Re: MP3 Directcut

2007-08-13 Thread Kelly Pierce
Mike, don't give up just yet. I had the same feeling once until I realized that new Windows installs mute nearly all the recording inputs. make sure you are looking at the recording properties in volume control rather than the playback properties. also, make sure your line in jacks and

Re: Buying Skype Credits

2007-08-08 Thread Kelly Pierce
No because a phone card from tel3advantage.com provides for lower domestic and international long distance rates than Skype. Check them out. Kelly - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:17 AM Subject:

Re: scheduled recording from the internet

2007-08-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
Replay can convert captured audio into 128, 64, or 32 bit OGG. Kelly - Original Message - From: Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 11:11 PM Subject: Re: scheduled recording from the internet Jonothan, I am

Re: Ripping Music with WMP11

2007-06-26 Thread Kelly Pierce
I just installed Exact Audio copy for the first time today. The program is a geek's paradise, but once thoroughly configured and tweaked, the rips really sound good. I'm using the latest LAME compression with 256 VBR joint stereo. When I played the sample rips through my Audiophile 2496

Re: Question about Overdrive books and transferring to an MP3 player

2007-06-09 Thread Kelly Pierce
One way around this is to convert to MP3 using Sound Taxi and then transferring the MP3 file. You could also burn each part to an audio CD and then rip the CD to an MP3 file. Kelly - Original Message - From: Jeff Samco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list.

Re: Nero Version Question

2007-03-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
Nero 5.9 also works great too. Kelly - Original Message - From: Arthur Barney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:58 PM Subject: Re: Nero Version Question Hi Dan, Nero6 works the best with jaws. If you can still

Re: Replay AV 8.03 Great News

2006-12-31 Thread Kelly Pierce
I was wondering the same thing. I subscribe to the company's RSS feed on product updates and there hasn't been a new post for about a week. It is a little frustrating waiting for the bug fix because every time I start the program, I get a nag notice to upgrade my version, even though I have

Re: PLS Plug in for Windows Media Player

2006-12-11 Thread Kelly Pierce
No, but winamp plays them quite nicely and fully accessibly. Why use anything else for this file format? In fact, winamp also plays windows Media files. I now listen to the BBC, CBC and Radio Netherlands only in Winamp thanks to this support. Kelly - Original Message - From:

Re: juice question

2006-11-30 Thread Kelly Pierce
have you RTFm? I copy the XML address of the RSS feed of the podcast and copy it into the new subscription box in the program. I then tab through the box and presto, I'm subscribed. Kelly - Original Message - From: Joe Bollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc -audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org

Re: program to record vidio and audio

2006-11-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
Google video and You tube use flash to play the videos. Flash movies can be stream captured with various stream capturing software. I used Replay A/v. The program was still capturing after two hours and ten minutes. by that time, the file size was nearly 400 megabytes. I stopped the

Re: BCT list

2006-11-11 Thread Kelly Pierce
Yes, there is a list. To find out more and subscribe, go to: http://lists.luv2bablyndi.net/listinfo.cgi/blindcooltech-luv2bablyndi.net Kelly - Original Message - From: Jim Portillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006

Re: soundforge 5

2006-11-09 Thread Kelly Pierce
Kelly Sapergia conducted an interactive audio tutorial seminar on Accessible World a few months ago. You can download the audio file from the Accessible World website or just IM me on AIM (AOL Instant Messager and I can transfer the file to you. My screen name is kellyjosef Kelly -

Re: RFBD CD portable Players and software

2006-11-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke to the director of the RFB studio here in Chicago about DAISY players. The studio has an extensive outreach effort with folks going to schools and meeting with borrowers throughout the Chicago area and Midwest. The Telex Scholar has its buttons arranged in a

Re: Article: Windows Media Player 11 Released

2006-10-31 Thread Kelly Pierce
What did you not like about WM version 11? I would like to understand the problems with this upgrade that led you to the big step of rolling back the program, which is a hassle with WM. Kelly - Original Message - From: Arthur Barney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list.

Re: download url for lame

2006-10-27 Thread Kelly Pierce
I had to find this so I could fully use MP3 Direct Cut. I ended up doing a google search for lame codec and eventually found it. Try doing the same process and I am sure you will have it. I have now saved and backed the file up on my computer so I won't need to do this again. Kelly -

Re: mp3 cds vs data cds

2006-09-27 Thread Kelly Pierce
Denny, Check your manual but it is possible to make a regular audio cd, playable in any CD player, from a bunch of MP3s. the only catch is that they need to be less than 76 minutes to comport with the Red Book CD standard or less than 80 minutes for nearly all blanks these days. simply

Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-11 Thread Kelly Pierce
http://www.wrightplaceinc.net msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:09 AM Subject: Why the iPod is losing its cool The iPod lost its cool for me when I read the Sunday Mirror expose

Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-11 Thread Kelly Pierce
per dress/suit, because they are told they are sophisticated/elegant for doing so -- garments that are manufactured by virtually enslaved workers, in the Northern. CHECK IT OUT! - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. pc-audio@pc-audio.org

Re: Sending very large audio messages to friends

2006-05-13 Thread Kelly Pierce
I also like AOL Instant messenger. with AIM, a folder with audio files can be sent easily. for large and frequent file transmission, I like this better than You Send It. Kelly - Original Message - From: Kathy Szinnyey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list.

Re: burning cds with windows media

2006-04-15 Thread Kelly Pierce
I use Windows media Player to take Windows Media or MP3 files and burn them as regular audio CD's that can be played on any CD player. When the focus is on the file or folder I want to convert and burn, I press the application key, next to the right control key, and select the item add to burn

Re: DVD Audio Extractor.

2006-04-15 Thread Kelly Pierce
Didn't the bastards force the blank cassette companies to slap on a copying surcharge to blank cassettes? Fortunately, the insane policy wasn't forced on the computer industry, who has the bucks to forcefully make the case that the bulk of blank CD's and DVD's are used for legal purposes.

Re: Reposting a question.

2005-10-19 Thread Kelly Pierce
Doug, for a thorough exploration on the world of currently available audio recorders, what they offer, and their accessibility to the blind, check out Tim comings recent interview with Brian Lang that appeared on Larry Skutchan's podcast Blind Cool tech, which can be found at:

Re: NORMALIZING WAV FILES

2005-07-22 Thread Kelly Pierce
Sound Forge does this quite nicely. I am doing it now as I finish my cassette digitization project. Kelly - Original Message - From: R Q J [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:28 PM Subject: NORMALIZING WAV FILES

Re: recommendations on portable ce player which has resume featureand plays mp3 files

2005-07-20 Thread Kelly Pierce
I have a Sony CD Mp3 player. it was more expensive than some of the off brand models but it has turned out to be durable and problem free. I bought the model with a remote control, which attaches to the unit via an included cable. I'm glad I did. the unit I have has buttons flush with the

Podcasting Seminar

2005-07-11 Thread Kelly Pierce
Chicago adaptive technology specialist Dave Porter will present an online interactive voice chat seminar on podcasting on Saturday July 16 from 9-30 until noon Chicago time in the central time zone in the United States. (14:30 to 17:00 Universal Time) The interactive voice chat seminar will

Re: windows media player and mp3 and m3u files

2005-07-04 Thread Kelly Pierce
Dean, Might they be just selecting the file, that is clicking on it rather than right clicking on the MP3 link and choosing save target as from the right click menu? Kelly - Original Message - From: Dean Martineau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, July 04,

Re: live 365 player help

2005-06-26 Thread Kelly Pierce
the premium player is not too blind friendly. The best approach is to listen to Live365 stations in winamp. the stations can be bookmarked in winamp. if you want to see track listings, you can launch the regular player for the display of the playlist and listen in winamp, which offers

Re: DMR

2005-05-18 Thread Kelly Pierce
This is why I just bought a CD-based MP3 player instead of a hard drive one. The library files can be turned into a regular audio CD or transferred to a player that can also play Windows Media files. file conversion options are limited with the audio book windows Media files from overdrive.

Re: Understanding and comparing compression formats

2005-05-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
the options you mentioned with Windows media ripping are also available in ripping MP3s with CDEX. remember it is in Microsoft's interest to make windows Media appear to be a much more attractive experience than the infinitely portable and compatible MP3 format. With MP3 encoding, files can

Re: Anybody tried Replay-Radio?

2005-05-03 Thread Kelly Pierce
yes, read my earlier post on this topic vis-a-vis sound forge. Replay Radio hijacks your sound card and changes the recording settings without your knowledge or permission. it is very accessible and if one uses Replay radio with another audio recording program, they should be prepared to get

Re: Anybody tried Replay-Radio?

2005-05-03 Thread Kelly Pierce
help you switch between mixer settings easily? How does this Replay program compare to total Recorder. Does it use its own driver which can cause some problems? P. - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday

Re: recording problem in sound forge

2005-04-28 Thread Kelly Pierce
Kevin, Thanks, that did it! All I needed to do was uncheck the stereo mix checkbox and everything is back to normal. for others with integrated sound cards wanting to know the exact issue and steps I took: when Replay Radio was installed, it essentially checked the checkbox for either the

Re: recording problem in sound forge

2005-04-27 Thread Kelly Pierce
I went there and there was no option called what you hear like there is in a SoundBlaster card, unfortunately. Kelly - Original Message - From: Matthew Bullis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:58 AM Subject: Re:

Re: recording problem in sound forge

2005-04-27 Thread Kelly Pierce
Thanks. I didn't install the optional replay Radio driver and didn't find any what you hear option on my imbedded sound card like there is with SoundBlaster cards. I did change the settings in replay radio as suggested but I think I have prevented recurring instances of this problem, which is

recording problem in sound forge

2005-04-26 Thread Kelly Pierce
yesterday I downloaded the stream capture and recording program replay radio. it was surprisingly accessible and easy to use and install. My horror of horrors arrived today when I tried to continue my cassette digitization project using Sound forge and my line in jack. My finely tuned

Re: Nero help please!

2005-04-04 Thread Kelly Pierce
to copy a whole disc, I use the Nero Wizard exclusively. The first time it is really important to examine each dialogue box carefully to ensure that the intended action is selected, but after that, using the Wizard requires very few brain cells. to enable the Wizard, go to help and check the

Re: searching titles and artists of mp3s on your hard disk

2005-03-10 Thread Kelly Pierce
with Mac, there is no need to manually enter files into the database. Mac can search any drive, including CD or DVD drives, folder, or directory, and catalog all the audio files in there. Cataloging is nearly effortless. Kelly - Original Message - From: Kevin Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Computer, microphone, iPod make broadcasting personal

2005-02-18 Thread Kelly Pierce
I just ran across this article about the latest computer audio trend: podcasting. One of the celebrities of the podcasting world is former MTV veejay Adam Curry whose audio postings can be found at curry.com Kelly The Boston Globe December 20, 2004 Computer, microphone, iPod make

Re: Minidisk Vs. Mp3

2005-02-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
Message - From: Gary Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 12:43 AM Subject: Re: Minidisk Vs. Mp3 Will these flash recorders record MP3's or wav files? - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC

Re: Minidisk Vs. Mp3

2005-02-06 Thread Kelly Pierce
Andy, I bought my MZ-b100 last year and I have never regretted it. the next generation of technology will be recording on solid state memory cards. the audio files created on these cards can be transferred directly to a computer and played, like other digital audio files. no more real time

Re: Converting Real RM files to Music CD Format

2005-01-16 Thread Kelly Pierce
have you tried real Media player? I haven't converted RM files but I have converted Mp3 files to play on an audio CD player with real Media player. interface is not fun to use but it can be done with perseverance. Kelly - Original Message - From: Jerry Berrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pc

Re: regarding the Pc Audio Messages

2005-01-04 Thread Kelly Pierce
Shannon, the most reliable method to filter messages from a mailing list is to have OE filter the list's e-mail address in the to *and* cc field. from what you described, it filters items in the message body. it is possible to chose the PC-Audio address right from your address book without

MPAA ally plants malware on PCs deliberately

2005-01-03 Thread Kelly Pierce
these bastards are evil, really evil. they'll ruin your PC and grin while doing it, just like the gangbanger who shoots your best friend and laughs. Kelly PC World.com - Dec 29, 2004 http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119016,00.asp Risk Your PC's Health

Re: Live365 and having to register???

2004-12-20 Thread Kelly Pierce
yes, I think you described the current state of affairs. to listen to Live365, one must register at the site, similar to registering at a newspaper website in order to read that particular paper. when you register, you can choose the preferred media player to listen to Live 365 stations,

Re: Saving a CD

2004-11-30 Thread Kelly Pierce
Jim, Why horse around with windows media Player when there is CDEX which does exactly what you want and is far easier to use and configure? regarding windows media, is your default folder for ripped files in windows media the My Music folder? have you tried changing this to another folder

Re: Best software to burn a cd

2004-10-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
yes, to all your questions and no on the scripts. However, I did pay about $20 for a tutorial by John Wilson that described its use by the blind. Kelly - Original Message - From: Sarai and Rosie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October

Re: Best software to burn a cd

2004-10-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
this is how I got my Nero for free. I bought a CD burner to install into my computer and Nero was included with it. Kelly - Original Message - From: Brian Olesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 5:41 AM Subject: Re: Best

Re: Best software to burn a cd

2004-10-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
do you have windows XP? Cd burning software is included as part of the operating system as well as compiling an MP3 collection into an audio CD. I do it all the time with my XP home. Also, I don't have a Real Player subscription and have converted Mp3 compilations and real Audio compilations

Re: Downloading a file onto cd:

2004-10-20 Thread Kelly Pierce
with blank CD-R media, there is only one standard. However, audio data can be saved in two ways on the disc: as computer files or as an audio CD that can be played in any CD player. the latter option is useful if you are sending a copy of the program to someone and you are not sure if they

Re: installing Radium codec in CDEX

2004-07-16 Thread Kelly Pierce
:12624/listen.pls radioanorak high stream http://live.southeastsound.com:12626/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 4:32 AM Subject: installing Radium codec in CDEX hello, I am using windows Xp

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