hi george, welcome to the list, your first question, to play audio files you will have already got windows media player, also if you want to play DVDs you should have power DVD which is a player. the other software that you should have on the computer is called: nero this is the software for burning cds or music files.
i hope this helps if you would like any further help please let me no. all best tony and tadley. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Cassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 6:48 AM Subject: New to the list, and just as new to computer audio. > Greetings, Listers -- > > My name is George, and I am new to this list, and just as new to audio on > the computer in general. Admittedly, I know absolutely nothing about this > stuff, other than I want to learn as much as possible, as quickly as > possible, to get up to speed, and to take advantage of the CDR and CDRW > drives (one of which plays DVDs), in my Dell computer, both of which I know > nothing about. > > I don't know about the visual status of the majority of listers on this > list, but I am blind, if that matters, which, I suspect, it may. As a > result, I am using Jaws on my computer. > > Question 1: What software should I be looking for (preferably free at > first), in order to play whatever types of music that are available for > computers. > > I want to be able to play everything, and convert stuff from one type to > another, even though I don't even know what the heck the various types of > files are yet! > > Question 2: Can a midi (.mid) file be played on a normal CD player, like > the one in my living room or car, and which are not connected to a computer? > > I'm sure I'll have a lot more questions, but I think these two will suffice > for now. And I'm equally sure that I'll learn a lot, just reading your > messages on the list, as time goes along. > > Thanks for any assistance any of you can provide! > > -- George > > > > Keep up-to-date with the latest news and goings-on in the blindness and > visually-impaired communities. Visit Blind World, The Online Magazine for > the Blind and Visually-Impaired. > > You'll find Blind World easily accessible at: http://www.blindworld.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
