Ok James, I don't know what sort of sound device you're using but
with my Imic external sound device I don't have that problem but all
the same I keep the volume at a reasonable level, want to hear
VoiceOver too you know <smile>. At least we have this control, some
things through Itunes are extremely quiet. Yep I know, you can turn
on the graphic equaliser and adjust the preamp gain but really,
having a flexible volume control is a far better idea, just adjust it
when you need to.
I also like the idea of being able to select from multiple devices
for your sound output with VLC, really handy.
On 07/09/2007, at 10:18 PM, James Jolley wrote:
It seems quite good. You need to be careful though and not turn up
the volume too high on the player as it distorts but then that's
nothing to worry about. Is anyone else having that? I guess Itunes
does things a bit differently in that it has a max volume level that
isn't quite in the red so to speak.
On 7 Sep 2007, at 12:21, John Gunn wrote:
Hi:
I'm not Dane but the ftp site is ftp://videolan.org. You then want
to go to public, vlc and latest. I think the latest is from April
this year.
It's a very good program, been using it for well over a year.
John
On Sep 7, 2007, at 5:48 AM, James Jolley wrote:
Hi Dane,
You just knew i'd come back in on it as it ws me on about winamp
that time. Whats the URL for this app then?
Best
-James-
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Subject: Vlc, quite an impressive little media player
Ok, since I've had my Imac I've been venturing to try software
packages which didn't work too well on my Power PC, one of these
is the VLC Media Player, the Intel build seems to work far
better than did the Power PC build. The reason I raise the
subject of VLC is because I'm sure other list members use it and
also because it has a very similar feel to use to Winamp, one of
our list members was commenting on this a few weeks ago when he
talked about the thundermental differences between the way
Itunes and Winamp work.
As we all know, Itunes is based round a library of content
whereas Winamp and VLC are based on playlists, to further
illustrate the point if you select all the songs in a folder,
have VLC set as your default media player and then press say
command-down arrow to open the selection, then all files are
played with VLC and you can save a playlist reflecting the songs
you selected to play, no files are moved or copied anywhere and
you put the playlist where you want it so that's just plain and
simple.
The other great reason people may wish to try VLC is the amazing
quality of audio output, I don't know what decoders Itunes use
but it sounds God-Damn awful when compared to VLC.
There are still a lot of things I don't understand about this
software but I'm exploring and discovering, enjoying every minute
of what I see or perhaps that should be what I hear <smile>.
If anyone has anything to add to this then I' be interested to
hear what they have to say.
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