Re: Hope/Pandora, cannot activate

[jeremy]

I'd herd from a number of people that it was extremely difficult to get 
any type of response and support from him, unfortunately. I also payed 
for the application, way back when, but that was before I'd been told 
that he wasn't supporting his programs all that well.

Sorry to hear that, all the same.
On 7/9/2016 12:04 PM, tim cumings wrote:

I have the same problem. I am no longer able to use Pandora at all. I have 
written to the developer asking him what the problem is with Hope and have 
gotten no reply. I find this particularly annoying, considering the fact that 
we had to pay for hope as a paid program. This kind of support or lack of 
support is not acceptable in my opinion.

Sent from my iPhone


On Jul 9, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Adrian Spratt  wrote:

Hi. I've written to Hope's creator about this problem, but haven't yet received 
a reply. I've been using Hope to access Pandora for a few years. After my hard 
drive failed, I had to restore all my applications, including Hope. I have a 
user key, which I've since confirmed. I've also installed Microsoft C++, as 
recommended on the troubleshooting page. The version of Hope installed on my 
system is 1.19, which appears to be the latest. Meanwhile, Pandora recognizes 
me because I get emails from Pandora from which I can link and listen to my 
stations. But I like the accessibility afforded by Hope.

Here's what happens when I attempt to activate. After entering all the information, the usual menu 
appears—listen, create a station, search, etc. I type an artist's name in the search field, press enter on 
"search," then on one of the other buttons, such as "listen" or "create a 
station" (I think I have that button's name correct.) But nothing happens. Then I'll close out Hope and 
reopen it, only to find the activate dialog again. I've gone through this process several times and also 
rebooted.
Does anyone have any ideas?

Re: ringtones

[jeremy]

Unless things have changed in the most recent version of ITunes, you 
should be able to convert it there. Once your mp3 file has been placed 
in your library and selected in the playlist, on windows, the command 
control+i should open up an area where you can change the information 
for that file, artist, track number, etc. I believe it's the advanced 
tab where you can determine the length, by selecting the start and end 
times of the file. Be sure to select Apple Lossless Encoder under the 
import settings in the preferences and it should then give you the 
ability to convert from mp3 to m4a. If you select the new file in your 
ITunes playlist, control+i under the advanced tab again, you should have 
an option that will let you choose ringtone as the type. If not, you can 
manually change the extension yourself from .m4a to .m4r. You can 
quickly reach the actual file by using the applications key on the file 
you want in the playlist and pressing enter on show in windows explorer.
Sorry I'm unable to provide more in depth directions, I'm not familiar 
at all with the new layout of ITunes, but, hopefully it's enough to get 
you up and going.

Take care.

On 9/12/2015 12:23 PM, ken wrote:
   Are you doing this just with I Tunes, or do you need 
something else?.


I'm converting the taus salad theme, I used mp3 cut to cut it.
I could use help.


-Original Message- From: jeremy
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 1:14 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: ringtones

There are several converters that should allow going from .mp3 to an
.m4a. In order to keep the length of the files short though, normally
around 30 seconds for a ringtone, I've always done the conversion within
ITunes.
The extension for the ringtones is simply the .m4a filetype with its
extension changed.
I'm still using an older version of ITunes that has the sidebar, but, if
you need help figuring it out, I can give it a shot.
Take care.
On 9/12/2015 12:07 PM, ken wrote:
Hi,  any one know if there is a free way to convert mp3 to m 4 r  for 
the I phone??.

Thanks.
You can call me at 860-874-5495 or 413-310-2917 keep swinging

Re: ringtones

[jeremy]

There are several converters that should allow going from .mp3 to an 
.m4a. In order to keep the length of the files short though, normally 
around 30 seconds for a ringtone, I've always done the conversion within 
ITunes.
The extension for the ringtones is simply the .m4a filetype with its 
extension changed.
I'm still using an older version of ITunes that has the sidebar, but, if 
you need help figuring it out, I can give it a shot.

Take care.
On 9/12/2015 12:07 PM, ken wrote:

Hi,  any one know if there is a free way to convert mp3 to m 4 r  for the I 
phone??.
Thanks.
You can call me at 860-874-5495 or 413-310-2917 keep swinging

Re: free VPN question

[Jeremy]

It's a complete shot in the dark, and may not even work for streaming 
radio type materials, but, have you also taken a look at the hola 
service. It seems to be especially useful for watching things like hulu 
and netflix from other countries. I currently know some folks in Canada 
who are using it to get access to the Netflixs we get here in the states.
Like I said, not sure what exactly it covers and what it doesn't, but 
the folks who use it, love it.

https://hola.org/
Take care and blessings.

On 11/2/2014 10:57 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

In my case I only need one to listen to programs on bbc five live and bbc
five live extra  which you cannot hear outside the UK.  So the bbc server
actually thinks that you are connecting from inside the UK.  I haven't found
any other way to do this than using a VPN like witopia.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 02 November 2014 03:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN question

a VPn ins a Virtual Private Network, in other words a virtual tunnel on the
Internet between your computer ahd the other computer, VPN'S are commonly
used in those situations where sensitive data is exchanged between point A
and point B, vinancial transactions and the like - someone I know who works
from home as a Finance Manager uses a VPN from his home to contact and do
his work for example -.

This means obviously that you can use a VPN to have your computer simulate
another in a place far from where you are, you can establish a VPN between
you and a VPN server in Longbeach California thus when you play a stream
originating from Longbeach California which may have geoblocking
restrictions in place which will be ignored given that the streamer thinks
you're in Longbeach.

Having said all that however one needs to put some thought into the type of
VPN used, there are protocols in use which are more secure than others, some
VPN services offer unlimited VPN plans whilst others do not, I explained
some of this in my initial response to the original eMail in this thread.


On 2/11/2014 11:45 PM, Howard Traxler wrote:

Someone please:
What is VPN, what does it do, and why would one want and use it?
Thanks.
Howard
- Original Message -
From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 7:48 AM
Subject: RE: free VPN


Dane

I will not voluntarily change from witopia.  Just like you I have
found them excellent and really have no complaints about the service at

all.

But the circumstanc3es are unfortunately beyond my control.

And the thing is that the only reason I would use it is to listen to
the bbc!!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: 01 November 2014 11:45 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN

Before I started using Witopia I did use Hotspot Shield but bare in
mind that it places ads on your desktop and this can make access tools
such as Screen readers behave unpredictably at times.

Also note that you have to renew the connection after an hour.

The last time I used Hotspot shield I couldn't access the list of
countries through the client though this may have changed.

I'm talking about the free Hotspot Shield of course and not the paid one.

I'm sorry to hear that you're unable to use Witopia due to your
circumstances, I've tried plenty of VPN providers in the past ad I
would have to say that Witopia is about as good as I've found that you
can get,
24/7 live tech support, extensive tutorials and guides on setting up
your VPN, unlimited data transfer and so it goes, I have the Pro
account and I pay around $60 a year I think it is, there's a cheaper
account for $35 a year though it has limitations and I'm not sure
exactly what those are as I write this but you can find all the
details at http://www.witopia.net http://www.witopia.net/



On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer
andred...@webafrica.org.za

wrote:

Hi all



For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to
enable me to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for
especially rugby union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were
often not available outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.



Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia
anymore but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.



Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I
could use although I doubt whether such a thing exists.



Regards



Andre






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Re: Audio On The Mac

[Jeremy]

Also remember that the documentation that comes along with OSX is really 
good about teaching a user the different keys for navigating around with 
VO. All the same, if a user is familiar at all with using IOS, either on 
the phone, IPod/IPad, etc, it's not much a jump to understand how it 
works there on the Macs too. I'd even say that using a bluetooth 
keyboard on an IOS Device is a really good start to learning some of the 
commands you'll be using on the Mac, as most of them are exactly the 
same. One huge thing to get used to when you're learning how to move 
about with voiceover, at least for me, was using the voiceover keys 
along with other keys to issue the commands, vo plus the arrows, vo plus 
space, vo plus shift plus up and down to move in and out of an object, etc.
Having been mostly a windows user, I was used to using either the tab 
key, space or enter to activate buttons, the arrows on a webpage and the 
review commands for my screenreader to see the information on the 
screen. The mac goes about things completely differently, but, I did get 
used to it. smiley

Just a few thoughts of my own. haha
Take care and blessings.
On 10/25/2014 8:08 PM, Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com wrote:
hi dane sorry for the content outside the list, i just thought of the 
question and wanted your thoughts on it. thanks les


- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: Audio On The Mac


I’m not going to address your question fully, I hope you understand 
that this is a topic outside this list so I’ll answer by saying that 
yes the environment for browsing is a little different to when 
compared to a Windows PC.


There’s no need for a “Forms mode”, that’s the first thing you’ll 
notice so as you browse the page what you see is exactly what you 
have, edit boxes, the works.


Navigation can be done in a variety of ways including a Trackpad which 
- when wanting to browse a Web page quickly - makes all the 
difference, naturally what you can do on the Trackpad you can do on 
the keyboard but I find the Trackpad faster, just like using the touch 
screen of an iPhone.



On 26 Oct 2014, at 10:45 am, Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com 
mr...@comcast.net wrote:


dane, how good does brousing a webpage work on a mac using voice 
over? and scrolling to different links on the page? i heard theres 
some differences. thanks les
- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 7:13 PM
Subject: Audio On The Mac


Hi!

I’ve changed the subject line smile.

Voiceover works very well for me and - for the most part - always has 
done over the last 8 years but there’s no doubt that Voiceover itself 
- like everything else - has gone ahead in leaps and bounds.


There are some truly remarkable Apps out there for those who like 
audio including the best value for money audio editing software that 
money can buy for a computer of any platform, I speak of Amadeus Pro 
of course.
I think the purchase price has gone up a little since I purchased it 
around 6 years ago but its still good value for money given that you 
can do multi track editing and so on.


The there’s that other tool I wouldn’t be without, Audio Hijack Pro 
which does exactly as its name suggests, hijacks the audio from any 
source and allows you to manipulate it, capture it, record it, send 
it somewhere else etc.


I’ve only scratched the surface of course.


**

Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
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On 21 Oct 2014, at 9:58 am, Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com 
mr...@comcast.net wrote:


great, i hope it works i'm also looking at purchasing a mac. how is 
the voice over working on your mac working for you?
- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: Article: Turn your Mac into the ultimate Blu-ray player 
| Macworld



Ah right, I answered that in another eMail, its not a worrying 
factor as I'm quite sure I'll find something, just a matter of 
finding the right people to ask, the people who know what they're 
talking about.


In the meantime? Well for my situation particularly, I needed to 
purchase an external drive anyway so what I'm doing and have done 
hasn't been a waste of time in any way.



Dane Trethowan's iPhone at +61400494862 has had the privlidge of 
delivering the above eMail to you.



On 21 Oct 2014, at 9:46 am, Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com 
mr...@comcast.net wrote:


i meant the app for the mac, and software. does it work well with 
voice over?
- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 

Re: Article: Spotify Family embraces the modern household

[Jeremy]

Changing for better or worse, just curious. As mentioned before, and of 
which I've yet to try out, apparently the apps for android and IOS are 
not so bad, but on windows at least, the native spotify application 
doesn't appear to be screenreader friendly at all. there's also the 
blindspot app, but it requires a premium account, so probably not a 
great choice for those folks who want to test out the service.
the web players for spotify, along with most the others, slacker, 
pandora of course, and songza, they aren't easy to use at all within a 
browser. So, could it be, that in a upcoming beta, they are hopefully 
making spotify more accessible here on the pc? that would truly be 
wonderful.

Just wondering, and thanks.
Take care.
Blessings.

On 10/22/2014 2:28 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

Hi,

All this is changing though with the Spotify beta.  Watch this space.

All the best

Steve

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-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
christopher hallsworth
Sent: 22 October 2014 08:00
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Article: Spotify Family embraces the modern household

Sorry to say this lol but it's the worst piece of software for the Mac/PC
from an accessibility standpoint. If you have an Android and/or iOS device
then their apps are quite accessible. Go figure.




On 22 Oct 2014, at 07:47, Peter Scanlon sca...@tpg.com.au wrote:

Can you tell me a bit about Spotify. How accessable is it?
Can you ldownloadMP3s or is it just to listen to a stream.
Can you do anything for free or what is cost.

P.

-Original Message-
From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 1:04 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Article: Spotify Family embraces the modern household



http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/gadgets-on-the-go/spotify-famil
y-embraces-the-modern-household-20141022-119sov.html

Re: Apple's New Operating System With FaceTime, Sample 01

[Jeremy]

Excellent demonstration, however, and no fault to you, I don't think 
this comes even close to the truly wonderful audio quality that's 
possible in facetime and ft audio. I use facetime audio daily to 
communicate with my Fiancee who's currently in Canada and have 
completely replaced skype for over a year now. Even when she's back home 
here, we've also used it to talk to her family and both the audio and 
video, since she's into that kind of thing, is much more reliable than 
we've managed with skype. that's pretty sweet that you can use the 
IPhone as a connection to the mac though, I didn't know that. I will say 
though that using facetime, and even regular phone calls on the 6 plus, 
on the speakerphone is super amazing.
I'd almost wonder if it would be possible to use a patch cable of some 
sort to connect an IOS device, just to grab a higher audio quality of a 
facetime call with your nifty microphone setup.

Super cool though.
Thanks and take care.
Blessings.

On 10/17/2014 5:41 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Okay, the sample I’ve put a link to here is pretty basic, me leaving a Voice 
Message on my Voicemail however the way it the whole thing was done is quite 
fantastic to say the least.

I’m using the latest OS X from Apple for my Mac and the FaceTime App, up until 
now FaceTime was used to make extremely high quality audio and video calls 
where band width allowed.

This functionality still exists in the FaceTime App and new features have been 
added, for this sample I had FaceTime use my Apple iPhone 6 as the connection 
point if you like - FaceTime had my iPhone dial the number and the audio from 
both microphone and speaker came from the Plantrics Audio 478 headset connected 
to the Computer. -

Yes, this is only Voicemail I know and not top notch audio but quality is 
surprisingly good I thought.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample.wav 
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample.wav

Re: Apple's New Operating System With FaceTime, Sample 01

[Jeremy]

Oh, oops, my apologies, I didn't think about the call being made over 
your 3g/4g. I'm not sure what I thought the phone was doing in the 
setup, didn't put two and two together. lol
I also wasn't aware that the quality of the facetime calls could differ, 
but then again, I've only ever used it from between two IPhones. :)

Take care.

On 10/17/2014 8:13 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

I’ve used my Yamaha MX-P100 Bluetooth Speaker with FaceTime and quality is damn 
good!

Yes, I’ve had better results with FaceTime for Audio and Video calls with Skype 
however Skype is catching up fast.

As I said in the original eMail, FaceTime was used in this instance with an iPhone 
effectively making a call on a cell network so audio quality wasn’t expected to be 
superb, it would have been far better of course had I been able to contact someone on 
my cell network using HD Voice but I don’t know anyone now smile


On 18 Oct 2014, at 12:05 pm, Jeremy icu8...@gmail.com wrote:

Excellent demonstration, however, and no fault to you, I don't think this comes 
even close to the truly wonderful audio quality that's possible in facetime and 
ft audio. I use facetime audio daily to communicate with my Fiancee who's 
currently in Canada and have completely replaced skype for over a year now. 
Even when she's back home here, we've also used it to talk to her family and 
both the audio and video, since she's into that kind of thing, is much more 
reliable than we've managed with skype. that's pretty sweet that you can use 
the IPhone as a connection to the mac though, I didn't know that. I will say 
though that using facetime, and even regular phone calls on the 6 plus, on the 
speakerphone is super amazing.
I'd almost wonder if it would be possible to use a patch cable of some sort to 
connect an IOS device, just to grab a higher audio quality of a facetime call 
with your nifty microphone setup.
Super cool though.
Thanks and take care.
Blessings.

On 10/17/2014 5:41 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Okay, the sample I’ve put a link to here is pretty basic, me leaving a Voice 
Message on my Voicemail however the way it the whole thing was done is quite 
fantastic to say the least.

I’m using the latest OS X from Apple for my Mac and the FaceTime App, up until 
now FaceTime was used to make extremely high quality audio and video calls 
where band width allowed.

This functionality still exists in the FaceTime App and new features have been 
added, for this sample I had FaceTime use my Apple iPhone 6 as the connection 
point if you like - FaceTime had my iPhone dial the number and the audio from 
both microphone and speaker came from the Plantrics Audio 478 headset connected 
to the Computer. -

Yes, this is only Voicemail I know and not top notch audio but quality is 
surprisingly good I thought.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample.wav 
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample.wav

Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

[Jeremy]

Don't be sorry for any type of suggestion, as it just adds more content 
for the list. That's my thinking at least. Either way, as has been 
stated here, those of us using any of the IOS devices do have to jump 
through a few more hoops than other types of phone/tablets, but, luckily 
for me, once I get my stuff on the phone I don't tend to change it a 
lot. I normally don't even mind using ITunes to manage my media, but as 
I said before, it does have a few downfalls. I may take a look at this 
wireless portable hd though, that looks pretty awesome.

Take care and blessings.

On 10/13/2014 12:01 PM, ken reed wrote:

Hi,  I'm sory for my sugestion,  I thautht I could help.

I'll keep my mouth shut.


-Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 12:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

There are wyas and means to do all sorts of things though some can get
rather complex as you've said.

I'm not an iTunes user by default though I do have an iTunes library of
Favorites, that's in the Cloud and available on my iTunes match so any
IOS or device with iTuens installed can take advantage of the Match so I
may enjoy my collection at any time, so far so good.

As I'm using FLAC files more regularly I had to find a third party
solution as I detailed in my original eMail on this thread thus I got
the Skyshare Drive and started playing with other Apps to get that music
onto my iPhone or at least have access to it so I needen't bother with
iTunes.


On 14/10/2014 3:19 AM, Alexandra Grünauer wrote:

Hi Dane,

I'm replying to your initial email on purpose because what you said 
is very

interesting and of course true.
The point for me isn't though that it isn't possible to play my files 
with

the IPhone, but that it's more complicated or implies more knowledge of
hardware and software than with, say, another mp3 player or mobile 
phone or
smartphone. This I can just plug into my computer and copy the files 
to the

device or I can insert large sd drives plus having the possibilities you
mentioned, at least with a smartphone.

So I think it's rather like this: If you compromise to playing music 
with a
non-jailbreaked--or is it broken?--IPhone, you'll have to accept the 
more

tedious ways of moving around things, i.e. buying an app here and a hard
drive there.
I for my part use the amazon cloud player which gives me enough music to
listen to whenever I feel like doing so on the IPhone which I usually 
don't
and play all the rest with my Plextalk Pocket, which involves other 
ways of

compromising. Smiles

Take care
Alexandra

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:36 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

Hi!

I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of reasons,

the
main being that there seems to be a myth doing the rounds, the myth 
says
that its impossible! to play third party content such as different 
audio

file

formats etc on an iPhone or other IOS devices.

This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the iPhone’s 
“Music
Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big issue as every 
operating
system with its built-in features does have its limitations, you 
cannot -

as far
as I know - play FLAC files in Windows Media Player for example 
unless you
use a third party plug-in so essentially we’re referring to the same 
type

of

problem but with different operating systems.

The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter

available
from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say your computer 
over

a USB connection to a particular folder on your iPhone of your choosing

but

again, there are ways around that snag.

Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on 
what can

be

done so let’s do that with IOS.

The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good 
one’s out
there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two, oOplayer 
and File

Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.

With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox account,
computer on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device and so on,
when configured you can then select what files you wish to hear or 
view.


Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network and
want your favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both the
aforementioned Apps will allow you to download your Music from a 
specific
point - computer, Dropbox account etc - right to a folder on your 
iPhone

where you can browse, play and manipulate your files to your hearts
content.

So this brings us to another possibly challenging topic, iPhones 
have only

so
much storage space so what if you have thousands upon thousands of 
files
you wish to access at any one time or supposing your music 
collection is

in a

Lossless 

Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

[Jeremy]

I'd probably normally not like having to always be attached to a 
wireless device, in order to stream my media from it, but the ability to 
have that wireless device run from a battery is pretty sweet. Is it 
possible to make a wireless connection to the hd directly, or does it 
require a router? Also, how about running/charging this little monster 
from a car's cigarette plug for power?

Take care.

On 10/13/2014 4:44 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

No one said anything was easy and having wireless connections active all the 
time? Well what's the point of having a mobile device if you don't?

On 14 Oct 2014, at 4:02 am, Alexandra Grünauer al.gruena...@gmx.de wrote:


Yeah, but that still doesn't make things easy. It'll all remain more
complicated with the IPhone than with other devices and, apart from that,
you always have to have some kind of wireless connection that you have to
set up and that kan be more easily interrupted than an sd drive for example.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 6:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

There are wyas and means to do all sorts of things though some can get
rather complex as you've said.

I'm not an iTunes user by default though I do have an iTunes library of
Favorites, that's in the Cloud and available on my iTunes match so any IOS

or

device with iTuens installed can take advantage of the Match so I may

enjoy

my collection at any time, so far so good.

As I'm using FLAC files more regularly I had to find a third party

solution as I

detailed in my original eMail on this thread thus I got the Skyshare Drive

and

started playing with other Apps to get that music onto my iPhone or at

least

have access to it so I needen't bother with iTunes.


On 14/10/2014 3:19 AM, Alexandra Grünauer wrote:

Hi Dane,

I'm replying to your initial email on purpose because what you said is
very interesting and of course true.
The point for me isn't though that it isn't possible to play my files
with the IPhone, but that it's more complicated or implies more
knowledge of hardware and software than with, say, another mp3 player
or mobile phone or smartphone. This I can just plug into my computer
and copy the files to the device or I can insert large sd drives plus
having the possibilities you mentioned, at least with a smartphone.

So I think it's rather like this: If you compromise to playing music
with a non-jailbreaked--or is it broken?--IPhone, you'll have to
accept the more tedious ways of moving around things, i.e. buying an
app here and a hard drive there.
I for my part use the amazon cloud player which gives me enough music
to listen to whenever I feel like doing so on the IPhone which I
usually don't and play all the rest with my Plextalk Pocket, which
involves other ways of compromising. Smiles

Take care
Alexandra

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:36 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

Hi!

I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of
reasons,

the

main being that there seems to be a myth doing the rounds, the myth
says that its impossible! to play third party content such as
different audio

file

formats etc on an iPhone or other IOS devices.

This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the iPhone’s
“Music Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big issue as
every operating system with its built-in features does have its
limitations, you cannot -

as far

as I know - play FLAC files in Windows Media Player for example
unless you use a third party plug-in so essentially we’re referring
to the same type

of

problem but with different operating systems.

The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter

available

from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say your computer
over a USB connection to a particular folder on your iPhone of your
choosing

but

again, there are ways around that snag.

Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on what
can

be

done so let’s do that with IOS.

The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good
one’s out there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two,
oOplayer and File Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.

With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox account,
computer on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device and so on,
when configured you can then select what files you wish to hear or

view.

Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network and
want your favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both the
aforementioned Apps will allow you to download your Music from a
specific point - computer, Dropbox account etc - right to a folder on
your iPhone where you can browse, 

Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

[Jeremy]

Ah, excellent. Only other thing I can think of is would it be possible 
to charge/power the drive outside of your home, either from a cars 
cigarette adapter or something similar? Thinking mostly of the 6 or so 
hour charge time you mentioned before, thinking it'd be pretty neat to 
take this on some of our longer road trips.

Not sure if you've been able to explore that far with it though.
Thank you, and take care.
Blessings.

On 10/13/2014 8:02 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

The Skyshare HD connects directly to your Wi-Fi of your iPhone so 
let's run a scenario past the list so as better to explain how it all 
works.


You're sitting on a park bench with iPhone and Skyshare drive in tow.

You wish to listen to some music so you reach for your Skyshare and 
press the power button, hold for a second or so to make sure Drive is 
switched on, you'll feel the drive power up.


Return the drive to your bag, pocket or whatever.

Next unlock your iPhone and proceed to settings, go to Wi-Fi and 
select the Skyshare Wi-Fi network, enter a password where applicable 
and double-tap on join.


Note that if you've previously joined your Skyshare drive's Wi-Fi, 
entered the Password and have Join Networks Automatically enabled 
under the Wi-Fi Settings of your iPhone then your iPhone will 
automatically join Skyshare as soon as it detects the Drive can be 
accessed.


Next from your iPhone launch your favourite Player App, find Skyshare 
and open the Music folder, browse to the songs you want or use the 
buttons to select the songs you want and double-tap the selection, 
music starts playing in order that you may enjoy the outdoors in the 
sun, the wind, the rain or whatever smile.


That's a very basic rundown of how the whoe setup works.

As far as charging the drive? Yes, it takes about 2 hours to charge 
with the supplied AC adapter, it can be used whilst charging.


When the drive is connected directly via its USB 3.0 connection to a 
computer no charging takes place.


Hope this helps, I'll be happy to anser any further questions on this 
drive etc if required.


On 14/10/2014 10:35 AM, Jeremy wrote:
I'd probably normally not like having to always be attached to a 
wireless device, in order to stream my media from it, but the ability 
to have that wireless device run from a battery is pretty sweet. Is 
it possible to make a wireless connection to the hd directly, or does 
it require a router? Also, how about running/charging this little 
monster from a car's cigarette plug for power?

Take care.

On 10/13/2014 4:44 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
No one said anything was easy and having wireless connections active 
all the time? Well what's the point of having a mobile device if you 
don't?


On 14 Oct 2014, at 4:02 am, Alexandra Grünauer al.gruena...@gmx.de 
wrote:



Yeah, but that still doesn't make things easy. It'll all remain more
complicated with the IPhone than with other devices and, apart from 
that,
you always have to have some kind of wireless connection that you 
have to
set up and that kan be more easily interrupted than an sd drive for 
example.




-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
Dane

Trethowan
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 6:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

There are wyas and means to do all sorts of things though some can 
get

rather complex as you've said.

I'm not an iTunes user by default though I do have an iTunes 
library of
Favorites, that's in the Cloud and available on my iTunes match so 
any IOS

or

device with iTuens installed can take advantage of the Match so I may

enjoy

my collection at any time, so far so good.

As I'm using FLAC files more regularly I had to find a third party

solution as I
detailed in my original eMail on this thread thus I got the 
Skyshare Drive

and
started playing with other Apps to get that music onto my iPhone 
or at

least

have access to it so I needen't bother with iTunes.


On 14/10/2014 3:19 AM, Alexandra Grünauer wrote:

Hi Dane,

I'm replying to your initial email on purpose because what you 
said is

very interesting and of course true.
The point for me isn't though that it isn't possible to play my 
files

with the IPhone, but that it's more complicated or implies more
knowledge of hardware and software than with, say, another mp3 
player

or mobile phone or smartphone. This I can just plug into my computer
and copy the files to the device or I can insert large sd drives 
plus

having the possibilities you mentioned, at least with a smartphone.

So I think it's rather like this: If you compromise to playing music
with a non-jailbreaked--or is it broken?--IPhone, you'll have to
accept the more tedious ways of moving around things, i.e. buying an
app here and a hard drive there.
I for my part use the amazon cloud player which gives me enough 
music

to listen to whenever I feel like doing so on the IPhone which I
usually don't

Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

[Jeremy]

You mention here an adapter from apple that allows you to move files, I 
assume media specifically, over to directories on the phone from the 
computer. Do these adapters require software to go along side them to 
allow access to the phone's filesystem, software like sharepod, etc, and 
does this allow you to pull music from the device, even without having 
to have the files already stored within ITunes on the computer? I 
understand that installing some sort of file manager on the phone would 
give partial access to those areas allowed to it, if it were connected 
to dropbox or a wireless device as you mentioned here, but how well does 
that work for all types of media other than music, like audio books. 
Also, does installing a file manager on the phone give complete access 
to all media on a phone, without you having to jealbreak?
I'm mainly curious as one major downfall I have with storing my music 
and books on my phone is the ability to retrieve them from the phone if 
I no longer have them in my ITunes library on my computer. There's 
plenty of software for doing this, but as far as I've been able to 
figure out, not much of it is accessible.
If I could purchase an device to make a connection from the phone to the 
computer and have the ability to copy my media straight over to the 
phone, I'd be a happy camper for sure.

Thanks.
Blessings.

On 10/12/2014 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of reasons, the 
main being that there seems to be a myth doing the rounds, the myth says that 
its impossible! to play third party content such as different audio file 
formats etc on an iPhone or other IOS devices.

This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the iPhone’s “Music 
Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big issue as every operating 
system with its built-in features does have its limitations, you cannot - as 
far as I know - play FLAC files in Windows Media Player for example unless you 
use a third party plug-in so essentially we’re referring to the same type of 
problem but with different operating systems.

The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter available 
from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say your computer over a USB 
connection to a particular folder on your iPhone of your choosing but again, 
there are ways around that snag.

Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on what can be 
done so let’s do that with IOS.

The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good one’s out 
there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two, oOplayer and File 
Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.

With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox account, computer 
on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device and so on, when configured you 
can then select what files you wish to hear or view.

Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network and want your 
favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both the aforementioned Apps 
will allow you to download your Music from a specific point - computer, Dropbox 
account etc - right to a folder on your iPhone where you can browse, play and 
manipulate your files to your hearts content.

So this brings us to another possibly challenging topic, iPhones have only so 
much storage space so what if you have thousands upon thousands of files you 
wish to access at any one time or supposing your music collection is in a 
Lossless format that takes up a good deal of space?

If this is the case then its time to look at a pocket sized hard drive with a 
built-in Wi-Fi network, I mentioned my Skyshare drive towards the end of last 
week and this drive has its own built-in Wi-Fi network which the iPhone can 
connect to.

Once connected the Apps I mentioned earlier - oOplayer and File Browser - have 
direct access to the drive thus the content you’ve placed too the drive.

The Skyshare drive on the surface looks like any other portable hard drive, it 
has a USB port on the back for connection to a computer with a USB 3.0 port for 
the copying and manipulation of content, you can also use the Wi-Fi abilities 
of the drive for copying/manipulating files though this process is considerably 
slower when compared to USB 3.0 or even 2.

Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

[Jeremy]

Ah, yeah, I was just reading up on the Camera kit for the IPad, after I 
sent my last message.
Unfortunately, the page I found was from 2010, so not sure how accurate 
the info would be now.
May still be worth checking it out if the kit isn't super expensive, if 
it still works on the 6 plus and IOS8.
It's worth noting here though, that it's apparently necessary to 
jailbreak, in order to have access to the filesystem of the IPads, but 
the ability to use USB devices, keyboards, microphones, etc sounds 
pretty neat if it still works.
This brings me to ask another question or two, but I'll begin it in a 
new subject to keep things organized.

Thanks and take care.
Blessings.

On 10/12/2014 8:26 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes, I believe so, its the camera kit though I've never played with it and am 
not sure which IOS devices are supported with it these days.

On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:14 pm, Jeremy icu8...@gmail.com wrote:


You mention here an adapter from apple that allows you to move files, I assume 
media specifically, over to directories on the phone from the computer. Do 
these adapters require software to go along side them to allow access to the 
phone's filesystem, software like sharepod, etc, and does this allow you to 
pull music from the device, even without having to have the files already 
stored within ITunes on the computer? I understand that installing some sort of 
file manager on the phone would give partial access to those areas allowed to 
it, if it were connected to dropbox or a wireless device as you mentioned here, 
but how well does that work for all types of media other than music, like audio 
books. Also, does installing a file manager on the phone give complete access 
to all media on a phone, without you having to jealbreak?
I'm mainly curious as one major downfall I have with storing my music and books 
on my phone is the ability to retrieve them from the phone if I no longer have 
them in my ITunes library on my computer. There's plenty of software for doing 
this, but as far as I've been able to figure out, not much of it is accessible.
If I could purchase an device to make a connection from the phone to the 
computer and have the ability to copy my media straight over to the phone, I'd 
be a happy camper for sure.
Thanks.
Blessings.

On 10/12/2014 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of reasons, the 
main being that there seems to be a myth doing the rounds, the myth says that 
its impossible! to play third party content such as different audio file 
formats etc on an iPhone or other IOS devices.

This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the iPhone’s “Music 
Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big issue as every operating 
system with its built-in features does have its limitations, you cannot - as 
far as I know - play FLAC files in Windows Media Player for example unless you 
use a third party plug-in so essentially we’re referring to the same type of 
problem but with different operating systems.

The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter available 
from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say your computer over a USB 
connection to a particular folder on your iPhone of your choosing but again, 
there are ways around that snag.

Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on what can be 
done so let’s do that with IOS.

The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good one’s out 
there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two, oOplayer and File 
Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.

With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox account, computer 
on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device and so on, when configured you 
can then select what files you wish to hear or view.

Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network and want your 
favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both the aforementioned Apps 
will allow you to download your Music from a specific point - computer, Dropbox 
account etc - right to a folder on your iPhone where you can browse, play and 
manipulate your files to your hearts content.

So this brings us to another possibly challenging topic, iPhones have only so 
much storage space so what if you have thousands upon thousands of files you 
wish to access at any one time or supposing your music collection is in a 
Lossless format that takes up a good deal of space?

If this is the case then its time to look at a pocket sized hard drive with a 
built-in Wi-Fi network, I mentioned my Skyshare drive towards the end of last 
week and this drive has its own built-in Wi-Fi network which the iPhone can 
connect to.

Once connected the Apps I mentioned earlier - oOplayer and File Browser - have 
direct access to the drive thus the content you’ve placed too the drive.

The Skyshare drive on the surface looks like any other portable hard drive, it 
has

Sharepod, copytrans, is any of it accessible?

[Jeremy]

Well, Guess the subject pretty much says it, but does anyone have any 
experiences with any other software that lets us move media back and 
forth from our IOS devices?
I've kind of messed about with sharepod and Copytrans, but didn't have 
much luck with either. I seem to recall that there was a plugin for NVDA 
that would somewhat improve access to Copytrans, but I've never been 
able to locate it.
Ran into a small situation yesterday after I restored my computer to 
find that even though I had kept my ITunes library in tact, I'd ended up 
with all my music and books stuck on my phone. Apparently, sense I'd not 
told ITunes to keep my library organized or copy the music to the media 
folder, everything in my library showed as an invalid location. while I 
could eventually rebuild my library with my music and books and re sync 
the phone, it would certainly be easier and much quicker if I could just 
replace what was missing. this is where most folks recommend external 
software to copy their media off their devices, so figured it'd be worth 
asking, hopefully turn up something nice and accessible.
Any information would of course be greatly appreciated, and hope 
everyone is well.

lessings.

Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

[Jeremy]

Haha, excellent, I love new toys. If you happen to figure out anything 
neat with the kit, if you get one, please do let me know, as my 6 plus 
should be here in two days or so, me hopes. If it's still possible to 
use things like USB keyboards and such on the phones, I'll certainly be 
hopping out to purchase one.

Take care.
Blessings.
On 10/12/2014 9:18 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

I've got to go up onto the Apple Store so I'll take a look whilst I'm there, taking 
delivery of a new Mac Mini this week you see so I have to configure it before its 
ordered smile.


On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:46 pm, Jeremy icu8...@gmail.com wrote:


Ah, yeah, I was just reading up on the Camera kit for the IPad, after I sent my 
last message.
Unfortunately, the page I found was from 2010, so not sure how accurate the 
info would be now.
May still be worth checking it out if the kit isn't super expensive, if it 
still works on the 6 plus and IOS8.
It's worth noting here though, that it's apparently necessary to jailbreak, in 
order to have access to the filesystem of the IPads, but the ability to use USB 
devices, keyboards, microphones, etc sounds pretty neat if it still works.
This brings me to ask another question or two, but I'll begin it in a new 
subject to keep things organized.
Thanks and take care.
Blessings.

On 10/12/2014 8:26 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes, I believe so, its the camera kit though I've never played with it and am 
not sure which IOS devices are supported with it these days.

On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:14 pm, Jeremy icu8...@gmail.com wrote:


You mention here an adapter from apple that allows you to move files, I assume 
media specifically, over to directories on the phone from the computer. Do 
these adapters require software to go along side them to allow access to the 
phone's filesystem, software like sharepod, etc, and does this allow you to 
pull music from the device, even without having to have the files already 
stored within ITunes on the computer? I understand that installing some sort of 
file manager on the phone would give partial access to those areas allowed to 
it, if it were connected to dropbox or a wireless device as you mentioned here, 
but how well does that work for all types of media other than music, like audio 
books. Also, does installing a file manager on the phone give complete access 
to all media on a phone, without you having to jealbreak?
I'm mainly curious as one major downfall I have with storing my music and books 
on my phone is the ability to retrieve them from the phone if I no longer have 
them in my ITunes library on my computer. There's plenty of software for doing 
this, but as far as I've been able to figure out, not much of it is accessible.
If I could purchase an device to make a connection from the phone to the 
computer and have the ability to copy my media straight over to the phone, I'd 
be a happy camper for sure.
Thanks.
Blessings.

On 10/12/2014 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of reasons, the 
main being that there seems to be a myth doing the rounds, the myth says that 
its impossible! to play third party content such as different audio file 
formats etc on an iPhone or other IOS devices.

This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the iPhone’s “Music 
Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big issue as every operating 
system with its built-in features does have its limitations, you cannot - as 
far as I know - play FLAC files in Windows Media Player for example unless you 
use a third party plug-in so essentially we’re referring to the same type of 
problem but with different operating systems.

The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter available 
from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say your computer over a USB 
connection to a particular folder on your iPhone of your choosing but again, 
there are ways around that snag.

Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on what can be 
done so let’s do that with IOS.

The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good one’s out 
there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two, oOplayer and File 
Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.

With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox account, computer 
on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device and so on, when configured you 
can then select what files you wish to hear or view.

Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network and want your 
favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both the aforementioned Apps 
will allow you to download your Music from a specific point - computer, Dropbox 
account etc - right to a folder on your iPhone where you can browse, play and 
manipulate your files to your hearts content.

So this brings us to another possibly challenging topic, iPhones have only so 
much storage space so what if you have thousands upon

Re: Iphone 6 not impressed with the speaker.

[Jeremy]

Having listened to a youtube video on a comparison between the original 
5, 6 and 6 plus, I can say that I definitely notice a difference. It's 
most noticeable between the 5 and 6, but even from the 6 and 6 plus, the 
plus does sound  a little more clearer. Unfortunately, the microphone 
that the uploader was using wasn't super high quality, but it was 
certainly decent enough to detect the levels of bass between the 5 and 
6. I've also got a buddy who's got a really nice sounding mic, a yeti, 
and while in stereo, the differences between the two phones is huge, the 
5 and 6.

Take care.
Blessings.

On 9/30/2014 10:05 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

The main thing is that you expressed your opinion and I can understand where 
you're coming from, the bigger speaker does sound different.

I'm also one of those who have actually taken the time, sat down and tweaked 
the audio settings of the iPhone 6, adjusting sound and speech volume etc.

On 30 Sep 2014, at 11:58 pm, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote:


Hi!
Yes ok, sorry if i was a bit aggressive in my opinion.
I had a look at it at least.
But i think i will wait a year or so.
/A
30 sep 2014 kl. 14:57 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net:


Yes, thought it wouldn't be long before someone wrote on this topic smile.

The speaker on the iPhone 6 is more directional it seems than it was on the 5 - 
never had a 5S so can't speak on that subject -.

I'm also sure that something has been done to the voices on the iPhone \.



Dane Trethowan's iPhone at +61400494862 has had the privlidge of delivering the 
above eMail to you.



On 30 Sep 2014, at 10:38 pm, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote:

Hi!
Actually i got to try the Iphone 6 today not the plus just 6.
I can say that to me the speaker doesn't really sound that impressing.
At least i couldn't hear any differences from the 5 s.
Voiceover was quite distorted as it used to be so i wont really go for one even 
though i could.
/A



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Re: Foobar?

[jeremy]

Not sure if it's worth mentioning too, with it's defaults, you've got a 
lot of extra information shown on the screen which isn't super necessary 
as just a player. It's possible to slim it down, to one playlist, and a 
statusbar, which shows the time you've progressed through a file, but 
removing some of the other stuff isn't the most accessible thing in the 
world. I'm using NVDA though, so perhaps it's more friendly with 
windoweyes, but once you've got it looking like you want, it's really an 
awesome player.

Take care.
Blessings.

On 3/6/2014 8:15 AM, James Scholes wrote:

Chris Skarstad wrote:

I've always wanted someone to do an audio demonstration and
walkthrough of Foobar so I could get a better grasp of what it does.
It looks like it could do some pretty powerful stuff.

What sort of things would you like to see demonstrated?  It can do some
very clever things if you look under the hood, play with plug-ins, etc.
  For example I can control it from my iPhone and even stream my media
library remotely.  But to get up and running with it as a basic audio
player, all you need to do is install it and add some hotkeys.

Re: Olympus ls-14, scene selection

[jeremy]

When I'd contacted Olympus to ask questions about the different devices, 
i was advised that the ws-5 would work well for the ls-14.
Checking around, the price isn't bad either, when compared to some of 
the other windscreens that I've read about.

Take care.
Blessings.

On 3/3/2014 2:33 AM, Aidan wrote:

Yes, the battery life is really ausom. I just need to find a good wind
screen. Quite a mission in my region. Happy recording everyone.

On 03/03/2014, Jörgen Hansson hansson.jo...@spray.se wrote:

hey, jeremy!
you're very welcome, I'm happy with mine too, and I like the way it holds
the battery life of it, smile.
Regards,
Jörgen Hansson!
tel: +46 703601296
Web: www.jorgenhansson.com
Skype: djtropical4532
-Ursprungligt meddelande-
From: jeremy
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 12:30 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: Olympus ls-14, scene selection

Ah, ok, thank you. Even without the scene stuff, it's a wonderful
device, I've been really happy with how it sounds, I just wanted to make
sure. :)
Take it easy.
On 3/2/2014 4:57 PM, Jörgen Hansson wrote:

hello there!
No, you can't do those things like stereo imaging and sceens on the LS14
recorder, but you can turn on or off the central microphone on it.
I don't know so much about those older recorders, but I know, that Neal
ewers, he's the man about those things, smile.
Regards,
Jörgen Hansson!
tel: +46 703601296
Web: www.jorgenhansson.com
Skype: djtropical4532
-Ursprungligt meddelande- From: jeremy
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 10:59 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Olympus ls-14, scene selection

Hey all,
Having just purchased an Olympus ls-14 and gotten a hold of the pdf
version of the manual, I ran into a question I can't seem to find an
answer to.
I know that it makes mention to the ability to toggle on and off the
center microphone, but I can't figure out if it's also possible to
change the degree of stereo separation, the ability to select scenes, as
with some of the cheaper models, the dm-620.
I wasn't sure if I was just missing something in one of the menus, or if
it wasn't available to the ls recorders.
thank you.
Blessings.

Re: Olympus recorders and audio quality

[jeremy]

Awesome, thank you for giving me a better idea on what to look for. I 
was able to locate this composite option in both user manuals, the 
dm-620 and the ls-14.
I also contacted Olympus's tech support this morning and was given a 
pretty decent comparison between these two devices, along with the ls-100.
This ended up with me asking him a question, which he was unable to 
really answer, so perhaps it's more appropriate to ask it here. He told 
me that some of the options that the recorder supports, work better in 
conjunction with the accompanying software, Sonority, so what types of 
accessibility issues, if any would I have using it with NVDA?
Staying within my price range of about 200 bucks, I'm probably going to 
begin focusing on either the 620 or the ls-14 which brings me to a small 
question. What, if any differences in quality can I expect from the 
microphones on either of these devices.
I know that the dm-620 has one extra file format it supports, Windows 
Media Audio, which perhaps is not so important for me, so what can I 
expect with using both these devices in recording either in .WAV or 
.MP3, the two formats I'm more familiar with.
I've unfortunately not yet had any luck in locating a review of the 620, 
to get a better idea of the microphones quality, I have listened to the 
one recorded by Neal on the ls-14 though.
The one thing I do like about the ls-14 is the fact that the battery 
life is greatly increased, all be the device being a tad bit larger, but 
is the larger battery capacity plus possible higher quality in audio and 
ability to hold slightly larger SD cards worth the extra cost?
Any experiences with either of these devices or even a possible small 
recording of the dm-620s capabilities would be totally awesome.

Thank you again.
Blessings.

On 2/3/2014 9:32 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Some Olympus ones do doit. It's called composet now. It's in the USB class
menu. It use to be Audio class.

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of jeremy
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 10:53 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Olympus and zoom types of recorders and there features for
accessibility

Hello all,
Here recently, I started looking into a decent handheld recorder,
specifically one with the ability to record in fairly high quality stereo
and also be used as an external microphone for a computer.
While searching around for documentation on the different models, apparently
quite lacking with blindcooltech no longer working, I came across this list
and was hoping to refresh the interest in this topic and hopefully get some
advice.
So far, from what I've been able to dig up, it's a choice between, the
dm-520 or 620, the ls models, 5, 10, 14 and 100 and of course, the H1 from
zoom.
My main issues with locating documentation, specifically on the dm-620 is
the fact that several pages on this device state that it does not have the
accessible menus, comparing it to the dm-670, apparently a device specific
to European markets.
This however does not seem to be the case, as other sources state that it
comes with support for use by the visually impaired.
I've been able to locate a few of the podcasts, recorded by Neal Eurs and am
in the process of searching for any others I can find, however, one thing I
still can't find any information on is the ability to use these devices as
an external stereo mic for a computer, outside of recording. I'm honestly
not sure if this is just a lack of me not knowing the term used to describe
this, but even in the manuals for the olympus devices I've found, I can't
find any mention of this. I do know that the zoom has this ability and also
that several devices from olympus do as well, but I'm just looking for a
more complete list of accurate manuals/documentation.
I'm even considering contacting Olympus, here in the US to ask also, but I
wanted to find a list to hopefully ask other folks who've used these devices
first.
Lastly, I'm looking to spend at most around 200 dollars, hopefully a little
cheaper so any ideas that anyone can give that may fit the bill would be
greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Blessings.

Olympus and zoom types of recorders and there features for accessibility

[jeremy]

Hello all,
Here recently, I started looking into a decent handheld recorder, 
specifically one with the ability to record in fairly high quality 
stereo and also be used as an external microphone for a computer.
While searching around for documentation on the different models, 
apparently quite lacking with blindcooltech no longer working, I came 
across this list and was hoping to refresh the interest in this topic 
and hopefully get some advice.
So far, from what I've been able to dig up, it's a choice between, the 
dm-520 or 620, the ls models, 5, 10, 14 and 100 and of course, the H1 
from zoom.
My main issues with locating documentation, specifically on the dm-620 
is the fact that several pages on this device state that it does not 
have the accessible menus, comparing it to the dm-670, apparently a 
device specific to European markets.
This however does not seem to be the case, as other sources state that 
it comes with support for use by the visually impaired.
I've been able to locate a few of the podcasts, recorded by Neal Eurs 
and am in the process of searching for any others I can find, however, 
one thing I still can't find any information on is the ability to use 
these devices as an external stereo mic for a computer, outside of 
recording. I'm honestly not sure if this is just a lack of me not 
knowing the term used to describe this, but even in the manuals for the 
olympus devices I've found, I can't find any mention of this. I do know 
that the zoom has this ability and also that several devices from 
olympus do as well, but I'm just looking for a more complete list of 
accurate manuals/documentation.
I'm even considering contacting Olympus, here in the US to ask also, but 
I wanted to find a list to hopefully ask other folks who've used these 
devices first.
Lastly, I'm looking to spend at most around 200 dollars, hopefully a 
little cheaper so any ideas that anyone can give that may fit the bill 
would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
Blessings.

Re: Questions about dvd2mp3.

[Jeremy Hartley]

Thanks.

After I wrote the message, I discovered the software you referred to.  Works
great!


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 maybe you should try the Imtoo DVD Audio Ripper software to convert
 your DVD to  MP3.

 It's very accessible; I use it all the time.

 www.imtoo.com



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Questions about dvd2mp3.

[Jeremy Hartley]

Hello folks,

I recently had to set up another computer after my hard drive crashed on my main 
system.  I downloaded another copy of what I thought was the same dvd2mp3 program that 
I used to use on my old machine.  Sadly, this version now called ultra dvd2mp3 is 
not as accessible as the older program that I downloaded thanks to this list in 
January.

My questions are: Is anyone on this list using the latest version of dvd2mp3 
successfully?  I find that I am unable to select specific titles or chapters anymore, 
even if I use the shift downarrow or use the Jaws cursor.  The program still wants to 
rip each chapter from each title to separate files!  Yikes!  I don't like this new 
interface! grin

Also, I find the help file to be very unhelpful, and in broken English.

I normally don't rip audio from a dvd, but I have stumbled on a dvd that can not be 
accessed in the normal way from within WinDVD.  There is no title menu to speak of 
that can be accessed with the t key.  Frustrating! grin

Thanks.

Jeremy
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Using Rhapsody.

[Jeremy Hartley]

Hi folks.

I just subscribed to Real Rhapsody, and find it amazing.  I am able to get
around pretty well using virtual cursor mode in Jaws.  I found that ctrl+b
moves you backward through a play list, ctrl+f moves you forward, ctrl+p
plays and pauses, ctrl+s stops a track, etc.

Has anyone else found any other keystrokes or other tips for using rhapsody
with a screen reader?

Thanks.

Jeremy


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