Problems with MP3 DirectCut
Hello list, I am having problems getting started with MP3 DirectCut. I downloaded the most recent version lately. When I open a file and start playing it, the file either stutters or seems to jump forward a couple seconds at a time. I have tried several different MP3 files. I am on a Windows XP PC and use ZoomText 9.0 with speech. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am looking forward to using this software. Thanks. Regards, Sherry Wells To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: MP3 Directcut
Kelley While the volume levels were correct all along, what caused the problem was that the appropriate setting required for recording wasn't checked. For the benefit of readers, here is how I stumbled upon the solution. Knowing that apparently nothing would record, I decided to attempt to have my RedButton software attempt to record WGN, Chicago. Not surprisingly, the recording wouldn't commence. I went into the pc's sound manager and looked for various recording property check boxes for line in, mike, cd, etc. Having no idea which might impact the recording of internet streams, I one by one attempted to check the boxes (as you guessed, Kelley, all were unchecked). RedButton allows one to monitor what is being recorded, assuming something is recording, of course. Suddenly, out of the blue, I heard the dignified voice of Milt Rosenberg interviewing someone on Extension 720 as a highlight which WGN streams when it cannot stream regular programming due to Cubs baseball. I checked, to make certain, and indeed iI had a recording on the hd. I can tell everyone that I have never, in the 35 or so years that Milt has hosted Extension 720 been so elated to hear the U of Chicago psychology prof interview anyone grin!! And, oh yes, I saved the settings into the Quickmix default file default.qmx which now, thanks to a msg posted by Sarah Alawami last week, starts as the notebook starts up and now is also available via the desktop. And, I'll be doing an image of that hd later today in the event we ever have to do a total system restore. So, once again, Kelley, thanks for asking the right questions which changed my focus from tweeking MP3 Directcut to what was required, enabling the pc itself to record. mike On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Kelly Pierce wrote: Mike, don't give up just yet. I had the same feeling once until I realized that new Windows installs mute nearly all the recording inputs. make sure you are looking at the recording properties in volume control rather than the playback properties. also, make sure your line in jacks and microphone are unmuted. On most Windows machines, you can only select the line in or microphone for recording but not both at the same time. Be sure the jack you are recording from is unmuted and selected. Kelly - Original Message - From: Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:51 PM Subject: Re: MP3 Directcut Kelly All 5 recording settingsfound under sndvol32 are at 100 levels where 500 = no sound and 0 = max; so that would appear ok. Your mentioning of other recording programs had me test Audacity; guess what, no sound either. So this would suggest that the culprit is not mp3 Directcut. BTW, podcasts and internet streaming play fine; and, I, out of sheer curiosity, took one of the recorded files and attempted to listen to them on another machine. Is this problem resolvable; or am I best just forgetting about ever using this notebook for recording streams and the like. Have you successfully made recordings using other programs with this laptop? Also, have you checked the appropiate volume settings in Windows volume controll? Kelly On 8/13/07, Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been a happy user of MP3 Directcut on my HP Pavillon a510n desktop. Over the weekend, I tried placing that same program on our Gateway NX7118 notebook, but cannot get the program to record on that notebook. The lame_enc.dll file sits in the same directory as the program (c:\program files\mp3cut) and the checkbox to use the program is checked under settings. What am I missing here? Is there some installation of the encoder beyond placing it in the directory? Or is something else awry? 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] 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] 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: MP3 Directcut
may i know what is red button software? thanks so much for your kindest response. - Original Message - From: Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:16 PM Subject: Re: MP3 Directcut Kelley While the volume levels were correct all along, what caused the problem was that the appropriate setting required for recording wasn't checked. For the benefit of readers, here is how I stumbled upon the solution. Knowing that apparently nothing would record, I decided to attempt to have my RedButton software attempt to record WGN, Chicago. Not surprisingly, the recording wouldn't commence. I went into the pc's sound manager and looked for various recording property check boxes for line in, mike, cd, etc. Having no idea which might impact the recording of internet streams, I one by one attempted to check the boxes (as you guessed, Kelley, all were unchecked). RedButton allows one to monitor what is being recorded, assuming something is recording, of course. Suddenly, out of the blue, I heard the dignified voice of Milt Rosenberg interviewing someone on Extension 720 as a highlight which WGN streams when it cannot stream regular programming due to Cubs baseball. I checked, to make certain, and indeed iI had a recording on the hd. I can tell everyone that I have never, in the 35 or so years that Milt has hosted Extension 720 been so elated to hear the U of Chicago psychology prof interview anyone grin!! And, oh yes, I saved the settings into the Quickmix default file default.qmx which now, thanks to a msg posted by Sarah Alawami last week, starts as the notebook starts up and now is also available via the desktop. And, I'll be doing an image of that hd later today in the event we ever have to do a total system restore. So, once again, Kelley, thanks for asking the right questions which changed my focus from tweeking MP3 Directcut to what was required, enabling the pc itself to record. mike On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Kelly Pierce wrote: Mike, don't give up just yet. I had the same feeling once until I realized that new Windows installs mute nearly all the recording inputs. make sure you are looking at the recording properties in volume control rather than the playback properties. also, make sure your line in jacks and microphone are unmuted. On most Windows machines, you can only select the line in or microphone for recording but not both at the same time. Be sure the jack you are recording from is unmuted and selected. Kelly - Original Message - From: Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:51 PM Subject: Re: MP3 Directcut Kelly All 5 recording settingsfound under sndvol32 are at 100 levels where 500 = no sound and 0 = max; so that would appear ok. Your mentioning of other recording programs had me test Audacity; guess what, no sound either. So this would suggest that the culprit is not mp3 Directcut. BTW, podcasts and internet streaming play fine; and, I, out of sheer curiosity, took one of the recorded files and attempted to listen to them on another machine. Is this problem resolvable; or am I best just forgetting about ever using this notebook for recording streams and the like. Have you successfully made recordings using other programs with this laptop? Also, have you checked the appropiate volume settings in Windows volume controll? Kelly On 8/13/07, Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been a happy user of MP3 Directcut on my HP Pavillon a510n desktop. Over the weekend, I tried placing that same program on our Gateway NX7118 notebook, but cannot get the program to record on that notebook. The lame_enc.dll file sits in the same directory as the program (c:\program files\mp3cut) and the checkbox to use the program is checked under settings. What am I missing here? Is there some installation of the encoder beyond placing it in the directory? Or is something else awry? 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] 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] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL
Re: MP3 Directcut
RedButton is a program, sold through www.radiotime.com designed to record radio stations that stream via the net. There is a fully functioning 14-day trial version which can be converted into a permanent version for just under $30. While recordings are made on your pc, the scheduling of recordings is done via the RadioTime website. Radiotime.com has one of the largest databases of on-the-air streams around along with the ability to search by program titles and hosts. Speaking from personal experience, the service is very responsive in making corrections and additions when one reports them. These are often made to the database the same day when one submits them. Even if one doesn't want to record radio, radiotime.com is a great resource for info on internet radio. The listening side of the service is free. 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: MP3 Directcut
Have you successfully made recordings using other programs with this laptop? Also, have you checked the appropiate volume settings in Windows volume controll? Kelly On 8/13/07, Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been a happy user of MP3 Directcut on my HP Pavillon a510n desktop. Over the weekend, I tried placing that same program on our Gateway NX7118 notebook, but cannot get the program to record on that notebook. The lame_enc.dll file sits in the same directory as the program (c:\program files\mp3cut) and the checkbox to use the program is checked under settings. What am I missing here? Is there some installation of the encoder beyond placing it in the directory? Or is something else awry? 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: MP3 Directcut
Kelly All 5 recording settingsfound under sndvol32 are at 100 levels where 500 = no sound and 0 = max; so that would appear ok. Your mentioning of other recording programs had me test Audacity; guess what, no sound either. So this would suggest that the culprit is not mp3 Directcut. BTW, podcasts and internet streaming play fine; and, I, out of sheer curiosity, took one of the recorded files and attempted to listen to them on another machine. Is this problem resolvable; or am I best just forgetting about ever using this notebook for recording streams and the like. Have you successfully made recordings using other programs with this laptop? Also, have you checked the appropiate volume settings in Windows volume controll? Kelly On 8/13/07, Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been a happy user of MP3 Directcut on my HP Pavillon a510n desktop. Over the weekend, I tried placing that same program on our Gateway NX7118 notebook, but cannot get the program to record on that notebook. The lame_enc.dll file sits in the same directory as the program (c:\program files\mp3cut) and the checkbox to use the program is checked under settings. What am I missing here? Is there some installation of the encoder beyond placing it in the directory? Or is something else awry? 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] 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: MP3 Directcut
Mike, don't give up just yet. I had the same feeling once until I realized that new Windows installs mute nearly all the recording inputs. make sure you are looking at the recording properties in volume control rather than the playback properties. also, make sure your line in jacks and microphone are unmuted. On most Windows machines, you can only select the line in or microphone for recording but not both at the same time. Be sure the jack you are recording from is unmuted and selected. Kelly - Original Message - From: Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:51 PM Subject: Re: MP3 Directcut Kelly All 5 recording settingsfound under sndvol32 are at 100 levels where 500 = no sound and 0 = max; so that would appear ok. Your mentioning of other recording programs had me test Audacity; guess what, no sound either. So this would suggest that the culprit is not mp3 Directcut. BTW, podcasts and internet streaming play fine; and, I, out of sheer curiosity, took one of the recorded files and attempted to listen to them on another machine. Is this problem resolvable; or am I best just forgetting about ever using this notebook for recording streams and the like. Have you successfully made recordings using other programs with this laptop? Also, have you checked the appropiate volume settings in Windows volume controll? Kelly On 8/13/07, Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been a happy user of MP3 Directcut on my HP Pavillon a510n desktop. Over the weekend, I tried placing that same program on our Gateway NX7118 notebook, but cannot get the program to record on that notebook. The lame_enc.dll file sits in the same directory as the program (c:\program files\mp3cut) and the checkbox to use the program is checked under settings. What am I missing here? Is there some installation of the encoder beyond placing it in the directory? Or is something else awry? 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] 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]
MP3 DirectCut Podcast
Hi, I have started a podcast. Its a audio tutorial on the MP3DirectCut Program. The feed link is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RobsPlace Thanks, Rob ___ 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: re need help with mp3 directcut
Chris, Yes, I do have Rob's help files, and they got me up and running with the program. Remember what I said about losing my little grey cells? well, after posting to the list last night i had another play with it and tried the ACM encoder just for giggles, and of course it worked fine. i won't try to figure out why the other one doesn't work, but at least I'm not the only one with the problem. I still haven't gotten the recording function to work ... I tried to record a stream through my sound card and just got a blank file, but I'm not as concerned about that since simple MP3 Maker works fine for me. By the way, for anyone else like myself who has had problems with Total recorder due to driver conflicts or whatever else,Simple MP3 Maker will record to wav and encode to MP3 as well as ripping from CD's. You can't edit with it and I don't think there is any way to append to a recording, but as a no frills package it is free and works without adding another driver, just my experience. Anyway, thanks much for your response. Susan ___ 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 need help with mp3 directcut
Yes, Susan, I got it to work very nicely, but I have windows xp, which has the acm decoder that is mentioned in the little help manual. Cris Hall ___ 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]
appending with mp3 directcut
I had version 1.37. In order to get the append feature to work, you need 1.38, which I got from simtel.net. Thanks, Rob, for all your help. I wrote to the author, and his response was fast and courteous. Share and enjoy! Cris Hall ___ 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]
mp3 directcut download
Dean, when I downloaded this program, I used the Minnesota site, even though I live in Alberta. The Alberta one didn't work for me. I didn't try the ones from Finland, or Austria, but, you never know. Cris Hall ___ 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]
appending with mp3 directcut
When I try to use mp3 directcut to append one file to another, the file that is being appended over writes instead of appending. Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas? ___ 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: appending with mp3 directcut
can you email me the steps you used? [EMAIL PROTECTED] for example, if you append file 2 onto the end of file 1, file1 will now contain both files as 1. if you would like to keep file 1 without changes, please make a copy of it before appending. or if you make a recording, stop it, then make another recording it over writes the first one, go to the settings with F12, check the box to add date/time to the file name. Connect your telephone to your cable or DSL Modem make unlimited calls to the US Canada for $20 per month. Thanks, Rob God is good all the time, all the time god is good. - Original Message - From: Cris Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc audio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:21 AM Subject: appending with mp3 directcut When I try to use mp3 directcut to append one file to another, the file that is being appended over writes instead of appending. Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas? ___ 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]
mp3 directcut problem
Dear Rob, There's just one problem. I haven't had a chance to finish going through your first set of files, and already, there's a second set ready for download. What's a person to do? Thank you so much. It's very kind of you to take the time to sharre your knowledge. This list is lucky to have you. Cris Hall ___ 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: mp3 directcut problem
Rob, Thank you so much for these instructions. I had downloaded the program about two weeks ago but had not had the time to really play with it to learn it, so I appreciate all the directions in one place. If no one else has suggested it, I would suggest that you consider submitting this as a demonstration/review to Main Menu at ACB-radio, because they are always looking for good quality technical material. Just one question ... I installed the lame.dll file into the program folder but probably not in the right place because I cannot get it to show up among the encoders. Where do I need to put it so that it will be recognized and how do I configure it? Many thanks. Susan ___ 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]
mp3 directcut
Thanks so much to everyone who took an interest in this. Special thanks to Harry for your many helpful tips on using the program. Thanks, too, to Don Roberts for your excellent questions. I still love gold wave, and I think that it will always be my first choice for the sound editing, mostly very simple, that I do, but this seems really great, and will save considerable time when splitting files, in particular. Cris Hall ___ 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]
