Re: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac?
Thanks for the info Christopher. I just wish they would make things clear in the dialog. I'm glad to find out it leaves the originals alone. Unfortunately, I do not like the way Ituns works with Jaws so I may not bother importing all those files when I restore my system. I'll need Itunes when I get an Ios device but I wish I didn't have to put up with such difficult music library software in Windows 7. Bob On 12/30/2012 7:57 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: iTunes leaves your original WMA file alone. I haven't done this myself, but I found this on the web page http://www.apple.com/findouthow/music/itunes.html#management-convertwma Since WMA is a MS proprietary format, requiring Apple to pay MS a license, I'm surprised they do anything with WMA files at all. On 12/30/2012 06:46 PM, Robert Logue wrote: A bit of ranting here. Sorry about that. Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? I've searched the web for this answer but did not find out. Hope someone here knows. I just installed the latest Itunes. I wanted to add music from another drive using add folder to library. iTunes One or more of the songs you are adding to iTunes, including “01 graphic 870 Rubber Bullets [Long Version].wma”, are in the WMA format. iTunes will automatically convert them to the AAC format so that they can be added to your iTunes library. Convert Skip I accidently hit escape twice when leaving the Jaws virtual viewer and missed being able to hit the skip button. Itunes started processing the library even though I pressed escape? I don't know if it was skipping or processing all those .wma files. Looks like it didn't start converting because there were no .aac files found in the folder when I looked with Windows Explorer search. I'd thought I'd forgotton to turn on restore previous versions for that drive after reinstalling Windows 7. I couldn't find a previous version for the folder. However, I did find previous versions in the drive's properties. I searched for all .aac files on my system and only found one very old. I right clicked and open with which was not a menu but opened a dialog that was hard to work with Jaws. I finally got it to see Itunes but accidently hit enter before unchecking always use this program to open this type. Itunes didn't open. Now when I right click that file the open with is a sub menu with Windows Media Player and Itunes in it. Also choose default program. So, I screwed up once again. Makes a grown man weap! I can't believe they would make it hard to import wma files. I have so many I don't want to convert. I'll have to back them up first. I hate software that makes me choose without preperation. Itunes already sucks! Can't I keep Itunes from damaging or changing my origenal wma files? If I check this; Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library, will it make converted copies and place them in the Itunes folder leaving the origenal wma files in their place? Advanced Preferences iTunes Media folder location C:\Users\Robert Logue\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media Change... Reset Keep iTunes Media folder organized Places files into album and artist folders, and names the files based on the disc number, track number, and the song title. Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library 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
Winamp Octimax
Is it still possible to purchase a serial number for the Winamp Octimax plugin? Thanks, Tom To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Winamp Octimax
That hasn't been supported for 7 or 8 years I don't think. On Jan 2, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Tom t...@pc-audio.org wrote: Is it still possible to purchase a serial number for the Winamp Octimax plugin? Thanks, Tom 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: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac?
I haven't found a setting for how they are converted. The dialog said they would convert to .aac. But they convert to .m4a instead. I know I can look this up but is that even the same? Bob On 12/31/2012 12:33 AM, André van Deventer wrote: Just wondering something else about this. I converted my music library to itunes but for some reason the wma lossless format is converted to 256 kbps m4a files. Not nice at all. Is there a setting somewhere which I can tell itunes to do the conversion to lossless format? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 31 December 2012 04:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? iTunes leaves your original WMA file alone. I haven't done this myself, but I found this on the web page http://www.apple.com/findouthow/music/itunes.html#management-convertwma Since WMA is a MS proprietary format, requiring Apple to pay MS a license, I'm surprised they do anything with WMA files at all. On 12/30/2012 06:46 PM, Robert Logue wrote: A bit of ranting here. Sorry about that. Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? I've searched the web for this answer but did not find out. Hope someone here knows. I just installed the latest Itunes. I wanted to add music from another drive using add folder to library. iTunes One or more of the songs you are adding to iTunes, including “01 graphic 870 Rubber Bullets [Long Version].wma”, are in the WMA format. iTunes will automatically convert them to the AAC format so that they can be added to your iTunes library. Convert Skip I accidently hit escape twice when leaving the Jaws virtual viewer and missed being able to hit the skip button. Itunes started processing the library even though I pressed escape? I don't know if it was skipping or processing all those .wma files. Looks like it didn't start converting because there were no .aac files found in the folder when I looked with Windows Explorer search. I'd thought I'd forgotton to turn on restore previous versions for that drive after reinstalling Windows 7. I couldn't find a previous version for the folder. However, I did find previous versions in the drive's properties. I searched for all .aac files on my system and only found one very old. I right clicked and open with which was not a menu but opened a dialog that was hard to work with Jaws. I finally got it to see Itunes but accidently hit enter before unchecking always use this program to open this type. Itunes didn't open. Now when I right click that file the open with is a sub menu with Windows Media Player and Itunes in it. Also choose default program. So, I screwed up once again. Makes a grown man weap! I can't believe they would make it hard to import wma files. I have so many I don't want to convert. I'll have to back them up first. I hate software that makes me choose without preperation. Itunes already sucks! Can't I keep Itunes from damaging or changing my origenal wma files? If I check this; Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library, will it make converted copies and place them in the Itunes folder leaving the origenal wma files in their place? Advanced Preferences iTunes Media folder location C:\Users\Robert Logue\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media Change... Reset Keep iTunes Media folder organized Places files into album and artist folders, and names the files based on the disc number, track number, and the song title. Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail 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: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac?
I thought they were the same, i.e. M4A is just an Apple proprietary wrapper around the open AAC format. I'd have to look it up myself as well. On 02/01/13 15:10, Robert Logue wrote: I haven't found a setting for how they are converted. The dialog said they would convert to .aac. But they convert to .m4a instead. I know I can look this up but is that even the same? Bob On 12/31/2012 12:33 AM, André van Deventer wrote: Just wondering something else about this. I converted my music library to itunes but for some reason the wma lossless format is converted to 256 kbps m4a files. Not nice at all. Is there a setting somewhere which I can tell itunes to do the conversion to lossless format? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 31 December 2012 04:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? iTunes leaves your original WMA file alone. I haven't done this myself, but I found this on the web page http://www.apple.com/findouthow/music/itunes.html#management-convertwma Since WMA is a MS proprietary format, requiring Apple to pay MS a license, I'm surprised they do anything with WMA files at all. On 12/30/2012 06:46 PM, Robert Logue wrote: A bit of ranting here. Sorry about that. Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? I've searched the web for this answer but did not find out. Hope someone here knows. I just installed the latest Itunes. I wanted to add music from another drive using add folder to library. iTunes One or more of the songs you are adding to iTunes, including “01 graphic 870 Rubber Bullets [Long Version].wma”, are in the WMA format. iTunes will automatically convert them to the AAC format so that they can be added to your iTunes library. Convert Skip I accidently hit escape twice when leaving the Jaws virtual viewer and missed being able to hit the skip button. Itunes started processing the library even though I pressed escape? I don't know if it was skipping or processing all those .wma files. Looks like it didn't start converting because there were no .aac files found in the folder when I looked with Windows Explorer search. I'd thought I'd forgotton to turn on restore previous versions for that drive after reinstalling Windows 7. I couldn't find a previous version for the folder. However, I did find previous versions in the drive's properties. I searched for all .aac files on my system and only found one very old. I right clicked and open with which was not a menu but opened a dialog that was hard to work with Jaws. I finally got it to see Itunes but accidently hit enter before unchecking always use this program to open this type. Itunes didn't open. Now when I right click that file the open with is a sub menu with Windows Media Player and Itunes in it. Also choose default program. So, I screwed up once again. Makes a grown man weap! I can't believe they would make it hard to import wma files. I have so many I don't want to convert. I'll have to back them up first. I hate software that makes me choose without preperation. Itunes already sucks! Can't I keep Itunes from damaging or changing my origenal wma files? If I check this; Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library, will it make converted copies and place them in the Itunes folder leaving the origenal wma files in their place? Advanced Preferences iTunes Media folder location C:\Users\Robert Logue\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media Change... Reset Keep iTunes Media folder organized Places files into album and artist folders, and names the files based on the disc number, track number, and the song title. Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail 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 -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts fromwma to aac?
m4a IS A CONTAINER THAT HOLDS THE aac FILE - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 4:17 PM Subject: Re: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts fromwma to aac? I thought they were the same, i.e. M4A is just an Apple proprietary wrapper around the open AAC format. I'd have to look it up myself as well. On 02/01/13 15:10, Robert Logue wrote: I haven't found a setting for how they are converted. The dialog said they would convert to .aac. But they convert to .m4a instead. I know I can look this up but is that even the same? Bob On 12/31/2012 12:33 AM, André van Deventer wrote: Just wondering something else about this. I converted my music library to itunes but for some reason the wma lossless format is converted to 256 kbps m4a files. Not nice at all. Is there a setting somewhere which I can tell itunes to do the conversion to lossless format? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 31 December 2012 04:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? iTunes leaves your original WMA file alone. I haven't done this myself, but I found this on the web page http://www.apple.com/findouthow/music/itunes.html#management-convertwma Since WMA is a MS proprietary format, requiring Apple to pay MS a license, I'm surprised they do anything with WMA files at all. On 12/30/2012 06:46 PM, Robert Logue wrote: A bit of ranting here. Sorry about that. Does Itunes replace or make copies of files it converts from wma to aac? I've searched the web for this answer but did not find out. Hope someone here knows. I just installed the latest Itunes. I wanted to add music from another drive using add folder to library. iTunes One or more of the songs you are adding to iTunes, including “01 graphic 870 Rubber Bullets [Long Version].wma”, are in the WMA format. iTunes will automatically convert them to the AAC format so that they can be added to your iTunes library. Convert Skip I accidently hit escape twice when leaving the Jaws virtual viewer and missed being able to hit the skip button. Itunes started processing the library even though I pressed escape? I don't know if it was skipping or processing all those .wma files. Looks like it didn't start converting because there were no .aac files found in the folder when I looked with Windows Explorer search. I'd thought I'd forgotton to turn on restore previous versions for that drive after reinstalling Windows 7. I couldn't find a previous version for the folder. However, I did find previous versions in the drive's properties. I searched for all .aac files on my system and only found one very old. I right clicked and open with which was not a menu but opened a dialog that was hard to work with Jaws. I finally got it to see Itunes but accidently hit enter before unchecking always use this program to open this type. Itunes didn't open. Now when I right click that file the open with is a sub menu with Windows Media Player and Itunes in it. Also choose default program. So, I screwed up once again. Makes a grown man weap! I can't believe they would make it hard to import wma files. I have so many I don't want to convert. I'll have to back them up first. I hate software that makes me choose without preperation. Itunes already sucks! Can't I keep Itunes from damaging or changing my origenal wma files? If I check this; Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library, will it make converted copies and place them in the Itunes folder leaving the origenal wma files in their place? Advanced Preferences iTunes Media folder location C:\Users\Robert Logue\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media Change... Reset Keep iTunes Media folder organized Places files into album and artist folders, and names the files based on the disc number, track number, and the song title. Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail 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 -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail 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
Winamp questions
Hello fellow pc-audio listers: I hope that you all have had a nice Christmas and that 2013 will be good to you. I wanted to ask you guys about Winamp. I recently downloaded version 5.63, which I've heard is very accessible with Windows xp and Windows 7. However, after listening to a discussion about Winamp on an old episode of Mainn Menu from the ACB Radio archive, one of the broadcasters said, that Winamp has a weird querkyness about it. They said, that When you're playing a long playlist of items, and try to insert a track into the list, instead of placing the track below the one that's currently playing, Winamp will instead place the track at the bottom of the playlist, which may not be where you want it to go. Being that the episode of Main Menu I listened to goes way back to April 17 2000, the information I heard might no longer be relevant. For any of you who use Winamp for either broadcasting and/or personal listening, is there any way to fix Winamp, so that it will place newly inserted tracks into their proper place in a playlist? Also, is there a cart machine plug-in for Winamp, that allows users to play sound effects and radio station jingles? I know that Station Playlist Studio can do all of this, but in case I'm not able to get my hands on a copy of Playlist Studio, I might end up having to use Winamp for broadcasting. I'm not giving up on getting Studio just yet, but if I should need to, I'll have to use Winamp as an alternative. Thanks. Mike Rochester, NY. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Winamp Octimax
No, had used that for streaming with Station Playlist because that software supports it, but I heard Plantronics bought that out, and the new thing the guy who made it, called Break Away, isn't accessible with JFW at all, really. - Original Message - From: David McLean david.mcl...@cox.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:02 PM Subject: Re: Winamp Octimax That hasn't been supported for 7 or 8 years I don't think. On Jan 2, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Tom t...@pc-audio.org wrote: Is it still possible to purchase a serial number for the Winamp Octimax plugin? Thanks, Tom 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
