I thought I could play a folder from windows media ie an album but now realise I can only play a track. Anyone know a way around this please The lap top has no internet connection so unless download a programme on another machine put on disc and transfer I am stuck with WMP and I don't even know where the library is held on this programme to work from that. Thanks Colin
-----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 07 January 2011 22:04 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi You will free up space by deleting programs you aren't using, but depending on the programs, it probably won't be very much. How much data are you talking about transferring? Are any other partitions besides C listed? there may be a recovery partition that you could steal, if you don't care about ever recovering the machine or if you already have recovery CD's burned. BTW, what OS is running on this machine? When you ask about additional memory, are you talking about RAM or hard drive space? How much RAM is there now? Prices on memory and hard drives only come down, so finding hardware for older systems can end up costing you enough to make it worth buying a real cheap low end system. Since it's a laptop, you'd have to replace the drive that's there, which would mean a lot of work reinstalling Windows onto the new hard drive, assuming you have a license and the install media for Windows. Depending on how much RAM you have and how much the laptop will support, you may be able to add more, but this probably won't buy you anything when it comes to storing media files on the hard drive. Something like Crucial.com at http://www.crucial.com/ can take you through the RAM upgrade process. You could use an external drive, but I think you'd find the speed frustrating. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 1/7/2011 3:35 PM, Colin Phelan wrote: > Thanks all for your great suggestions. > I have taken the easy option at this stage and dusted down an old lap > top and have taken all files well most off it. Then using a 4G SD card > have started coping my music across This is taking some time as the > Dell Latitude only has USB1 connections but that's ok. > I did not realise HD was so small as already telling me is full, that's > where I need further assistance please. > I'm a bit thick when it comes to this so here goes > Local disc (c) when clicking on properties is roughly telling me it is 20G. > Is this the whole size of the lap top including programmes or will I free up > lots of space by deleting programmes not assocatied with music. > I from memory thought it was 40G but may well have been wrong. > If not what is best? > Buy additional memory for the machine, will this be possible? > External hard drive will this be a problem as only USB1? > Once again thanks all for your support > Regards > Colin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org > [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain > Sent: 05 January 2011 17:07 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi > > > I can think of a few options. One would be to use an FM transmitter. > You could attach an FM transmitter to your PC and then broadcast the > music from your PC and pick it up on your stereo, assuming you have a > FM receiver as part of your stereo. I don't have one myself, but I'm > sure others can chime in with more details, opinions and information. > > You can also use a few different technologies to broadcast music from > your PC over wifi or bluetooth to a receiver that you could then > attach to your stereo. Apple TV and Airport Express would be two such > examples, and others can speak to them with much greater detail than I > can. > > A third option is to go with an accessible portable media player with > enough storage and then attaching it to your stereo system. Even if > your stereo system doesn't have a lot of connectors, you should be > able to find connectors that run from your MP3 player into the > auxiliary input of your stereo receiver. Note that you'd still have > to have this level of connection if you were using a wifi or bluetooth > receiver. You could avoid this with the FM transmitter though. This is > the route I went. Not because it was superior to any of the other > methods, but rather it just fit my needs. > > With this method, I have a portable MP3 player with most of my music. > I can use this when traveling, exercising, sitting in the waiting room > or whatever. I can also attach it to the stereo in my living room, the > powered external speakers in my bedroom or the audio input jack of my > wife's car. For MP3 players, you have a few different options. You can > go with an off the shelf MP3 player that will run Rockbox. This would > be the cheapest route. You could go with an iPod. Finally, you could > go with an MP3 player tailored specifically for the blind, such as the > Booksense. Each have their relative strenghts. > > That's my $0.02. > > -- > > Christopher > chalt...@gmail.com > > > On 1/4/2011 2:43 PM, Colin Phelan wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I wonder if you can assist. >> For use whilst on the move I rip all my music directly to MP3. I >> still use a traditional hi fi for listening at home I would like for >> a few reasons to pack away the c d 's and use something I can connect >> to my hi fi to listen to music at home. I am using a basic separates >> system that includes a Cyrus amplifyer with little or no fancy >> connections. I do not need an ipod for listening on the move >> otherwise I may go down > that >> route. >> Is there some sort of hard drive I could use that is accessible and I >> can just copy all the MP3's to. Yes when it comes to hi fi I am about >> 15 years out of date but hey the > Cirus >> amp used to be leading edge and it still works! >> Thanks for your assistance >> Colin > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3365 - Release Date: 01/07/11 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
