Re: "Switch" & "Tunebite"

2008-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Plus license upgrade at the end of the free trial period, the advanced features will be disabled but the standard Switch features will continue to work. Christopher Chaltain wrote: > Well, I'm in a rush now, so I'll look into this later, but my 21 days > ran out on Switch mon

Re: "Switch" & "Tunebite"

2008-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
do anything with it. > - Original Message - > From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:18 PM > Subject: Re: "Switch" & "Tunebite" > > > >>

Re: DTV Converter Boxes

2008-04-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm sure I'm straying off topic, but you shouldn't have any trouble getting a HD LCD TV for less than $500. For example, on woot.com today they have a 32 inch LCD HD TV for $459.99 plus $5 shipping. The brand is Digital Lifestyles, which I've never heard of before. It may be the case that 19 in

Re: surround sound headphones: are they a rip-off

2008-05-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I have the Zalman 5.1 headphones, and although I don't use them as much as I thought I would, they are a nice set of headphones. You can find a review of them at http://www.hardwaremods.com/reviews/lan/zalman-headphones-review.html. BTW, they get surround sound by actually having multiple speak

Re: Extending the recording time in Sound Recorder

2008-05-06 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I doubt I'm the "Chris" this was intended for, but Winamp4TheBlind is indeed active, and you can find out everything you need to about the Winamp4TheBlind mailing list at http://www.freelists.org/list/winamp4theblind. I thought it was interesting that the posts to Winamp4TheBlind don't have an

Re: A Question About Ipods

2008-05-11 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, there's no need to guess, just go to rockbox.org and right on the front page it says the following with respect to supported players: • Apple: 1st through 5.5th generation iPod, iPod Mini and 1st generation iPod Nano (not the Shuffle, 2nd/3rd gen Nano, Classic or Touch) I don't use the Na

Re: A Question About Ipods

2008-05-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I apologize if I already posted this, but the Zen Stone is a real good option, I have one myself, but it's capacity is only a few GB, and it doesn't support lossless or uncompressed formats. Valiant8086 (on laptop) wrote: > Hi. > If you're trying to use one with rockbox, go to http://rockbox.org

Re: A Question About IPods

2008-05-16 Thread Christopher Chaltain
quot;K. Gillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:04 PM > Subject: RE: A Question About IPods > > > >> Either does an IPOD. >> >> Do some Googling And please let us know what

Re: Which Players do best with which players

2008-05-31 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Which update pop up are you talking about? If it's the one that let's you know about a new version when you start Winamp, you can disable that in the settings. Go into Winamp preferences, I use Control-p. Arrow up or down until you get to "General Preferences". You can then tab over to "Check f

Re: Unfortunate News From America Online (AOL)

2008-06-08 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, I fully believe that law suits should be a last resort, and we shouldn't "panic". In this case though, I'd like to point out a few things. "we will take some significant steps backward as we transition to the use of a third party player. We apologize for the inconvenience" I believe Curti

Re: talks

2008-06-08 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Personally, I'd avoid Series 80 and Series 60 2nd edition phones right now. Nuance has updated Talks for Series 80 phones in a while and Nokia hasn't released a Series 80 phone in a while either. Similarly, Series 60 2nd edition phones aren't being produced any more, and I don't know how much l

Re: DRM WMA conversion to MP3.

2008-06-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I've heard a program called Sound taxi can do this. I think it has a limited functionality demo. I don't use it myself, so unfortunately I can't say more. Hopefully, this will point you in a promising direction though. John covici wrote: > Total recorder should work fine for that purpose. > > o

Re: having cd ex rip your cd's at 320 bit rate

2008-06-29 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm a bit confused by your question. Have you brought up CDEX and looked through the settings? Do you have questions about specific settings? I'm worried I'll be talking down to you, but I'd start by going into the Settings for CDEX. You can get there with F4 or using the menu bar Options -> Se

Re: Zen Stone 2GB with speaker

2008-06-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I think someone already posted this to the list, but blind people have reported that they can use the Zen Stones that come with displays. I haven't seen these models reviewed by a blind user though, and I haven't heard that the menus always come up in the same starting point or whether they wra

Re: stripping audio from an avi file

2008-07-07 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I use two different programs which can take you directly from an AVI (and several other audio and video formats) directly to an MP3 (or several other audio and video formats). They're both very easy to use and totally accessible with JAWS, and I would assume any other screen reader. The first

Re: stripping audio from an avi file

2008-07-07 Thread Christopher Chaltain
oices to investigate and >> determine which works best for me. once again, thanks. >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008

Re: stripping audio from an avi file

2008-07-07 Thread Christopher Chaltain
; MP3 wasn't listed, but it may be included in one of the schemes listed. Timothy wrote: > It would seem that way. > ----- Original Message - > From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Monday

Re: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better

2008-07-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
This is just my $0.02, but I think it's an interesting way to start out a positive article, i.e. referring to your Windows PC and a Trashbox PC. I know it discourages me, a Windows PC user, from reading the rest of the article. Steve Pattison wrote: > From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To

Re: When the escape key does not work?Re: How to get ridofsoundsonwebpages.

2008-07-20 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I've found that some pages launch some sort of built in player, and I haven't found anything to silence those. I recently just saw that WebVisum has a feature to turn off background audio from web pages. I'm not sure if it's any more effective than the options already mentioned here, but you ca

Re: RAR Files

2008-07-21 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I use 7-Zip from http://www.7-zip.org/ to access RAR files as well as other formats. Marsha wrote: > Hi > What I meant was, what can I use to open RAR files? > > Marsha > > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To

Re: convert ogg files

2008-08-01 Thread Christopher Chaltain
It looks like Switch Sound File converter from http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html will do what you want. When you download it, you'll get a 14 day trial of the full software. After 14 days, it'll continue to work in a more limited fashion. From looking through the FAQ, it looks like it'll

Re: looking for freeware wma to mp3 converter

2008-08-01 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I can't help you with a freeware audio converter, but Switch Sound File converter from http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html will do what you want in it's free version. When you download Switch, you'll get a 14 day trial of the full version. After 14 days, it'll continue to work in a more lim

Re: convert ogg files

2008-08-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
her. Arthour Barney sent me Winlame, a free utility that > does ogg, wma, mp3 encoding/decoding. Works real nice with Jaws too. > > http://winlame.sourceforge.net/. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message - > From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: best player for blind person for mp3s?

2008-08-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
All points I was going to make! From my own personal experience, I would just like to add the following. I have a Zen Stone with an External Speaker that I highly recommend. It has a 2GB capacity. It has no screen, and it's totally accessible. I upgraded to this from my 1GB Zen Stone, which als

Re: Audacity user's guide

2008-08-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not an Audacity user, but a quick search on Yahoo! lead me to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. Downloading it from there looks pretty straight forward. There's a heading/link "Download Audacity 1.2.6. Vinny Samarco wrote: > where do we get audacity? > Vinny > - Original Message - >

Re: Olympus WS_311M and Rockbox or any other available accessibility toolfor it

2008-08-20 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm guessing Rockbox doesn't support the Olympus WS_311M Recorder/Player. The only player from Olympus listed off of rockbox.org is m:robe 100. It's obviously moot now, but if you have any suggestions about Rockbox, I too would recommend checking out rockbox.org. You aren't going to get better

Re: Olympus WS_311m and Rockbox

2008-08-22 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I think I know the email you're referring to, and I don't think it was mine, but let me just point out a few things There were two questions that came into this mailing list within a few days of each other, both asking about support of an Olympus player with Rockbox. I'm not sure if they both c

Re: best player for blind person for mp3s?

2008-08-22 Thread Christopher Chaltain
ginal Message - > From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:19 PM > Subject: Re: best player for blind person for mp3s? > > > >> All points I was going to make! Fro

Re: TV Tuner Card

2008-08-23 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Wow, thanks for the information Dane! Do you know or could you find out what PVR application you got with the card? Sometimes they package another company's PVR with their card. If that's the case, and I can find a trial of that application, I may be able to see if it works with my TV tuner car

Re: DEALNEWS ALERT: Creative Labs MuVo T100 4GB MP3 Player $35

2008-08-25 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I agree. I used to have a 128M MP3 player, and I could fit about 1 CD's worth of music on it at a time. I was ripping things at a pretty high bit rate. This would mean you could get 32 CD's worth of music on a 4GB MP3 player, which would be over 300 tracks. Of course, with a lower bit rate, you

Re: How can I stream so WIndows moble devices such as the Packmate can tune in?

2008-08-25 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I haven't used it myself, but I've heard good things about Orb from http://www.orb.com/. Alex Follo wrote: -- Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank emai

Re: Any interests in me making MP3 tutorials on Replay Converter 3.05+

2008-08-28 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I have Replay converter, but I used Yahoo! to find the following web page: http://www.replay-converter.com/replay-converter/index.php Dan Thompson wrote: > I would like that and where can I get tthe replay converter program? > - Original Message - > From: "Mac Norins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: dvd audio extractor

2008-09-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
What application are you using? The application DVD Audio Extractor has several settings that will help with this. For example, you could break the movie up into chapters but then have it create a playlist of all of the chapters for you. You could also have it create one audio file for the whol

Re: Itunes 8 now accessible

2008-09-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
In response to the question "Does the Nano require you to install software to have speech?"I also think you need to have iTunes 8 on your PC. I don't think you need to install any software on the Nano though. Jonathan Mosen wrote: > Hi Stephen, I have not played with one so am going based on wha

Re: Itunes 8 now accessible

2008-09-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, I don't agree with the statement "rather than just being content to sit back as blind people do on the whole and wine about how this isn't perfect, that isn't perfect or the other isn't accessible," and yes I did notice the smiley at the end! IMHO, blind people are people too, and this me

Re: dvd audio extractor

2008-09-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
DVD's often have multiple video's on them. DVD Audio Extractor does a good job of guessing which one is the main video, but you might want to check that you're selecting the right video, i.e. usually the largest. doc wrote: > I think my copy has a flaw. When I uncheck that box I only get a 19 se

Re: Itunes 8 now accessible

2008-09-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yes, if you read down through this thread far enough, I think you'll see that if you have an iPod Nano (4th generation) and iTunes version 8 on your Mac or PC then you can set it up so that the Nano will given you spoken menus as well as spoken file and track names. Furthermore, iTunes version

Re: Itunes 8 now accessible

2008-09-11 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, a quick search on Yahoo lead to the very informative web site http://www.apple.com/accessibility/itunes/vision.html. The iPod in question is the iPod Nano (4th geneteration). I'd suggest following the above link to get all of the formatting and a lot more information, but for those who do

Re: Accessibility of Songbird

2008-09-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I used it quite a while ago, and I didn't find it accessible. I've heard rumors that people are working on it's accessibility. Given how long it's been since I've tried it, I'd say it's worth trying out. Blackwell, Clifford wrote: > Some recently recommended Songbird as a good music management,

Re: Is there anyone here who uses audasity? If so I need a little help

2008-09-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Using Yahoo, I found http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ which says "Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems." There's more information, including a download link on the same we

Re: talking ipod and Itunes

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You can purchase the iPod Nano 4th Generation in all of the usual places for Apple iPods both on-line and at your favorite brick front store. Last I saw, the 8G version was going for about $149 and the 16G for $199. iTunes 8 is free, and you can download it from Apple. For more information, I'd

Re: talking ipod and Itunes

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
> Does this mean you can get it at wall mart? > - Original Message - > From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:26 AM > Subject: Re: talking ipod and Itunes >

Re: talking ipod and Itunes

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You said a few things which don't agree with my understanding. The only iPod's currently supported by Rockbox are "Apple: 1st through 5.5th generation iPod, iPod Mini and 1st generation iPod Nano (not the Shuffle, 2nd/3rd gen Nano, Classic or Touch)." Of course, other brands of MP3 players are

Re: talking ipod and Itunes

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
no can be accessed as a > drive; however, only as a storage device -- that is to say, that you cannot > play files that you place on the Nano in that manor. > > Cheers. > > - Original Message - > From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: Rockbox 3.0 is out

2008-09-27 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Following the link in the original note, I found the release notes for Rockbox 3.0 at http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/ReleaseNotes30, and under the support players section, it includes "• iriver: H100, H300 and H10 series", so I think the answer is yes. André van Deventer wrote: H

Re: Itunes 8 now accessible

2008-10-01 Thread Christopher Chaltain
In addition to what Steve said, I don't think you can make a broad statement about the sound quality of all cell phones and PDA's. There's no reason a cell phone couldn't have the exact same chips, hardware and algorithms found in a dedicated MP3 player. Some phones, like the Nokia N series, ar

Re: Replay Converter & ripping DVDs to mp4 & more (Mosen)

2008-10-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I went to the Try It site for Replay converter at http://www.replay-converter.com/replay-converter/demo.php, and it said: Try Replay Converter before you buy! Download Replay Converter right now, and use all the program features. This demo is fully functional, except for a watermark added to v

Re: Wireless headset, bluetooth or RF?

2008-10-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Neither RF or Bluetooth require line of sight. You're probably thinking of infrared, and I doubt you'll find a wireless headset using infrared. Bluetooth is digital, so you should get better quality and no static, but only a range of 30 feet or less. RF will give you much more range, but maybe

Re: Itunes 8 now accessible

2008-10-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not Pam, and I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, so I apologize if this doesn't help, but iTunes is free and you can download it at http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/. Sabaruddin Isa wrote: Hi where can i try I Tune 8 Pam? thanks On 10/3/08, Pam Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Replay Converter & ripping DVDs to mp4 & more (Mosen)

2008-10-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
to convert a DVD to a smaller format so my son might be able to watch it on a Zen x-fi? Thanks much, Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:04 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject

Re: The Klango Player

2008-10-07 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not a user of the Klango Player yet, but a few minutes with Yahoo! led me to the Klango Player readme at http://en.klango.net/readme/index.php?type=readme&lang=en&idx=0&toc=expanded. On this web page it says in part: Klango Player, the accessible multimedia center The Klango Player is one

Re: SV: J-Tunes 4.0 is released!

2008-10-11 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I too am a fan of freeware and open source software, but remember iTunes has only just now become accessible "out of the box". You may also need the latest versions of the screen readers as well, like the second release of the JAWS 10 Beta, although I'm not sure about this particular point. I'm

Re: Free Audio And Video Converter And Editor?

2008-10-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The free audio converter I use is Switch from http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html. It comes with a trial period after which some of the features are disabled. The sound conversions I do, such as WMV to MP3 for example, still work in the free version even after the trial period. I'm not sure

Re: Free Audio And Video Converter And Editor?

2008-10-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Ugerdodge wrote: I heard about GoldWave. What can you say about it? - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: Re: Free Audio And Video Converter And Edit

Re: mp3 player

2008-11-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't recall any off the shelf media player being mentioned that came with built in speech. I wonder if you're thinking about the iPod Nano 4th Generation. Using iTunes on your PC you can set it up to speak the menus to you and record sound clips of the files and directories you have on the

Re: another winamp question

2008-11-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Make sure you're in the right Winamp window when you press the space bar. I'm not sure what it's called, but it works for me in the window which has the name of the track in the title bar. You can use the control-tab key sequence to cycle through your winamp windows. You may also have problems

Re: Does the sound quality of different software media players differ?

2008-12-27 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm no audiophile, and my ears aren't what they used to be, but I would be a little surprised if there were any noticeable difference in the quality of the output you get from different media players. I haven't researched this in particular, but the different reviews I've read of the different

Re: Does the sound quality of different software media players differ?

2008-12-28 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I think the other players that were mentioned include: VLC media player from http://www.videolan.org/ jetAudio from http://www.jetaudio.com/ foobar2000 from http://www.foobar2000.org/ Dana S. Leslie wrote: http://www.winamp.com/ http://www.real.com/ Windows Media Player (WMP), of course, com

Re: Foobar 2000

2008-12-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't use FooBar 2000 anymore, but in following different mailing lists, I have heard that you have to designate your own shortcut keys now. André van Deventer wrote: Hi all Experimenting with foobar 2000 again after quite a few years. The version I used to have had shortcut keys for thing

Re: new Mediaplayer available

2009-01-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Have you checked out the web site or tried the player itself yet? The attached email and web site talk about screen readers and Talking Books, so I would assume that it would be blind friendly. I'm just wondering if you've come across something that makes you doubt this. sean waiting wrote: D

Re: utorrent, need help getting started

2009-01-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm using the latest version of uTorrent with JFW, and I never noticed that I got less information as I moved from release to release. I'm curious, what are you missing in the newer versions of uTorrent? It's probably that I just know as much about uTorrent as I need to download the occasional

Re: Nokia N75

2009-01-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
When you plug the N75 into your PC with the USB data cable, a dialog comes up on the N75 asking what connection mode you want to use. If you'll be using PC Suite to install MS then you'll want to use PC Suite mode. Unfortunately, I've had my Nokia N75 for a while, and I can't recall what order

Re: Utorrent

2009-01-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Once you use your browser to load torrents into uTorrent and start your torrent downloads, using uTorrent is pretty straightforward. You can tab around the main menu until you get to the list of torrents you're downloading. There is a combo box where you can restrict the view, but I just usuall

Re: Nokia N75

2009-01-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Sorry, I don't understand the question. All Series 60 3rd edition phones work this way, and it doesn't make any difference whether you're using Talks or MS. The initial order the options come up in will be the same, but this is configurable, so I can't recall what that order was originally. Mr

Re: .wv files?

2009-01-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I haven't encountered this file extension myself, but a quick trip to Google.com lead to http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/wv where it says: File Type WavPack Audio File Category Audio Files Common? No File Description Audio file compressed using WavPack Hybrid Lossless Compression; because

Re: Searching for torrents

2009-01-06 Thread Christopher Chaltain
There are, for example, I generally use isohunt.com. I've forgotten the other torrent sites I've used, but I'm sure others will chime in, and of course, you can find more than you can shake a stick at with Google. Donald L. Roberts wrote: There is a great deal which I don't know about torrents

Re: WavPack compression and Decompression?

2009-01-06 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not a WavPack user, so I'm just going on what I see on the web pages, but maybe Speek's Frontend from http://www.wavpack.com/links.html is what you're looking for. Other than that, the command line utility may have what you want. I'm thinking of WavPack Win32 from http://www.wavpack.com/do

Re: creative media lite

2009-01-08 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The link below also has instructions on using the scripts, a description of the Creative Media Lite interface as well as the Zen Stone. BTW, I've never had any problems with the scripts, and I appreciate the effort Brian took to write them and provide the information he does on the web site.

Media Monkey

2009-01-09 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I posted this question to the JFW scripts list a few days ago, but thought I would send it to an audio list as well. I spent more time than I'd care to mention looking for a juke box application to help me manage my music library. After spending a lot of time with Windows Media Player, Winamp

Re: New Winamp And Last Url Visited In Winamp

2009-01-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You can find it on other sites, but I still get it from winamp.com. If you follow the "Download Winamp" link near the top of the page, you'll go to the site http://www.winamp.com/player. There's a little dialog to fill out beneath the heading "Choose your Winamp". The dialog prompts you for thi

Re: New Winamp And Last Url Visited In Winamp

2009-01-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
n one find them? Peter -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:14 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: New Winamp And Last Url Visited In Winamp You can find

Re: need help with rar files.

2009-01-27 Thread Christopher Chaltain
A RAR file is a compressed archive, not unlike ZIP. You need to extract your media files from the RAR file first. I use 7-Zip from http://www.7-zip.org/ to manage RAR files, but there are a lot of choices. aadorno wrote: hi list I have a lot of rar files right now at the moment i can not play

Re: 3gp

2009-01-28 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I never heard of this file extension before, but my first hit on google.com lead me to http://filext.com/file-extension/3GP, where it said: 3GPP and 3GPP2 are the new worldwide standards for the creation, delivery and playback of multimedia over 3rd generation, high-speed wireless networks. De

Re: 3gp

2009-01-29 Thread Christopher Chaltain
mac computers? and how rich does it sound. Does it sound better than an mp3 or does the sound quality sound the same? Sincerely, Jason known as Blind Fury windowslive contact kb3...@msn.com skype contact kb3icc - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "P

Internet RadioFan accessible and available from Giveaway of the Day

2009-02-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I just downloaded the program Internet RadioFan from http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/, and it appears to be pretty accessible with JFW. You can even adjust the volume independently of JFW's volume. I haven't checked out the more advanced features, like using presets, but I was able to arrow and

Re: extracting the audio from an mp4 video file

2009-02-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I just posted the following to another list: Switch Sound file converter will do what you want. The FAQ on the formats it supports, which includes a link to download the program, is http://www.nch.com.au/switch/kb/747.html . This is a 14 day trial for Switch+. After the 14 days, it still wor

Re: extracting the audio from an mp4 video file

2009-02-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Sorry, but I'm not sure what you're asking. If you follow the link I provided in the email below, you'll see that Switch can convert .rm, .ra and .ram (Real media formats) to WMA, a Windows Media Player format. Just download Switch from http://www.nch.com.au/switch/kb/747.html, load the Real m

Re: converting mp3 to gp3 or mp4 etc question

2009-02-08 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You can use Switch Sound File converter. The FAQ on the files types supported, which includes a link where you can download the program, is at http://www.nch.com.au/switch/kb/747.html. This is a 14 day free trial, but after the 14 days is up, it'll still work in a limited fashion, but convertin

Re: converting mp3 to gp3 or mp4 etc question

2009-02-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
All true, but since they're so ubiquitous I don't think anyone needs to worry about MP3's going away any time soon or devices and software coming out that doesn't support MP3's. Dana S. Leslie wrote: Because they are too poor in sound quality, and too large in file size; and because the MPEG3

Re: windows media player

2013-05-11 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm curious, what kind of other junk does Winamp put on your system that you can't control during installation? I guess I never noticed that the full version dumped much stuff on my system. On 05/11/2013 12:40 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Steve and list: One tip about Winamp (at least this has been

Re: lowering the bit rate

2013-05-12 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Any ripper or audio conversion tool should be able to do this. I've done it with iTunes recently. In the past, I've done it with CDex and Switch. I'm also pretty sure you could do it with Winamp and Windows Media Player. On 05/12/2013 04:17 AM, Adrien Collins wrote: Hi Kevin ok I have sound t

Re: Dvd Audio Extraction

2013-05-12 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I would agree. I've tried other programs, but they all require you to know a bit about the files on your DVD. Sometimes extracting the audio from the right file can be a bit hit or miss. DVD Audio Extractor takes any guess work out of it. On 05/12/2013 05:27 PM, James Scholes wrote: DVD Audio

Re: Dvd Audio Extraction

2013-05-12 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Could you explain this a bit? DVD Audio Extractor allows you to specify the bit rate of the output file or even use a lossless format, so what is it about imtoo dvd audio ripper that results in higher quality output? For others, here are a few more features you get with DVD Audio Extractor: ht

Re: Feedback Needed Concerning Sound Cards

2013-05-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Are you talking about a desktop system or a laptop? Any desktop system should have empty PCIE slots and open USB ports, so you should be fine. If you're talking about a laptop, I think you can get pretty good USB sound cards, so that shouldn't be a problem. There are a few brands of laptops tha

Re: winamp remote

2013-06-12 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I took a look at it ages ago and had no success. It's been so long, I wouldn't take my word for it though. On 06/12/2013 06:29 AM, Robert Doc Wright wrote: Has anyone used this with any success? *** When you give unto others whether or not they give to you in return, It matters not for your

Re: unsubscribe

2013-06-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Ironically, the first line after you're request to be taken off list is: > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org This appears at the bottom of every message on this list. Have you tried this route yet? If it didn't work, did you get any respon

Links in Thunderbird and sending email from IE [was "Re: <>"]

2013-06-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Using a subject line might help get your questions noticed by the right people. The settings to send email with Thunderbird in IE will be found in IE and Not Thunderbird. Go into your IE settings and look for applications. You should be able to set Thunderbird as your email client in IE. Sorry

Re: Working with the Sandisk Sansa-270

2009-02-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Actually, from the rockbox.com web site it says: "• SanDisk: Sansa c200, e200 and e200R series (not the v2 models)", so make sure you're talking about a v1 model. Timothy wrote: Yes it will. All Sansa c200, e200 and e200R series will work with rockbox. You can find more info at: www.rockbox.

Re: Working with the Sandisk Sansa-270

2009-02-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
ard Drive, connecsant AC-link audio - Original Message - From: "Julio" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 12:45 PM Subject: Re: Working with the Sandisk Sansa-270 so then what will I ask them when I go buy one? and what mp3 player do you h

Re: Working with the Sandisk Sansa-270

2009-02-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Oops, sorry for how that message came across. I didn't mean to make it sound like I was telling timothy what to talk about. I was just trying to tell Julio that you need to make sure you have a v1 model of the e250. Christopher Chaltain wrote: Actually, from the rockbox.com web site it

Re: Working with the Sandisk Sansa-270

2009-02-16 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I assume it's not trivial to tell whether a Sansa e200 is a v1 or a v2 model, since if it were, I'd assume the information I found on the web would have indicated such. Therefore, I doubt it says on the packaging whether you're getting a v1 or a v2 model. The best way to tell, from what I've fo

Re: mp3 players best for totally blind people

2009-02-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I think what he means is that it requires a bit of set up to make it accessible, so therefore, it isn't going to talk to you as soon as you pull it out of the box. You'll need to have iTunes 8 running on your PC and then you'll need to attach the iPod nano to your PC and adjust some configurati

Re: mp3 players best for totally blind people

2009-02-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
As others have said the Zen Stone is an off the shelf portable media player that, since it doesn't have a display is totally accessible. I use this myself, especially for proprietary and protected formats, such as Audible, Overdrive and DRM. Rockbox is a firmware replacement for portable media

Re: mp3 players best for totally blind people

2009-02-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Remember that the iPod's are an Apple product and will primarily play MP3, WAV and Apple formats. From the technical specifications at http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/specs.html: Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audi

Re: mp3 players best for totally blind people

2009-02-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The iPod Nano looks like it comes in a 8GB and a 16GB capacity at the moment. Remember, it's the iPod Nano 4th Generation that has the talking menus feature. It looks like the iPod Classic has a 120GB version at the moment, but I don't think it's accessible. I got the above information from

Re: where to buy the Zenstone mp3 player?

2009-03-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I got mine at Fry's, but that was a while ago, and based on searching through outpost.com, it doesn't look like Fry's carries them anymore. I'd recommend the Zen Stone with External Speaker in the largest capacity you can get. I have a 2GB, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could get them in

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-06 Thread Christopher Chaltain
One nice site where you can get quite a few movies (actually just the audio) including described video is the Blind Mice Movie Vault at http://www.blindmicemart.com/assets/product_images/movies2.html. Steve Matzura wrote: Presume no such thing. DVS on commercial video is quite rare. Would th

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Do you feel this way about all advocacy groups or just the NFB? Joining a mailing list isn't the same as joining an advocacy group, helping to set it's agenda and then working to implement that agenda. I don't always agree with the positions of the NFB or ACB, but I respect them as organization

Sorry! [was "Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads"]

2009-03-07 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Oops, sorry! I meant to send that privately. I guess I forgot to change the address. I beg forgiveness from the list and the moderator. Christopher Chaltain wrote: Do you feel this way about all advocacy groups or just the NFB? Joining a mailing list isn't the same as joining an advocacy

Re: Apple Releases New Ipod

2009-03-12 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, from reading http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/voiceover.html, it sounds like this works the same as the iPod Nano , so there isn't a TTS running on the Shuffle. The TTS is run on your PC and then iTunes copies audio clips over to the Shuffle. Since it's the same technology used on the Nan

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