Hi. I'm using windows media player to synch with my creative zen with no problems at all. I'm using version 10 with JAWS version 5.0. All with spoken feedback.
I use media player sometimes rather than windows explorer because I like the auto playlists feature in media player. I've created two auto playlists that I use a lot. The first selects 1 GB of randomly selected tracks from my collection of 10,000 tracks and the other selects 1 GB worth of recently ripped tracks that I've added to my collection in the last 30 days. Every time media player is started or, in fact, every time the playlist is opened, it is automatically refreshed with a new selection of tracks. With a couple of tabs and presses of the spacebar to select synch and then start synch, the job's a good 'un. Media player will tell you which tracks are available and which may not fit, maybe because the zen still has a few tracks left on it. In this case I've simply alt tabbed to the zen folder, deleted the tracks and then media player has told me that all tracks are available to be synchronised. You get a running count of how many tracks have been synchronised as it goes and, of course, you can refresh the zen folder to confirm what's being moved over. As you can see above, no problems whatsoever in synchronising with media player for a totally blind user. Regards. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 8:06 PM Subject: Re: windows media > Glad to hear that windows media is now fully accessible as I have been > trying to sinc music tracks to a portable media device for which the > windows explorer interface does not work so I am forced to use windows > media. The only message I here is to "drag items here" and as a totally > blind person, the "here" means nothing to me. Others have raised the same > question on this list and as far as any posts I have read, noone has an > answer for this dilemma for a blind person. Maybe though you have found a > way around this issue and if so, I and no doubt many others on this list > would like to know how to perform this action using strictly speech > prompts. Thanks and sure hope someone finally has an answer for me. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cornell Ligon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:42 PM > Subject: RE: windows media > > > Hi, > Yes, it's fully accessible as someone noted - even versions 10 and 11... > I'm > using version 11 and JFW 6.2 with no problems. > also, as a side note, if you're primarily interseted in quality and will > only playback using the comp, try ripping in WMA format. It sounds beter > than MP3, at least to me it does... > > > > Best Regards, > Cornell > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "GianniP46" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Subject: windows media > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:29:38 -0400 > > Is windows media accessible? Does it produce good mp3s? What version > should I try. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin Lloyd > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:27 AM > Subject: Re: Some CDEX questions > > > Hi. > > Windows media player has error correction so be sure to set it if you're > using this program to rip audio CD's. It will rip much more slowly when > this is enabled but you will get excellent results. > > To set the error correction flag, > go to tools, options and locate the audio tab. Press enter on the > properties button for your CD/DVD drives and then check the checkboxes > to > set error correction on. > > The CD transport in your computer is key to getting good results. As > mentioned, EAC will scan until it finds 2 close matches in extracted WAV > forms but that doesn't mean that it's perfect as if your CD transport > isn't > great then you'll get some very close imperfect WAV files and it'll have > just taken you longer to get there. > > I've found laptops have the best CD transports as they tend to have a > raised > middle onto which you can press the CD and have it held firmly. CD > transports I've seen on desktops have been quite flimsy at times and the > disc can slide about when spinning. This is a great way to generate > lots > of > jitter, particularly on the latter tracks which are on the outside of > the > disc and so are therefore being rocked around a lot more than the inner > tracks on a flimsy transport. > > Regards. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "GianniP46" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:48 AM > Subject: Re: Some CDEX questions > > > > Does winamp, windows media, or ITunes have error correction, wave form > > comparison, or rescanning of tracks? Or is eac the only program that > does > > this. Will definitely look in to it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Kelly Pierce > > To: PC Audio Discussion List > > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 11:26 PM > > Subject: Re: Some CDEX questions > > > > > > Not necessarily. CDEX doesn't have error correction and wave form > > comparison, rescanning the same track two dozen times. EAC can often > > salvage a scratched disc. there is much discussion on the Internet > > comparing the two programs, check it out. > > > > Kelly > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "GianniP46" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 9:49 PM > > Subject: Re: Some CDEX questions > > > > > > >a lot of my D.J. friends are ripping in either I tunes or windows > media > > >player at about 192 or 256. If I use CDEX with the insane settings > wont > > >that be just as good if not better? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Kelly Pierce > > > To: PC Audio Discussion List > > > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 10:21 PM > > > Subject: Re: Some CDEX questions > > > > > > > > > if you really want the highest quality rips possible, use Exact > Audio > > > copy > > > with the Lame extreme preset. With the current version of Lame, > > > variable > > > bit rates with joint stereo deliver the extra fullness and > richness > > when > > > it > > > is needed. EAC does offer a preset for 320 CBR, but the developer > > calls > > > this setting insane. > > > > > > EAC, unlike CDEX, scans each track, looking for two exactly > identical > > > wave > > > forms or the closest exact match possible. It repeatedly scans a > > tract, > > > dozens of times if needed, before ripping it. CDEX does not > perform > > > this > > > error checking analysis. > > > > > > If you want the best rips in town, use EAC. It takes longer to > learn, > > > but > > > the rips sound really great. CDEX is easy to use and I still rip > > audio > > > books with it. For industrial strength music output, I use EAC. > > > > > > Kelly > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "GianniP46" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "PCAudioList" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 7:46 PM > > > Subject: Some CDEX questions > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I got cdex installed, but I have some questions about the > > > configuration > > > > options. What is the best quality setting for MP3s? I want my > > > bitrates > > > > to be 320 at a constant bitrate as I heard that constant > bitrates > > are > > > the > > > > best. Is that true? Is CBR the best? > > > > Is it good to enable jitter correction? > > > > Also, What is the best ripping method to use. I want to create > the > > > best > > > > mp3s with the highest quality possible with no artifacts. I am > a > > D.J. > > > > and will be using my mp3s for gigs. Thanks to all in advance! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gian Carlo Pedulla > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > LETS! GO! 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