Re: help with totle recorder.

2013-12-14 Thread Dave Scrimenti
The automatic level control is under the options menu. Make sure you're recording in software, not soundboard mode in recording source and parameters, also in the options menu. And, if you're using Windows 7, there are settings that can make recordings sound very bad, but I can't remember them

Re: Convert .mkv file

2013-11-21 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I put "convert mkv mp3" in to startpage and got a lot of results, but don't know which one works best. There are apparently a lot of converters out there though. And of course, you could always just play the file and record it with another program like Total Recorder. - Original Message

Re: The World Ends With The Demise Of Winamp

2013-11-21 Thread Dave Scrimenti
- From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 5:15 PM Subject: Re: The World Ends With The Demise Of Winamp I'm missing something here, what have portable recorders and so on got to do with Winamp? On 22 Nov 2013, a

Re: The World Ends With The Demise Of Winamp

2013-11-21 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Dane thinks that all anyone needs is what he needs. I wrote to the list a few months ago asking for a portable recorder that could append and overwrite, and he unhelpfully wrote back that I don't need those features. Apparently he didn't communicate this pearl of wisdom to the makers of ProTool

Re: Splitting a flac file in to individual tracks

2013-10-26 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Medieval Cue Splitter. http://www.medieval.it/cuesplitter-pc/menu-id-71.html I haven't needed it in a while so don't know if it's still accessible and good. - Original Message - From: "Tim Crawford (GI4OPH)" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 12:28 PM Su

Re: Subscription music - do you bother shopping around?

2013-10-26 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Rhapsody works well. You can get it for only $5 per month, but you can't use it on a mobile device at that price. And there's a set of Jaws scripts called Rhapsody Blind that improves access in the Rhapsody application. If you like classical, Naxos Music Library also works. It unfortunately uses

Re: Music on the Go

2013-10-23 Thread Dave Scrimenti
If you already have an iPhone, why do you need something else? Put your music on the cloud if there isn't room on the iPhone. I have a Western Digital My Book Live network hard drive that's easily accessible with an iDevice. They're available in 1, 2, or 3 TB. You can put everything on that dri

Re: still having youtobe problem

2013-10-05 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I'm guessing youTube. I'm not having problems on other flash sites like Hulu. I don't know why you can't solve it permanently. Are you blocking cookies maybe? - Original Message - From: "Joe" To: Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2013 3:57 AM Subject: still having youtobe problem I'm usin

Re: YouTube Problem Fixed

2013-10-05 Thread Dave Scrimenti
You have to keep tabbing. You'll get to it. - Original Message - From: "randy tijerina" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 11:51 PM Subject: RE: YouTube Problem Fixed what i did was i turned it off as you suggested. then I hear address and custom whatever a

Re: YouTube Problem Fixed

2013-10-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Yes. Here's the Jaws solution again. Go to the top of the page and hit insert plus z. You should hear JAWS announce off. Now just keep tapping on the tab key until your on the mute button. leave the tab key, and use the up arrow key to, hopefully, increase the volume. down arrow decreases the

Re: YouTube Problem Fixed

2013-10-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Works with Jaws 11 as well. So you don't need NVDA. - Original Message - From: "Sleepysaurus" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 6:02 PM Subject: Re: YouTube Problem Fixed JAWS users should try the following, it worked for me with versions 13 and 14. Go to

Re: YouTube Problem Fixed

2013-10-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
-Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 4:19 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: YouTube Problem Fixed I had to use NVDA. I couldn't fix it with Jaws. When you're on the page, hit

Re: YouTube Problem Fixed

2013-10-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I had to hit the letter O to get inside the embedded object, whatever that means. I don't understand NVDA, maybe because I don't use it. - Original Message - From: "André van Deventer" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 5:18 PM Subject: RE: YouTube Problem

Re: YouTube Problem Fixed

2013-10-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
be nice to know that (if this happens to me) there'd be a workable solution as some of us just don't have someone with sight that we can call on at the drop of a hat! Tom Kaufman (aka Tomcat) -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of D

Re: YouTube Problem Fixed

2013-10-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I had to use NVDA. I couldn't fix it with Jaws. When you're on the page, hit O, then hit enter. You can then use the up arrow key to turn up the volume. Pressing the unmute button didn't work for me either, so I guess the problem is that the volume is down. - Original Message - From: "A

Re: copying audio cd's onto a computer

2013-10-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
cd's onto a computer Just for the record, Window-Eyes does allow one to drag and drop in a manner that is similar to what I remember JFW doing. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 13:47:02 -0400, Dave Scrimenti wrote: If WindowEyes doesn't let you drag and drop, try

Re: copying audio cd's onto a computer

2013-10-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
If WindowEyes doesn't let you drag and drop, try NVDA or a demo of JFW. Or even easier, just have your sighted friend move the files to your PC. After all, how often are you going to encounter these unfinalized CD's? As long as you can play them, and copy and paste them to an external drive, you

Re: Unmuting YouTube.

2013-10-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
and press enter you should be able to navagate the flash controls. - Original Message - From: "Dave Scrimenti" To: "pc-audio mailing list" Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 5:55 PM Subject: Unmuting YouTube. Does anyone know how to access the "unmute" button

Re: copying audio cd's onto a computer

2013-10-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
ge- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 6:25 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: copying audio cd's onto a computer Winamp is great at tagging. The only problem is I believe you have to pay if you want to

Unmuting YouTube.

2013-10-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Does anyone know how to access the "unmute" button on YouTube? I pressed spacebar and enter, neither worked. I tried routing Jaws cursor to PC cursor, but it couldn't find the button. I also have NVDA if that's any better. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...

Re: copying audio cd's onto a computer

2013-10-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Winamp is great at tagging. The only problem is I believe you have to pay if you want to use mp3. - Original Message - From: "Evan Reese" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 2:20 PM Subject: Re: copying audio cd's onto a computer I use Winamp. Don't know a

Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-09-30 Thread Dave Scrimenti
It has no internal memory. It uses a flash drive. So whatever you can store on the drive. I don't know how big the drive can be. Best thing to do is just call your state library for the blind and have them send you one. If you don't like it, send it back. Like I said, it's free. But make sure yo

Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-09-30 Thread Dave Scrimenti
If you're in the US, try the advanced book player from NLS. You can't put it in your pocket, but it has a great speaker, dedicated buttons for moving around, and it's free. You can get Kindle for your PC for free. iPod touch or iPhone is also good. They're very versatile, and small. But the crap

Re: LS7 OR LS100?

2013-09-28 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 7:51 PM Subject: Re: LS7 OR LS100? There is a distributor for Olympus that could help you decide. her email is: leng...@verizon.net Her name is Carla Hayes - Original Message ----- From: "Dave Scrimenti" To: "PC Audio Discussion List&qu

Re: Protected CD's

2013-09-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
You could use a program to record them in real time, but that's a slow, laborious process. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 7:03 AM Subject: Protected CD's I have put my collection of music on CD’s onto my PC now and given the CD’s to a local charity

Re: Goldwave/JAWS Questions

2013-09-18 Thread Dave Scrimenti
It seems like a USB problem because you say when JFW stops you can't get portable NVDA to work, but you can still save your GoldWave stuff. So your machine isn't frozen. You just can't get USB to function. Until you solve it, perhaps you could install NVDA rather than trying to use it on a flash

Re: Is Audacity more accessible on the PC or the Mac,or doesn't it matter?

2013-09-18 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Well, I'm using Total Recorder, not Audacity, so I don't know if this applies with Audacity. But with Total Recorder, you can set it so it only records streams that begin after Total Recorder is opened. Since JFW or whatever you're using opens when you start the machine, it won't be recorded. B

Re: Is Audacity more accessible on the PC or the Mac,or doesn't it matter?

2013-09-17 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Unfortunately, that's what I thought. I'm trying to record programs on my PC like Rhapsody, YouTube streams, my Slingbox, etc. In XP, there's no problem separating these streams from JFW, but I can't do it in 7. Maybe the Mac is the way to go. - Original Message - From: "David Bailes"

Re: Is Audacity more accessible on the PC or the Mac,or doesn't it matter?

2013-09-17 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Thanks. How would I set Audacity in Windows to not record the screen reader? I'm sure this can be done in XP, but is it possible with 7 or 8? - Original Message - From: "David Bailes" To: "PC-audio" Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:08 AM Subject: Re: Is Audacity more accessible on

Re: Is Audacity more accessible on the PC or the Mac,or doesn't it matter?

2013-09-15 Thread Dave Scrimenti
15, 2013 9:23 AM Subject: Re: Is Audacity more accessible on the PC or the Mac,or doesn't it matter? Hi! Audacity for mac is pritty accessible. You can use a program called soundflower which is a virtual audio card together with audacity to record audio except the screenreader. /A 15

Is Audacity more accessible on the PC or the Mac, or doesn't it matter?

2013-09-14 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Subject pretty much says it. Are there any advantages or disadvantages using Audacity on one OS or the other? Also, I know you can't record on Windows without getting the screen reader in the recording unless you use 2 sound cards. Is it possible to record on the Mac with just 1 sound card and n

Re: recording a zoom.us live video

2013-09-14 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I don't know what zoom.us is, but I would think that any program that can record web streams such as Audacity or Total Recorder will do. - Original Message - From: "Grant E. Metcalf" To: Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 3:57 PM Subject: recording a zoom.us live video I would like to

Re: LS7 OR LS100?

2013-09-08 Thread Dave Scrimenti
o have voice guidance? I'm familiar with all of the DM and LS series but none of those are true dictation recorders. I'd love to find one with voice guidance is one exists. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.or

Re: LS7 OR LS100?

2013-09-07 Thread Dave Scrimenti
and now, that for professional field recordings, especially with anything like higher output mics, the LS7 is a failure. On 9/7/2013 5:23 PM, Dave Scrimenti wrote: Actually, none of these are dictation recorders. Dictation recorders allow punching in etc. They also use small files for easy emailin

Re: LS7 OR LS100?

2013-09-07 Thread Dave Scrimenti
You can pause, then continue without starting a new file. However, none of the good-sounding portable recorders allow you to go back to that file later and append to it like you could do with a cassette. You also can't overwrite a section if you made a mistake and want to try something again. An

Re: Any Olympus recorders that can rewind?

2013-09-07 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I got an LS-7 from the state, and it can rewind and fast forward just like a cassette. - Original Message - From: "Philip Hall" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 5:25 PM Subject: Any Olympus recorders that can rewind? Hi. I have been reading all the

Re: LS7 OR LS100?

2013-09-07 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Actually, none of these are dictation recorders. Dictation recorders allow punching in etc. They also use small files for easy emailing. And provide encryption for security. As to which one to buy, it depends on what you need. If you don't require truly professional sound, the LS-7 is inexpensiv

Re: A TotalRecorder question.

2013-08-28 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I assume you've tabbed around in the dialog looking for a checkbox that says "don't display this dialog in the future"? - Original Message - From: "Colin Howard" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:29 AM Subject: A TotalRecorder question. Greetings, Fi

Re: best digital recording thats blind friendly

2013-08-21 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:42 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: best digital recording thats blind friendly There are still some on the web, even though they're

Re: best digital recording thats blind friendly

2013-08-20 Thread Dave Scrimenti
---Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 6:07 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: best digital recording thats blind friendly Before making a final decision, I'd listen to some of the p

Re: best digital recording thats blind friendly

2013-08-20 Thread Dave Scrimenti
nt: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 5:10 PM Subject: Re: best digital recording thats blind friendly thanks. i would have gotten an ls100 if the menues were spoken so i could really use the multy track recording aspects. - Original Message - From: "Dave Scrimenti" To: "PC Aud

Re: best digital recording thats blind friendly

2013-08-20 Thread Dave Scrimenti
The Olympus models with voice guidance are probably the most accessible general-market recorders. I have the LS7. The LS100 is also very good. - Original Message - From: "dennis" To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:20 PM Subject: best digital recording tha

Warning about newer versions of Format Factory was: Re: I've Taken A New Path

2013-08-14 Thread Dave Scrimenti
never been able to figure out how to get high bit rate mp3s with Format Factory. It seems to top out at 128 kbps and I prefer bit rates of 320 kbps. Am I missing something? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent: Wed

Re: I've Taken A New Path

2013-08-13 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I use Format Factory. It's free, accessible from the Windows context menu, and does many types of conversion, as well as video to audio. - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:22 PM Subject: I've Taken A New Path H

Re: Leveling Volume in a file

2013-08-12 Thread Dave Scrimenti
The best way is to use a compressor. The easiest way is to just have the sound guy make the adjustment manually during the performance. As long as there aren't a lot of changes in the song, this should work fine. - Original Message - From: "Dean Masters" To: "PC Audio" Sent: Monday, A

Re: Normalize

2013-08-11 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Normalizing is a way to increase the level without compressing the dynamic range. - Original Message - From: "Dean Masters" To: "PC Audio" Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 8:52 PM Subject: Normalize In MP3DirectCut I have seen normalize in one of the menus. What does this do to a file

Re: Digital recorder with simple cassette features?

2013-08-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
leeding Edge and this column has reported on the subject of Dictation many times over the past 2 years. Now be honest with yourself David, how can you "Append" to a cassette, just think about it for a moment, you only have a length of tape to use so if there's already material reco

Re: Digital recorder with simple cassette features?

2013-08-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
io recorders? Well I've had my Zoom H1 for 3 years and its still going strong, simple operation, no menu system and cheap at under $100.00 though you may like to purchase the accessary pack and I think that costs around $50.00 extra but well worth it. On 04/08/2013, at 3:46 AM, Dave Scriment

Digital recorder with simple cassette features?

2013-08-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Does anyone know of a good-sounding digital recorder that has the simple features of a cheap cassette recorder such as overwrite and append? I have an Olympus LS7 which makes fine recordings, but every time you hit record, you start a new recording. Unbelievably, there's no way to append, overwr

Re: Laptops and audio quality

2013-08-01 Thread Dave Scrimenti
In my admitedly limited experience, most laptops use nearly equivalent sound chips. The main difference is the speakers. And since you'll be using external speakers, it shouldn't really matter which laptop you get. I'd forget about the sound chip and concentrate on the other specs. I personally

Re: problem with total recorder

2013-07-23 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I've never had that happen. Total Recorder does by default turn off system sounds so they won't get in the recording, but I've never had it change the sound scheme. - Original Message - From: "john riehl" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 7:30 PM Subject: pr

Re: Rogue Amoeba - Under The Microscope » Blog Archive » Airfoil for Windows 3.5 With System Audio Capture

2013-07-20 Thread Dave Scrimenti
It works for me. - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:10 PM Subject: Re: Rogue Amoeba - Under The Microscope » Blog Archive » Airfoil for Windows 3.5 With System Audio Capture Well I don't so I have know idea wh

Re: Program for general recording on the PC needed.

2013-07-20 Thread Dave Scrimenti
So let me just make sure this will do what I want. Using VAC, you're able to record any audio on your PC without getting the screen reader in the recording, and without using an external sound card? - Original Message - From: "Curtis Delzer" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturd

Re: Program for general recording on the PC needed.

2013-07-20 Thread Dave Scrimenti
--Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 4:48 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Program for general recording on the PC needed. I've been trying to avoid external sound cards in order to ke

Re: Program for general recording on the PC needed.

2013-07-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
en reed wrote: Hi Dave, The only way around this is to get a trippletalk external synth. Another way is to get the virtual cable. Don't ask me anything about virtual cables , I haven't got one yet. I only know it's about $50. I think it might do the trick. -Original Message

Re: Program for general recording on the PC needed.

2013-07-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
uld need to use insert plus v, press the end key and then spacebar to turn speech off and then enter. On 19/07/2013, Dave Scrimenti wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a program I can use to record things like internet streams from Hulu, YouTube etc, as well as my slingbox, Rhapsody and so on. In

Re: Program for general recording on the PC needed.

2013-07-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
or older, you would need to use insert plus v, press the end key and then spacebar to turn speech off and then enter. On 19/07/2013, Dave Scrimenti wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a program I can use to record things like internet streams from Hulu, YouTube etc, as well as my slingbox, Rhapsody

Re: Program for general recording on the PC needed.

2013-07-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
g on the PC needed. Hi Dave, The only way around this is to get a trippletalk external synth. Another way is to get the virtual cable. Don't ask me anything about virtual cables , I haven't got one yet. I only know it's about $50. I think it might do the trick. -----Original Mes

Re: Program for general recording on the PC needed.

2013-07-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
er way is to get the virtual cable. Don't ask me anything about virtual cables , I haven't got one yet. I only know it's about $50. I think it might do the trick. -----Original Message- From: Dave Scrimenti Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:09 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject

Program for general recording on the PC needed.

2013-07-18 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Hello, I'm looking for a program I can use to record things like internet streams from Hulu, YouTube etc, as well as my slingbox, Rhapsody and so on. In short, I want to record stuff I hear on my PC. The problem I'm having is that the program I currently use, Total Recorder, is unable to record

Re: How to convert RAR. files to MP3?

2012-01-05 Thread Dave Scrimenti
To receive attachments in Outlook Express: Go to Tools; Options. On the security tab, uncheck the box that says: "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus". - Original Message - From: "kim kelly" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, Jan

Re: TV on computer

2012-01-05 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I haven't really been following this, so don't know if this was mentioned, but I use a Slingbox for TV on my computer. It lets me watch my cable lineup from anywhere in the world. I use Total Recorder to record shows. Total Recorder's scheduler can even turn on the Slingbox when it's time to sta

Reading list emails was: Re: TV on computer list, unsuccessful

2012-01-05 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Personally, I just read the subject lines, and only read messages when the subject gets my interest. So i don't know why people would leave the list over a thread that doesn't interest them. And, I encourage everyone to keep subject lines relevant. So if you change the topic, remember to also ch

Re: How to convert RAR. files to MP3?

2012-01-05 Thread Dave Scrimenti
omputers and blindness related issues. Take care and have a super day. - Original Message - From: "Dave Scrimenti" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:55 PM Subject: Re: How to convert RAR. files to MP3? Izarc is also good. -

Re: How to convert RAR. files to MP3?

2012-01-05 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Izarc is also good. - Original Message - From: "Dean Masters" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 5:34 PM Subject: Re: How to convert RAR. files to MP3? Get 7zip. It is free and can be downloaded with a number of other files that you wish from: www.nini

Re: Refresher: How To Make Winamp Defaault Player

2012-01-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Even with Winamp Agent, I sometimes find iTunes grabbing back default control for filetypes. So it doesn't seem to be working for me. - Original Message - From: "Barry Chapman" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Refresher: How To Make Wi

Using iPot Touch or iPhone as portable recorder.

2011-12-23 Thread Dave Scrimenti
The Olympus portable recorders have been discussed a lot lately, and I could buy one of those. But I already have an iPod Touch, and was wondering about just using that as a portable recorder. The built-in mic isn't very good, but sufficient for most voice recordings. Is there a high-quality ext

Re: got Winamp, installed it, what next?

2011-12-04 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Winamp launches in a couple seconds. Something's wrong. - Original Message - From: "Walter" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 5:45 AM Subject: got Winamp, installed it, what next? Hi folks. Thanks for the help you have provided and the advice. I've i

Re: Update on Winamp was Winamp versus wmp...

2011-12-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I just did it because FS said it was inaccessible and should be unchecked. I also like to have as few programs running in the background as necessary. - Original Message - From: "Marsha" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Update on Win

Re: Update on Winamp was Winamp versus wmp...

2011-12-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Uncheck Winamp Agent. - Original Message - From: "Walter" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 7:55 AM Subject: Update on Winamp was Winamp versus wmp... Ok folks. I have downloaded the latest version of Winamp. I thank all for their response but hav

Re: Winamp Versus wmp Versus VLC Versus....

2011-12-03 Thread Dave Scrimenti
ersus wmp Versus VLC Versus that's not quite true, there are different quality decoders out there for MP3 files for example, the Mad plug-in for Winamp is one of the nicest I've heard. There are others. On 3/12/2011 10:22 AM, Dave Scrimenti wrote: You're not going to h

Re: Winamp Versus wmp Versus VLC Versus....

2011-12-02 Thread Dave Scrimenti
n hot keys. I don't think it manages podcasts for you. It does come in a portable flavor though, which is nice if you want to run it off of a USB drive or SD card. I still pull up WMP occasionally, but that's mostly just to rip CD's. On 02/12/11 17:22, Dave Scrimenti wrote: You'

Re: Winamp Versus wmp Versus VLC Versus....

2011-12-02 Thread Dave Scrimenti
You're not going to hear any difference in sound quality from player to player. The only ways to improve sound quality are to use uncompressed files, or a better audio card. Winamp and Foobar 2000 are both very accessible. - Original Message - From: "Walter" To: "'PC Audio Discussion

Finding voice memos on iPod touch?

2011-11-29 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I recorded a voice memo with my iPod Touch. I hooked up the iPod to the PC, but where do I find the recording so I can play it with Winamp, Total Recorder etc? Is there an easy way to find things on an iPod, such as a program that will make the iPod show up in Windows Explorer rather than using

Re: needing suggestions for good programs ro ripping music CD'S to myhard drive

2011-11-29 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Ripping is pretty much the same no matter what program you use. What really matters is what format you rip to. You'll have to decide if the large size of lossless files is ok with you. Or if you go lossy, how low do you want to go to save space. - Original Message - From: "Casey" To:

Re: recording what you here in windows 7?

2011-11-26 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Is there any way to separate out the screen reader so it doesn't get recorded? - Original Message - From: "Kathy S." To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 7:54 AM Subject: RE: recording what you here in windows 7? Hi, Hank and all! At long last, I found

Re: audio quality

2011-11-11 Thread Dave Scrimenti
In terms of audio quality, pcm of course. Next would be lossless compression like flac and monkey's audio. For voice, I suppose you could even use lossy formats like mp3 and ogg. - Original Message - From: "Sunshine" To: Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 12:24 AM Subject: audio qualit

Re: Foobar or VLC?

2011-10-31 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I've never had any trouble with RealPlayer, however, I use an earlier version. Winamp plays most things, and is very friendly. I also like the Pacemaker plug-in that lets me adjust playback speed. For the few things that won't play in Winamp, I use VLC. Foobar works great, but with Winamp and V

Re: Foobar or VLC?

2011-10-29 Thread Dave Scrimenti
eally fast forward or rewind effectively). One or two avis won't play at all, or just stop after a couple of seconds, but they work fine on my woman's machine, which is using VLC. I'll let you know if the latest version doesn't work then. - Original Message - From:

Re: Foobar or VLC?

2011-10-28 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Winamp will play most videos that I throw at it. But when it won't, I go to VLC. I don't know if the latest version is accessible. If it isn't, I can send you an older version that is. Haven't used Foobar in a long time. It was accessible. Don't think it can play as many filetypes as VLC. -

Bluetooth adapter.

2011-10-21 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I want to listen to music, shows, etc, with bluetooth, but want to use my own headphones. Can anyone recommend an adapter that I can plug my own headphones in to? I tried the Jabra, but had problems getting it to work well. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr.

Re: two questions about sound cards.

2011-10-01 Thread Dave Scrimenti
There's a big difference between consumer and pro cards. It depends on what you need. The Sound Devices stuff is made for professional recording, and it does the job well, but it may be overkill for most people. - Original Message - From: "Dave Bahr" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sen

Re: encoding older music

2011-10-01 Thread Dave Scrimenti
important thing in the end? The absolute correct sound or the music itself? But you are correct - with a sound system like mine you can actually hear the difference in sound quality between different encodings. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio

Re: encoding older music

2011-10-01 Thread Dave Scrimenti
ound or the music itself? But you are correct - with a sound system like mine you can actually hear the difference in sound quality between different encodings. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent

Re: encoding older music

2011-09-30 Thread Dave Scrimenti
o the early 70's, stereo sound was beginning to be harnessed better with better recording. - Original Message - From: "Dave Scrimenti" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 1:07 PM Subject: Re: encoding older music Once music started being

Re: encoding older music

2011-09-30 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Once music started being recorded on tape, (1950 and later), the quality is sufficiently good that you might not want to compromise. Prior to that, you can get away with it more. On the other hand, do you want to risk introducing even more degradation to something that's already pretty bad? Als

Re: obtaining audio from dvds

2011-09-23 Thread Dave Scrimenti
I agree. it's good, and easy to use. If you have a lot of DVD's, it's probably worth buying. If you only have a few, and want a free solution, you could use DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter to rip the DVD's. Then extract the audio with Format Factory. - Original Message - From: "Muhammad Kar

Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through?

2011-09-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
How? - Original Message - From: "David Tanner" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 9:40 PM Subject: Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through? What screen reader are you using? It is easiest to setup with Jaws. - Original Message

Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through?

2011-09-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 1:49 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through? I have no problem with sound management in X

Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through?

2011-09-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
nning with Audio Hijack Pro, they can monitor the call plus log information regarding the call, say date and time, length of call etc but I'm rambling. On 19/09/2011, at 5:52 PM, Dave Scrimenti wrote: Since the response contained no answer to the simple question asked, I'll try a

Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through?

2011-09-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
There is a Windows sound scheme that > turns off all Windows sounds. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > > On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:04:03 -0400, Dave Scrimenti wrote: > >> In XP, this is very easy to do. But starting with Vista, and >> continuing with 7,

Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through?

2011-09-19 Thread Dave Scrimenti
ware, those who read the list will in fact know that Total Recorder is one of those tools I have in my Audio Toolbox when using a PC. On 19/09/2011, at 4:12 PM, Dave Scrimenti wrote: Well, that's a very expensive solution to a problem he could solve with a $20 sound card. And I'll

Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through?

2011-09-18 Thread Dave Scrimenti
io stream just in firefox. there's this freecorder add on that I installed but it doesn't look accessible. any thoughts on this? again, it's a crude plan but I don't know enough java, I know no java programming, I just looked at the source of the page of the media player.

Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through?

2011-09-18 Thread Dave Scrimenti
st looked at the source of the page of the media player. Dave c. bahr On 9/18/2011 10:04 PM, Dave Scrimenti wrote: In XP, this is very easy to do. But starting with Vista, and continuing with 7, Microsoft screwed up the way Windows processes sound so Total Recorder can no longer separate ou

Re: recording sound without the screen reader coming through?

2011-09-18 Thread Dave Scrimenti
In XP, this is very easy to do. But starting with Vista, and continuing with 7, Microsoft screwed up the way Windows processes sound so Total Recorder can no longer separate out the screen reader from the stream you want to record. The only way is to use background recording, which only works wi

Re: Any free accessible Windows program to extract audio from DVD?

2011-09-07 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Yes. There's a checkbox that says: save each chapter to its own file. When I unchecked that, it saved it just like Format Factory did. - Original Message - From: "James Scholes" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 4:26 AM Subject: Re: Any free accessible

Re: streaming music from home computer to laptop

2011-09-06 Thread Dave Scrimenti
To copy, just copy from the desktop to an external drive, then from the drive to your laptop. To stream, maybe something like Pogoplug. - Original Message - From: "Dave bahr" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 12:58 AM Subject: streaming music from home

Re: Any free accessible Windows program to extract audio from DVD?

2011-09-06 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Well, to be fair to the other posters, I did ask for a free tool. DVD Audio Extractor does work, and it's accessible. If you do this a lot, it's probably easier to use this 1-step process than the 2 steps of DVD Shrink and Format Factory. One problem I did have is that DVD Audio Extractor divid

Re: Any free accessible Windows program to extract audio from DVD?

2011-09-06 Thread Dave Scrimenti
he radio button called demux. Once activated that, go to file and hit decrypt. you'll get the dyrect stream demuxed. This software doesn't give you the mp3 out of a dvd, but you get what's in there, usually an ac3. Hth. If this sound confusing feel free to add me on skype if you have

Re: Any free accessible Windows program to extract audio from DVD?

2011-09-06 Thread Dave Scrimenti
r 06, 2011 3:50 AM Subject: Re: Any free accessible Windows program to extract audio from DVD? Hi Dave and list, to do that I use dvd decrypter. It is not developped anymore but it does what you want. Hth, gianluca Skype: gianluca8815 On 06/09/2011 09:16, Dave Scrimenti wrote: Subject says it

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