Re: Windows Snow Leopard
On 06/10/2010, at 10:27 AM, Alan Smith wrote: Very interesting responses Peter and Ronni to accessing Windows on an external drive (and good question Michael). Before I jump in and break a leg (or the old PC) do you think a simple transplant of the old PC (Windows XP) hard drive directly to a USB caddy would work (via VMWare) from my Snow Leopard iMac? Retaining all the old files and MOS etc? But given my success rate with external drives on my Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 4 MB iMac I shouldn't even try --. Cheers, Alan No, this approach probably would not work, since your VM software relies on the presence of specific Windows-compatible drivers it installs on the VM Disk Image in order to communicate with your Mac for such things as networking, printing, screen resolutions, etc. What IS possible, however, is to create a Virtual Machine from the Windows installation on your USB Drive. In this way you would certainly achieve what you want. Your VM software documentation will contain all the details. You could always download a 30-day demo for testing this. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Windows Snow Leopard
Thanks Peter For a while I was fantasising about how simple my computing world could be. Back to my simple iMac (without VM) and the stand-alone PC clunker. Cheers, Alan -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Hinchliffe Sent: Thursday, 7 October 2010 7:49 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Windows Snow Leopard On 06/10/2010, at 10:27 AM, Alan Smith wrote: Very interesting responses Peter and Ronni to accessing Windows on an external drive (and good question Michael). Before I jump in and break a leg (or the old PC) do you think a simple transplant of the old PC (Windows XP) hard drive directly to a USB caddy would work (via VMWare) from my Snow Leopard iMac? Retaining all the old files and MOS etc? But given my success rate with external drives on my Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 4 MB iMac I shouldn't even try --. Cheers, Alan No, this approach probably would not work, since your VM software relies on the presence of specific Windows-compatible drivers it installs on the VM Disk Image in order to communicate with your Mac for such things as networking, printing, screen resolutions, etc. What IS possible, however, is to create a Virtual Machine from the Windows installation on your USB Drive. In this way you would certainly achieve what you want. Your VM software documentation will contain all the details. You could always download a 30-day demo for testing this. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3179 - Release Date: 10/06/10 02:34:00 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Hi Michael, Ah, Voice Recordings ... As I mentioned in my first reply iTunes can run into trouble with lower resolution voice recorder WAVs. If they won’t play in iTunes: Rather than trying to convert from WAV to MP3 which would lose a lot of the quality, you might want to try converting from WAV to another lossless format. My suggestion is that you try to convert the WAVs to Apple Lossless (which sound just as good as WAV files, but only take up about half as much space) If you wish to send me one of the tracks ( Offlist ) that won't play for you, I'll have a look at it see if I can convert it to a suitable format. Cheers, Ronni On 05/10/2010, at 1:23 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Ronda, It is not a commercial CD, but was made by professionals as a series of voice recordings. Import settings in iTunes are set as WAV Encoder with settings Automatic. Have also tried preference MP3. Regards and thanks again, Michael Hawkins. On 5/10/10 12:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Is this a commercial music CD? What are your import settings in iTunes? iTunes Preferences General - When you insert a CD 'Import Settings'? Cheers, Ronni On 05/10/2010, at 11:47 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Thanks for responding, Ronda. iTunes opens but only 7 of the 100 or so recordings are detected even though I have selected import. Regards, Michael. On 5/10/10 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Regards and thanks in anticipation, Michael Hawkins MacBook Pro OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Michael, Won't the WAV files play in iTunes? iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution (e.g., voice recorder) WAVs. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Hmmm, Well, as Ronni says, rather than mp3, you can use a lossless formula - which will not degrade the quality - though I guess any file conversion may affect the integrity of the recording in that it will no longer be the WAV file recorded. I would have thought that keeping a backup of the original WAV CD would maintain the integrity of the recording - in that you can always get back to the original file - whilst having a converted copy allows for convenience of use/listening. If you want to maintain the integrity of the original WAV recordings: You say: It is not a commercial CD, but was made by professionals as a series of voice recordings. Import settings in iTunes are set as WAV Encoder with settings Automatic. Have also tried preference MP3. So instead of using Automatic you could try using Custom and ask your professionals what WAV parameters they used and then plug those values into your Custom settings. Of course, you can always run Windows 7 on your Mac - through various approaches - but if you have no other use for Windows, it seems like overkill just to listen to unusual audio files. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 5/10/10 1:50 PM, Michael Hawkins at michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote: Thanks Neil, Unfortunately I can't do anything which may affect the integrity of the recording. Regards, Michael. On 5/10/10 1:33 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 1:23 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Ronda, It is not a commercial CD, but was made by professionals as a series of voice recordings. Import settings in iTunes are set as WAV Encoder with settings Automatic. Have also tried preference MP3. Regards and thanks again, Michael Hawkins. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Notwithstanding the various considerations regarding the playability of the WV files on that CD, the answer to your original question is Yes, if you use virtualisation software such as Parallels Desktop, VMWare or VirtualBox. All you need to do is designate the external drive as the location of your Virtual Machine when you are creating it. It is also possible to create the VM on your internal HD, move it to your external drive, then tell your software the new location. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Thank you Peter. On 6/10/10 8:17 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Notwithstanding the various considerations regarding the playability of the WV files on that CD, the answer to your original question is Yes, if you use virtualisation software such as Parallels Desktop, VMWare or VirtualBox. All you need to do is designate the external drive as the location of your Virtual Machine when you are creating it. It is also possible to create the VM on your internal HD, move it to your external drive, then tell your software the new location. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
On 06/10/2010, at 8:17 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Notwithstanding the various considerations regarding the playability of the WV files on that CD, the answer to your original question is Yes, if you use virtualisation software such as Parallels Desktop, VMWare or VirtualBox. All you need to do is designate the external drive as the location of your Virtual Machine when you are creating it. It is also possible to create the VM on your internal HD, move it to your external drive, then tell your software the new location. Hi Peter, That's interesting, I was always under the impression that Microsoft would not allow Windows to be installed on an external drive, because of licensing , etc. But thinking more about this, using Parallels and creating a VM would work as you are using the Parallels software on your Mac to access the Windows on the external drive. From Parallels support forum: Parallels Desktop can create virtual machines on any connected networked or physical drive. Create a custom virtual machine and set the location to the other drive where you want the virtual machine to be saved. Parallels will warn you: The virtual machine files are located either on a mounted volume or on a network share. Make sure this volume or network share is mounted to your Mac all the time the virtual machine is running. Otherwise, Parallels Desktop may work incorrectly and the data inside the virtual machine may become damaged. The file with the Virtual Machine (Windows 7) sits on the external drive; the Parallels application sits on the Mac’s internal drive. You need to remember to plug the drive in when you start Parallels, otherwise Parallels will ask me where the VM lives :-) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Windows Snow Leopard
Very interesting responses Peter and Ronni to accessing Windows on an external drive (and good question Michael). Before I jump in and break a leg (or the old PC) do you think a simple transplant of the old PC (Windows XP) hard drive directly to a USB caddy would work (via VMWare) from my Snow Leopard iMac? Retaining all the old files and MOS etc? But given my success rate with external drives on my Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 4 MB iMac I shouldn't even try --. Cheers, Alan -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2010 8:45 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Windows Snow Leopard On 06/10/2010, at 8:17 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Notwithstanding the various considerations regarding the playability of the WV files on that CD, the answer to your original question is Yes, if you use virtualisation software such as Parallels Desktop, VMWare or VirtualBox. All you need to do is designate the external drive as the location of your Virtual Machine when you are creating it. It is also possible to create the VM on your internal HD, move it to your external drive, then tell your software the new location. Hi Peter, That's interesting, I was always under the impression that Microsoft would not allow Windows to be installed on an external drive, because of licensing , etc. But thinking more about this, using Parallels and creating a VM would work as you are using the Parallels software on your Mac to access the Windows on the external drive. From Parallels support forum: Parallels Desktop can create virtual machines on any connected networked or physical drive. Create a custom virtual machine and set the location to the other drive where you want the virtual machine to be saved. Parallels will warn you: The virtual machine files are located either on a mounted volume or on a network share. Make sure this volume or network share is mounted to your Mac all the time the virtual machine is running. Otherwise, Parallels Desktop may work incorrectly and the data inside the virtual machine may become damaged. The file with the Virtual Machine (Windows 7) sits on the external drive; the Parallels application sits on the Mac's internal drive. You need to remember to plug the drive in when you start Parallels, otherwise Parallels will ask me where the VM lives :-) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3179 - Release Date: 10/06/10 02:34:00 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Windows Snow Leopard
I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Regards and thanks in anticipation, Michael Hawkins MacBook Pro OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Regards and thanks in anticipation, Michael Hawkins MacBook Pro OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Michael, Won't the WAV files play in iTunes? iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution (e.g., voice recorder) WAVs. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Thanks for responding, Ronda. iTunes opens but only 7 of the 100 or so recordings are detected even though I have selected import. Regards, Michael. On 5/10/10 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Regards and thanks in anticipation, Michael Hawkins MacBook Pro OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Michael, Won't the WAV files play in iTunes? iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution (e.g., voice recorder) WAVs. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Is this a commercial music CD? What are your import settings in iTunes? iTunes Preferences General - When you insert a CD 'Import Settings'? Cheers, Ronni On 05/10/2010, at 11:47 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Thanks for responding, Ronda. iTunes opens but only 7 of the 100 or so recordings are detected even though I have selected import. Regards, Michael. On 5/10/10 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Regards and thanks in anticipation, Michael Hawkins MacBook Pro OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Michael, Won't the WAV files play in iTunes? iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution (e.g., voice recorder) WAVs. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Try using VLC... It's not just a video player and I've had it open some so called standard video and audio formats that both Quicktime and WMP On 5/10/10 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Regards and thanks in anticipation, Michael Hawkins MacBook Pro OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Michael, Won't the WAV files play in iTunes? iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution (e.g., voice recorder) WAVs. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Teaching Facilities Administrator Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Thanks Mark. Yes, I'd tried VLC but forgot to include it in the list. Regards, Michael Hawkins. On 5/10/10 12:22 PM, Mark Secker m...@biz.uwa.edu.au wrote: Try using VLC... It's not just a video player and I've had it open some so called standard video and audio formats that both Quicktime and WMP On 5/10/10 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Regards and thanks in anticipation, Michael Hawkins MacBook Pro OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Michael, Won't the WAV files play in iTunes? iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution (e.g., voice recorder) WAVs. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Teaching Facilities Administrator Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Hi Ronni, Hi Michael, I wouldn't think it would be a commercial music CD with 100 wav files on it ;o) I would think that someone has created this on a (Windows?) PC - and maybe they used some strange encoding parameters. Michael, You say you can play it only on a couple of Windows PCs that have Windows 7 installed - will Itunes for Windows, running on these Windows 7 machines import the tracks? Either way, if Mark's suggestion of VLC doesn't work (or if it's an easier route for your situation) I would think your best bet would be to get the CD in one of the Windows 7 machines that plays it OK and then re-encode it in a standard format to suit you - mp3 or whatever you prefer. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 5/10/10 12:03 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Is this a commercial music CD? What are your import settings in iTunes? iTunes Preferences General - When you insert a CD 'Import Settings'? Cheers, Ronni On 05/10/2010, at 11:47 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Thanks for responding, Ronda. iTunes opens but only 7 of the 100 or so recordings are detected even though I have selected import. Regards, Michael. On 5/10/10 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac, QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on two that have Windows 7 installed. I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive? Regards and thanks in anticipation, Michael Hawkins MacBook Pro OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Michael, Won't the WAV files play in iTunes? iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution (e.g., voice recorder) WAVs. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Windows Snow Leopard
Thanks Neil, Unfortunately I can't do anything which may affect the integrity of the recording. Regards, Michael. On 5/10/10 1:33 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, Hi Michael, I wouldn't think it would be a commercial music CD with 100 wav files on it ;o) I would think that someone has created this on a (Windows?) PC - and maybe they used some strange encoding parameters. Michael, You say you can play it only on a couple of Windows PCs that have Windows 7 installed - will Itunes for Windows, running on these Windows 7 machines import the tracks? Either way, if Mark's suggestion of VLC doesn't work (or if it's an easier route for your situation) I would think your best bet would be to get the CD in one of the Windows 7 machines that plays it OK and then re-encode it in a standard format to suit you - mp3 or whatever you prefer. Cheers Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
