the volumes and made sure 
that

nothing is muted.  If I check the list of sounds
they are all there and work   My sound card is a S B live and I'm
running XP and windoweyes.  I can't think of anything I did at the time 
I
lost the sounds as far as downloading or installing any program or 
anything
like that, they just all of a sudden disappeared.  Any thoughts would 
sure

be appreciated.  I sure miss them.
Thanks..


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W 6 Z Y P
Malibu, California



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Re: lost my windows sounds

[Bud Schwab]

Hi Christopher

I've done all that and still no sounds.  It's got me baffled 
also.  If I ever find out the cause and get it fixed I'll let you 
guys know what it was.

Thanks so much for your input.

Bud

At 08:40 PM 1/7/2011, you wrote:
So when you go into Sounds, you're double checking that you've got 
sounds set up for Windows startup and shutdown, right? If you make 
any changes, you're saving them and making sure the updated or new 
sound scheme is the one that's active, right? I assume so, so this 
is pretty strange.





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On 1/7/2011 10:26 PM, Bud Schwab wrote:

Hi Christopher,

Yes, all the other sounds are working.  I can play music and I 
still get the sound when a download has completed.  The ones that I 
know are missing for sure are the sounds when windows shuts down 
and when it comes on.  Also the sound when a piece of hardware is 
accidentally disconnected and when it comes back on line  I did 
check the scheme and the audio device shows my sound card.  It's 
got me pulling my hair and I don['t really have much to pull these days.


Bud.At 08:13 PM 1/7/2011, you wrote:
and are you talking about all sounds or just Windows sounds that 
you get when you maximize a window or close an application? Is 
your screen reader still working? Can you still play music?


When you go into Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds, check to make 
sure that your sound scheme hasn't changed. Ditto for the default 
Windows audio output device.





Christopher
chalt...@gmail.com 




On 1/7/2011 9:45 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote:

Bud,

Which operating system are you using? If XP, did you go to 
"sounds and audio

devices" in the control panel?

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On Behalf Of Bud Schwab
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 8:05 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: lost my windows sounds

Hi gang,

I don't think I asked this question on this list because I'm a pretty new
kid on the block, so if I did ask it before please forgive me.  A 
few months

ago all of a sudden I lost my windows sounds such as the starting and
shutting down of windows, and the sound that indicates hardware
disconnecting or connecting. I've checked all the volumes and 
made sure that

nothing is muted.  If I check the list of sounds
they are all there and work   My sound card is a S B live and I'm
running XP and windoweyes.  I can't think of anything I did at the time I
lost the sounds as far as downloading or installing any program or anything
like that, they just all of a sudden disappeared.  Any thoughts would sure
be appreciated.  I sure miss them.
Thanks..


Bud Schwab
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Re: To all of you Total Recorder aficionados out there, a puzzle for you

[James Scholes]

You don't have to accomplish this through Total Recorder.  Just open 
Windows Volume Control, and assuming you're running Windows XP, check 
the box to mute the Line In.  By default Volume Control shows playback 
controls, so muting the Line In will only stop it being played back.  In 
other words, it won't affect your recording at all, and you can get on 
with using your computer as you normally would.


Previously, Larry Higgins said:
Well, I guess I should really say that puzzle is mine. Hopefully 
somebody can help me restore harmony between me and TR.


Just a little bit of background. I had a nearly fatal accident with my 
computer at the end of  March of the previous year. No need to go in 
to all that, except to say that it became necessary to rebuild my 
computer from the ground up, software wise. Yesterday, after all that 
time, I needed to schedule and record a radio program from my stereo 
receiver, using the linein to my soundcard. That part went fine, but 
the problem is what follows.


The problem is simply this. I can no longer get TR to mute the sound 
coming into the linein when recording. This used to allow me to record 
from my receiver, allowing me to do any other work without 
interference from what I am recording from the external source. I have 
scoured every dialog box for any remedy, and just can't find one. I 
remember there being a monitoring option that one could check or 
uncheck in a previous version, and when unchecking that box, that, at 
least as far as I can remember, allowed me to record linein in the 
background, but now I can't seem to find anything remotely relating to 
monitoring, unless it is preview monitoring, and that doesn't seem to 
help.


Please, please, don't get this issue confused with hearing speech 
through my soundcard going to my linein recording. I have that 
covered, no problemo.


If I can further clarify the issue, please let me know. I guess I can 
always find something to do other than use my computer during these 
times, but would like to once again have the option of computing in 
silence.


Thanks much,

Larry

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To all of you Total Recorder aficionados out there, a puzzle for you

[Larry Higgins]

Well, I guess I should really say that puzzle is mine. Hopefully 
somebody can help me restore harmony between me and TR.


Just a little bit of background. I had a nearly fatal accident with 
my computer at the end of  March of the previous year. No need to go 
in to all that, except to say that it became necessary to rebuild my 
computer from the ground up, software wise. Yesterday, after all that 
time, I needed to schedule and record a radio program from my stereo 
receiver, using the linein to my soundcard. That part went fine, but 
the problem is what follows.


The problem is simply this. I can no longer get TR to mute the sound 
coming into the linein when recording. This used to allow me to 
record from my receiver, allowing me to do any other work without 
interference from what I am recording from the external source. I 
have scoured every dialog box for any remedy, and just can't find 
one. I remember there being a monitoring option that one could check 
or uncheck in a previous version, and when unchecking that box, that, 
at least as far as I can remember, allowed me to record linein in the 
background, but now I can't seem to find anything remotely relating 
to monitoring, unless it is preview monitoring, and that doesn't seem to help.


Please, please, don't get this issue confused with hearing speech 
through my soundcard going to my linein recording. I have that 
covered, no problemo.


If I can further clarify the issue, please let me know. I guess I can 
always find something to do other than use my computer during these 
times, but would like to once again have the option of computing in silence.


Thanks much,

Larry  



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RE: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

[Colin Phelan]

I thought I could play a folder from windows media ie an album but now
realise I can only play a track.
Anyone know a way around this please 
The lap top has no internet connection so unless download a programme on
another machine put on disc and transfer I am stuck with WMP and I don't
even know where the library is held on this programme to work from that.
Thanks 
Colin  

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: 07 January 2011 22:04
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi


You will free up space by deleting programs you aren't using, but 
depending on the programs, it probably won't be very much. How much data 
are you talking about transferring? Are any other partitions besides C 
listed? there may be a recovery partition that you could steal, if you 
don't care about ever recovering the machine or if you already have 
recovery CD's burned. BTW, what OS is running on this machine?

When you ask about additional memory, are you talking about RAM or hard 
drive space? How much RAM is there now? Prices on memory and hard drives 
only come down, so finding hardware for older systems can end up costing 
you enough to make it worth buying a real cheap low end system. Since 
it's a laptop, you'd have to replace the drive that's there, which would 
mean a lot of work reinstalling Windows onto the new hard drive, 
assuming you have a license and the install media for Windows. Depending 
on how much RAM you have and how much the laptop will support, you may 
be able to add more, but this probably won't buy you anything when it 
comes to storing media files on the hard drive. Something like 
Crucial.com at http://www.crucial.com/ can take you through the RAM 
upgrade process.

You could use an external drive, but I think you'd find the speed 
frustrating.

--

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chalt...@gmail.com


On 1/7/2011 3:35 PM, Colin Phelan wrote:
> Thanks all for your great suggestions.
> I have taken the easy option at this stage and dusted down an old lap 
> top and have taken all files well most off it. Then using a 4G SD card 
> have started coping my music across This is taking some time as the 
> Dell Latitude only has USB1 connections but that's ok.
> I did not realise HD was so small as already telling me is full, that's
> where I need further assistance please.
> I'm a bit thick when it comes to this so here goes
> Local disc (c) when clicking on properties is roughly telling me it is
20G.
> Is this the whole size of the lap top including programmes or will I free
up
> lots of space by deleting programmes not assocatied with music.
> I from memory thought it was 40G but may well have been wrong.
> If not what is best?
> Buy additional memory for the machine, will this be possible?
> External hard drive will this be a problem as only USB1?
> Once again thanks all for your support
> Regards
> Colin
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org 
> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
> On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
> Sent: 05 January 2011 17:07
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi
>
>
> I can think of a few options. One would be to use an FM transmitter. 
> You could attach an FM transmitter to your PC and then broadcast the 
> music from your PC and pick it up on your stereo, assuming you have a 
> FM receiver as part of your stereo. I don't have one myself, but I'm 
> sure others can chime in with more details, opinions and information.
>
> You can also use a few different technologies to broadcast music from 
> your PC over wifi or bluetooth to a receiver that you could then 
> attach to your stereo. Apple TV and Airport Express would be two such 
> examples, and others can speak to them with much greater detail than I 
> can.
>
> A third option is to go with an accessible portable media player with 
> enough storage and then attaching it to your stereo system. Even if 
> your stereo system doesn't have a lot of connectors, you should be 
> able to find connectors that run from your MP3 player into the 
> auxiliary  input of your stereo receiver. Note that you'd still have 
> to have this level of connection if you were using a wifi or bluetooth 
> receiver. You could avoid this with the FM transmitter though. This is 
> the route I went. Not because it was superior to any of the other 
> methods, but rather it just fit my needs.
>
> With this method, I have a portable MP3 player with most of my music. 
> I can use this when traveling, exercising, sitting in the waiting room 
> or whatever. I can also attach it to the stereo in my living room, the 
> powered external speakers in my bedroom or the audio input jack of my 
> wife's car. For MP3 players, you have a few different options. You can 
> go with an off the shelf MP3 player that will run Rockbox. This would 
> be the cheapest route. You could go with an iPo

RE: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi

[Colin Phelan]

Thanks Christopher, I am using XP.
The memory I would njeed to upgrade is that I would store MP3's  on which I
guess is HD.
>From what you said not worth that.
I am sure there is more than 20G HD on the machine.
What is an idiots way of finding out overal HD size please.
When you say an external drive would be slow do you mean when playing or
just when initially retrieving?
Thanks again 
Colin  

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: 07 January 2011 22:04
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi


You will free up space by deleting programs you aren't using, but 
depending on the programs, it probably won't be very much. How much data 
are you talking about transferring? Are any other partitions besides C 
listed? there may be a recovery partition that you could steal, if you 
don't care about ever recovering the machine or if you already have 
recovery CD's burned. BTW, what OS is running on this machine?

When you ask about additional memory, are you talking about RAM or hard 
drive space? How much RAM is there now? Prices on memory and hard drives 
only come down, so finding hardware for older systems can end up costing 
you enough to make it worth buying a real cheap low end system. Since 
it's a laptop, you'd have to replace the drive that's there, which would 
mean a lot of work reinstalling Windows onto the new hard drive, 
assuming you have a license and the install media for Windows. Depending 
on how much RAM you have and how much the laptop will support, you may 
be able to add more, but this probably won't buy you anything when it 
comes to storing media files on the hard drive. Something like 
Crucial.com at http://www.crucial.com/ can take you through the RAM 
upgrade process.

You could use an external drive, but I think you'd find the speed 
frustrating.

--

Christopher
chalt...@gmail.com


On 1/7/2011 3:35 PM, Colin Phelan wrote:
> Thanks all for your great suggestions.
> I have taken the easy option at this stage and dusted down an old lap 
> top and have taken all files well most off it. Then using a 4G SD card 
> have started coping my music across This is taking some time as the 
> Dell Latitude only has USB1 connections but that's ok.
> I did not realise HD was so small as already telling me is full, that's
> where I need further assistance please.
> I'm a bit thick when it comes to this so here goes
> Local disc (c) when clicking on properties is roughly telling me it is
20G.
> Is this the whole size of the lap top including programmes or will I free
up
> lots of space by deleting programmes not assocatied with music.
> I from memory thought it was 40G but may well have been wrong.
> If not what is best?
> Buy additional memory for the machine, will this be possible?
> External hard drive will this be a problem as only USB1?
> Once again thanks all for your support
> Regards
> Colin
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org 
> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
> On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
> Sent: 05 January 2011 17:07
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi
>
>
> I can think of a few options. One would be to use an FM transmitter. 
> You could attach an FM transmitter to your PC and then broadcast the 
> music from your PC and pick it up on your stereo, assuming you have a 
> FM receiver as part of your stereo. I don't have one myself, but I'm 
> sure others can chime in with more details, opinions and information.
>
> You can also use a few different technologies to broadcast music from 
> your PC over wifi or bluetooth to a receiver that you could then 
> attach to your stereo. Apple TV and Airport Express would be two such 
> examples, and others can speak to them with much greater detail than I 
> can.
>
> A third option is to go with an accessible portable media player with 
> enough storage and then attaching it to your stereo system. Even if 
> your stereo system doesn't have a lot of connectors, you should be 
> able to find connectors that run from your MP3 player into the 
> auxiliary  input of your stereo receiver. Note that you'd still have 
> to have this level of connection if you were using a wifi or bluetooth 
> receiver. You could avoid this with the FM transmitter though. This is 
> the route I went. Not because it was superior to any of the other 
> methods, but rather it just fit my needs.
>
> With this method, I have a portable MP3 player with most of my music. 
> I can use this when traveling, exercising, sitting in the waiting room 
> or whatever. I can also attach it to the stereo in my living room, the 
> powered external speakers in my bedroom or the audio input jack of my 
> wife's car. For MP3 players, you have a few different options. You can 
> go with an off the shelf MP3 player that will run Rockbox. This would 
> be the cheapest route. Yo