Hi, I just installed the demo for sound forge 8.0. When I load any of my mp3 music files which are in stereo, they play as mono! How do I fix this? Please help!
At 03:32 PM 6/6/2006, you wrote: >I've only tried ripping with nero a couple of times and that was a long time >ago. Seemed more hard work than CDEX or media player so I didn't use it >again. Typically, there are a few common parameters that determine how fast >your program will rip music from a CD. > >* the speed of your CD-ROM >* the quality of the output files, the higher the quality the longer the >rip. Added to this, if you have jitter correction or image creation as an >option, this will extend the rip time >* the priority of the rip - generally you have a choice of very fast >ripping that stops you doing anything else with your computer or very slow >which allows you to carry on using your computer while the rip is in >progress with no impact. There is, of course, a happy medium to be had. > >Regards. > >Kevin >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gary Petraccaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 9:35 PM >Subject: Re: ripping CD's with windows media player > > > > Any idea why Nero 6 on my system seems to take forever to rip a cd vs. the >2 > > minutes you're reporting? Anything to be done about it? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 1:56 PM > > Subject: Re: ripping CD's with windows media player > > > > > > > Hi Brandon. > > > > > > Don't completely disagree with your points below - very valid. However, >I > > > don't think it gets much easier to rip a CD than placing a CD in the > > > drawer > > > and having it automatically ejected less than 2 minutes later having >been > > > ripped to the format of your choice which once set as your default will > > > stick. You're free to do as much or as little with your computer while > > > media player is ripping too. I personally ripped with CDEX for years >but > > > was converted over to media player due to CDEX's lack of support for > > > modern > > > formats and, in particular, the format I use most often, lossless WMA. >I > > > haven't regretted it. Also bear in mind that the free version of CDEX >is > > > ancient now and the current version is not free unlike media player 10. > > > > > > As far as playback goes, try playing a concept album where the tracks >run > > > into each other or a live album in both winamp and media player 10. > > > You'll > > > see that media player wins hands down in providing a seemless listening > > > experience. As for quality, it's very subjective but I do think that > > > media > > > player does a better job with WMA than winamp. I suppose that's not a > > > surprise given it's a microsoft player playing a microsoft format? > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > Kevin > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Brandon Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:14 PM > > > Subject: Re: ripping CD's with windows media player > > > > > > > > >> hi, > > >> here's my thoughts on the subject. > > >> > > >> windows media player isn't nearly the best choice for cd ripping. you >can > > > go > > >> out and download a free program such as CDEX which is much easier to >use, > > > is > > >> focused on ripping and allows you to convert into mp3 much easier than > > >> windows media, as well as having more ripping modes if those cd's are > > >> scratched. to get it, or even just check it out, go to > > >> http://www.whitestick.co.uk/download.html > > >> if you don't like it, you can remove it, but i personally use it for > > > ripping > > >> as well as converting between different formats. > > >> > > >> as for playing music, I know a lot of blind people use winamp. it's > > > totally > > >> scripted, and doesn't have a bunch of garbage that you don't need. it's > > > all > > >> keyboard controled and easy. it rips cd's as well, and is also a good > > > method > > >> despite being a bit slower. on my pc, it still ripped a cd in 10 >minutes > > >> with little processor eating up, so i could do other stuff while >ripping. > > >> winamp allows you to burn cd's as well, and in my opinion is easier to > > >> use > > >> than media player, besides having more internet broadcasting stations > > >> available that media player doesn't have. > > >> > > >> the only disadvantage to winamp, and this can be gotten around, is it > > >> doesn't play dvd movies. there are plugins that allow you to do this, > > >> though. > > >> winamp can be gotten from > > >> http://www.winamp.com > > >> that's about it from me. > > >> Brandon Hicks > > >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Skype: callto://reyuth > > >> msn: [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] > > >> > > >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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