> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Johannes Gebauer > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 4:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: MP3 Compression Comparison > > > On 29.09.2005 23:41 Uhr David W. Fenton wrote: > > >So they listen for the soundcard input? How did you feed the MP3 into > > >> that? > > > > > > I had to initiate playback in an MP3 player, and tell it what device > > to listen to. > > Yes, but you still haven't answered my question: how did the output get > to the input? Inside or outside the computer? Ie, did you connect the > output to the input? > > > > > > >> It was not clear to me that these applications could not open > > files. > > >> But it is still not clear to me how you actually manage to play any > > >> files through them. > > > > > > I said this in my first posts explaining that none of the software > > I'd tried worked for me. You just missed it, obviously. > > > Well, from your post, which I just re-read just to be sure, I understood > that the analysis software came as a plugin, and you used that inside > other software which played back your MP3 file. That's actually the most > common way for such analysis software to work these days, so it is not > all that ridiculous for me to assume this was the case. In such a > scenario your soundcard would indeed not have played any role in the > process. > > Whatever the case, I really, really think that my posts were perhaps > annoying to you, but in no way offensive or abusive. I was merely trying > to help you. > > Your post, on the other hand, was, imho, completely unacceptable on a > forum like this, and I really ask you to come to your senses and learn > some manners. It really p§$%$sses me off how you treat others, including > me, who only tried to help you. You do this at almost regular intervals. > Any normal discussion you enter will almost certainly end with you > offending others. It is completely unneccessary and not asked for. > > Sorry to others for letting off some steam. > > Johannes
As I posted to Kurt on this list a few days ago, Johannes, it is an utter waste of your time to attempt to help David Fenton in any way whatsoever. Do yourself a favor and ignore all his posts; each day will be a little bit brighter if you do. You are certainly not alone in the sentiments expressed above, judging from the email I've received off-list in response to my previous post on this subject. On the technical point under discussion, you are of course 100% absolutely correct. The software must "listen" to the digital data stream going into the sound card; the only "output" from the sound card is the post D/A analog waveform sent to the speakers, which of course is not available to any software (other than your generous allowance for the possibility of an external loopback to a digital input, which you were roundly ridiculed for suggesting). This is pretty basic stuff. Life is too short to waste on the arrogantly ignorant. Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
