(Ben's ) Computer Questions!

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(Ben's ) Computer Questions!, for betterman and dani's enjoyment :-)

DJ BenPosted: 25 Sep 2007, 4:24pm

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QUOTE(~_*dani*_~ @ Sep 25 2007, 01:12 PM) [snapback]1068169457[/snapback]

Dear RA,

Are we able to start a seperate thread just for Ben and his computer questions?

LOL

(just jokes)

It has been commented on a few times that there needs to be a threead for me to post my 'immense' ammount of computer questions on RA so here goes for another:

Q. Stupidly about 3 years ago i used Windows Media Player to import 90% of my cd collection onto my collection. (About 2500 - 3000 cds in total). Because of the version of the program i could only import them as wma files but now would like them as mp3 files. I have searched on the net for a few freeware programs that will convert large ammounts of audio files from wma to mp3 but on trying to do so i have reached an alert window each time to say that (so far) many of the wma files have been encoded with some digital rights protection that windows media must have incrypted in the files. Does anyone know a way to get around this? It would save me ALOT of time from having to import all these songs again...

Ben

PrattyPosted: 25 Sep 2007, 4:44pm

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You and that damn computer Ben

You have an illness mate

chickenlegPosted: 25 Sep 2007, 7:07pm

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Q. Why has my tv tuner all of a sudden decided to stop recording sound when recording HDTV, but works when on regular digital, when i have upgraded all drivers and shiz

Q. Why do some MP3s sound glitchy in Ableton and some don't

BettermanPosted: 26 Sep 2007, 9:08am

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QUOTE(DJ Ben @ Sep 25 2007, 05:24 PM) [snapback]1068169533[/snapback]

Ben

lol @ this thread

converting them to mp3 would further degrade the quality ben
if you want to take this path google a program called foobar2000 and download it, that can convert anything to pretty much anything assuming you have the right encoders. to convert to mp3 you'll need the lame mp3 encoded (google it again free download)

but i personally wouldnt as im pretty anal about quality of my digital music and going from wma to mp3 makes it worse. i hate to say it but you'd be better off doing your entire collection again but this time doing it in high quality mp3

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QUOTE(chickenleg @ Sep 25 2007, 07:07 PM) [snapback]1068169575[/snapback]

Q. Why has my tv tuner all of a sudden decided to stop recording sound when recording HDTV, but works when on regular digital, when i have upgraded all drivers and shiz

u could try reinstalling your ac3 codec

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jjcoolausPosted: 26 Sep 2007, 10:03am

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personally i prefer a different freeware program but can't recall the name of it right now

+1 to everything harry said tho

To answer part of your question that harry didn't really get around to though, no you can't remove the DRM from the wma files before conversion (AFAIK)

In Windows Media Player 9 it was enabled by default, but im pretty sure it's not in 10/11 - to check:

Tools -> Options -> Copy Music (tab) and make sure there is no tick against "copy protect music"

Harry is right though, even if DRM was turned off the quality will be degraded further, particularly when the default setting (about 56mb per CD) is only 128kbps.

When i was doing my CD collection (started years ago, still only partially done) i used a program called CDex a very good open source utility.

This program is EXCELLENT at ripping/reading scratched CDs, and it's also easy to setup - I used to just set it to VBR MP3 at 100% quality and go your hardest! That results in some of the highest quality around but that was back in the late 90s.

I'm sure the latest version has other formats such as ogg that can probably provide even higher quality, but i haven't used it in years - ooh getting that link for u the new version looks much nicer! Will have to get onto that one of these days.

What's so good about foobar anyway? I hear a lot of ppl use it as an all-in-one stream it, rip it, jukebox it solution.

I prefer sourceforge projects though - the quality of the stable releases is very high and they could run rings around some commercial mobs.

DJ BenPosted: 26 Sep 2007, 11:50am

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QUOTE(jjcoolaus @ Sep 26 2007, 10:03 AM) [snapback]1068169706[/snapback]

I prefer sourceforge projects though - the quality of the stable releases is very high and they could run rings around some commercial mobs.

Thanks for your post JJ. I prefer soundforge too but for individual project files. If i'm gonna re-rip my whole collection (as betterman suggested) then i'd be better off using a program that can rip multiple files from a cd.

I'll look into a few of your suggestions though and some of Bettterman's too

DJ BenPosted: 30 Sep 2007, 3:19pm

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Hey guys,

I've recently updated my antivirus software and since doing so i've changed a few of the settings in both the program and in internet explorer (using vista) - mainly increased the level of security protection from medium to high. Now my Windows Mail won't seem to send email although it will receive them.

Can anyone think of anything i may have changed that would be affecting this?

Betterman?

Buller?

EvoPosted: 30 Sep 2007, 3:22pm

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chances are your antiviris is is either scanning the files, and the mail server is timeing out. possible , but not likely

or

the antivirus program has blocked port25, very likely

solution: disbale outgoing email scanning

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DJ BenPosted: 30 Sep 2007, 3:27pm

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i'll try that

cheers big ears

BettermanPosted: 30 Sep 2007, 3:28pm

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whats windows mail ive never heard of it? is it a program or a website or email client (like outlook express?)

EvoPosted: 30 Sep 2007, 3:30pm

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its vistas version of outlok express

BettermanPosted: 30 Sep 2007, 3:49pm

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ahh ok, i have never used vista or any vista programs

but if you can send but not receive check your account settings in windows mail and check the outoing mail address. there is one for incoming and one for outgoing make sure they are both correct (eg of one is mail.something.com.au) cause maybe the outgoing one is wrong or was changed. apart from that im not sure...eevo?

DJ BenPosted: 30 Sep 2007, 3:52pm

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it worked evo cheers.

Good thing i had this thread...

EvoPosted: 30 Sep 2007, 3:57pm

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QUOTE(Betterman @ Sep 30 2007, 03:49 PM) [snapback]1068170639[/snapback]

cause maybe the outgoing one is wrong or was changed. apart from that im not sure...eevo?

make the the outgoing one is set NOT to use securemail or authentication or password or security of any kind, becuase you arnt using securemail.

umm, very unlikly, but mtu size. i doubt this is the case as outgoing ahs worked in the past

edit: ahhh,, too easy ben

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DRAMATIKPosted: 5 Oct 2007, 1:25pm

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Hijacking your thread for a minute ben...............

Can't work this out.

Why is there a delay between cubase and my PCR-edirol Keyboard?

I have a Audiofile 2496 sound card and a Celeron 3.34Ghz with 512m RAM

If anyone can gimmie some ideas that be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

LasermadPosted: 5 Oct 2007, 1:34pm

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You should be able to get reasonable latency with that setup, I run a 2496 on a slightly higher spec machine (more ram, & not a celeron chip) and have it set at around 6ms latency, which isn't really noticeable.

Go into the M-Audio setup program and see what your audio sample buffer is set to, should be able to run 256 or 512 without to much trouble, and that should reduce the delay you're getting. If you get clicks and pops then you've set it too small for your machines capabilities.

DJ BenPosted: 5 Oct 2007, 4:34pm

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QUOTE(DRAMATIK @ Oct 5 2007, 01:25 PM) [snapback]1068171855[/snapback]

Hijacking your thread for a minute ben...............

...for a fee of $50. Payable on sunday

BettermanPosted: 5 Oct 2007, 4:50pm

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this thread is for Ben only!

DJ BenPosted: 5 Oct 2007, 4:55pm

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Try this one,

A few weeks ago someone gave me a handful of movies compressed into DivX onto a few dvds. I've managed to copy the movies onto my hard drive and then to individual dvds but in a few of them the picture and the audio don't sync up at all and they are completely unwatchable.

Any suggestions why?

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well theres no magic fix to get them syncd again, u need to re-rip

ralpheeeePosted: 5 Oct 2007, 5:01pm

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QUOTE(chickenleg @ Sep 25 2007, 08:07 PM) [snapback]1068169575[/snapback]

Q. Why do some MP3s sound glitchy in Ableton and some don't

Could be the autowarp function, sometimes it dont work proper. Try turning it off and warping your tracks manualy.

BettermanPosted: 5 Oct 2007, 5:02pm

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jamies right, they weren't encoded properly and must be re-ripped

tell ur mate to adjust settings if it does the same thing again, perhaps choose a higher quality if you can

ps - who needs syncd audio in pornos its just women moaning the whole time anyway

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QUOTE(DJ Ben @ Oct 5 2007, 05:55 PM) [snapback]1068171938[/snapback]

Download a program called dvd flick. Best video encoding proggy I've come across.

DJ BenPosted: 5 Oct 2007, 5:16pm

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QUOTE(Betterman @ Oct 5 2007, 05:02 PM) [snapback]1068171942[/snapback]

ps - who needs syncd audio in pornos its just women moaning the whole time anyway

i'd still care if it was pornos i was talking about. Porno sound can still be good.

Not porn though

DRAMATIKPosted: 5 Oct 2007, 5:29pm

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hey ralpheee PM me the link for that one bro..

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could just be codecs

the one i've used for a few years is from http://www.cccp-project.net/

only has ones you need and isn't full of shite like 99.99% of other codec packs.

btw: you may need to uninstall any ac3 filters that you may have installed first.

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DJ BenPosted: 20 Oct 2007, 9:29pm

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Hey guys,

Earlier today i downloaded my first lot of music through the bigpond music site. I went through all the steps and was eventually brought to a screen that told me that the last step was to select the 'Save As' button on the screen to save my tracks to my computer. When i do so though it only plays them in windows media player. They don't appear to be saved onto my pc at all. Has anyone else ever done this?

Ben

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not much difference between macs and PC's now anyway, cause macs are trying to be/copy PC's. All new MAC's have intel duo core processors and the software is becoming interchangeable. So everything that used to only run on a PC can now run on a MAC (including things like viruses)

so you can now do things like install Windows XP on your MAC

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owning one doesnt mean u no anything about them u fool

www.centaur-design.com - web site & graphic design.

unfortuantely youll have to copy and paste the url above as this forum has a no link policy.

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owning one doesnt mean u no anything about them u fool

not much to know about a paperweight
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Going through my add/remove programs list, noticed all the Java updates are listed. Can i delete all the old updates and just keep the latest or do they all need to stay?

Anyone?

Shut the fuck up and dance!

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yes you can delete them

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Cheers mate

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