Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Brett Boyer
LOL! Well thanks for letting me pick your brain. It sounds like you have a nice set up for yourself. bb - Original Message - From: "Ford Blackwell" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 7:02 PM Subject: Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER The post-purchase tv tuner car

Re: C-Crane Transmitter Question

2010-01-08 Thread Dane Trethowan
pefully I am explaining this correctly! The sound card I'm running is an Audigy 2..if this is of any help! Thanks ahead of time. Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version

C-Crane Transmitter Question

2010-01-08 Thread Tom Kaufman
Hello list: I have the C-Crane FM transmitter, which I use to hear what's on my computer when I'm not in the same room; I've noticed for a while now that..the volume that's coming through my radios isn't as loud as it should be; yet..if I make it louder by turning up the volume on the transmitt

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Ford Blackwell
The post-purchase tv tuner card will come with some software to interface between the computer and the tuner card. This is for scheduling, tuning, etc. Media Center performs the same function. The software that comes with the tuner card, may or may not, (often not( be accessible. The softwar

Controlling Computer Internet Radio

2010-01-08 Thread Linda
A friend of mine asked me if I knew if there is a device that you could carry anywhere in the house and hear internet radio, and from that very device control the stations. I don't know what this is called, but wonder if you can give some feedback on this as I had no answer for her. Thank you.

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Brett Boyer
Hey Clifford and John. What is the difference of a media center computer and a tv tuner card bought for a regular pc? How about that one! bb - Original Message - From: "DJ DOCTOR P" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 4:07 PM Subject: Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTE

Intel high definition audio question

2010-01-08 Thread Judy W
I have to replace a mother board and I have a high quality sound card for recording. I have seen several boards with Intel high definition audio. Does anyone have an opinion about the accessibility of that chip set regarding accessibility of panel or sound quality. I intend to run a screen reader

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread DJ DOCTOR P
High Brett, I can't answer all the other questions for you, but I can answer the last one for you. If the PC has an S-video out jack and or composite video out jack or HDMI out jack, you can watch the videos on any TV set that's hooked up to the PC. And or, you can watch from that same PC via th

Re: Gom player problems.

2010-01-08 Thread Brett Boyer
Good I'm glad to hear of a video player that is easy to use. thanks guys bb - Original Message - From: "Dean Masters" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 8:21 AM Subject: Re: Gom player problems. the keystrokes for VLC wouldn't work on my PC. I tried passin

Re: Gom player problems.

2010-01-08 Thread Dean Masters
the keystrokes for VLC wouldn't work on my PC. I tried passing the keystrokes through JAWS but when you have to do that with every keystroke and then they don't always work it is time to find another p;layer. All of GOM Players controls are found by hitting the appplications key but they also h

RE: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Blackwell, Clifford
Back to my work computer! I watch through the computer monitor. Although as I said in an earlier post, the monitor can double as a stand alone tv. The set up routine in the Windows XP Media Center doesn't read very well especially in the area of setting up speakers. There are some other thing

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Brett Boyer
Hey! Couple of things: 1 what kind of sighted asistance do you think I'll need? 2 I think I'm going to go for it! Maybe I will just get the xp version but I thought now would be the time to get in to windows 7. 3 do you watch these shows from your computer monitor or does the signal get sent bac

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread DJ DOCTOR P
High Joann, I don't know about USB TV tuner cards, I haven't come across those as of yet. But RADIO SHACK has a slew of different TV tuner cards that you can choose from, but the are internal cards. Witch means, they plug in to a slot on your computer's mother board. As far as price range goes,

Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium

2010-01-08 Thread Stumpy
I have a new Dell Windows 7 based 64 bit computer with a Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium sound card and I'm wondering if anyone can identify what the following sound card conections are for. I believe the blue conection is for a microphone and the green is for the speakers, but does anyone know wha

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Ford Blackwell
If you're using Windows Media Center, I don't think you have to worry too much about the card so long as it's compatible with Media Center. The real action's with the software. As I understand it, the problem with some cards like Hauppauge is when you try to rely on the provided software inste

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Ford Blackwell
I've only tried single movie dvds so far. I have no experience trying multi-episode disks. Sorry. Good luck. - Original Message - From: "Victoria Vaughan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:18 AM Subject: Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER Hi Clifford, when yo

RE: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Cornell Ligon
can't remember where I read it, but you might want to visit Microsoft site. I learned just earlier this week, Microsoft will extend support for XP for another 5 years. hth! Best Regards, Cornell > From: bboyer...@gmail.com > To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Subject: Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Ford Blackwell
Yes, at the wall, I have a splitter with one line going to the tv for when I want to watch it by itself and one going to the back of the computer for the Media Center functionality. - Original Message - From: "Brett Boyer" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, January 07, 201

Re: Gom player problems.

2010-01-08 Thread Brett Boyer
thanks i was a big vlc suporter but I guess with your reccomendation I will check it out. thanks! bb - Original Message - From: "Anders Holmberg" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 4:21 AM Subject: SV: Gom player problems. Hello! Its the best videoplayer

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Brett Boyer
Hey John. Ye I know i can still get xp but if vista or especially windows 7 is accessible I should probably move forward with the rest of the world. I want a new pc that will last me awhile. I'm just not sure if I should take the plunge or stick with old faithful. Opinions? bb - Original Me

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread joanne
Since we're on this topic, I do hope someone will respond to my query. I asked last week but hadn't seen a response, and using Media Center is something I'd really like to try. My concern is getting an inaccessible or too graphical TV card, and I want a card for my PC that's easy to install.

SV: Gom player problems.

2010-01-08 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hello! I will check the forums later. THough i have foobar and can capture with that too so its no panic. /Anders. -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] För Dean Masters Skickat: den 8 januari 2010 02:42 Till: PC Audio Discussi

SV: Gom player problems.

2010-01-08 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hello! Its the best videoplayer i've found. Vlc is crap and their support team is more than crap! So if you should watch any dvd use gom player. Whish there was a video plugin for foobar though. /Anders. -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...

cd burning nightmares

2010-01-08 Thread Marvin Hunkin
hi. a blind user and using express burn. well it would normally get to track 10 and then fall over and say errors. well burned and went all the way to track 18 and said had errors. and now wish there was some sort of accessible cd burning utliity that could tell if my .wma, .wma, .mp3, etc, if the

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread DJ DOCTOR P
High Brett, You can still get it with WINDOWS XP MEDIA ADDITION, you just have to ask for it. My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: "Brett Boyer" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:12 PM Subject: Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER Thanks. Actually

Re: MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER

2010-01-08 Thread Victoria Vaughan
Hi Clifford, when you say you play DVDS, are these single movies on a disk? Or are they show episodes? This very much interests me, since I can get movies to play, but my Star Trek or Mash or Monkees episodes do not want to play on my computer. Thanks, Vicky - Original Message - From