Re: Which kind of Audio file does a Windows user usebydefault?(and abit OT)
From: Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Which kind of Audio file does a Windows user use by default?(and a bit OT) MIDI playback still requires a sound card. No matter what else, audio playback requires a sound card. There are player apps for all versions of windows for a wide array of file formats and some for DOS too, but every single one of them requires a sound card. Eric J Quite true; I was under the impression that George's friend had, at least, sound capability, which on older PCs would mean a sound card would HAVE to be present (I believe..). Integrated audio on a PC is a fairly new (and not terribly satisfactory) addition on the consumer market, iirc. I do remember trying to get an old Zenith 486 to send sound to its massive on board speaker, powered by the equally massive single oscillator pumped with a giant .45 watts - that was a treat! Best regards, Dana -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Which kind of Audio file does a Windows user usebydefault?(and abit OT)
Greetings, George. From: George Mogiljansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Which kind of Audio file does a Windows user use by default?(and a bit OT) Thanks, Dana. The trick regarding compression (or lack thereof) is to record in mono at 8 KHz and speak quickly! LOL! In the old days, purists would say that .ulaw rules using your specs Also, when attaching the sound file to your email, the size will balloon by about 20%! If you mean the size of the actual sound file attachment, yes. This has always been my experience - sometimes, Stuffit's compression isn't compression at all! Best George Craig mentioned SoundApp, which actually does a fairly accurate job at format conversion, and to its credit gets better and better all the time. A tad more geeky solution is Tom Erbe's SoundHack which offers about 13 different file exchanges with a total of some 52 different compression schemes (!). The vocoder is to die for! Best regards, Dana -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
