Re: MD: The French Horn Glitch - Urban legend

1999-12-20 Thread Colin Burchall
Martin Schiff wrote: As I suspected, this story seems to be an urban legend (at least based on my tests). I used your file LoHorn.wav and recorded it digitally on my Sharp The first time this problem was discussed on the list, it was a completely different sound that caused it. I can't

Re: MD: Atrac-bug (French horn solo)

1999-12-20 Thread Colin Burchall
Joost de Meij wrote: I downloaded both files, and played them in Winamp... The first file (LoHorn) sounded fine, but when i played the second file (Horn722), i almostly blew my speakers!!! Horn722 is the result of recording LoHorn on a 722 that I have available to me. There were no

Re: MD: The French Horn Glitch - Urban legend

1999-12-20 Thread Colin Burchall
Martin Schiff wrote: If you have to go to that much trouble to reproduce this problem, then the chances that it will occur randomly during a recording seem pretty slim. No? It happened the first time that sound sample was recorded when I tested it. No need for looping or anything, just

Re: MD: Mini DV

1999-12-20 Thread Graham Baker
Hi Rodney, I understand what you are saying but if you consider the price and size of the TRV900 it really is an excellent cam. It is regarded within the TV industry as 'broadcast standard' - but only just. To get real broadcast quality you have to spend megabucks on similar MiniDV or DV format

MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 19 December 1999

1999-12-20 Thread MiniDisc Community Pages Weekly News
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 13 December 1999 o William Hollingworth has updated his [1]MiniDisc Manager freeware (for Sony decks with S-Link ports) to allow automated recording and track titling of MP3 and CD tracks through an interface with Nirvis' CDJ Music Library

Re: MD: MD DIscam vs. Sony DCR-PC100 (off topic)

1999-12-20 Thread Graham Baker
I was told by one of the mail order camera stores that in reality the PC100 has a 680,000 pixel lens-the 1,070,000 pixels applies only to still photos and then only those stored on a Memory Stick. I would hope this were not true. Does anybody know? Unfortunately it is true - and even worse

Re: MD: Titling with HP 48 series

1999-12-20 Thread Remko van der Vossen
On 12/15/99 2:01 PM, Ralph Smeets wrote: As a last note, I must say, the HP48 calculator series of Hewlet Packer are the best in the world. Why? You can title MDs with them. Wait! How? I have a 48G and would love to be able to do this! Let us in on the info, Ralph :-) I

Re: MD: MD DIscam vs. Sony DCR-PC100

1999-12-20 Thread Rodney Peterson
Right. The DCR-PC100 is one of the cigarette sized box ones. It's the latest U.S. model. It appears in the latest Sony Style (the one with Milla Jovovich) on the front cover on page 91 Besides a photo of the camcorder itself with i's two and a half inch swivel screen open, a brief synopsis

RE: MD: 20 Memorex Minidiscs for $34.99 at www.jandr.com

1999-12-20 Thread Paul Ratazzi
Circuit City has these 20 packs for $29.99. The don't have sleeves, but you get four plastic storage cases which hold five each. Paul -Original Message- From: Steven Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 10:53 AM Subject:Re: MD: 20 Memorex

Re: MD: Mini DV compared to DVD (=film). sligtly out of this grops topic...

1999-12-20 Thread Johan Jonsson
At 16:34 1999-12-17 -0800, you wrote: Oh, no! That's not what I was saying at all! I watch DVD's through component video and they're excellent. What I'm talking about is Mini DV tape I shoot on the Sony TRV900 3CCD Mini DV camcorder then play back on TV. It never looks as good as even an

RE: MD: MD..Re: Excellent Speaker System For MD And Just About Anything Else

1999-12-20 Thread Jake Hamby
I have a set of these speakers and they really do sound VERY nice. Normally, I only use the front speakers, which I have connected to a Mackie mixer which takes inputs from my computers and Sony MXD-D3 (CD/MD). The back speakers are connected directly to the rear outputs of the Xitel Storm

Re: MD: md-l-mimedigest V2 #461

1999-12-20 Thread jgvp
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I have read and re-read the specifications of

Re: MD: MD DIscam vs. Sony DCR-PC100

1999-12-20 Thread Christopher Spalding
1) A 120 minutes movie on a DVD takes less than 4GB, that comes down to less than 35MB per minute! Yep, and you'll notice that DVD videos are only consumer releases, since although they're better than VHS (which is actually the worst form of video storage, they are actually very high

RE: MD: Image is nothing. Sound is everything. Obey your ears. [OT]

1999-12-20 Thread Mark I. Ross
So what? It still sucks big-time. I've never seen a DVD player for a PC have problems with playing audio CD-R's - so I obviously never thought to check that particular factoid about my Sony DVD player before buying it. And I mean, really, who gives a crap if it requires engineering effort -

Re: MD: Mini DV

1999-12-20 Thread Rodney Peterson
Oh, no! That's not what I was saying at all! I watch DVD's through component video and they're excellent. What I'm talking about is Mini DV tape I shoot on the Sony TRV900 3CCD Mini DV camcorder then play back on TV. It never looks as good as even an average DVD. It always has at least some

RE: MD: The French Horn Glitch - Urban legend

1999-12-20 Thread Martin Schiff
If you have to go to that much trouble to reproduce this problem, then the chances that it will occur randomly during a recording seem pretty slim. No? -- Martin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Woudenberg Sent: Friday, December 17,

Re: MD: MiniDisc TAXES???

1999-12-20 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * "Ian McFarlane" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 17 Dec 1999 | Thats correct, the folks in Canada now TAX BLANK MINIDISCS! On top of = | MDs, they also tax things like CD-R's and blank audio tapes. Head to = | http://www.erzone.net for the full

MD: Mini DV Cam/md-l-mimedigest V2 #461

1999-12-20 Thread Rodney Peterson
Wait a minute, Christopher Spalding, genius, excellent person, etc. You were the one who initially said the PC100 was the 3CCD DV Cam version of the TRV900. I and several others on this list then pointed out the DCR-PC100 is not the DV Cam 3CCD version of the TRV900. The DSR-PD-100 is the 3CCD

RE: MD: OT: portable DVD

1999-12-20 Thread Alan Dowds
Hahahaha Sennheiser make your imaginary surround sound hat, except it's a surround sound necklace... There's a review of it in the current T3 magazine (UK). It's called the Surrounder, and it's basically a 300 UKP plastic toilet seat-shaped thing with four speakers which you wear while

Re: MD: Atrac-bug (French horn solo)

1999-12-20 Thread J. Coon
Maybe they corrected it. Joost de Meij wrote: Hi all...! I still have it available on my site along with a pic of the waveform: The original file: www.ozemail.com.au/~atrac/LoHorn.wav The same file recorded on a 722: www.ozemail.com.au/~atrac/Horn722.wav I downloaded both files,

Re: MD: Sony MDBUNDLE6 and car adapter

1999-12-20 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I just recently bought a Sony MDBUNDLE6 to start myself down the MD road. However, the box says "free car adapter kit offer," but there was no offer in the box. I went back to the store and they cracked open another box to fish one out for me, but that

Re: MD: the Internet Minidisc by Sharp

1999-12-20 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems rather short sighted of them. Mabye someone could wright a small program to take advatage of the cable. ;-) Well I would allmost say that people who buy the kit are a little bit short shighted. Why? 1) The "Internet Minidisc" doesn't do digital transfers.

Re: MD: MD DIscam vs. Sony DCR-PC100

1999-12-20 Thread Christopher Spalding
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Right. The DCR-PC100 is one of the cigarette

Re: MD: Titling with HP 48 series

1999-12-20 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/15/99 2:01 PM, Ralph Smeets wrote: As a last note, I must say, the HP48 calculator series of Hewlet Packer are the best in the world. Why? You can title MDs with them. Wait! How? I have a 48G and would love to be able to do this! Let us in

Re: MD: Image is nothing. Sound is everything. Obey your ears. [OT]

1999-12-20 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what? It still sucks big-time. I've never seen a DVD player for a PC have problems with playing audio CD-R's - so I obviously never thought to check that particular factoid about my Sony DVD player before buying it. And I mean, really, who gives a crap if it

Re: MD: MD DIscam vs. Sony DCR-PC100

1999-12-20 Thread Ralph Smeets
May I conclude that you're using video in the semi-proffesional domain and not in the consumer domain? Cheers, Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) A 120 minutes movie on a DVD takes less than 4GB, that comes down to less than 35MB per minute! Yep, and you'll notice that DVD videos

Re: MD: Mini DV Cam/md-l-mimedigest V2 #461

1999-12-20 Thread Graham Baker
- Original Message - From: Rodney Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graham, could you please post an E-Mail address to subscribe to for those of us interested in joining the DV-L list. Thanks. All about DV-L: http://www.DVCentral.org/thelist.html There is also a very active TRV900

RE: MD: Image is nothing. Sound is everything. Obey your ears. [OT]

1999-12-20 Thread Rodney Peterson
Are CDR's bluish in mirrored image on the playing surface? If so, the weekly HitDisc series D discs (dance only, the A, B and C discs look like mormal CD's) are CDR's. The Sony 7000 DVD Player will play them. - To stop getting this

Re: MD: Sanyo MDR-4 car stereo

1999-12-20 Thread Shawn R. Lin
Eric Woudenberg wrote: I own and use a Sanyo MDR-4(Excedio) Car stereo that is a MiniDisc Player/AM-FM Stereo/and CD-Changer Controller. I just thought you might want to add it to the list of available models. (I can EMAIL specs to you if you want.) These units are CHEAP. They only cost