Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
In my experience winamp will play most avi files ok, has problems with some .mkv...but the extension just tells the kind of container that is used and not the codec, so there's really no telling. It's frustrating and I'm afraid I just gave up on the process and turned to VLC for that reason. I don't remember many of the keystrokes myself but I know there's a list on the Internet somewhere. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 9:10 PM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hello J M: Yes...I feel the same way about Winamp as you; I, too, have seen Winamp play videos, but am wondering if those videos were originally WMP files (Winamp _will_ play those! Anyhow I've not been able to get Winamp to play this particular MP4 video (it'll only give me audio) but yes; VLC does a good job; I just don't know the keystrokes to make it do various things! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hey Tom. Let me just say that I love winamp and have used it for almost fifteen years now, with no sign of stopping... But only for audio. I have never quite been able to figure out why winamp seems to play some videos and not others. There are some codec issues and searching the internet for certain codecs (depending on the type of encoding...which you can't always tell from the extension, you have to look at the video info) has increased the number of videos winamp will play just fine, but there are some files I've just never been able to get to play. Sometimes there's no video, sometimes neither video or audio. VLC on the other hand will play every video I've ever encountered without a hitch or without any hunting around on the net for obscure codec packs. I love it for that reason and if I ever have people over and we want to watch videos/movies, VLC works every time. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 5:28 PM Subject: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the video of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is, it comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can see the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but was just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so, how is it done? Thanks, Tom Kaufman
Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
You can try this for the essentials pack. I just found it with a google search and as usual there are a host of similar sites claiming to offer the same thing http://winamp-essentials-pack.software.informer.com/5.6/ I won't guarantee it will solve the problem but it can't hurt to install this. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Okay...so how do I get this Winamp essentials pack? Imagine it may be kind of a deal as Winamp is not being updated anymore? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:05 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files you need the winamp essenchals pack. to see the video, i had this happen and when in installed the essenchals pack for winamp the video did display correctly On 7/3/2014 6:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi Steve: Have tried that (actually just tried it again...no soap! All that happens is video window open...but no video shows (and I guarantee there _is_ video with this file! But thanks for the suggestion anyhow! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:23 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hi Tom, While in Winamp try pressing Alt+V while the video is playing. Then if you want to see the video in full screen mode press Alt+Enter. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On 4/07/2014 7:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the video of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is, it comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can see the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but was just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so, how is it done?
RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
Pardon my ignorance here, but exactly what (on this page) do I need to click for the download for this Winamp Essentials pack? Also, once I've downloaded it, where do I install it? Thanks! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:53 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files You can try this for the essentials pack. I just found it with a google search and as usual there are a host of similar sites claiming to offer the same thing http://winamp-essentials-pack.software.informer.com/5.6/ I won't guarantee it will solve the problem but it can't hurt to install this. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Okay...so how do I get this Winamp essentials pack? Imagine it may be kind of a deal as Winamp is not being updated anymore? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:05 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files you need the winamp essenchals pack. to see the video, i had this happen and when in installed the essenchals pack for winamp the video did display correctly On 7/3/2014 6:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi Steve: Have tried that (actually just tried it again...no soap! All that happens is video window open...but no video shows (and I guarantee there _is_ video with this file! But thanks for the suggestion anyhow! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:23 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hi Tom, While in Winamp try pressing Alt+V while the video is playing. Then if you want to see the video in full screen mode press Alt+Enter. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On 4/07/2014 7:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the video of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is, it comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can see the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but was just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so, how is it done?
Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
Tom, It looks like you have to click on the link that says download. It lists the number of kilobytes of the file and the number of votes it has. It looks like a trustworthy site. Just try it :P It will probably send you an .exe self-extracting archive. If it doesn't, just dump the contents of the archive in your winamp\plugins folder. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:57 AM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Pardon my ignorance here, but exactly what (on this page) do I need to click for the download for this Winamp Essentials pack? Also, once I've downloaded it, where do I install it? Thanks! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:53 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files You can try this for the essentials pack. I just found it with a google search and as usual there are a host of similar sites claiming to offer the same thing http://winamp-essentials-pack.software.informer.com/5.6/ I won't guarantee it will solve the problem but it can't hurt to install this. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Okay...so how do I get this Winamp essentials pack? Imagine it may be kind of a deal as Winamp is not being updated anymore? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:05 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files you need the winamp essenchals pack. to see the video, i had this happen and when in installed the essenchals pack for winamp the video did display correctly On 7/3/2014 6:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi Steve: Have tried that (actually just tried it again...no soap! All that happens is video window open...but no video shows (and I guarantee there _is_ video with this file! But thanks for the suggestion anyhow! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:23 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hi Tom, While in Winamp try pressing Alt+V while the video is playing. Then if you want to see the video in full screen mode press Alt+Enter. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On 4/07/2014 7:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the video of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is, it comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can see the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but was just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so, how is it done?
RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
In other words, it'll just automatically go where it's supposed to go? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:07 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Tom, It looks like you have to click on the link that says download. It lists the number of kilobytes of the file and the number of votes it has. It looks like a trustworthy site. Just try it :P It will probably send you an .exe self-extracting archive. If it doesn't, just dump the contents of the archive in your winamp\plugins folder. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:57 AM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Pardon my ignorance here, but exactly what (on this page) do I need to click for the download for this Winamp Essentials pack? Also, once I've downloaded it, where do I install it? Thanks! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:53 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files You can try this for the essentials pack. I just found it with a google search and as usual there are a host of similar sites claiming to offer the same thing http://winamp-essentials-pack.software.informer.com/5.6/ I won't guarantee it will solve the problem but it can't hurt to install this. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Okay...so how do I get this Winamp essentials pack? Imagine it may be kind of a deal as Winamp is not being updated anymore? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:05 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files you need the winamp essenchals pack. to see the video, i had this happen and when in installed the essenchals pack for winamp the video did display correctly On 7/3/2014 6:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi Steve: Have tried that (actually just tried it again...no soap! All that happens is video window open...but no video shows (and I guarantee there _is_ video with this file! But thanks for the suggestion anyhow! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:23 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hi Tom, While in Winamp try pressing Alt+V while the video is playing. Then if you want to see the video in full screen mode press Alt+Enter. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On 4/07/2014 7:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the video of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is, it comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can see the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but was just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so, how is it done?
RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
Okay...what I'm getting is download Software Client (there's also another link that says download (something else; don't remember what) but no link that just says download! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:07 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Tom, It looks like you have to click on the link that says download. It lists the number of kilobytes of the file and the number of votes it has. It looks like a trustworthy site. Just try it :P It will probably send you an .exe self-extracting archive. If it doesn't, just dump the contents of the archive in your winamp\plugins folder. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:57 AM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Pardon my ignorance here, but exactly what (on this page) do I need to click for the download for this Winamp Essentials pack? Also, once I've downloaded it, where do I install it? Thanks! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:53 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files You can try this for the essentials pack. I just found it with a google search and as usual there are a host of similar sites claiming to offer the same thing http://winamp-essentials-pack.software.informer.com/5.6/ I won't guarantee it will solve the problem but it can't hurt to install this. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Okay...so how do I get this Winamp essentials pack? Imagine it may be kind of a deal as Winamp is not being updated anymore? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:05 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files you need the winamp essenchals pack. to see the video, i had this happen and when in installed the essenchals pack for winamp the video did display correctly On 7/3/2014 6:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi Steve: Have tried that (actually just tried it again...no soap! All that happens is video window open...but no video shows (and I guarantee there _is_ video with this file! But thanks for the suggestion anyhow! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:23 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hi Tom, While in Winamp try pressing Alt+V while the video is playing. Then if you want to see the video in full screen mode press Alt+Enter. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On 4/07/2014 7:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the video of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is, it comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can see the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but was just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so, how is it done?
RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
Okay...assuming I've downloading the right thing, still no video! I do get something else that appears on the scscreen. But Winamp _still_ isn't playing the video part! So guess it's back to doing VLC if I want to see the video unless someone can tell me if I've done something wrong! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:22 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Okay...what I'm getting is download Software Client (there's also another link that says download (something else; don't remember what) but no link that just says download! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:07 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Tom, It looks like you have to click on the link that says download. It lists the number of kilobytes of the file and the number of votes it has. It looks like a trustworthy site. Just try it :P It will probably send you an .exe self-extracting archive. If it doesn't, just dump the contents of the archive in your winamp\plugins folder. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:57 AM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Pardon my ignorance here, but exactly what (on this page) do I need to click for the download for this Winamp Essentials pack? Also, once I've downloaded it, where do I install it? Thanks! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:53 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files You can try this for the essentials pack. I just found it with a google search and as usual there are a host of similar sites claiming to offer the same thing http://winamp-essentials-pack.software.informer.com/5.6/ I won't guarantee it will solve the problem but it can't hurt to install this. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Okay...so how do I get this Winamp essentials pack? Imagine it may be kind of a deal as Winamp is not being updated anymore? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:05 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files you need the winamp essenchals pack. to see the video, i had this happen and when in installed the essenchals pack for winamp the video did display correctly On 7/3/2014 6:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi Steve: Have tried that (actually just tried it again...no soap! All that happens is video window open...but no video shows (and I guarantee there _is_ video with this file! But thanks for the suggestion anyhow! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:23 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hi Tom, While in Winamp try pressing Alt+V while the video is playing. Then if you want to see the video in full screen mode press Alt+Enter. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On 4/07/2014 7:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the video of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is, it comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can see the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but was just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so, how is it done?
Is Integrated Sound Adequate?
Hi all, I'm planning to buy a new computer. With the rapid advancements in motherboards and hardware generally I'm interested in people's thoughts about whether it's still better to buy a dedicated sound card or have we now reached the stage where using integrated sound on the motherboard is adequate? I bought my current PC in July 2008 so it is about six years old. I'm currently running a Creative sound card. I've never used integrated sound on the motherboard on my home PC before. Also I don't need the most expensive sound card available but I don't want it to be too basic either. One feature I would like is the ability to provide some type of virtual surround sound as I have limited space where my PC is located and only room for a two speaker system. I appreciate there is no right or wrong answer to this question but I thought this list would be a good place to ask because there are bound to be a lot of people who are a bit more fussy about audio quality etc. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you. Regards Steve.
RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
Another thing that Winamp is now doing since I downloaded what I thought was the essentials pack: when I open Winamp, it immediately starts playing one of my files! It's not supposed to do this, is it? Could it be that I have downloaded the wrong thing? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:07 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Tom, It looks like you have to click on the link that says download. It lists the number of kilobytes of the file and the number of votes it has. It looks like a trustworthy site. Just try it :P It will probably send you an .exe self-extracting archive. If it doesn't, just dump the contents of the archive in your winamp\plugins folder. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:57 AM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Pardon my ignorance here, but exactly what (on this page) do I need to click for the download for this Winamp Essentials pack? Also, once I've downloaded it, where do I install it? Thanks! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:53 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files You can try this for the essentials pack. I just found it with a google search and as usual there are a host of similar sites claiming to offer the same thing http://winamp-essentials-pack.software.informer.com/5.6/ I won't guarantee it will solve the problem but it can't hurt to install this. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Okay...so how do I get this Winamp essentials pack? Imagine it may be kind of a deal as Winamp is not being updated anymore? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:05 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files you need the winamp essenchals pack. to see the video, i had this happen and when in installed the essenchals pack for winamp the video did display correctly On 7/3/2014 6:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi Steve: Have tried that (actually just tried it again...no soap! All that happens is video window open...but no video shows (and I guarantee there _is_ video with this file! But thanks for the suggestion anyhow! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:23 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files Hi Tom, While in Winamp try pressing Alt+V while the video is playing. Then if you want to see the video in full screen mode press Alt+Enter. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On 4/07/2014 7:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the video of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is, it comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can see the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but was just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so, how is it done?
Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate?
Personally I think it's still better to get a different card. As a broadcaster I wouldn't use the integraded audio. - Original Message - From: Steve Pattison s...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 5:29 PM Subject: Is Integrated Sound Adequate? Hi all, I'm planning to buy a new computer. With the rapid advancements in motherboards and hardware generally I'm interested in people's thoughts about whether it's still better to buy a dedicated sound card or have we now reached the stage where using integrated sound on the motherboard is adequate? I bought my current PC in July 2008 so it is about six years old. I'm currently running a Creative sound card. I've never used integrated sound on the motherboard on my home PC before. Also I don't need the most expensive sound card available but I don't want it to be too basic either. One feature I would like is the ability to provide some type of virtual surround sound as I have limited space where my PC is located and only room for a two speaker system. I appreciate there is no right or wrong answer to this question but I thought this list would be a good place to ask because there are bound to be a lot of people who are a bit more fussy about audio quality etc. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you. Regards Steve. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
RE: Is Integrated Sound Adequate?
If you want virtual surround sound or as I state it, fake surround sound, then let me recommend the Bose Companion 5 Multy Media speakers. Note they are #$300 though. But they are cool for what they are. They at least will give you epic Bose sound. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 8:29 PM To: PC Audio Subject: Is Integrated Sound Adequate? Hi all, I'm planning to buy a new computer. With the rapid advancements in motherboards and hardware generally I'm interested in people's thoughts about whether it's still better to buy a dedicated sound card or have we now reached the stage where using integrated sound on the motherboard is adequate? I bought my current PC in July 2008 so it is about six years old. I'm currently running a Creative sound card. I've never used integrated sound on the motherboard on my home PC before. Also I don't need the most expensive sound card available but I don't want it to be too basic either. One feature I would like is the ability to provide some type of virtual surround sound as I have limited space where my PC is located and only room for a two speaker system. I appreciate there is no right or wrong answer to this question but I thought this list would be a good place to ask because there are bound to be a lot of people who are a bit more fussy about audio quality etc. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you. Regards Steve.
