Thank you very much. That means a lot coming from you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Delzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 2:03 AM Subject: Re: converting ogg files
> Great job, Dan, you really did that up right! > > Curtis Delzer > > At 09:09 PM 8/7/2008, you wrote: >>Hi, I have some good directions for converting ogg and other files with >>winamp. >> Some directions are pasted below. >> >>Converting audio files using winamp >> >>DATE: >> >>1. Open up Winamp from the programs menu or the desktop. >> >>2. now find the file that you want to convert and open it up in >> >>Winamp, either by pressing enter on it or through the open file dialogue. >> >>3. Press the letter v to stop the file from playing. >> >>4. now Go to the preferences, by pressing control plus p of course. >> >>5. go to the plugins section and then choose output in the tree view. >> >>6. Tab over to the list of plugins, and focus on the one called >> >>the Nullsoft Discwriter plugin, your version number may vary but it >> >>all comes to the same. >> >>7. You need to do some configuring for telling Winamp what file type to >>use >>when converting. By this I mean if you want to convert to mp3 etc. >> >>so tab to the configure button. >> >>8. Fhere is a dialogue box with some buttons in it. the >> >>first one will determine where your output file, that is to say your >> >>converted file will be saved. you may hear something like, output file >> >>location c:\doccuments and settings...my music button. >> >>If you press that button, a dialogue will pop up and you can then >> >>determine where your file will be saved. >> >>9. now that you've chosen where to save the converted file, you will be >>back >>in the dialogue, >> >>10. Tab again and you reach a checkbox that says, output to directory >> >>containing source files, and by default, this is unchecked. This is >> >>so that you can have your converted file in exactly the same folder >> >>as the original file was. >> >>so check that if you want the file to go there, i would do that for >> >>simplicities sake. You can always move it later. >> >>11. Tab and the Next checkbox you'll see says, display save as dialogue >>for >>every >> >>file. This is so that if you're converting an entire list of files, >> >>you'll be able to determine where each file goes. I would imagine >> >>that you would probably want them all to go in the same folder, but >> >>maybe not? so check that if you like, i normally leave it as is >> >>because usually I'm only converting one file. This is unchecked by >>default. >> >>12. Tab again and you find a combo box that determines if there are >> >>numbers at the beginning of your outputted file name. >> >>the choices you have are, disabled, 1 digit, 2 digits, 3 digits and >> >>4 digits. >> >>I can't imagine why anyone would actually want 4 digits, that is >> >>For example, this would convert the file and put a name starting with 01. >> >>If you are converting a very large number of files, more digits may be >>needed. I've nevered more than 25 at a time just to make sure everythings >>goes the way I want. >> >>ten >> >>but if you want to disable this, you can. >> >>13. Tab again and there is a combo box that determines the title format, >>the >> >>one by default is % title %. this means you get the percent % which equals >> >>the first 2 numbers like I mentioned before, artist name, title and >> >>then the track name. so i would keep that as is. >> >>14. Tabbing again will land you on output file type, and the choice is set >>to auto >> >>recommended. this is so you can choose different file formats. >> >>15. Next down the line is a checkbox that says enable single mode. Leave >>this unchecked. >> >>16 Tab again and this checkbox will determine wether or not Winamp >> >>actually remembers what file you convert to a lot, so if you convert >> >>to mp3 a lot, leave this checkbox checked so you can just perform the >> >>final few steps. >> >>17. Tab once again and you'll land on a button that determines what >> >>file you can actually convert your file to. for mine in particular, >> >>this button says, >> >>MPEG layer 3 192KBPS, 44.1 K Hertz, stereo >> >>that's usually what i convert to, but if you want something >> >>different, you can press this button and you can change the file >> >>type, bitrate and sampling rate of your file. Note that if you don't >> >>have the radium codec installed, you won't be able to convert to >> >>anything higher than 56k, 22.50 k hertz stereo. >> >>I believe the lame encoder will fix this too, and the lame encoder >> >>should be very easy to find if you do a little hunting around. >> >>18. Now you are going to do the conversion. Tab to okay and press enter. >>You >>are put back into the preferences. >> >>19. Tab to close and press enter. >> >> >> >>20.. . Press the letter x which will play your file. However, you don't >>hear >>any sound. This is because the plugin works very quickly. >> >>If you want to know the status of your conversion, press the hotkey >> >>which reads your title bar, insert t for JAWS and control shift t for >> >>Window-eyes. You will know your file is >> >>converted when you hear the name of your file, followed by Winamp >> >>stopped. >> >>While the file conversion happens, you may notice >> >>that software speech is slower to respond, and sometimes it just >> >>doesn't respond at all. But just remember, this plugin works pretty quick. >> >>21. If you followed all the steps above, congratulations, you just >> >>converted your first file with Winamp. Subsequent conversions won't be >>such >>a long process, especially if you have the >> >>checkbox to remember your file type preferences. >> >>22. Before you listen to your newly created file, you have to switch your >>output >> >>plugin back to the one you ordinarily use. This is because the hotkey for >>starting a conversion is x as you noticed above. This is also the play >>hotkey. command If you attempt to listen >> >>to another file, you'll just be creating more files and you'll have >> >>a lot of stuff on your hard drive you don't want. So, move down to step 21 >>to change things back. >> >>23. Open the preferences again by pressing control plus the letter p. >> >>24. Tab over to the list of plugins and then choose >> >>the plugin you used before. This is done by arrowing down to the plugin >>and >>leaving this choice highlighted. It was probably the Nullsoft >> >>waveout plugin or the direct sound one. But the idea here is to >> >>change it back to whatever plugin you were using before. >> >>25. Once you have made the change by highlighting the plugin you used >>before, tab to the close button and you can now go back to enjoying your >>hard work with Winamp! >> >>26. When you want to convert a file again, all you'll need to do is switch >>to the >> >>discwriter plugin, play your file and Winamp will convert it. then >> >>all you have to do is switch back to your regular plugin and life's >> >>good. >> >> >> >> >> >>Jonathan Mosen List Founder >>Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
