RE: What To Do When Windows Media Refuses To Rip A CD

2009-12-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You should be able to find it in the library view and delete it. Another thing you may want to consider is just deleting your WMP library and starting from scratch. This won't delete your music and WMP will rescan your music and rebuild your library next time it starts. The instructions are at http

RE: CD Ripping Question

2009-12-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure what the default is any more, but you can go into F4 -> File Names and see where CDEX is going to place your ripped music files. I think it's the second field on this tab. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc

RE: CD Ripping Question

2009-12-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
First, before inserting the CD, start WMP and click on the Rip Menu button and make sure "Rip CD Automatically when Inserted" is not checked. Now insert your CD. If you need to, click on the Rip button in WMP. Tab down to the list view. You should see all of the tracks for your CD and they should

RE: CD Ripping Question

2009-12-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Right, first, make sure F4 -> Remote CDDB is filled out correctly. I use freedb.freedb.org, which may be the default. I do have my email address filled in. Then use CDDB -> Read Remote freedb to fetch the tag information from the server. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Messa

RE: CD Ripping Question

2009-12-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
What information? Could you include the email that you're responding to? -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:12 PM To: PC Audio

RE: CD Ripping Question

2009-12-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yeh, use F4 to bring up the settings dialog and go over to the Remote CDDB tab and configure the remote CDDB database you want to use. I'm not sure what the default is, but I use the remote DB freedb.freedb.org, the protocol of CDDB and a port of 8880. Looks like you can use the "Query Sites" butt

RE: CD Ripping Question

2009-12-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm using JFW 11 and WMP 11, and I can check and uncheck the files in the list view to be ripped. I just use the space bar. The files are checked by default. When I hit the space bar, it unchecks the file I was on and moves to the next file. I can use the arrow keys to review what is and isn't chec

RE: Sansa fuse and the Sansa e280 V2

2009-12-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Not sure what you're asking. The Sansa e200 series V1 models will be completely functional with Rockbox. The Fuse and e200 series V2 models are covered in the unstable ports. When looking at http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaAMS, which I got to from the Rockbox web site and looking on the status for

RE: Youtube..getting it to play

2009-12-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Are you using a web browser to get to Youtube? If so, it sounds like this is where your problem is. Assuming you're using IE8, go into Tools -> Internet Options. I'm not exactly sure how to fix your problem, but I'd suggest going over to the Security tab and trying different zones and different lev

RE: Skype phones.

2009-12-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Right, and note that Tom wasn't saying this topic wasn't appropriate for this list, he was just pointing out another list where you might get some good information. At least that's the way I read it. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio

Re: mp4 file question

2009-12-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Switch Audio Converter from http://www.nch.com.au/switch/plus.html will let you convert this into another file type. The free version will handle this file type, so you won't need the Plus version. BTW, I use Winamp on my PC to play MP4 files. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com - Original

Re: mp4 file question

2009-12-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Switch Audio Converter from http://www.nch.com.au/switch/plus.html will let you convert this into another file type. The free version will handle this file type, so you won't need the Plus version. BTW, I use Winamp on my PC to play MP4 files. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com - Original

RE: is media center available for XP home?

2010-01-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Windows XP Home and Windows XP Media Center are two different editions of Windows XP. As far as I know, you can't put Media Center on XP Home; you'd have to upgrade to Windows XP Media Center. You may be able to find out more on the Windows XP home page at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-x

RE: WMV to MP3

2010-01-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Switch Audio File converter is free and will do what you want. It's also accessible. It's at http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Farzana

Re: system access to go

2010-01-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not Sunshine, but I have to unload JFW before installing System Access to Go. I'm not sure if that's your problem or not. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 1/14/2010 5:40 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: Hi Sunshine, I am having difficulty installing Satogo on my Asus netbook. I could use

Re: best fm transmitter

2010-01-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't understand what you're getting at. Bluetooth can extend up to 100M. If you go to the wikipdedia entry for bluetooth at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth, you will find the following: Uses Bluetooth is a standard and a communications protocol primarily designed for low power consu

Re: Audio bluetooth

2010-01-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
My experience in the past has been that audio quality through bluetooth wasn't all that good, but I suspect that was my particular rig, since I see a lot of people listening to music via bluetooth. I found it was hard to use with JAWS too since the power saving features frequently had words bei

Re: SV: Audio bluetooth

2010-01-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
e- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 19. januar 2010 09:42 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio bluetooth My experience in the past has been that audio quality through bluetooth wasn't all that good, but

Re: Audio bluetooth

2010-01-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
you'd never want anything but good cables. :-) Brian -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 19. januar 2010 09:42 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio bluetooth My experience

Bluetooth, wifi, ... [was "Re: best fm transmitter"]

2010-01-20 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I think they're thinking of class 2 bluetooth which has a range of roughly 10 meters. I think this is the most common class of bluetooth and the one people think of when they think of bluetooth. Wifi generally has a greater range than that. ---

Re: SET TOP BOXES

2010-01-23 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Just to be clear, the tax here is that in order to get a phone that supports Talks or another screen reader, we have to purchase a phone that requires a data plan. If a sighted person bought the same phone then they'd have to get the same plan and pay the same amount. It isn't that you don't ge

Re: best fm transmitter

2010-01-25 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Maybe you haven't caught up with your email, but I think it's already been pointed out that Class 1 bluetooth has a range of up to 100M. You can chehck out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth and other places for more information. I have a device called Logitech Music Anywhere, which I don't

Re: best fm transmitter

2010-01-26 Thread Christopher Chaltain
ight, I tend not to read blindness lists a lot so I do miss email, but even if you are right than I would say to you why spend a lot of money on a bluetooth device with that kind of range when you could probably find something cheaper? On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:

Re: Any free software for changing gain of .wav files?

2010-02-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I haven't used it myself, but there's an application balled MP3Gain that should do the trick. If you can't find it yourself with Google, Bing, Yahoo or some other search engine, maybe someone else can post a direct link.

Re: Any free software for changing gain of .wav files?

2010-02-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
mail.com> On 2/13/2010 9:24 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: I haven't used it myself, but there's an application balled MP3Gain that should do the trick. If you can't find it yourself with Google, Bing, Yahoo or some

Re: More about any free software for changing gain of .wav files

2010-02-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
One problem with this approach is that you'll lose quality using MP3 as an interim file type. I would suspect GoldWave could do what you're asking. It isn't free, but you could probably accomplish want you want with the trialware version.

Re: ZenStone Question

2010-02-17 Thread Christopher Chaltain
This is not my understanding of how USB drives work. I tried to find a good reference to point to but I couldn't find one because I got so many hits for utilities to create the equivalent of a recycle bin on a USB drive. I'm pretty confident that Windows doesn't place a recycle bin on your USB

Re: ZenStone Question

2010-02-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
charging; and goes to the beginning of the book after about 7-8 hours of play. Any solution?? thanks, Don- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:52 PM Subject: Re: ZenStone Question This is no

Re: .pls FILEs WON'T Play

2010-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
A PLS is a play list, so for your friend to be able to play it then for each song in the play list, they'd have to have the same song on their PC that you have on your PC and it would have to be in the same location on their PC that it is on your PC, unless every entry in the PLS file is a URL

Re: .pls FILEs WON'T Play

2010-03-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
nd missing here? John. ----- Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 4:24 AM Subject: Re: .pls FILEs WON'T Play A PLS is a play list, so for your friend to be able to play it then for each song in

Re: DIGITAL TALKING BOOK PLAYER QUESTION

2010-03-12 Thread Christopher Chaltain
This is indeed true according to the documentation, but I've had my DTBM play MP3's that were not in the Audio+Podcasts directory. I found this out when I plugged in the same flash stick into my DTBM that I was using to transfer files to my netbook, and I couldn't tell where it was getting thos

Re: DIGITAL TALKING BOOK PLAYER QUESTION

2010-03-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I wouldn't assume that APH or any reseller catering to the blind is going to sell something for less than a general public can buy something. A quick search with Google showed me places where I could get a USB extension cable for $.69, $1.99 and $2.29, just to name a few. That being said, if I

Re: DIGITAL TALKING BOOK PLAYER QUESTION

2010-03-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
No, leave the letter "t" there and everything you already have. Just add the letter "s" to the end. Make it plural. It should look like this "Audio+Podcasts". Note too that although this is how it's documented, I don't have any trouble with the NLS DTBM picking up my MP3 files no matter what f

Re: A new member

2010-03-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure what digital player you're referring to, but I've used a 16G flash drive in my Booksense and my NLS DTBM with no problem. Christopher chalt...@gmail.com --

Re: Request For A Friend

2010-03-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I can't subscribe them myself, but you might try having them send a blank message to pc-audio-subscr...@pc-audio.org. Christopher chalt...@gmail.com

Re: DIGITAL TALKING BOOK PLAYER QUESTION

2010-03-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
nored the other folders on the player. When I connected another player with just mp3 files it would then see the folders that were available. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 11:33 AM Sub

Re: Windows Media Player

2010-03-13 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Not sure it'll do what you want, and not sure it's the same under Vista, but you could try going to Start -> Control Panel -> Folder Options and then navigate over to the File Types tab. Christopher chalt...@gmail.com

Re: Windows Media Player

2010-03-15 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, I don't use vista, but google leads to http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-500 where it says: The Folder Options window in Windows Vista is missing the File Types tab found in earlier versions of Windows. So how do you edit file type associations in Windows Vista? There are t

Re: Indexing my music

2010-03-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
What MP3 player do you use Adrien? winamp, Windows Media Player, FooBar2000 and itunes are all accessible and all allow you to organize your music into libraries. this is based off of the tags in each file. You can then search for music or list it according to artist, CD/album, type of music an

Re: Ditgetel Talking Player Revisited

2010-03-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Ah, since not everyone is including the thread that they're replying to, it took me a while to figure out what spawned this thread. I beg to differ with everyone's response to the original statement. From what I've read, the NLS is pretty clear that it doesn't support anything except NLS books

Re: Ditgetel Talking Player Revisited

2010-03-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, technically I think every time you played a record, no matter how nice the turntable and cartridge was, you were damaging the record. I also think your typical audiophile would cringe if they heard you were playing a record with a talking books turntable, and I'm pretty certain they'd say

Re: digital talking book player

2010-03-25 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, what it was designed for and what it will do are different questions than what NLS is committing and willing to support. I for one have no problems funding the NLS, the Talking Books program and the move to a digital format. As a US tax payer though, I would not be happy having my tax do

Re: digital talking book player

2010-03-25 Thread Christopher Chaltain
it to work for you, be faithful for it! My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 1:50 PM Subject: Re: digital talking book player Well, what it was designed for and what i

RE: Putting books on cartrage.

2010-03-27 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You can convert protected WMA files into MP3's with Sound Taxi from http://www.soundtaxi.info/select_edition.html. This is not a free program. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Is

Re: Itunes, just starting out

2010-03-31 Thread Christopher Chaltain
check out "Which JAWS releases support iTunes 8?" at http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/BulletinView.asp?QC=1302 to find instructions on how to get JFW 8 to work with iTunes. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 3/31/2010 6:58 AM, Kevin Lloyd wrote: Hi Amie and Kathy. Not too sure

Re: switch

2010-04-01 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not John, but you can get Switch at http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html. The WMA to MP3 conversion is supported in the free version of Switch. there's a Switch Plus, but I don't know how much that costs since the free version does everything I want it to do. When you download Switch you

RE: Revisiting nls digital player

2010-04-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Well, I'm a tiny bit confused with what you're doing. For my DTBM from NLS, I extract each book I download from BARD into it's own folder in the root directory on the USB flash drive or blank NLS cartridge. Any MP3's go in the Audio+Podcasts folder, which is also in the root of the flash drive or N

RE: Revisiting nls digital player

2010-04-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
he other is invisible. To get to the users guide on my machine, I must hold down the info key and it toggles into it. What I'm trying to do is to access an MP3 book I've put on the flash mem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-a

RE: Revisiting nls digital player

2010-04-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Bookshelf function. The latest release is 2.1.3. You can get to this on the standard player by hitting the sleep key 10 times with nothing plugged in. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Chaltain [mailto:chalt...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:

RE: Revisiting nls digital player

2010-04-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Ah, good point Frank. You didn't include the messages you were replying to, but I think this is the same thread talking about how to play MP3's on your DTBM. As anexample of the good information you can get from the BARDTalk web page, it says the following: 10. Can I move a thumb drive with NLS bo

RE: Revisiting nls digital player

2010-04-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
As Frank mentioned in an earlier post, the BARDTalk web site at http://www.bardtalk.com/index.php is a good source of information and should probably be your first jumping point for almost everything. The BARD Talk Mailing List is also a source of good information, although when I was on it, you g

RE: Where do you download updates to your digital talking book player?

2010-04-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
It's my understanding that the library will be putting updates on the book cartridges, so when new updates come out, your player will be updated when you place that cartridge into your player. You can tell if you have the latest firmware by pressing the sleep key 10 times with no cartridge or USB

RE: Where do you download updates to your digital talking book player?

2010-04-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The cable is actually a standard USB extension cable. A commercial cable will work. The problem is that the cartridge has to plug into the female end of this cable, and the housing around the USB blog keeps it from physically plugging into most commercial cables. Although it's a standard cable, and

RE: Where do you download updates to your digital talking book player?

2010-04-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Remember thumb drives aren't officially supported by the NLS or the DTBM. Some do work though, however, some don't. Read up on what others have found do and don't work at the BART Talk web site at http://www.bardtalk.com/. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: p

RE: Where do you download updates to your digital talking book player?

2010-04-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yeh, I've successfully used a 16G Patriot flash drive in my DTBM. For now, the blank cartridges from APH and Perkins only go up to 2G. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kauf

RE: Where do you download updates to your digital talking book player?

2010-04-04 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I used to use a 16G Patriot flash drive with my DTBM, but I've switched to a 2G blank cartridge from Perkins. I find 2G is plenty. I think I've had 4 books on there at any one time. I like the blank cartridge because then I don't have anything sticking out of the side of my DTBM. Ever since I drop

Cables for NLS cartridges and the BARD Talk web site [was "RE: Where do you download updates to your digital talking book player?"]

2010-04-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure what you already have Tom since you didn't include the message you're replying to, but if you're talking about the cable needed to connect a blank NLS cartridge to your PC then you need a standard USB extension cable. This will have a full sized male connector at one end and a full siz

RE: Cables for NLS cartridges and the BARD Talk web site [was "RE:Wheredo you download updates to your digital talking book player?"]

2010-04-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
e'll have to wait a month! I also got a UUSB extension cable..but I'm not even sure that'll work! So it looks like I'm "back to square 1!" Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'

RE: Flash Drive Update

2010-04-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yeh, it's a USB extension cable. You can further clarify that you need a full male connector on one end and a full female connector on the other end. Note that even if you get a USB extension cable, you may still not be able to fit the NLS cartridge into the female end because of the limited cleara

RE: Flash Drive Update

2010-04-05 Thread Christopher Chaltain
today came from Staples." Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 10:33 PM Subject: RE: Flash Drive Update > Yeh, it's a USB extension cable. You can further clar

RE: Flash Drive Update

2010-04-06 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm sure it was just a typo, but the cable is used to connect a blank cartridge to the PC. It doesn't connect the player to the PC. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of cov...@ccs.

Book Port Plus and the Plextalk Pocket [was "RE: book sense. vs plextalk"]

2010-04-10 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The difference would be in the firmware and software that runs on the hardware. The user interface could be different and the hardware could be taken advantage of in different ways. This wouldn't be unlike two identical PC's, one running Windows and one running Linux, or maybe a better example is t

RE: NLS CARTRIDGES

2010-04-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'd check out the BARD Talk web site, and the devices page in particular. It's at http://www.bardtalk.com/players.php. It lists two companies selling the 2G blank cartridges, both for around $12. APH at https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&; catalogId=11051&k

RE: A little Mac talk and audio Was Audio Hijack Pro

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
A quick trip to the Winamp web page will show that there's no Winamp for the Mac. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 1:41 AM To: PC Au

RE: Audio Hijack Pro something I've just discovered

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
What screen reading solution for Linux are you talking about? I wasn't aware that any were that expensive. I don't doubt you; I just guess this is a solution I haven't heard about yet. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc

RE: SkypeTalking 0.8 released!

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't use SkypeTalking, but I do use Bing. The URL for the SkypeTalking project page is http://code.google.com/p/skypetalking/. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of mark bishop S

RE: accessible MP3 players

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure what manual you get with the player, but I assume it would be the Rockbox manual for that player. Even if it isn't, you can get the Rockbox manual from the Rockbox site, rockbox.org. I find these manuals to be pretty good. They're complete, written so they're accessible by the blind an

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
First, there is material which is free or in the public domain and can legally be made available for free from a web site. Second, just because some web sites get away with illegally distributing music or videos doesn't maen it's legal for others to do it. I wonder if you're referring to P2P

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Why wouldn't you be able to get a player from the NLS? If you qualify for the BARD service then you'll be able to get a player free of charge from the NLS. You talk about using what you've legally acquired, but when you signed up for the NLS and the BARD site in particular, you agreed to abide

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Downloading the books from BARD and keeping them for your own personal use is not stealing. Stealing would be making copies of those books to give to others or redistribute somehow. Christopher chalt...@gmail.com

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
and who determines if the media is overpriced? Just because you think something is overpriced doesn't give you the right to steal it. Christopher chalt...@gmail.com ---

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
BARD is not a business. It's a service provided by the US government to make materials freely available to the blind. It does this in conjunction with the publishers and copyright holders. I find it neither misguided nor a particularly restrictive view of the copyright law. I find it less restr

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't see this or the analogy with the recording industry. The recording industry is trying to protect a business model that needs to evolve, although this doesn't mean it's OK to steal from the recording industry. The NLS is trying to work with publishers and copyright holders to make materi

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
BARD is not a business or a company and doesn't need to update it's business model. When you sign up with the NLS and the BARD service in particular, you agree to certain terms. It's agreeing to these terms that gives you legal access to the content you download. Just because you don't want to

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't think BARD has anything to do with this argument. Downloading a book from BARD and keeping it around for your own personal use isn't stealing. Stealing would be making copies of BARD books to give to others or redistributing those books in some other way. Besides, just because you don'

RE: Are any apple MP 3 players blind accessible?

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Are you asking if you can use Windows Explorer to copy music and files directly to your iPod, as if it were another drive? I don't believe you can do this. I believe you need to use iTunes. There is a program called Anapod Explorer that will let you do this. I don't use it myself, but I don't beli

RE: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
A few points. Copying someone else's CD's is illegal. If someone gives you a CD then that is not illegal. It's my understanding that sometimes special CD's can be distributed to broadcasters with the agreement that they not be redistributed. I obviously have no idea if that's what's going on in

RE: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
eld responsible? Mitchell -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:18 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: It's Still Stealing A few points. Cop

RE: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
f not all of which goes right into the band's pocket rather than the record lable anyway. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: April 18, 2010 6:18 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List&

RE: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-18 Thread Christopher Chaltain
The reason in my mind is that you are signing up for a service provided by the US government. This service is free of charge, and you are agreeing to it's terms when you sign up for it. The law enabling this service aims to provide material free to the blind while protecting the rights of the publi

RE: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
You are wrong. If you distribute a CD to friends then you're denying that record label income and that's illegal. A professional in the radio industry is not a lawyer. CD burners, DVD recorders and the like have perfectly legitimate uses. Just because people use them for illegitimate purposes does

RE: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yes, you can download Digital Talking Books from BARD. You can copy them onto a blank cartridge which you could use in your Digital Talking Book Player or you can use a thumb drive and the USB port on the side of the player. If you're already a borrower in good standing with the NLS than you can ap

Re: what is bard and where to find it?

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
box. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 6:45 AM Subject: RE: what is bard and where to find it? Yes, you can download Digital Talking Books from BARD. You can copy them onto a b

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
No, but the library won't let you make copies of that book and give them away or sell them to others. The copy protection scheme with BARD books is intended to keep these books from getting into the general public and impacting the sales of audio books. This kind of protection is necessary in o

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
d folks now wouldn't it? Yes folks you cannot leave profit out of this conversation, sad to say. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 2:16 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussi

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
could not be the venues for electronic media not just for the sighted but blind alike but that would take payola out of the pockets of quite a few blind folks now wouldn't it? Yes folks you cannot leave profit out of this conversation, sad to say. -----Original Messag

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
sitting in a a LazyBoy Recliner, not another brand. But, of course if I can't afford it, us as tax payers, would be glad to fit the bill for that LazyBoy. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Mo

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
es in certain industries are actually inicreasing, be there piracy or no piracy. But best not tell that to the lobbiests just in case they brand you a pirate by association. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christophe

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
essage- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 9:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing No, but the library won't let you make copies of that book and

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
ll that to the lobbiests just in case they brand you a pirate by association. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: April 19, 2010 9:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: It's Stil

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
rson coming out with a book that they will have to spend three bills of their paycheck (or tax dollars) to be able to read that book and watch their reaction. Still no double standard? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
to Mr. and Mrs. Tax payer aren't making a profit? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing I

Re: It's Still Stealing

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
..@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:38 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing I'm confused. Who's paying three bills? Where's the analogy? -- Christopher chalt...@gmail

Re: If it's stealing, then please explain...

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
If you listen to a CD and then pass it on to someone else then that's not stealing. If you read a book and then pass it along to someone else then that's not stealing. If you make a copy of a book or a CD and then give it to someone else then that is stealing. In fact, it's just as much stealin

Re: USB Headphone

2010-04-29 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'm not sure I understand your question or what you're trying to do, but if your plugging headphones into a USB sound card or your USB head phones are showing up as a sound card then you can configure Windows to make that the default sound card and then all of your sound will go to those head p

Re: USB Headphone

2010-04-29 Thread Christopher Chaltain
't use the SAPI. In the games I can hear the windows sounds, etc. but not the SAPI telling me what is happening in the game. Dean - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:30 PM Subject: R

Where to place downloaded BARD books [was "saving and playing audio books from my NLS player"]

2010-04-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Your MP3's should go into a folder called Audio+Podcasts. Your BARD books can go anywhere, but it's suggested you place them in a folder called $DTB. Christopher chalt...@gmail.com On 4/30/2010 6:39 AM, Isaac wrote: A little off the subject. When downloading books on to a flash drive or bl

Re: Where to place downloaded BARD books [was "saving and playing audiobooks from my NLS player"]

2010-04-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
l Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:33 AM Subject: Where to place downloaded BARD books [was "saving and playing audiobooks from my NLS player"] Your MP3's should go into a folder called Aud

RE: Where to place downloaded BARD books [was "saving andplayingaudiobooks from my NLS player"]

2010-05-01 Thread Christopher Chaltain
drive? Or must they first go onto a flash or thumb drive? I may want to keep some books that I really like, and wondered if external hard drive storage can be done. I'm still awaiting my player, so am not sure of the order of how this works. Thanks. - Original Message - From

RE: Where to place downloaded BARD books [was"savingandplayingaudiobooks from my NLS player"]

2010-05-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
external drive? Or must they >> first go onto a flash or thumb drive? I may want to keep some books >> that I really like, and wondered if external hard drive storage can >> be done. I'm still awaiting my player, so am not sure of the order of how this works. >> &

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