Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

2009-03-17 Thread E. Riley Casey
AIF and wav formats are exactly the non-lossy formats you want to save into for compatibility with other playback apps. Audacity's proprietary file format is a nuisance, a side effect of the programs' aspirations to be a real DAW. Get what you pay for, pay for what you get. At 8:24 PM

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread Jeff Wright
That's really pretty difficult to do for a Windows component. When I try it, I can only find an old update, which should have been installed automatically in 2007. And there's no listing in Add-Remove Programs. Huh? It's right here on the MS site:

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread John Settle
Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow wrote: I appreciate all of the discussion under this title Meanwhile, I still don't get any audio on some WMV files and I do get sound on others -- using WMP 11. Still looking for any firm advice/how-to to fix this problem. Would appreciate any help.? Thanks.

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread Tony B
I'm not sure _what_ that is, but it seems to be for an older version of Windows. Vista comes with WMP11. On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com wrote: That's really pretty difficult to do for a Windows component. When I try it, I can only find an old update, which

[CGUYS] Q: preferred method of media delivery via web site

2009-03-17 Thread Business Her Way
Today's client question is what is the current thinking about preferred format for delivering online media/movies via a web site: DVD, quicktime, wmv or other (please specify if you use something else). Thanks for any feedback. -- -- Gayley Knight Business Her Way twitter.com/mothergeek

Re: [CGUYS] Q: preferred method of media delivery via web site

2009-03-17 Thread Tony B
Depends what she means by 'deliver'. We mostly use Vimeo right now, but I don't think they allow downloading. I like Google Video myself, but again, no downloading. If the client must download a preview quality video, I'd likely just upload a .wmv via ftp for them. The internet's still way too

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Marcio
Many thanks... I am looking for this folder Favorites and I can´t find it. I have C: and D:. Please advise Marcio -Original Message- From: Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.com Sent: Mar 11, 2009 6:53 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread Jeff Wright
I'm not sure _what_ that is, but it seems to be for an older version of Windows. Vista comes with WMP11. That's odd that they don't have a d/l for Vista. I didn't even notice that. I would try to install it anyway. At worst it will bark at you that it's for XP.

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Chris Dunford
Many thanks... I am looking for this folder Favorites and I can´t find it. I have C: and D:. Please advise Marcio If you are running XP, it should be C:\ Documents and Settings\username\Favorites. For Vista, it's C:\Users\username\Favorites. (Actually, in Vista you can just type Favorites

[CGUYS] Update: Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow
I have downloaded and reinstalled the latest version of WMP (did it again today).? No difference. I went to the sound card driver site and downloaded and reinstalled the latest drivers (Creative SB Live! 24-bit) and here's the result: 1. No fix to the sound issue. 2. Now whenever I boot I get

Re: [CGUYS] Q: preferred method of media delivery via web site

2009-03-17 Thread John Settle
How about Mevio? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] Q: preferred method of media delivery via web site

2009-03-17 Thread John Settle
You might investigate Mevio. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] Update: Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread Richard P.
System Restore? Richard P.  I have downloaded and reinstalled the latest version of WMP (did it again today).? No difference. I went to the sound card driver site and downloaded and reinstalled the latest drivers (Creative SB Live! 24-bit) and here's the result: 1. No fix to the sound

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread John Settle
To: Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow Be careful on the uninstall/re-install. MS Support page advises that when WMP11 is uninstalled ,you will lose your DRM license library and so be unable to play any DRM'd media files you may have purchased. There are sites you can find in Google that will tell

Re: [CGUYS] Update: Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread John Settle
Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow wrote: 2. Now whenever I boot I get this error message: Rundll.? Error loading P17.dll.? The specified module could not be found. I am giving up on the sound issue, but now have to find out how to get rid of that error message.? I have run several registry cleaners

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Tony B
You do not need to screw with manually saving your favorites. Just get any bookmark synchronizer like the freeware Foxmarks (http://download.foxmarks.com/download/all) and your Favorites are automatically sync'ed among all your devices, be it a new computer or your laptop. They're also safely

Re: [CGUYS] Q: preferred method of media delivery via web site

2009-03-17 Thread Business Her Way
Thanks. Will do. Another of which I have not heard. /gayley On Mar 17, 2009, at 1:13 PM, John Settle wrote: You might investigate Mevio. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
You do not need to screw with manually saving your favorites. Just get any bookmark synchronizer like the freeware Foxmarks (http://download.foxmarks.com/download/all) and your Favorites are automatically sync'ed among all your devices, be it a new computer or your laptop. They're also safely

Re: [CGUYS] Q: preferred method of media delivery via web site

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
Today's client question is what is the current thinking about preferred format for delivering online media/movies via a web site: This is a moving target. Someone mentioned Google Video, but that will be closed up soon. There are newer services like Mevio, but who knows how long they will be

Re: [CGUYS] Update: Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow
Have you tried to player the WMV files that have no sound in WMP 11 with any other player like VLC, Wimamp, Media Player Classic etc.? If so, did they have audio playback? If not, give it a try with VLC and see if it works. That way you can at least exclude a problem with the WMV

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread gerald
as an aside, last i recall, marcio was running windows ME on that machine At 01:42 PM 3/17/2009, you wrote: You do not need to screw with manually saving your favorites. Just get any bookmark synchronizer like the freeware Foxmarks (http://download.foxmarks.com/download/all) and your Favorites

Re: [CGUYS] Q: preferred method of media delivery via web site

2009-03-17 Thread b_s-wilk
Today's client question is what is the current thinking about preferred format for delivering online media/movies via a web site: DVD, quicktime, wmv or other (please specify if you use something else). Thanks for any feedback. -- You want to use media with two important criteria:

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

2009-03-17 Thread b_s-wilk
AIF and wav formats are exactly the non-lossy formats you want to save into for compatibility with other playback apps. Audacity's proprietary file format is a nuisance, a side effect of the programs' aspirations to be a real DAW. Get what you pay for, pay for what you get. I missed a comma

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
Yes, if you aren't careful you could overwrite your bookmarks. But they're also stored locally, so you could recover them by all the usual methods. e.g. from another one of your computers, or from a backup. I have read some sad sad bookmark stories. Poof, allgone!

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
Do you have occasion to use lossy formats? Which codec? I usually keep the original as a WAV, but recently people have been recording direct to MP3 so I don't have that choice. * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] Update: Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread John Settle
Tourbus Rider wrote: I have also tried the System Restore, and for some reason, as it reboots it tells me that the system restore was not successful.? I have no idea why I am running in to this. So now there are three issues, and if you can provide any pointers I'd sure appreciate it! -

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Marcio
Gerald you remember right but since that time I upgraded to WIndows XP Professional on the top of ME ( so proud of it...). The new one that is coming is also XP, I am not ready for Vista... But I have to find a way to save and install the Favorites in the new one... Marcio -Original

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Tony B
So, what's your point? That everyone should eschew bookmark synchronization because something bad _might_ happen? If so, how do _you_ handle this task so that all risk is eliminated? You've apparently succeeded in scaring Marcio who is now still convinced he's got to find and transfer files on

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

2009-03-17 Thread Eric S. Sande
How about FLAC? There's comsiderable (possibly nonproductive) debate among computer audio people about whether decompressing a FLAC file on the fly imposes enough overhead to affect the sound. It's for sure that FLAC is the better download format, as it can be converted to WAV once at the

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Terry Kilburg
The fastest way is to go to your Internet Browser if it is IE, go to File-Import/export-Next-select Export and pop in a writable CD. Have did that for over 12 yrs throughout computers. Online syncing is excellent but i lost mine once but i created a backup externally. Back 'em up and then dig

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Steve at Verizon
And for you Firefox (and Thunderbird) users, MozBackup is a very easy backup/restore utility. I use it to sync with my laptop (does not only bookmarks, but your Bookmark Toolbar, saved logon passwords, etc.) Terry Kilburg wrote: The fastest way is to go to your Internet Browser if it is IE,

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

2009-03-17 Thread Eric S. Sande
It's unfortunate that the standard of audio reproduction is now the built in speakers on a laptop or the earbuds on the rack at Walmart. It's far from any kind of standard. It's mass market crap. Riley, most people don't know any better. I doubt you could make a case that 45 rpm singles and