Thanks gary. 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 Petraccaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 12:57 AM Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > Playlist, blah-blah-blah.m3u. Standard text file with the names of the > selections you want played in the order you want them played. If you put > the selections in subdirectories/folders, you must put the name of the > folder followed by a backslash "\", in front of the selection name. You > can get the raw list by using Winamp. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathy and Tom > To: PC audio discussion list. > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 6:13 PM > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > > 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] > _______________________________________________ > 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]
