Wonderful job Dimitry ! Thank you for sharing this link ! All the best,
Jean-Marie -------------- >OK, I know this is not strictly in accordance with copyright and all >that, but I did try to contact the original publishers about it with no >result... >I have recently created a web-based "remake" of the old vihuela books >CD, which has all the original catalog information plus the updated >images. I would be happy to make it "official" somehow, and I even >offered the publisher my help with updating their software, completely >free of charge, but like I said, they were not interested... >Here is the website itself, feel free to test, and let me know if you >want any extra features etc. >http://www.musicaparavihuela.com/ > >Cheers, >Dmitry > >On 5/9/2016 5:34 PM, Sean Smith wrote: >> Hi Monica, >> >> I have this CD of vihuela books and also found the interface less than >> ideal. I opened it as its own folder (Finder in my case although I imagine >> Explore would do it, too) and found the group of images for each book. I >> named a new folder on my desktop for each book/composer and dragged the >> images en masse to the respective folder. At the end of the day (ok, it >> didn’t take that long) I had a folder for each book. To further help keep it >> straight, I duplicated the images of the tables of content and labeled them >> “TOC, chapter ‘X"’ as needed so I could find the pieces as I need them. Then >> I never used the CD again. >> >> I took the liberty of responding to the group as well because I’ve seen this >> come up before concerning this CD. I hope this helps. >> >> Sean >> >> >> On May 9, 2016, at 11:48 AM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: >> >>> Many thanks for this. It will take some time to digest and check >>> everything you suggest. >>> it was upgraded from Windows 7. >>> Inadvertently - it just happened. The CDROM is of the vihuela books >>> and the music CD was newish. >>> I don't want to take up too much of >>> anyone's time so I'll try what you suggest and see what happens. >>> >>> Thanks to others who also replied. >>> Best >>> Monica >>> ----Original Message---- >>> >>> From: tiorbin...@gmail.com >>> Date: 09/05/2016 18:45 >>> To: "mjlhall@tiscali. >>> co.uk"<mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> >>> Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute >>> question but... >>> >>> Hi Monica, >>> >>> First thing: is this a problem with one CD >>> or all of them? (Had to ask.) If >>> it is just one, inspect the surface >>> (not the label side) with reflected >>> light and look for oil, finger- >>> grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label >>> side for damage to the inner >>> circumference of the metal layer: that's where >>> the 'table of contents' >>> resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be >>> recognized. >>> >>> A >>> couple of needed questions: >>> Did you buy this computer with windows 10 >>> on it, or is this an upgrade? >>> Did the computer come with a CD drive? >>> >>> (Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!) >>> >>> >>> If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't >>> >>> available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid >>> you >>> not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new >>> jukebox. It >>> should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the >>> start button. >>> >>> If you prefer something familiar, you can find the >>> Windows Media Player >>> (which is included in Win10) by using the >>> WindowsKey +R combination, then >>> typing >>> wmplayer.exe <return> >>> When it >>> appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to >>> taskbar", >>> then it's easier to find when you need it. >>> >>> That's what you have to do >>> to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD >>> player. >>> >>> If it doesn't, >>> it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in >>> Windows10 >>> _should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You >>> should >>> be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and >>> use >>> it without problems. >>> >>> If your problem is that the CD player is not >>> recognized by the computer, it >>> may be that it isn't getting a good >>> connection. On a notebook computer, >>> some CD/DVD drivers can be removed, >>> and if they are not put all the way >>> back in properly, they might not. >>> In that case, taking them out and putting >>> them back in works. >>> >>> If you >>> have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to >>> have >>> the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was disconnected, and not >>> >>> hooked back up. Fixing that requires getting into the box and hooking >>> it >>> back up, and usually, if it was because someone serviced it and >>> forgot to >>> hook it back up, they should be happy to correct it. (And >>> test it!) >>> >>> Beyond that, you really shouldn't have to go searching for >>> CD/DVD drivers, >>> unless the drive is very weird and came with its own >>> driver disk. If it >>> did, the likelihood of finding drivers for win10 >>> that support it is very >>> small. If it was very expensive, the >>> manufacturer's web site might have >>> updated drivers. It'd make more >>> sense just to replace it (especially >>> because the drives have been >>> improved a lot since the days of specialized >>> drivers.) >>> >>> If you get >>> through all this without success, or have questions, feel free >>> to write >>> back, I'll do what I can. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Ray >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at >>> 12:00 PM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk < >>> mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Does >>> anyone know how to play CDs or CDROMS on Windows 10. Does seem to >>> have any drives for this... >>>> Best wishes to all. >>>> Monica >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To >>> get on or off this list see list information at >>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > >
