RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
Hi Brian, but why is there a not working button ctrl+shift+b, then? Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:46 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hey Alexandra well first ctrl shift f stands for fast, not particularly fast forward. The way you can fast forward is to tab to the seak option and then right and left arrow, for pretty large movements. My Recommendation is to switch to a more blind friendly music player. There are quite allot, and personally I have 2 favorits ah maybe 3. :-) 1. VLC player which originally is a video player you also can use for music playing and all other kind of standard media files. 2. MaPler which I can't recommend buying any more as even how good it is they are not doing much updating on it. 3. Good old Winamp. All these can do fast tracking both forward and backwards with no problems what so ever. Best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Alexandra Grünauer Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:01 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
Hi Humberto, thanks, but the control-shift-b button doesn't work. There must be some setting that makes it work and I can't find it. How did you make it work? Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:48 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Control-Shift-B to rewind Control-Shift-F to Fast Forward Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:07 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I would kind of like to know this myself, for so far (as much as I can determine) there seems to be no way to do this! So this is why I use Winamp! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra Grünauer Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:02 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
Re: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
Hi, well maybe it works, but it can be used by Jaws. Let me check that. 2 sec. Hmm not that I understand this, but here goes. The function exist, but it's for some reason unavailable. Pretty strange. :-( Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Alexandra Grünauer Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 10:23 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi Brian, but why is there a not working button ctrl+shift+b, then? Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:46 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hey Alexandra well first ctrl shift f stands for fast, not particularly fast forward. The way you can fast forward is to tab to the seak option and then right and left arrow, for pretty large movements. My Recommendation is to switch to a more blind friendly music player. There are quite allot, and personally I have 2 favorits ah maybe 3. :-) 1. VLC player which originally is a video player you also can use for music playing and all other kind of standard media files. 2. MaPler which I can't recommend buying any more as even how good it is they are not doing much updating on it. 3. Good old Winamp. All these can do fast tracking both forward and backwards with no problems what so ever. Best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Alexandra Grünauer Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:01 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
Re: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
Hi Alexandra, In Windows vista and later you can do the following - not sure about xp. Tab to the seek slider. Pressing LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW moves the playback backward or forward by one twentieth of the length of the track. If you add SHIFT or CTRL to these keystrokes, then the distance moved becomes one four hundredth or a fifth of the length of the track respectively. If you're using vista, then you can get to the seek slider quicker by pressing ctrl+tab one or more times. David. original message: Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
Re: marking memory sticks
waite i didint understand your question do u mean marking memmory sticks to fix on aa mother board in number order what i did was as i remove any memmory sticks from the mother board i keep it on the case on a antistatic bag number vise On 1/31/14, brian parker brian.parke...@btopenworld.com wrote: Hi list, this may seem a strange question, but? i am having trouble marking memory sticks. some of them have a suitable surface on which to write a braile number. unfortunately some of the ones i have, have a sort of stippled surface, on which it is impossible to write anything. have any of you had this problem, and what did you do about it, apart from using bad language. brian. -- search for me on facebook, google+, orkut.. austinpinto.xavi...@gmail.com follow me on twitter. austinmpinto contact me on skype. austin.pinto3
Re: marking memory sticks
I'm wondering how you record with it? Is there a built-in microphone that you speak the info into? Thanks. Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, California
RE: marking memory sticks
I wonder how big it is; is it really like a pen? Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:10 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: marking memory sticks I'm wondering how you record with it? Is there a built-in microphone that you speak the info into? Thanks. Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, California
RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
Thanks a lot, David. I'll check that out. Doesn't explain why ctrl+shift+b doesn't work though. Take care Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Bailes Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 11:51 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi Alexandra, In Windows vista and later you can do the following - not sure about xp. Tab to the seek slider. Pressing LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW moves the playback backward or forward by one twentieth of the length of the track. If you add SHIFT or CTRL to these keystrokes, then the distance moved becomes one four hundredth or a fifth of the length of the track respectively. If you're using vista, then you can get to the seek slider quicker by pressing ctrl+tab one or more times. David. original message: Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
RE: marking memory sticks
Not very big at all; I'm not good at describing sizes, but although I've not tried to do it, you probably could stick one in your pocket! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 9:24 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: marking memory sticks I wonder how big it is; is it really like a pen? Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:10 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: marking memory sticks I'm wondering how you record with it? Is there a built-in microphone that you speak the info into? Thanks. Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, California
RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
I do not believe that rewind and fast forward work on all file types. In particular, I am not sure they work on MP3 files, for example, or at least not on all bit- rates. However, it is possible that CONTROL-SHIFT-B is used by your screen reader. For example. Window-Eyes uses it to toggle between restrictions on the mouse pointer keys. You can get past that by using the key that bypasses controls first. In case of Window-Eyes, pressing INSERT-B first will cause CONTROL-SHIFT-B to be passed through to Windows Media Player. One way you can determine if the rewind is working is to find Rewind in the menus. Go do Play and then to rewind. If it is not functioning, it will say Rewind disabled. Incidentally, I have some MP3's where fast forward works but rewind does not. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 10:23:05 +0100, Alexandra Grnauer wrote: Hi Humberto, thanks, but the control-shift-b button doesn't work. There must be some setting that makes it work and I can't find it. How did you make it work? Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:48 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Control-Shift-B to rewind Control-Shift-F to Fast Forward Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:07 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I would kind of like to know this myself, for so far (as much as I can determine) there seems to be no way to do this! So this is why I use Winamp! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra Grnauer Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:02 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
Re: marking memory sticks
Diameter is about 20 mm or the size of a US nickel and about 5 inches long. Its called the Pen Friend. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:09 PM Subject: RE: marking memory sticks Not very big at all; I'm not good at describing sizes, but although I've not tried to do it, you probably could stick one in your pocket! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 9:24 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: marking memory sticks I wonder how big it is; is it really like a pen? Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:10 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: marking memory sticks I'm wondering how you record with it? Is there a built-in microphone that you speak the info into? Thanks. Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, California
RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
Thanks for this information. The bypassing is not the problem because my sighted assistant told mea s wellt hat moving backward is not available. The funny thing ist hat moving forward works fine while moving backward isn't available. So it can't be the files but must be the media player. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:23 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I do not believe that rewind and fast forward work on all file types. In particular, I am not sure they work on MP3 files, for example, or at least not on all bit- rates. However, it is possible that CONTROL-SHIFT-B is used by your screen reader. For example. Window-Eyes uses it to toggle between restrictions on the mouse pointer keys. You can get past that by using the key that bypasses controls first. In case of Window-Eyes, pressing INSERT-B first will cause CONTROL-SHIFT-B to be passed through to Windows Media Player. One way you can determine if the rewind is working is to find Rewind in the menus. Go do Play and then to rewind. If it is not functioning, it will say Rewind disabled. Incidentally, I have some MP3's where fast forward works but rewind does not. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 10:23:05 +0100, Alexandra Grnauer wrote: Hi Humberto, thanks, but the control-shift-b button doesn't work. There must be some setting that makes it work and I can't find it. How did you make it work? Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:48 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Control-Shift-B to rewind Control-Shift-F to Fast Forward Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:07 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I would kind of like to know this myself, for so far (as much as I can determine) there seems to be no way to do this! So this is why I use Winamp! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra Grnauer Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:02 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2
I'm able to install NVDA no problem. Trying to install JFW 15 using the latest version from the FS site. I can't get passed the downloading configuring messaging, downloading FS Omni page 87%. I've left it downloading for up to 2 hours and restarted the Surface and started installing again to this point. Would appreciate any tips. Jamie
RE: Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2
Am I right in understanding that you're running the JAWS 15 application from the FS website rather than first saving it? If so, I'd suggest saving it first. It might not just overcome your installation difficulty, but also make the file readily available if you should need to do a repair in the future. You're right to wait a long time when the JAWS installation seems to get stuck. But you're equally right to give up after two hours on 87%. So, save to a place you'll remember, then execute the file from there. Installation should go more smoothly. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jamie Kelly Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:58 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2 I'm able to install NVDA no problem. Trying to install JFW 15 using the latest version from the FS site. I can't get passed the downloading configuring messaging, downloading FS Omni page 87%. I've left it downloading for up to 2 hours and restarted the Surface and started installing again to this point. Would appreciate any tips. Jamie
Re: Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2
Thanks for your comments, I saved the file first. Jamie On 2 Feb 2014, at 6:05 am, Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote: Am I right in understanding that you're running the JAWS 15 application from the FS website rather than first saving it? If so, I'd suggest saving it first. It might not just overcome your installation difficulty, but also make the file readily available if you should need to do a repair in the future. You're right to wait a long time when the JAWS installation seems to get stuck. But you're equally right to give up after two hours on 87%. So, save to a place you'll remember, then execute the file from there. Installation should go more smoothly. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jamie Kelly Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:58 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2 I'm able to install NVDA no problem. Trying to install JFW 15 using the latest version from the FS site. I can't get passed the downloading configuring messaging, downloading FS Omni page 87%. I've left it downloading for up to 2 hours and restarted the Surface and started installing again to this point. Would appreciate any tips. Jamie
Re: Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2
Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2 is in no way relevant to the PC Audio list. Please keep posts on topic. Thank you, Tom
Re: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
hi, doesn't work sir as described in another mail. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Steve Jacobson Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:23 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I do not believe that rewind and fast forward work on all file types. In particular, I am not sure they work on MP3 files, for example, or at least not on all bit- rates. However, it is possible that CONTROL-SHIFT-B is used by your screen reader. For example. Window-Eyes uses it to toggle between restrictions on the mouse pointer keys. You can get past that by using the key that bypasses controls first. In case of Window-Eyes, pressing INSERT-B first will cause CONTROL-SHIFT-B to be passed through to Windows Media Player. One way you can determine if the rewind is working is to find Rewind in the menus. Go do Play and then to rewind. If it is not functioning, it will say Rewind disabled. Incidentally, I have some MP3's where fast forward works but rewind does not. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 10:23:05 +0100, Alexandra Grnauer wrote: Hi Humberto, thanks, but the control-shift-b button doesn't work. There must be some setting that makes it work and I can't find it. How did you make it work? Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:48 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Control-Shift-B to rewind Control-Shift-F to Fast Forward Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:07 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I would kind of like to know this myself, for so far (as much as I can determine) there seems to be no way to do this! So this is why I use Winamp! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra Grnauer Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:02 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
Re: marking memory sticks
Yes, you just hold down one button and record away. As much as you like. Then when you go back later and hold the pen over the glue on sticker it reads back whatever you recorded. TickPub Thanks You, All The Best And More, Regards And Respect From Michael! Visit www.storynetadventures.com Get Your Free Travel Humor Book! Just Click On The Blue Linked Book On The Shelf! Do THIS before eating carbs #40;every time#41; 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52ed6457c6a5d64575fb8st04duc
Re: marking memory sticks
If your asking about the Pen Friend device it is about the size of a banana, 10 inches but bigger than a pen, but it is not something that will fit into your shirt pocket. TickPub Thanks You, All The Best And More, Regards And Respect From Michael! Visit www.storynetadventures.com Get Your Free Travel Humor Book! Just Click On The Blue Linked Book On The Shelf! Do THIS before eating carbs #40;every time#41; 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52ed65891346a65892c7dst02duc
RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
Alexandra, You are probably partly right but it is more complicated. I think that rewinde works all right on WMA and WAV files for example, and I think it works on some MP3's. Also, I have heard that WinAmp does better with this than Windows Media Player on MP3 files. Therefore, it might be the player to some extent but it is also the file type as some files will rewind fine in Windows Media Player. While it is probably true that some players handle this better than Windows Media Player, there are a number of variables in MP3 files that can make a difference in other cases. I've had MP3 files, for example that will play on my BookSense but not on a BrailleNote. If you have determined that the problem is not your bypass key, then there is nothing else you can do, but you might find that rewinding does work sometimes. Also, the seq slider does seem to generally work, and who knows, maybe this is something that will get fixed at some point by Microsoft, or maybe there is some other setting that causes this that someone else here is aware of. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 18:56:04 +0100, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Thanks for this information. The bypassing is not the problem because my sighted assistant told mea s wellt hat moving backward is not available. The funny thing ist hat moving forward works fine while moving backward isn't available. So it can't be the files but must be the media player. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:23 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I do not believe that rewind and fast forward work on all file types. In particular, I am not sure they work on MP3 files, for example, or at least not on all bit- rates. However, it is possible that CONTROL-SHIFT-B is used by your screen reader. For example. Window-Eyes uses it to toggle between restrictions on the mouse pointer keys. You can get past that by using the key that bypasses controls first. In case of Window-Eyes, pressing INSERT-B first will cause CONTROL-SHIFT-B to be passed through to Windows Media Player. One way you can determine if the rewind is working is to find Rewind in the menus. Go do Play and then to rewind. If it is not functioning, it will say Rewind disabled. Incidentally, I have some MP3's where fast forward works but rewind does not. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 10:23:05 +0100, Alexandra Grnauer wrote: Hi Humberto, thanks, but the control-shift-b button doesn't work. There must be some setting that makes it work and I can't find it. How did you make it work? Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:48 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Control-Shift-B to rewind Control-Shift-F to Fast Forward Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:07 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I would kind of like to know this myself, for so far (as much as I can determine) there seems to be no way to do this! So this is why I use Winamp! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra Grnauer Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:02 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan
Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium and Window Eyes 8.4. That might make a difference in what someone might suggest. Thanks again. Evan
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
RE: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Hi, I disagree. M4A sounds better than MP3 at the equivalent bit rate. So a 128KB M4A sounds more like a 192 MP3. MP3 is the worst kind of compression out there. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: st...@comproom.co.uk Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 01 February 2014 23:23 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
There's no doubt that M4A/AAC does sound better than MP3 if converting from a lossless format first. If the subject line is a true reflection of the discussion then the conversion will actually end up in quality loss thus the resulting M4A/AAC files produced will sound a little worse than the original MP3 files did. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:31 am, Steve Nutt st...@comproom.co.uk wrote: Hi, I disagree. M4A sounds better than MP3 at the equivalent bit rate. So a 128KB M4A sounds more like a 192 MP3. MP3 is the worst kind of compression out there. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: st...@comproom.co.uk Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 01 February 2014 23:23 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Well, the answer to your question is that I cannot detect any difference in audio quality, and m4a files take up close to half the space of an equivalent sounding mp3 file. This is important for storage conservation on the SD cards when playing my music on the Book Sense when I'm not at my computer. Also, the equalizer in the Book Sense actually has greater differentiation in its settings for m4a files than it does for mp3 files. I'm not sure that was intentional, but it's a fact nonetheless. So the music actually does sound better in m4a on my Book Sense than an mp3 file of the same thing. I suppose they'll fix that someday, but even if they do, I've saved a lot of storage space, and money buying SD cards by converting my mp3 files to m4a. So I want to keep doing it. Evan - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:22 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
I have to admit that file size isn't an issue for me these days so I don't even use any compressed files. If you're happy with what you're doing then keep going. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:39 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Well, the answer to your question is that I cannot detect any difference in audio quality, and m4a files take up close to half the space of an equivalent sounding mp3 file. This is important for storage conservation on the SD cards when playing my music on the Book Sense when I'm not at my computer. Also, the equalizer in the Book Sense actually has greater differentiation in its settings for m4a files than it does for mp3 files. I'm not sure that was intentional, but it's a fact nonetheless. So the music actually does sound better in m4a on my Book Sense than an mp3 file of the same thing. I suppose they'll fix that someday, but even if they do, I've saved a lot of storage space, and money buying SD cards by converting my mp3 files to m4a. So I want to keep doing it. Evan - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:22 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Yup, this is true. I've converted thousands of 256- and 320-kbps mp3 files to variable bit 128-kbps m4a and they sound great. And they're considerably smaller, which was my original reason for converting them. Evan - Original Message - From: Steve Nutt st...@comproom.co.uk To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:31 PM Subject: RE: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Hi, I disagree. M4A sounds better than MP3 at the equivalent bit rate. So a 128KB M4A sounds more like a 192 MP3. MP3 is the worst kind of compression out there. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: st...@comproom.co.uk Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 01 February 2014 23:23 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Thanks Andrea. I've already heard from another person recommending this, so I think I'll give it a go. Evan - Original Message - From: Andrea Sherry sherr...@wideband.net.au To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:20 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Perhaps I might suggest Switch from NCH software. Been using this for approx 3 years with excellent results including converting multiple files. You can download a non-restricted copy of this but it will just bitch at you till you purchase. Not sure of price. Probably less than $30 though. As I say this will convert to and from many formats. HTH Andrea On 2/02/2014 10:15 AM, Evan Reese wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan -- Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. - Carl Brad
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
In fairness to Freemake, I should point out that the problems I'm having are probably not their fault, except perhaps for the non-uninstallation part. I got this computer in July 2008, and it is certainly possible that errors are creeping into the registry, and wherever else it keeps files. But I am not even remotely qualified to determine whether that is true, much less fix them. It would explain why the program worked perfectly for over a year and ahalf and several thousand files before starting to malfunction. If the uninstallation had really worked, any errors of that sort might have been fixed upon reinstalling. But I guess that isn't gonna happen. I'm not quite in a position to get a new system, or I'd just do that. Most likely, installing Freemake on that would work just fine. And I still may when I get a new system; it never bothered me about purchasing anything. But until then, I think this summer perhaps, I will try another converter and see if that works. Thanks all for the feedback. Evan - Original Message - From: Andrea Sherry sherr...@wideband.net.au To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:20 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Perhaps I might suggest Switch from NCH software. Been using this for approx 3 years with excellent results including converting multiple files. You can download a non-restricted copy of this but it will just bitch at you till you purchase. Not sure of price. Probably less than $30 though. As I say this will convert to and from many formats. HTH Andrea On 2/02/2014 10:15 AM, Evan Reese wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan -- Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. - Carl Brad
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Okay, I've read your last two messages and - whilst 256K MP3 files sound reasonable - you are encoding them in the most inefficient way when it comes to file size, you will get even better quality and even more file size savings if you use VBR instead of 256K encoding, of course there's little point doing this if you're converting from one lossee format to another so its only useful if you're say ripping from CD or converting from a lessless format such as FLAC, Lossless WMA or Lossless AAC+ or Lossless M4A. The processing using VBR will take a little longer but well worth it. If anyone's wanting to encode music using 256K MP3 then they may as well bite the bullet and use FLAC or similar, a little larger but far better given that the format is absolutely lossless. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:39 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Well, the answer to your question is that I cannot detect any difference in audio quality, and m4a files take up close to half the space of an equivalent sounding mp3 file. This is important for storage conservation on the SD cards when playing my music on the Book Sense when I'm not at my computer. Also, the equalizer in the Book Sense actually has greater differentiation in its settings for m4a files than it does for mp3 files. I'm not sure that was intentional, but it's a fact nonetheless. So the music actually does sound better in m4a on my Book Sense than an mp3 file of the same thing. I suppose they'll fix that someday, but even if they do, I've saved a lot of storage space, and money buying SD cards by converting my mp3 files to m4a. So I want to keep doing it. Evan - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:22 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
They sound similar, my real point here is that the more conversion decoding/encoding that takes place then the more loss of quality results. Each to their own but the way you've done thing here is not the way I'd done them. Firstly I wouldn't have bothered with such high bit rates when intially converting to MP3, I would have used VBR - after setting the encoding options properly - that would have given you a much smaller file size thus you wouldn't have needed to convert anything at all, encoding would have been far more efficient and loss of quality limited etc. The other way you could go - if you can still get hold of the source material you encoded - is to encode directly to FLac and then convert to AAC/M4A, just making these comments for future reference and I appreciate that no one wants to rip a whole CD collection again but often its very worth while, I had everything once in MP3 but now its all FLAC thus I can convert to any audio format under the planet as often as required without any loss in quality etc. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:41 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Yup, this is true. I've converted thousands of 256- and 320-kbps mp3 files to variable bit 128-kbps m4a and they sound great. And they're considerably smaller, which was my original reason for converting them. Evan - Original Message - From: Steve Nutt st...@comproom.co.uk To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:31 PM Subject: RE: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Hi, I disagree. M4A sounds better than MP3 at the equivalent bit rate. So a 128KB M4A sounds more like a 192 MP3. MP3 is the worst kind of compression out there. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: st...@comproom.co.uk Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 01 February 2014 23:23 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better. So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently I've got to get something else. Thanks much for any suggestions. Evan ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Interesting. I buy some stuff from Amazon, and I'm not aware of any other choice than 256-kbps MP3. So I have to use what I get when I buy from them. Unless I am mistaken, 320-kbps mp3 is also lossless, not so? Most of my conversions are from that. I was not aware of VBR, so I didn't think to try it. However, the audio converter I've been using, Freemake, does not support converting to that in any event. If Switch does, then I can try it out and see what happens. As far as the more conversions, the more loss goes, I'm doing one conversion, usually from 320-bit MP3, sometimes from WAV, and sometimes from 256-bit MP3 when that's the best I can get. The files sound good to me, and no, I'm not going to rerip all my CDs. I don't buy many these days anyhow. Most of what I get is downloadable. The roughly 650 CDs I did rip, I used Winamp and ripped them to the same bit rate M4A as the downloadable files I've been converting lately, and they sound really good to me. Now if I were using some really high end equipment and had no need to conserve storage space, then I wouldn't convert anything, but I don't have any of that, and I do need to conserve storage space. I'm not sure whether the Book Sense will play VBR files. I'll have to look into that. If it does, then there's nothing that says I can't start using that if it really does save more space than an equivalent sounding M4A file. Thanks for the info on that. Evan - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter They sound similar, my real point here is that the more conversion decoding/encoding that takes place then the more loss of quality results. Each to their own but the way you've done thing here is not the way I'd done them. Firstly I wouldn't have bothered with such high bit rates when intially converting to MP3, I would have used VBR - after setting the encoding options properly - that would have given you a much smaller file size thus you wouldn't have needed to convert anything at all, encoding would have been far more efficient and loss of quality limited etc. The other way you could go - if you can still get hold of the source material you encoded - is to encode directly to FLac and then convert to AAC/M4A, just making these comments for future reference and I appreciate that no one wants to rip a whole CD collection again but often its very worth while, I had everything once in MP3 but now its all FLAC thus I can convert to any audio format under the planet as often as required without any loss in quality etc. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:41 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Yup, this is true. I've converted thousands of 256- and 320-kbps mp3 files to variable bit 128-kbps m4a and they sound great. And they're considerably smaller, which was my original reason for converting them. Evan - Original Message - From: Steve Nutt st...@comproom.co.uk To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:31 PM Subject: RE: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Hi, I disagree. M4A sounds better than MP3 at the equivalent bit rate. So a 128KB M4A sounds more like a 192 MP3. MP3 is the worst kind of compression out there. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: st...@comproom.co.uk Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 01 February 2014 23:23 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen albums or so are having this trouble. Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also remembered where I told it to
Time For The Retune
This message is only applicable to those living in Australia. We're now well into using Digital TV but unfortunately - due to the placement of the older analogue TV signals we were once watching - the new digital frequency's are spread out across the spectrum and need to be concentrated into one particular area thus starting from Monday, digital TV frequency's will change. This may mean that some of the digital TV channels you've become accustomed to enjoying will no longer be received unless you do a Retune or Rescan of your TV, Video Recording device etc, tis is usually done by selecting the Rescan or Retune Channels option from the menu system of your TV or Video Recording device. To find out mor - or to find out when frequency changes occur in your particular area of Australia - go to http://www.australia.gov.au/retune ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Right well that puts things into perspective and no, you probably don't have a choice when you buy from Amazon, I don't buy from them so I can't comment. 320K MP3 is certainly not lossless. On 2 Feb 2014, at 12:16 pm, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Interesting. I buy some stuff from Amazon, and I'm not aware of any other choice than 256-kbps MP3. So I have to use what I get when I buy from them. Unless I am mistaken, 320-kbps mp3 is also lossless, not so? Most of my conversions are from that. I was not aware of VBR, so I didn't think to try it. However, the audio converter I've been using, Freemake, does not support converting to that in any event. If Switch does, then I can try it out and see what happens. As far as the more conversions, the more loss goes, I'm doing one conversion, usually from 320-bit MP3, sometimes from WAV, and sometimes from 256-bit MP3 when that's the best I can get. The files sound good to me, and no, I'm not going to rerip all my CDs. I don't buy many these days anyhow. Most of what I get is downloadable. The roughly 650 CDs I did rip, I used Winamp and ripped them to the same bit rate M4A as the downloadable files I've been converting lately, and they sound really good to me. Now if I were using some really high end equipment and had no need to conserve storage space, then I wouldn't convert anything, but I don't have any of that, and I do need to conserve storage space. I'm not sure whether the Book Sense will play VBR files. I'll have to look into that. If it does, then there's nothing that says I can't start using that if it really does save more space than an equivalent sounding M4A file. Thanks for the info on that. Evan - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter They sound similar, my real point here is that the more conversion decoding/encoding that takes place then the more loss of quality results. Each to their own but the way you've done thing here is not the way I'd done them. Firstly I wouldn't have bothered with such high bit rates when intially converting to MP3, I would have used VBR - after setting the encoding options properly - that would have given you a much smaller file size thus you wouldn't have needed to convert anything at all, encoding would have been far more efficient and loss of quality limited etc. The other way you could go - if you can still get hold of the source material you encoded - is to encode directly to FLac and then convert to AAC/M4A, just making these comments for future reference and I appreciate that no one wants to rip a whole CD collection again but often its very worth while, I had everything once in MP3 but now its all FLAC thus I can convert to any audio format under the planet as often as required without any loss in quality etc. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:41 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Yup, this is true. I've converted thousands of 256- and 320-kbps mp3 files to variable bit 128-kbps m4a and they sound great. And they're considerably smaller, which was my original reason for converting them. Evan - Original Message - From: Steve Nutt st...@comproom.co.uk To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:31 PM Subject: RE: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Hi, I disagree. M4A sounds better than MP3 at the equivalent bit rate. So a 128KB M4A sounds more like a 192 MP3. MP3 is the worst kind of compression out there. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: st...@comproom.co.uk Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 01 February 2014 23:23 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com wrote: Hello, I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with it and
Using Audiophile Headphones With your Mac or IOS device
Hi! The below eMail was obviously sent to a Mac/IOS eMail list but thought I'd send it again as oters may be able to use the information contained herein. Though this eMail specifically mentions Mac and IOS devices its not too difficult to adapt and use with a Windows PC and so on. snip Hi! This eMail is not a review as such, rather its a discussion on points you should bare in mind when using an audiophile pair of headphones with a Mac or IOS device though I would like to focus your attention to a particular set of Headphones to begin with and I'll briefly describe these and why I mention them at all. You don't have to pay a high price to enter the audiophile market for headphones these days and the Grado Labs SR60I are living proof of that, these headphones have won the Stereophile magazines Audiophile product of the year award and a simple Google search will find you the review of the cans. The Sr60 originally came into being 20 years ago and they have remained the same in the SR60I version though the cable has improved. These cans are an open and on the ear type design and are comfortable to wear, without any doubt these are the cans I would prefer over any others I have here when it comes to listening to music the way its meant to be heard. I paid $120.00 for a pair of Grado SR60I cans so I bought a bargain. So how to get the best out of these phones? Well they work just fine with an iPhone or a Mac however the SR60'S require a little power to drive them so you may find that - in noisy environments - hearing the audio through these cans could be a problem. If this becomes an issue then a Headphone Amp is recommended and you can find a good range of these at good audiophile shops such as http://www.addictedtoaudio.com.au Even if noise isn't a problem a headphone Amp is worth having, most models have their own DAC - Digital Analogue Converter - this is the chip that converts digital to analogue sound for your phones - and the DAC in these amps is so much better than that provided with your iPhone or Mac thus you're going to enjoy that superior sound that these phones can produce. There are many different DAC/Headphone amps available including the type that plug into your iPhone using a dock connector, the other end has a socket for the cans to connect to. Some of these amps have extra controls such as transport controls to control your music, an extra high quality microphone for taking calls on your iPhone, variable volume control and so forth. The Headphone amp can range in price from around $30.00 upwards so do your research well before deciding on your final purchase and - if possible - listen to some of the amps available, you'll notice a difference though not so much on the higher end models. The Headphone Amp is usually self powered, that is to say that - in the case of the iPhone - the amp draws its power through the dock connector, or in the case of the Mac the amp - depending on the type used - is usually powered by either the Mac's USB port or its own power supply. I encourage you to try the Grado SR60I cans along with a separate DAC Headphone Amp if you're able and I'm quite sure you will notice a difference the the quality of what you hear from your music so it will all be worth the while. For those of you who are using a pair of audiophile cans etc then all I say is, thanks for your time and may the good music continue. snip ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player?
Hello Alexandra: I hear you, in truth, I seldom use Windows Media Player, I have it opening only the .wav files, for some reason. What I normally use for .mp3 and most others is MaPler, in which it is very easy to rewind. All the best, Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra Grünauer Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 4:23 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi Humberto, thanks, but the control-shift-b button doesn't work. There must be some setting that makes it work and I can't find it. How did you make it work? Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:48 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Control-Shift-B to rewind Control-Shift-F to Fast Forward Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:07 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? I would kind of like to know this myself, for so far (as much as I can determine) there seems to be no way to do this! So this is why I use Winamp! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra Grünauer Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 5:02 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Question: Rewinding in Windows Media Player? Hi List, I hope someone can help me. In school my students have to use windows media player. I read in the menu that the short cut to rewinding or moving backward in a track is supposed tob e control shift b. But in the menu it keeps telling me that it is not available and the key stroke ctrl+shift+b doesn't work either. What do I have to do to make it work? The fast forward ctrl+shift+f works fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alexandra
