Hi Kevin! Thanks so much for taking the time to help! Yeah. I think I'll have to do the same thing with letting Winamp do the work. Thanks bunches!
Kathy Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6 33, KJV. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 3:34 AM Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > Hi Kathy. > > Just a word of warning to let you know that I experimented with playlists > with my DVD player and it completely ignored the playlist and just played > the MP3 tracks in the order they were burned on the disc. Your player may > be different and may support them but mine certainly didn't. It did work > though when placing the disc in a computer and letting winamp / media > player > do the work. > > Regards. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy and Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:13 PM > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > >> Hi Gary. I'm not sure what you mean by making a play list? How do I do >> that? >> >> They talk about it on the Winamp For The Blind list. >> >> If you'd like to write me off-list, my email address is at the bottom of >> this message. Thanks bunches! >> >> Kathy >> >> Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these >> things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6 33, KJV. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gary Petraccaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:30 PM >> Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive >> >> >> > Make a play list and see what happens? >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Kathy and Tom >> > To: PC audio discussion list. >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:23 PM >> > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive >> > >> > >> > Hi Kevin. I have a dvd player. It's a Tosheba, 5 cd changer. It > plays >> > cds, dvds, mp3s, and wma files. A friend tried to help me use the > menus >> > to >> > try and play an mp3 disk. The dvd player played the first 9 mp3 > tracks. >> > Then it kept going back to the first track. I called the store where >> > I >> > purchased it. They told me unless I had it connected to a tv, I > wouldn't >> > be >> > able to use the menus. I have a little mp3 walkman. It plays all the >> > tracks just fine. What do you think? Is this doable? Is there a way > to >> > get to the next mp3 folder? Thanks so much for yours or anyone else's >> > input. Have a good one. >> > >> > Kathy >> > >> > Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these >> > things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6 33, KJV. >> > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:00 PM >> > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive >> > >> > >> > > Hi Kevin! With the DVD player I have now, I can play the WMA files >> > I >> > have >> > > on some disks, where I wasn't able to on my previous DVD player! I >> > guess >> > > that more MP3 CD players are allowing for the WMA format! >> > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:09 PM >> > > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive >> > > >> > > >> > >> Hi Scott. >> > >> >> > >> I'm using windows media player to archive my CD collection using >> > WMA >> > >> lossless as my choice of format. >> > >> >> > >> As it says, it's a lossless format and so quality is guaranteed. >> > >> Therefore, >> > >> if you want to burn to CD in the future and play on a real hi-fi >> > system, >> > >> you're going to get the full frequency range. This is where I've >> > noticed >> > >> the compression in MP3 files that otherwise sound great when played > on >> > a >> > >> computer or portable device. >> > >> >> > >> There are other lossless formats but I think those have > disadvantages. >> > >> Flak >> > >> and OG aren't really supported out there in mainstream players very > >> > often >> > >> whereas WMA is and I don't think Microsoft are going to go away too >> > >> quickly >> > >> so the format will be around for a considerable number of years. > WAV >> > is >> > >> uncompressed and so is larger than WMA files but even more of a >> > >> disadvantage >> > >> is that you don't have any ID3 tags in WAV files. >> > >> >> > >> A typical WMA lossless track of about 5 mins can be around the 30MB >> > mark >> > >> but >> > >> memory is cheap. >> > >> >> > >> I convert my music down to 128kbps on the fly when loading up my >> > portable >> > >> MP3 hard drive player so there's no problems in taking at least >> > some >> > of >> > >> my >> > >> collection with me when I travel. You could though create MP3 >> > files >> > from >> > >> the WMA files by using a program like Goldwave. Because you're >> > >> converting >> > >> from a lossless format, you are able to go ahead and create files >> > in >> > >> other >> > >> formats from your WMA masters without losing quality due to mixing > and >> > >> matching of formats. You will of course get quality degradation by >> > >> reducing >> > >> the bit rates. >> > >> >> > >> So, just to be clear, I rip to WMA lossless and keep those files >> > as >> > my >> > >> archive masters. I store them on an external hard drive and don't >> > touch >> > >> these again. If I want to shrink the music to take away from the >> > >> computer, >> > >> I use Goldwave to create new smaller MP3 files or use the morph >> > function >> > >> that comes with my notmad explorer software to shrink the music on > the >> > >> fly >> > >> as I load my Creative jukebox. >> > >> >> > >> Regards. >> > >> >> > >> Kevin >> > >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > >> From: "Scott Blanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; >> > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:46 AM >> > >> Subject: transferring music collection to hard drive >> > >> >> > >> >> > >>> Hi folks, >> > >>> >> > >>> I have a number of cd's that I am considering copying to my hard >> > drive; >> > >> I've >> > >>> had those discs for many years and I am concerned about > deterioration >> > >> and/or >> > >>> scratching, etc. However, I don't know what file format I should >> > convert >> > >> the >> > >>> tracks into. I have free versions of Real Player and Winamp, and >> > of >> > >> course, >> > >>> Windows Media. With those, I know I can choose between mp3, WMA, > and >> > >>> possibly another format using the newest version of Winamp. What I >> > would >> > >>> like to accomplish is converting the tracks into a high quality > file >> > >>> that >> > >>> does not take up too much space. >> > >>> >> > >>> For those of you who have converted a large number of discs into >> > audio >> > >>> files, what format did you choose and why? Should I shell out >> > money >> > for >> > >>> a >> > >>> more powerful program than the ones I've already mentioned? >> > >>> >> > >>> Very curious, >> > >>> Scott >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> _______________________________________________ >> > >>> 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] >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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]
