Hi Gary. I'm not sure what you mean by making a play list? How do I do that?
They talk about it on the Winamp For The Blind list. If you'd like to write me off-list, my email address is at the bottom of this message. Thanks bunches! Kathy Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6 33, KJV. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:30 PM Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > Make a play list and see what happens? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathy and Tom > To: PC audio discussion list. > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > > Hi Kevin. I have a dvd player. It's a Tosheba, 5 cd changer. It plays > cds, dvds, mp3s, and wma files. A friend tried to help me use the menus > to > try and play an mp3 disk. The dvd player played the first 9 mp3 tracks. > Then it kept going back to the first track. I called the store where I > purchased it. They told me unless I had it connected to a tv, I wouldn't > be > able to use the menus. I have a little mp3 walkman. It plays all the > tracks just fine. What do you think? Is this doable? Is there a way to > get to the next mp3 folder? Thanks so much for yours or anyone else's > input. Have a good one. > > Kathy > > Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these > things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6 33, KJV. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:00 PM > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > > > Hi Kevin! With the DVD player I have now, I can play the WMA files I > have > > on some disks, where I wasn't able to on my previous DVD player! I > guess > > that more MP3 CD players are allowing for the WMA format! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:09 PM > > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > > > > >> Hi Scott. > >> > >> I'm using windows media player to archive my CD collection using WMA > >> lossless as my choice of format. > >> > >> As it says, it's a lossless format and so quality is guaranteed. > >> Therefore, > >> if you want to burn to CD in the future and play on a real hi-fi > system, > >> you're going to get the full frequency range. This is where I've > noticed > >> the compression in MP3 files that otherwise sound great when played on > a > >> computer or portable device. > >> > >> There are other lossless formats but I think those have disadvantages. > >> Flak > >> and OG aren't really supported out there in mainstream players very > often > >> whereas WMA is and I don't think Microsoft are going to go away too > >> quickly > >> so the format will be around for a considerable number of years. WAV > is > >> uncompressed and so is larger than WMA files but even more of a > >> disadvantage > >> is that you don't have any ID3 tags in WAV files. > >> > >> A typical WMA lossless track of about 5 mins can be around the 30MB > mark > >> but > >> memory is cheap. > >> > >> I convert my music down to 128kbps on the fly when loading up my > portable > >> MP3 hard drive player so there's no problems in taking at least some > of > >> my > >> collection with me when I travel. You could though create MP3 files > from > >> the WMA files by using a program like Goldwave. Because you're > >> converting > >> from a lossless format, you are able to go ahead and create files in > >> other > >> formats from your WMA masters without losing quality due to mixing and > >> matching of formats. You will of course get quality degradation by > >> reducing > >> the bit rates. > >> > >> So, just to be clear, I rip to WMA lossless and keep those files as > my > >> archive masters. I store them on an external hard drive and don't > touch > >> these again. If I want to shrink the music to take away from the > >> computer, > >> I use Goldwave to create new smaller MP3 files or use the morph > function > >> that comes with my notmad explorer software to shrink the music on the > >> fly > >> as I load my Creative jukebox. > >> > >> Regards. > >> > >> Kevin > >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Scott Blanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:46 AM > >> Subject: transferring music collection to hard drive > >> > >> > >>> Hi folks, > >>> > >>> I have a number of cd's that I am considering copying to my hard > drive; > >> I've > >>> had those discs for many years and I am concerned about deterioration > >> and/or > >>> scratching, etc. However, I don't know what file format I should > convert > >> the > >>> tracks into. I have free versions of Real Player and Winamp, and of > >> course, > >>> Windows Media. With those, I know I can choose between mp3, WMA, and > >>> possibly another format using the newest version of Winamp. What I > would > >>> like to accomplish is converting the tracks into a high quality file > >>> that > >>> does not take up too much space. > >>> > >>> For those of you who have converted a large number of discs into > audio > >>> files, what format did you choose and why? Should I shell out money > for > >>> a > >>> more powerful program than the ones I've already mentioned? > >>> > >>> Very curious, > >>> Scott > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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] > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] > _______________________________________________ > 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]
