Thanks so much for the great instructions. I do appreciate you taking the time to help and yes those were concise and clear. Thanks a lot. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Nero burn compilation function unavailable
> Shannon, > > This is a normal thing to do. First you put a music CD into the drive and > "rip" (or "extract," or "save") some or all its tracks to your computer > using a program like CDex or the ripping function of othersuch as Easy CD > Media Creator, Nero (if you get the function separately after 330 free > "samples"). > > These programs create a new folder on your hard drive, usually under the > folder My Music. For instance, if I wanted to put all the songs from > Michael Jackson's album Thriller (sorry, couldn't help joking around about > Jacko this week), here's what you do: > > 1. Put the CD in the drive. > 2. launch your CD ripping program. > 3. perform the ripping procedure, which you'll learn how to do with that > program. You can set it to extract the track in one of several formats, > including the popular compressed formats .mp3 and .wma (windows media > audio), which compress it to a tenth the size of the file on the actual CD, > or even smaller, without losing very much sound quality.. w > > Now the album (or just a track or two from it, if that's what you indicated > to the program to work with) is on your hard drive. Probably in a folder > sequence that goes > > c:\my music\michael jackson\triller > > And if you go to the folder Thriller and tab into the files list view (I'm > describing being in Windows Explorer here; others prefer to use the My > Computer method), you find a list of all the tracks you ripped. If you just > wanted to send your friend the track "Billie Jean," you'd first make sure it > was there, then start a new email message. At any time before sending the > message, you'd use the Insert menu in your email program to attach "Billie > Jean," which would probably appear as billie jean.mp3 in that folder, to the > email. Then you'd send the email. > > When the friend received the email, he or she would click on it (with a > mouse if they're sighted, or finding it and opening it with keyboard > commands if they're using a screen reader like Jaws), and assuming they have > a program like Real Player, Windows Media Player, or Winamp (popular among > blind users) set to play .mp3 files, the song would play for them. And they > could save it to disfc to hear later, too. > > Hope that's clear. > > laer, or Wwith either by noticing it wyour that file but they'l ';xploerr > Jacks'omputer----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:16 PM > Subject: Re: Nero burn compilation function unavailable > > > Hi Shannon. I think you can do that. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:22 PM > Subject: Re: Nero burn compilation function unavailable > > > > Hi, am going to start using Nero and had a question. With that program > > can > > you save tracts of music on your computer as MP3 or whatever to then send > > on > > to others. I mean tracts from CD that then can be sent? I realize that a > > lot of you are proficient at this but am new at it so appreciate any help > > and suggestions for settings etc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brian Olesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 4:58 PM > > Subject: Re: Nero burn compilation function unavailable > > > > > >> Hi > >> Well these itemns are different. > >> one says make audio cd a disk you can play in your traditional stereo. > >> data disk you must use if you want the files to stay in the mp3 format > >> untouched. > >> > >> Best regards > >> Brian > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "PC-Audio" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > >> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 9:49 PM > >> Subject: Nero burn compilation function unavailable > >> > >> > >> > Warning. This is going to be a longish post and not written in > > efficient, > >> > point by point form. So anyone whose time is short or who just doesn't > >> > enjoy reading anything that wanders a bit, please don't proceed, okay. > > I > >> > don't feel like getting flamed, today. I've got some things on my > >> > mind, > >> > distracting me, and it would take me an hour to edit and revise this > > post, > >> > and maybe divide it into two separate posts. > >> > > >> > thanks to anyone who reads it, chuckles a bit at my perplexity,and has > > any > >> > constructive comments to offer about the issues involved, which I'd > >> > like > >> > to > >> > unravel. > >> > > >> > Today I opened the Nero 6 submenus from the Start Menu/Programs as I > >> > always > >> > do, then arrowed to Nero Burning ROM and launched it. > >> > > >> > Previously, using the tabs or pages that come up automatically when you > >> > launch Nero Burning ROM (it took me weeks to figure out the joke in the > >> > name, cf. Nero Burning Rome (and "fiddling" all the while, etc.); I'm > >> > going > >> > to have my IQ checked), I'd copied a couple of CDs and, so far as I > >> > remember, burned a couple of compilations (the procedure that one of > >> > the > >> > other programs calls "projects"), all from these tabs with their > >> > options > >> > settings and control buttons. > >> > > >> > But today I wanted to take another look at my actual menus to see how > > I'd > >> > burn a compilation using the Recorder menu. To my surprise, I > > discovered > >> > that Burn Compilation, which is the first or second item on the menu, > > said > >> > Unavailable. The other functions on the menu were all available, > >> > including > >> > the Copy function. > >> > > >> > So I started over and launched Nero Burning ROM to see if I could burn > >> > a > >> > compilation from those tabs that come up by default. As the interface > >> > appeared onscreen, I heard Jaws say "unavailable," but then focus was > >> > on > >> > the > >> > first item in a list of burn settings. Ignoring the "unavailable" > >> > notification, I set all the settings, managed to figure out how to > > locate > >> > and list the .mp3 files I wanted to burn to the CD, found the Burn > > button > >> > and proceeded. > >> > > >> > The recording process went along fine, and gave me an OK button to > > finish, > >> > and then I declined to fool around with saving some kind of files or > > other > >> > to disc so that the procedure was totally finished. > >> > > >> > And the CD played successfully on both my computer and in the recent > >> > vintage > >> > (late model)CD changer in my stereo system. > >> > > >> > Now, this makes it sound as if I accidentally used a CD/RW for the > >> > recording, but last night I copied a CD using a blank CD from the same > > new > >> > package (spindle, actually) of Fuji discs, which my sighted friend > > assured > >> > me said CD/R at the store, and the music CD copied fine. I mean it > > plays > >> > on > >> > my old Discman-type player, which this burned compilation I'm talking > >> > about, > >> > won't. All I get is static. > >> > > >> > So let's assume that Fuji didn't mix CD/R's and CD/RWs together on this > >> > spindle, which seems highly unlikely. Is there something I could have > >> > done > >> > while making the settings in Nero, before finding and pressing the Burn > >> > button, that could have produced this effect? The main settings I can > >> > remember having chosen are things like write speed 48x, the top > > available > >> > speed in Nero 6, disc at once, and a couple of other standard settings. > >> > No, > >> > it wasn't recorded on the fly, though even if it had been, and there'd > >> > been > >> > flaws in the original, which there aren't, I don't think total static > >> > would > >> > have resulted. > >> > > >> > I know this is a fuzzy story, because it starts with my wondering why > > the > >> > burn compilation function was unavailable yet seemed to work, and then > >> > winding up with a bum CD as if I'd mistakenly used a CD/RW. > >> > > >> > thanks a lot. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >> > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.9/23 - Release Date: 6/20/2005 > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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] > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.9/23 - Release Date: 6/20/2005 > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.9/23 - Release Date: 6/20/2005 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
