Re: mp3 gain or other program under windows 10?
hi adam, i would try re-installing mp3gain as i am using it most days on windows 10 without any problems. i am using version 1.3.4 which is listed as a beta version and has been this way for several years. pete. -- pete gurney <p...@gurneyfamily.org.uk> On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 20:44:41 +1100 Adam Morris <li...@damorris.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > > am trying to increase volumes of audio tracks using mp3 gain and windows 10.. > > I get an error when applying track gain to a single file and the log file > doesn't open. > > If mp3 gain isn't supported by windows 10, what program do others use for > increasing volume on tracks that don't need editing? > > > > > -- > > Adam Morris > Jaws certified 2016 > email: > a...@damorris.com > > >
Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?
hi, something worth looking at for those that want to improve their sound on apple devices using the lightning socket is a new device that will come out soon. it's called AMP.I.AM it was a campaign on indiegogo but they didn't need to finish the campaign as apple saw it and liked it so much they pre ordered 25000 of them. it's only a few millimetres longer than the apple lightning headphone adapter but this has it's own amp and dac built in and has both lightning and 3.5 headphone outputs. it also doesn't need any power sorce other than the apple device and apple have asked them to change the specs slightly so that it will include a second lightning socket so you can charge your apple device at the same time as listening through your headphones. here is the url to read more. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/amp-i-am-superior-sounding-music-for-the-iphone-apple/x/4916492#/ pete. -- pete gurney <p...@gurneyfamily.org.uk> On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 06:40:12 +1100 Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > Hi Mary! > > Interested in what you say about the B P7 when connected to the iPhone. > > Yeah, output is quite decent though it could be better and I'm not > complaining about that as all the reviews I read on the B P7 did warn about > the output of the cans when connected to an iPhone. > > I now have a pair of the Sony MDr-7506 canns and - whilst not in the league > of the B P7 - they sound very nice on iPhone which is amazing given the > price tak - about a quarter of what one would pay for the B P7 -. > > Again this is all subjective and its all down to personal choice and taste > but an interesting discussion nevertheless. > > > > On 19/10/2016 6:34 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi John, > > Your findings are interesting. I have not gotten around to actually using > > headphones with this little new adapter. I was intrigued, however, when I > > saw a post yesterday or the day before from a guy who says he was able to > > use his EKG to 40s with the little adapter with great effect. He said they > > really sounded good. Those phones typically require an extra amp to be > > driven decently. I have a pair of a KGQ701 phones which are really nice, > > but if you don't have a preamp, forget it. So I thought I would try them > > but haven't done it yet with the little new adapter. I will be curious to > > see if I hear the same things that you did. I really liked the P7 even just > > with the output from the iPhone 6s. It's not perfect. But convenience can't > > be beat. I was hoping that the experience would be even better with this > > new phone and it's DAC, being better than the power straight out of the 6S. > > I guess I will have to get to it and see what I think. > > Mary > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Oct 18, 2016, at 12:17 PM, John Gurd <j.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> > >> I got an iPhone 7 a few days ago and had it away with me on a weekend break > >> with limited opportunities to play with it. > >> > >> > >> > >> Well, on this list there’s always someone who wants to know what the phone > >> speaker sounds like. To dispense with that question quickly, it’s the best > >> sounding iPhone (that doesn’t have a Plus in its name) I’ve heard so far. > >> Not surprising, as it has two tiny speakers instead of one so Voice Over > >> and > >> books on Voice Dream Reader sound very pleasant. I don’t listen to music on > >> a phone speaker and am always surprised when people give this aspect of > >> audio serious consideration. > >> > >> > >> > >> Of course the iPhone 7 is the infamous one where they got rid of the audio > >> jack. So I took my trusty B P7 headphones, my ancient and cheap but > >> much-loved (for sentimental reasons) Koss Porto Pros and my Bluetooth > >> Plantronics BackBeat Pros and the lightening ear pods that ship with the > >> device. No DAC except the little lightning to 3.5mm convertor supplied by > >> Apple. > >> > >> > >> > >> Here are my first impressions and I have to emphasis they were entirely > >> subjective with no attempt at rigor. Imagine my shock when I tried my P7s > >> and thought they sounded awful! The mid-range was thin with a hardness I > >> never noticed before. The base was there but not particularly extended. The > >> music sounded kind of flat with no real involvement. For the first time I > >> felt I knew what was meant when components were described as unmusical. > >> When > >> I then tried my Koss Porto P
Re[2]: SoundBlaster Roar - was portable speaker to replace my soundlink 3?
hi jeff, yes it does. here are the different bluetooth profiles it supports taken from the manual. Supported Bluetooth profiles*: A2DP (Wireless Stereo Bluetooth), AVRCP (Bluetooth Remote Control), HFP (Handsfree profile) Supported Codec: SBC, aptX, AAC pete. This Creative speaker sounds quite good. Thanks for the details. One question is, Does it have A2DP so VoiceOver is also heard through the speaker when using an iDevice? Thanks, Jeff At 12:42 PM 12/11/2014, pete gurney wrote: hi john, i don't think you would have any trouble operating it. i don't have enough sight to be of any use so always use these things as if i am totally blind and i didn't have any trouble setting it up by myself. most of it talks, so it tells you when your pairing, once paired it makes a tone to let you know when it re-connects and disconnects. also it also speaks some things when you move switches on the back but not all of them. overall it's a really nice speaker with great sound and lots of functions. and at £99 it's a good deal, and also when you order it on the creative website when you go to your basket it offers you the mesh carry case with shoulder straps for half price so if you want it don't add it to your basket until you go to the basket otherwise you will get charged the full price. pete. I'm catching up with PC Audio messages a little late. I see Pete has a SoundBlaster Roar wireless speaker. I've been looking at this off and on for a while now but have held back because I've never been sure whether the controls are accessible to someone who is totally blind. This especially as it has a lot of features which could potentially make it quite complicated to operate. Anyway, two things coincided. I just read Pete's post about the Roar and Creative have just (possibly temporarily) dropped the price to £99. I'm just wondering if Pete has had any issues with the controls as I know it has a lot of selectable options? I've got the Boes Soundlink Mini which is good but sometimes a little too bassy. And I had hoped too sometimes use the Mini via Bluetooth with Jaws from my PC but found that the Mini kind of cuts off the beginning of Jaws audio unless it is getting continuous sound. Anyway, I'm really interested in the versatility of the Ror and it's currently a great price. Thanks for any info. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of pete gurney Sent: 29 November 2014 13:54 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: portable speaker to replace my soundlink 3? hi mary, i've got two new bluetooth speakers a week ago both of which are fine one is outstanding but costs more and the other has three diferent versions each one stepping up in size. both of these have built in speech that tells you when it's pairing and when connected and the cheaper one even speaks what battery power is left. there both made by creative, the dearer one: sound blaster roar has outstanding sound with 30 watts output from a unit that is roughly the size of an A5 sheet of paper and 2 inches tall. it has bass boost, the ability to expand the sound field, has a micro sd card slot it's own built in music player and works as a speaker phone. if you have an sd card inserted you can either play music that is on it, press a record button to record memos or lectures and such like or if you are on a phone call via bluetooth to the speaker a press of the record button will even record your conversation which you can play back using the buttons on the speaker. it also has up to date codex built in so it can play uncompressed audio via bluetooth or via the 3.5 aux in socket, it even has an alarm switch that when activated a press of a button makes it work as a siron. it works from both the mains or from the built in battery. in UK pounds it cost £129 but i don't think it's much more in dollars in the states. the second is the: creative muvo mini. which i think is also known as the muvo 10. this is about 7 inches long and 2 inches tall and deep. it has a rubber coating and is suitable for use in bathrooms, on the beech and anywhere outdoors even in light rain or where it will get splashed. it's not as powerful as the roar but still has reasonable sound and works as a speaker phone. this one cost £50 UK pounds.creative do another couple of models of the muvo with the rubber coating with each one being bigger and more powerful and i think they are called the muvo 20 and muvo 30. pete. I have, or should I say had, a Bose Soundlink 3 speaker for use with portable bluetooth capable devices. For reasons not particularly relevant to this list, I won't have access to that speaker during the school year, since it will be going to school with my spouse. So I'm wondering about other alternatives, perhaps even some that might not be as pricy as the Bose. I've just read about the BW t7, which actually costs more than the Bose. Then there are Braven models which look interesting
Re: SoundBlaster Roar - was portable speaker to replace my soundlink 3?
hi john, i don't think you would have any trouble operating it. i don't have enough sight to be of any use so always use these things as if i am totally blind and i didn't have any trouble setting it up by myself. most of it talks, so it tells you when your pairing, once paired it makes a tone to let you know when it re-connects and disconnects. also it also speaks some things when you move switches on the back but not all of them. overall it's a really nice speaker with great sound and lots of functions. and at £99 it's a good deal, and also when you order it on the creative website when you go to your basket it offers you the mesh carry case with shoulder straps for half price so if you want it don't add it to your basket until you go to the basket otherwise you will get charged the full price. pete. I'm catching up with PC Audio messages a little late. I see Pete has a SoundBlaster Roar wireless speaker. I've been looking at this off and on for a while now but have held back because I've never been sure whether the controls are accessible to someone who is totally blind. This especially as it has a lot of features which could potentially make it quite complicated to operate. Anyway, two things coincided. I just read Pete's post about the Roar and Creative have just (possibly temporarily) dropped the price to £99. I'm just wondering if Pete has had any issues with the controls as I know it has a lot of selectable options? I've got the Boes Soundlink Mini which is good but sometimes a little too bassy. And I had hoped too sometimes use the Mini via Bluetooth with Jaws from my PC but found that the Mini kind of cuts off the beginning of Jaws audio unless it is getting continuous sound. Anyway, I'm really interested in the versatility of the Ror and it's currently a great price. Thanks for any info. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of pete gurney Sent: 29 November 2014 13:54 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: portable speaker to replace my soundlink 3? hi mary, i've got two new bluetooth speakers a week ago both of which are fine one is outstanding but costs more and the other has three diferent versions each one stepping up in size. both of these have built in speech that tells you when it's pairing and when connected and the cheaper one even speaks what battery power is left. there both made by creative, the dearer one: sound blaster roar has outstanding sound with 30 watts output from a unit that is roughly the size of an A5 sheet of paper and 2 inches tall. it has bass boost, the ability to expand the sound field, has a micro sd card slot it's own built in music player and works as a speaker phone. if you have an sd card inserted you can either play music that is on it, press a record button to record memos or lectures and such like or if you are on a phone call via bluetooth to the speaker a press of the record button will even record your conversation which you can play back using the buttons on the speaker. it also has up to date codex built in so it can play uncompressed audio via bluetooth or via the 3.5 aux in socket, it even has an alarm switch that when activated a press of a button makes it work as a siron. it works from both the mains or from the built in battery. in UK pounds it cost £129 but i don't think it's much more in dollars in the states. the second is the: creative muvo mini. which i think is also known as the muvo 10. this is about 7 inches long and 2 inches tall and deep. it has a rubber coating and is suitable for use in bathrooms, on the beech and anywhere outdoors even in light rain or where it will get splashed. it's not as powerful as the roar but still has reasonable sound and works as a speaker phone. this one cost £50 UK pounds.creative do another couple of models of the muvo with the rubber coating with each one being bigger and more powerful and i think they are called the muvo 20 and muvo 30. pete. I have, or should I say had, a Bose Soundlink 3 speaker for use with portable bluetooth capable devices. For reasons not particularly relevant to this list, I won't have access to that speaker during the school year, since it will be going to school with my spouse. So I'm wondering about other alternatives, perhaps even some that might not be as pricy as the Bose. I've just read about the BW t7, which actually costs more than the Bose. Then there are Braven models which look interesting, albeit not much less costly than the Bose. Since all my devices are ios, I could also use airplay, not necessary to have bluetooth. What are people using and really liking in this category? Mary
Re: portable speaker to replace my soundlink 3?
hi mary, i've got two new bluetooth speakers a week ago both of which are fine one is outstanding but costs more and the other has three diferent versions each one stepping up in size. both of these have built in speech that tells you when it's pairing and when connected and the cheaper one even speaks what battery power is left. there both made by creative, the dearer one: sound blaster roar has outstanding sound with 30 watts output from a unit that is roughly the size of an A5 sheet of paper and 2 inches tall. it has bass boost, the ability to expand the sound field, has a micro sd card slot it's own built in music player and works as a speaker phone. if you have an sd card inserted you can either play music that is on it, press a record button to record memos or lectures and such like or if you are on a phone call via bluetooth to the speaker a press of the record button will even record your conversation which you can play back using the buttons on the speaker. it also has up to date codex built in so it can play uncompressed audio via bluetooth or via the 3.5 aux in socket, it even has an alarm switch that when activated a press of a button makes it work as a siron. it works from both the mains or from the built in battery. in UK pounds it cost £129 but i don't think it's much more in dollars in the states. the second is the: creative muvo mini. which i think is also known as the muvo 10. this is about 7 inches long and 2 inches tall and deep. it has a rubber coating and is suitable for use in bathrooms, on the beech and anywhere outdoors even in light rain or where it will get splashed. it's not as powerful as the roar but still has reasonable sound and works as a speaker phone. this one cost £50 UK pounds.creative do another couple of models of the muvo with the rubber coating with each one being bigger and more powerful and i think they are called the muvo 20 and muvo 30. pete. I have, or should I say had, a Bose Soundlink 3 speaker for use with portable bluetooth capable devices. For reasons not particularly relevant to this list, I won't have access to that speaker during the school year, since it will be going to school with my spouse. So I'm wondering about other alternatives, perhaps even some that might not be as pricy as the Bose. I've just read about the BW t7, which actually costs more than the Bose. Then there are Braven models which look interesting, albeit not much less costly than the Bose. Since all my devices are ios, I could also use airplay, not necessary to have bluetooth. What are people using and really liking in this category? Mary
Re: Sound bars
hello all, i'm a bit late coming in on this but if you get a really good sound bar it can be as good as a wired surround sound system. i have both a sound bar in the front room and a wired surround system in the dining room they are both made by yamaha and the soundbar sounds every bit as good as the wired system including you hearing everything around and behind you. the soundbar i have is model yamaha ysp40d. admittedly the normal price of this was £1500 or roughly $2500 but i got it when it was being replaced with a newer model so got it for £500 roughly $830 but it is a very impressive bit of equipment. it is about 40 inches long and has 42 individual speakers in it which fire off the sound in all different directions. when you set it up you plug a microphone in to it on a long lead and place it level with the centre of the tv screen and 6 to 8 feet away then tell it to auto setup and go out of the room and close the door. from outside it sounds like something from the movie close encounter of the third kind as you can hear all these odd sounds being bounced off of every surface in the room. when it's finished it has programmed all the speakers to give off their sound fractions of seconds apart bouncing the sound off of the walls, ceiling, and furniture to give you a full surround effect. when it sets itself up it can even tell weather you have soft furnishing and carpets in the room and takes this into account. it also has a mass of different connections which means you could have 10 or 12 pieces of equipment all connected to it at the same time. i prefer this sound bar to the wired systems as obviously it's neater and you don't need to run wires everywhere, but i do think you need to get a sound bar that has this type of auto setup with multi speakers in it. i've seen several over the last 5 years since i got mine that have this capability but not with as many speakers but they have also been at a much more reasonable price. pete.
re: wireless headsets
hello all, having followed the descussion about wireless headsets recently, i want to recommend another make. i recently bought the: Trust Freewave Wireless Headset which works off of 2 AAA batteries and comes with a USB transmitter that is the same size as a memory stick plus a USB extention cable. they also make a pro version of this headset which didn't cost a lot more. my set cost £20 including shipping which i think would be around $30 and the pro set was about 50 percent more. i can't tell you how pleased i am with these, they just work there's no setting up to do just plug the dongle in, turn the headset on and the sound is automatically transfered to the headset. the first thing i did was to run the speech recognition wizard in windows vista go through the basic training and then dictated an email in my email program and after 6 sentances it had only made one mistake which supprised me. i then tried them with skype and after telling skype to use the microphone in this headset as it's default microphone the sound quality for both listening and speaking was of very good quality. but perhaps the best thing about them came to light after i updated my hd sound card drivers this monday, as after finishing the update and rebooting the computer i had no sound coming out of my speakers and as i use the sapi daniel voice obviously i had no speech. i can't see the screen and i was at home by myself at the time and thought i would have to wait a few hours until there was someone to look at the screen for me. i then thought of this headset and plugged it in in the hope it might work and sure enough it did and i had speech again, when i checked in the computers sound settings the new drivers had been named hd audio2 and my second sound card had been set as the default audio driver. they were worth buying just for this alone to know that when you get loss of speech you can plug them in and have a good chance of getting speech back. since i installed the new sound drivers and set them as the default i haven't had any loss of speech with window-eyes, but it will be interesting to see when window-eyes stops speaking if plugging these in will give me the speech back. pete. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re[2]: having trouble with san disk MP3 player.
hello jason, yes we both have rockbox installed on a sandisk mp3 player. i have the c240 and my wife has the c250. you shouldn't have any trouble installing rockbox so long as you set the USB mode to msc first. i've been using rockbox for about six years now and also have it installed on an archos and iriver mp3 player and have never had any problems with it. i would make sure you download the rockbox and voice file from the daily build page of the rockbox website as these will be the versions with the most features. and they can have quite big differences in them from day to day. for example when i first installed the rockbox version for the sandisk about six weeks ago i found that although the main mp3 player was working and speaking ok it wouldn't recognise a micro SD card when i put it in the expansion slot. at first i thought it was a problem with my player but decided to wait a while and then update the rockbox files. so about 3 weeks ago i updated to the latest daily build of the rockbox files and found that that not only had that problem been solved so my card is recognised everytime i slot it in but there were a lot of extra speaking features for the main machine that had been added. pete. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: Creative Zen Stone Player
hello all, there is more than one solution to the problem of charging your mp3 usb players. i bought a mp3 and usb charger a while ago. this is a small device that looks just like a standard mains plug and has a usb socket on the face, all you do is plug it into the wall socket and plug any usb powered device into it to either run it off the mains or to charge it. i only paid 5.99 UK pounds for it about12 US dollars. the place i got mine from doesn't have this particular model any more but they do have an alternative one that has some extras. mine was for UK use only, but the one they have now is a travel version which comes with adapters allowing you to use it in the UK, USA, Europe or Australia. this model costs 9.99 UK pounds about 21 US dollars here is the url for the item: http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/AvCommunications/iPodAccessories/TravelCharg erUSB.htm pete. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[3]: Jlc's Internet TV Program
hello djc, have you found a way of stopping a station from playing other than actually closing the program. i tried listening to some stations to see what they were like but found i couldn't stop the stream without closing the program and couldn't hear what i was highlighting on the station list because of the current audio stream when trying to select another station. pete. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: Cassett deck to pc.
hello anders, a device which will do what you want to do was shown on QVC UK at the weekend. but instead of being just for cassette decks, it connects to your pc by USB and you can connect whatever you want to the other end including record decks, cassette decks, tv, radio, dvd and vcr. it comes with software that automatically recognises different tracks on lps or gaps between songs on a cassette. plus it can automatically remove hiss, crackles and pops for you. it can save the audio in several formats. the url for qvc uk is: www.qvcuk.com if you enter the number 553108 in their search box the details and order page will come up for this item, and below the description on this page is a watch video link that will show you an audio and video demonstration of the unit. . below is their short description for this unit. ADS Tech Instant Music Record Your Old LPs and Tapes To MP3 Salvation for doomed audio formats is at hand with Instant Music, the program that allows you to record your old vinyl albums and tapes to audio CD and MP3. You can save music as MP3, WAV and AAC audio formats and burn CDs with Nero software. And you can capture from just about any audio source too - including cassette, turntable, TV, radio and DVD. Includes Instant Music external USB 2.0 device, a CD containing Nero software and a USB cable. Requires Pentium 3 with available USB port, CD-ROM drive/burner for creating audio CDs. Compatible with Apple G4. hope this helps. pete gurney. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: Another XP Media Center Question.
hello missy, sorry i'm so late in replying to your message but i haven't been around much this week. unfortunately i gave nebula a call today and they told me that although their audio description works in several countries around the world it doesn't work with the broadcasts in the United States . this is because the USA has decided to use a different system for their audio description rather than the one the other countries are using. pete. Hi! I just went to the web site for nebula electronics, and liked what I was able to read there, but before I even think about buying anything, I have some questions. Would the pci card version of their tv tuner work in the stats, and if so, does it work well with Windows Media center? I'm very interested in getting it for my new computer if it supports audio description features. Missy hello jim, yes there are many different versions available. there are internal pci models plus USB models that are available like a memory stick or as a box with a USB lead coming off of it. but probably the best ones on the market are the nebula models. they all support audio description transmissions for both listening to live and for recording. this obviously depends on where you are in the world, but they do work in several countries and they are listed on their website: www.nebula-electronics.co.uk they also are aware of the needs of visually impaired people and make their software as accessible as possible. they are also about to launch a new home media centre that has 3 digital tuners plus a 500 gb hard drive within it that will work by connecting direct to a tv, via a wired network, or by wi-fi to your pc's or to tv's around the home if you connect one of their thin client receivers to the tv. i also believe that their adapters are the only ones on the market that are able to receive high definition signals. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another XP Media Center Question.
hello jim, yes there are many different versions available. there are internal pci models plus USB models that are available like a memory stick or as a box with a USB lead coming off of it. but probably the best ones on the market are the nebula models. they all support audio description transmissions for both listening to live and for recording. this obviously depends on where you are in the world, but they do work in several countries and they are listed on their website: www.nebula-electronics.co.uk they also are aware of the needs of visually impaired people and make their software as accessible as possible. they are also about to launch a new home media centre that has 3 digital tuners plus a 500 gb hard drive within it that will work by connecting direct to a tv, via a wired network, or by wi-fi to your pc's or to tv's around the home if you connect one of their thin client receivers to the tv. i also believe that their adapters are the only ones on the market that are able to receive high definition signals. the other major manufacturer of digital pc adapters is hauppauge and their international site is: www.hauppauge.com but their models don't support audio description. pete. Hi Folks: Is it possible to acquire a tv tuner card that will record digital TV? Thanks all over the place gang. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disapointed about H340
hello bobcat, if you take a look at: www.advancedmp3players.co.uk when i was on their site earlier today they still had the iriver h340 in stock and do world wide shipping as well. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Re: Converting mp3 to CDA?
hello doc, it was that a friends daughter was having trouble converting mp3 to cda and writing the cd at the same time due to buffer under run errors. she has an old slow external cd writer and probably not a very powerful laptop and we were looking for a method of separating the conversion and burning processes. pete. I must have missed the original thread. Why are you not going right to the burn process after choosing your tracks for the cd? - Original Message - From: PETE gurney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 9:15 AM Subject: Re: Converting mp3 to CDA? hello gerry, thanks for that, i had a look and found how to do it. it's a longer method but at least it works. encase anyone else has the need for such a work around here are the steps. 1 open nero and choose audio cd and click new 2 select the mp3 files you want to burn and add them to what is to be burnt 3 go to the recorder menu and select choose recorder, choose image recorder [virtual recorder] and click ok. 4 choose write cd from the file menu the write screen will appear but when you click on write a window will pop up asking you for a file name i just tried it with some westlife tracks so i called it westlife leave the image type on it's default and click on ok or save i've forgotten which it was. 5 when the conversion has finished click on ok and then on discard on the window that pops up. 6 go back to the recorder menu, click on choose recorder and set it back to your actual burner. 7 choose close from the file menu [not exit] 8 choose burn image from the file menu, when the window pops up asking for the image name select the name of the image you just created, put your blank cd in the drive and click on the appropriate button to start the burn. 9 finally perminently delete the image file as it will be taking up the same amount of space on the hard drive as it does on a cd. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Re: Converting mp3 to CDA?
hello gerry, thanks for that, i had a look and found how to do it. it's a longer method but at least it works. encase anyone else has the need for such a work around here are the steps. 1 open nero and choose audio cd and click new 2 select the mp3 files you want to burn and add them to what is to be burnt 3 go to the recorder menu and select choose recorder, choose image recorder [virtual recorder] and click ok. 4 choose write cd from the file menu the write screen will appear but when you click on write a window will pop up asking you for a file name i just tried it with some westlife tracks so i called it westlife leave the image type on it's default and click on ok or save i've forgotten which it was. 5 when the conversion has finished click on ok and then on discard on the window that pops up. 6 go back to the recorder menu, click on choose recorder and set it back to your actual burner. 7 choose close from the file menu [not exit] 8 choose burn image from the file menu, when the window pops up asking for the image name select the name of the image you just created, put your blank cd in the drive and click on the appropriate button to start the burn. 9 finally perminently delete the image file as it will be taking up the same amount of space on the hard drive as it does on a cd. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Converting mp3 to CDA?
hello all, what is the best programs for converting mp3 files to CDA without actually burning them at the same time. i know nero will do it as it burns them but i don't want them to be burnt until a later time. thanks. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Re: Converting mp3 to CDA?
hello r q j, thanks for that, i thought that was probably the answer. i was checking for a friends daughter who has an external cd writer which is rather slow and doesn't have buffer protection therefor when she tries to use nero to create an audio cd from mp3 files it quits giving a buffer error part way through. so it's probably a case of her having to get a better and faster cd writer. pete. Hi Pete, Can't do it. The CDA extension is just a pointer on the disk to the file. .CDA files are not playable by audio applications, as you would .wav, or.mp3. So why would you want to convert files before you burn them anywaywhen it is part of the audio creation process? R Q J - Original Message - From: PETE gurney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 4:01 PM Subject: Converting mp3 to CDA? hello all, what is the best programs for converting mp3 files to CDA without actually burning them at the same time. i know nero will do it as it burns them but i don't want them to be burnt until a later time. thanks. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
rockbox website
hello all, does anyone know if the website for the rockbox software has changed from: www.rockbox.org as i have been trying to visit it over the last couple of days using both internet explorer and firefox but the page either comes up with just 2 blank lines or it never finishes loading. i haven't been there for a few months so wondered if they have changed their web address. thanks. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
RE: rockbox website
hello aman, thanks for that. i just came back to my pc after an hour or so and the rockbox home page had loaded fully why i was away. i've now clicked on the link to see which other players it could work with and it is doing the same as before. i'll re-boot my router and see if that is the problem, as on the odd occasion i have had a problem like this on a website while other sites work ok and it has been solved with a re-boot. do you happen to know if the archos gmini 402 is one of the machines that they intend making the rockbox work with. thanks. pete. Hi. First, the site is still at www.rockbox.org. Secondly, I am able to get to it and read it easily from here. Aman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PETE gurney Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:53 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: rockbox website hello all, does anyone know if the website for the rockbox software has changed from: www.rockbox.org as i have been trying to visit it over the last couple of days using both internet explorer and firefox but the page either comes up with just 2 blank lines or it never finishes loading. i haven't been there for a few months so wondered if they have changed their web address. thanks. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Re: Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre Edition.
hello jim, if you take a look at: www.blindcooltech.com there is an mp3 audio demonstration of media centre being used with speech, and he is able to use the media centre software with windows narrator successfully including useing the tv program EPG and schedule recordings. also the shortly to be released windoweyes v5.5 works with media centre 2005. pete. OK... I've had the Sony Vaio Media Center computer for about a year now. Every thing is accessible to Jaws except the Media Center program it self. However, there are other enhancements to XP that are. For instance, when dealing with audio files there is a WMA to MP3/WAV converter built right in. The TV tuner card is accessible if you don't mind using the Jaws curser to control it. All in all it is a great investment for me. But of course my wife is fully sighted and can user the Media Center program. But even so, I recommend it for anyone who is into Audio/Video. In my opinion the extra cost is well worth it. - Original Message - From: Peter Scanlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 4:16 AM Subject: Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre Edition. Below an article from Sydny Morning Herald. I was wondering if this Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre that the article talks about, and the software to record and tune to cable is accessible. Let me entertain you By Valens Quinn October 22, 2005 There's a whole world of digital entertainment trying to get into your living room. By connecting a media centre PC to your TV and stereo, you could be just that little bit closer to living the Jetsons' lifestyle, with all sorts of digital content at your fingertips. Imagine setting up automatic recording of an entire season of 24 or Desperate Housewives with the press of a button, ready to watch once the kids are asleep. You could amaze your friends with a big-screen photo slideshow of a recent hiking trip to the Himalayas, complete with Wagner's Flight of the Valkyries trumpeting in the background. It would beat passing around a stack of 8cm x 10cm prints that just don't do the scenery justice. After a long day at work, you could select a movie from the latest selection of blockbusters, pay electronically and the movie starts playing on your TV a few minutes later - all without pulling on your uggies and heading to the video shop. You wouldn't have to remember to return the movie when you're finished, either. Music lovers can have their complete collections on tap, ready to play with a few clicks of the remote. No more hunting for that special song or stacking up CD cases. You can create customised music compilations and save them for parties, doing housework, or just dancing with the kids. To get started you don't need anything more than a specially equipped PC - called a media centre - and some easy-to-use software. Think of a media centre PC as a home central storage vault for holding and sharing anything digital, including photos, home videos and music. A media centre can also tune in TV signals and play CDs and DVDs. It can pretty much do the job of a VCR, DVD player, CD player, digital set-top box and surround-sound decoder. Then you get the added bonus that it can function like a normal PC too, so you can run your favourite programs, browse the internet and play games from your living room TV set. You could also put a media centre in your study and connect it to a conventional computer monitor and speakers, but this type of PC is much happier in your living room, where it can connect to a big-screen TV and stereo. The benefit is better sights and sounds, and the family doesn't have to crowd around a PC monitor to see your latest photos or watch a video. Media centre PCs come in different shapes and sizes, depending on the model you buy. Some are designed to match your existing AV equipment, with sleek gold or silver metallic front panels, while others look like normal desktop tower PCs. Popular models include HP's Media Centre m7088a, Optima's WorkPro S7 Media Centre PC, Toshiba's portable Qosmio G20, the Acer Aspire T630MCE or the Altechs Maestro Pro. Prices vary from $2400 for the HP without monitor to $3999 for the Acer. Whether you tuck it out of the way or position it front and centre, keep in mind that your box will need to be positioned close to your TV and stereo so the cables reach. Generally, media centres use the common S-Video and composite connections for conventional TVs, or a DVI interface for connecting to plasma and LCD types. For audio, you can run signals into your stereo or surround-sound amp, or plug in a set of PC speakers. Depending on what you choose, you'll need a mini-jack-to-RCA or a digital-audio adaptor cable. Of course, to get started you first need a media centre PC. These share most of the same innards as a regular computer, but need a special version of Microsoft
Re: looking for a cable
hello sun sparkle, take a look at this web page: http://www.beststuff.co.uk/audio_conversion.htm they have a few different types of digital to analog adapters depending on the type of analog connection you have. make sure you read all the items as there's one right at the bottom of the page as well as there being some higher up. pete. does anyone here know of a cable that can convert a digital signal to analog signal i have a stereo that has an optical out and i want to do line in recording and my sound card does not have a optical in so is there any way i can accomplish this? ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rockbox questions
hello allison, make sure that the archos model your buying is one that is supported by rockbox as it doesn't work on all of their machines. if you visit the rockbox website they list the models it will work with. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
stereo bluetooth headset
hello all, sorry but i can't remember who posted the original question about the availability of stereo bluetooth headsets, but i came across the following this morning whilst looking for something else. Toshiba has unveiled a pair of wireless headphones that hook up to a host PC across a Bluetooth 1.2 link. Designed for the company's Qosmio home entertainment-oriented laptop range, the 90g (3.2oz) 'over-the-ear and round-the-back-of-your-head' 'phones will also work with any notebook or desktop that sports a Bluetooth 1.2 adaptor, such as the one Toshiba sells. The wireless link gives smooth stereo playback at up to 30ft, the company claimed. The 'phones will pair with only one device at a time, though Toshiba said they can be re-connected to another device at the push of both volume buttons. That suggests the 'phones can store the details of multiple devices, much as today's Bluetooth mobile phone headsets can, though Toshiba didn't say how many devices the 'phones will remember. The right-hand speaker unit also features volume controls, and track-skip buttons. There's room in there for a battery too, one that's large enough to provide up to eight hours' play time. Interestingly, the Toshiba 'phones appear to be virtually identical to the set HP announced in November 2004 as a wireless add-on for its multimedia iPaq PDAs. Toshiba's Wireless Stereo Headphones go on sale on 9 February in the US for $100. The company's Bluetooth 1.2 adaptor costs $50. ® pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ACB radio
hello, has anybody heard what has happened to ACB radio, for the last couple of days i am unable to listen to any of their stations using their tuner and i get page not found when trying to visit their website. thanks. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ACB radio
hello steve and all, thanks you had it exactly right. this evening i called my isp, and the first thing i heard was a message saying their dsl gateway problem has been solved and suggesting people turn off their modems for a few minutes and then turn them back on again as the work they did could have affected 4 of their customers. i did this and now everything is working ok with the acbradio site. it's rather odd as the acbradio site was the only problem it caused me, i was listening to streaming audio on other sites and visted dozens of other sites over the 2 days without any trouble. but that's computers for you. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DVD burners
hello andrew, take a look at the lg multi drive at: www.ebuyer.co.uk these drives work with all 3 of the dvd formats, dvd plus, dvd minus and dvd ram. they write all of them as well as read them. i have one of these and they work well. pete. Hi All does anyone know of a DVD burner that I can use with Jaws 50. Regards Andrew Shipp Located Northampton Northants, Home Phone 01604 517007 Mobile 07773457805, Skype andyshipp50, or [EMAIL PROTECTED], I am also the Moderator for Blind-gardening, All messages are checked before sending by Norton anti Virus. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DVD Copying
hello melanie, a very good program for doing this is dvd shrink. whats more it's a free program and works well with speech. you can get it from: www.dvdshrink.org and there's a good online users guide at: http://www.dvdr-digest.com/articles/23_1.html this will take you to page one of seven. make sure you read this first, as it goes through the settings you need to change before using it for the first time to get the best results. pete. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Roxio 6 question
hello andrew, don't forget that the burning process can use upto 25 mb of the disc space in creating the opening and closing sectors plus the toc. on an 80 minute cd this means you could loose 2 and a half minutes of recording time. pete. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 08/05/2004 at 18:12 andrew shipp wrote: Hello Doc, Thank you for telling me how to do the time on the CD album I am trying to record on to a CDR, I've just check the time and it is 77,39. Surely this will fit on the CDR 80 minute? The last time I tried to record this album the disk was on ce again rejected and I got an error message saying the disk parameters is incorrect, do you know what is saying to me by giving me this error report. - Original Message - From: doc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 6:12 PM Subject: Re: Roxio 6 question When you are in the main screen while building your compilation. Go to the bottom of the screen with your jaws cursor then arrow up. You should hear project size Doc Wright http://talmidim.web.aplus.net When I've given all that I have to give Its just the least I can do for a friend. - Original Message - From: andrew shipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:39 AM Subject: Re: Roxio 6 question Hello Kenneth, Many thanks for this, now when you say look in the bottom right corner is this when I'm in the creative screen or before I get in there? The disk I'm using are eighty minute and I've tried so far four disk and they are all doing the same thing. The first two disk I did get an error with a number but since that I've not had the number come up again. Can you get larger CD's do you know please. By the way I'm using Jaws 4.2 with windows XP home. Many thanks for your help on this problem. - Original Message - From: kenneth reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:09 PM Subject: Re: Roxio 6 question Hi Andrew, the program will handle all sizes of disks. Look in the lower right corner and arrow up and you will find out how large your project is, it will Tel you if you have exceeded your disk space. If your blind look out for the clear plastic disks that are always in the stack of disks. Regards Ken At 05:45 AM 5/6/2004, you wrote: Hello all, I am trying to burn an album with using Roxio, the problem is the disk keeps on rejecting after I've clit record, I think the disk is is to small to take all the tracks if this is so how do I select the tracks to put on??Or is there a bigger disk I can use for this purpose??. Many thanks for any help I receive on this problem. Regards Andrew Shipp Home phone +44,0,1604-517007 Mobile 07773457805 Located Northampton Northamptonshire All messages are checked before sending by Norton anti virus. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Roxio 6 question
hello andrew, yes there are 90 and i beleive 99 minute cdr's available although i've never had any myself. the problem here is that not all cd writers are compatible with these discs. pete. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 08/05/2004 at 19:27 andrew shipp wrote: Hello Peter, so this is the reason why I cannot record this particular CD album,so just one more question is there such a thing as a bigger CDR? Other than that I don't know any other way around what I'm trying to do. - Original Message - From: PETE gurney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 6:34 PM Subject: Re: Roxio 6 question hello andrew, don't forget that the burning process can use upto 25 mb of the disc space in creating the opening and closing sectors plus the toc. on an 80 minute cd this means you could loose 2 and a half minutes of recording time. pete. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 08/05/2004 at 18:12 andrew shipp wrote: Hello Doc, Thank you for telling me how to do the time on the CD album I am trying to record on to a CDR, I've just check the time and it is 77,39. Surely this will fit on the CDR 80 minute? The last time I tried to record this album the disk was on ce again rejected and I got an error message saying the disk parameters is incorrect, do you know what is saying to me by giving me this error report. - Original Message - From: doc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 6:12 PM Subject: Re: Roxio 6 question When you are in the main screen while building your compilation. Go to the bottom of the screen with your jaws cursor then arrow up. You should hear project size Doc Wright http://talmidim.web.aplus.net When I've given all that I have to give Its just the least I can do for a friend. - Original Message - From: andrew shipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:39 AM Subject: Re: Roxio 6 question Hello Kenneth, Many thanks for this, now when you say look in the bottom right corner is this when I'm in the creative screen or before I get in there? The disk I'm using are eighty minute and I've tried so far four disk and they are all doing the same thing. The first two disk I did get an error with a number but since that I've not had the number come up again. Can you get larger CD's do you know please. By the way I'm using Jaws 4.2 with windows XP home. Many thanks for your help on this problem. - Original Message - From: kenneth reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:09 PM Subject: Re: Roxio 6 question Hi Andrew, the program will handle all sizes of disks. Look in the lower right corner and arrow up and you will find out how large your project is, it will Tel you if you have exceeded your disk space. If your blind look out for the clear plastic disks that are always in the stack of disks. Regards Ken At 05:45 AM 5/6/2004, you wrote: Hello all, I am trying to burn an album with using Roxio, the problem is the disk keeps on rejecting after I've clit record, I think the disk is is to small to take all the tracks if this is so how do I select the tracks to put on??Or is there a bigger disk I can use for this purpose??. Many thanks for any help I receive on this problem. Regards Andrew Shipp Home phone +44,0,1604-517007 Mobile 07773457805 Located Northampton Northamptonshire All messages are checked before sending by Norton anti virus. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED
