the growler app comes with adium. its designed to make some aspects of various programs a little m ore accessible (such as skype's chat frames). it has a lot of speech functions that can be helpful. it can also get in the way if you don't need that level of verbosity for a particular application.
I got it working for skype about 2 weeks ago and never looked back. -Eric On Oct 14, 2010, at 5:40 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > Hello everyone, > I have downloaded the adium last night and installed it easly. Now I > am wondering why and what does the growler helper app do and why? Where can > I download it from? Thank you. > Scott > On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:16 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > >> For mobile content, you'll be fine with AAC at 128 kbps. This sounds much >> better than MP3 at higher frequencies and will fit nicely on a 32 GB iPhone >> or iPod. >> >> If you're listening at home or with headphones on a lazy afternoon, AAC at >> 256 kbps will sound great, even for music with lots of dynamics and detail. >> >> If you want lossless, Apple has its own lossless format. If you're an >> audiophile and need absolute transparency with a reduced filesize, this is >> the way to go. >> >> I find I have a mix of both lossy and lossless formats in my library. I >> reserve my lossless compression for jazz, classical and a few world music >> CDs. Everything else is lossy AAC at 256 kbps. If I need to sync my iPhone, >> I convert everything to AAC at 128 kbps. >> >> As an audio engineer, I have yet to find a significant deal breaker in terms >> of encoding method with AAC. Mp3s are a little too messy for my liking, but >> 192 kbps and up will do in a pinch. >> >> Cheers, >> Kevin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Eric Oyen - N7ZZT Phoenix Arizona Geocode: 33.488462 -112.234926 N33° 29.3077', W112° 14.0956' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
