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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I play .mp3 files with my browser? You first need to set up your browser (Opera, Netscape, Explorer, etc.) so that it properly accepts .mp3 files. In Netscape Navigator, this is done under Preferences>Applications. Explorer *should* be...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What does «normalization» mean? What’s the difference between normalizing «peak» level and «average» level? If you say: «Normalize to 98%, but only if peak level is higher than 98% or lower than...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Which portable MP3 player should I get? Well, I can’t really answer this question. I don’t have one myself yet. I’m holding out for the players which play MP3 from CD which are supposed to be coming out. Supposedly they will...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What is Normalization? It allows you to max out the volume of a file without introducing clipping. When «ripping» a cd, normalization is handy because of the vast volume differences of audio cds. There are different ways to implement...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I link from a web page to a file on an FTP site? You can create a link to an FTP object, no problem. The link will take the form: <A HREF=»FTP://log:pass@server.name/dir/path/filename»>Click here to download</A>...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What is the difference between an MP3 file and a conventional WAV file? Conventional WAV files are not compressed. For sound or music of any significant duration, WAV files are huge. The size of a normal good quality WAV file is very roughly 10MB...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I change the ID3 tags on my MP3 files? Certainly you can change the ID3 tags on an existing MP3 file (so long as it is not a read-only file, for example something burned onto a CDR disk, in which case you obviously can’t write to it). A...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I post MP3 files to a newsgroup? The short answer is that you post a message and «attach» the MP3 file to it. You may also need to specify some parameters in your newsreading software re such things as how to encode the...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What is a conventional WAV file? Because there are now two major types of WAV files: The conventional WAV file format, uncompressed. A new WAV file format, in compressed MP3 format. Both types of WAV file have the same extension, WAV. The only...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Is there a program to change the ID3 tags on an MP3 file through right clicking on the file? There are several. MP3Ext (available for ZDNet, www.hotfiles.com) is an Explorer extension that adds a new page to the Properties menu of .mp3 files. At...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I post an MP3 file to a usenet group? Well firstly, you don’t post it in a discussion group… you post it in an appropriate binaries newsgroup, such as: news://alt.binaries.sounds.mp3 As to how to post it. You need to post it in...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How would you advise configuring WinAmp? This is obviously a matter of personal choice, but with a high resolution screen format I would advise trying the program’s double-size option (OPTIONS > DOUBLE SIZE). The font size for the...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Is it possible to «filter» MP3 files to remove noise etc? Well, you can’t really filter MP3 files. You can alter the *playback* by using equalizers and various plugins. But if you want to apply filters to the file, you’ll...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I listen to MP3 files? You just need to download an MP3 player for your local computer. Of course, a working sound card and speakers are also required. (or headphones if not speakers), Install, and Rock & Roll. top of the...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What is a WinAmp skin? A WinAmp skin is an optional additional set of files which create an alternative user interface for WinAmp. Only the graphical appearance such as the shape and colour of items (such as the various displays and controls) is...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How Do I Make An MP3 From The Audio In An AVI File?GoldWave has an option to extract the audio from an AVI file to WAV audio. Use this option, save the results as a WAV file, then use an encoder to produce an MP3 file. Unfortunately, the audio in...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I make an MP3 from a CD? You need a CD Ripper. The CD-Ripper or CD-Grabber will take the CD file and convert it into a WAV formated file. Finally, you run a MP3 encoder over the WAV file to convert it into MP3 format. The critical point in...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What Is A ‘VIV’ file?If you can’t play the file in Winamp, then it isn’t an MP3 file (you don’t actually have to rename it, even if the file is still called «whatever.viv», if you open it with Winamp and...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I make an MP3 from a Album or Cassette? This is where that LINEIN input plug on your sound card comes into play. Normally, its where a microphone is plugged into your sound card. READ YOUR SOUND CARD MANUAL to see how this is done –...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I reduce the bitrate of MP3 files (e.g. to fit more songs into my portable player)? Well you’d have to convert them to WAV files (Winamp can do this – use the Nullsoft Diskwriter Output plugin, which comes with the standard...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How can I make my own CD’s from my mp3’s? First, decompress the .MP3 to .WAV format with a MP3 Decoder program. Write the .WAV file to a CD. You then need a CD-Writer to write the wav file to cd. Some cd-writer software will go...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I make all my MP3 files play at the same volume? There are a couple of Winamp plugins for normalizing the volume of songs as you play them – they don’t actually change the MP3 files on disk at all, they just try to make Winamp...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I convert a MP3 to Wav? By using an MP3 Decoder program. top of the page Sandkasse | Spill | Banjo rules | Music in Vegas | About Us | Site Map | Contact Us | ©2005 bestmp3links ????
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I convert Real Media files to WAV? I’ve never actually done it, but the program ra2wav, available from standard download sites, such as ZDNet (www.hotfiles.com) is supposed to be able to extract «.ra» audio data and the...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I convert a WAV to MP3? By using an MP3 Encoder program. top of the page Sandkasse | Spill | Banjo rules | Music in Vegas | About Us | Site Map | Contact Us | ©2005 bestmp3links ????
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 ow do I create audio CDs from my MP3 files using Winamp and Easy CD Creator? Convert your MP3 files to WAV files first. This is easy to do – almost all MP3 players can do it.. e.g. with Winamp, press Ctl-P to get Preferences, then select...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I convert WMA files to WAV using Winamp? If you have the ‘full’ version of Winamp it can play WMA files, and you can try writing to a WAV output file using the Nullsoft Disk Writer plugin… but sometimes it won’t work...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What is MP3? MP3 is an acronym for MPEG layer 3 which is a format/algorithm to tightly compress audio files. MP3 files have the .mp3 file extension on them. Up to 12 to 1 compression is attainable and produces high sound quality with very little...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What affects sound quality in CD burning? Really, unless the burning plumb fails, the burning process shouldn’t have much impact on the sound quality – the track burned on CD should sound just like the track played from your PC. The...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 I made an audio CD and it plays ok on my PC but won’t play on my stereo – why? Various possible reasons: 1) You recorded it on a CD-RW disk. Most newer computer drives read these fine. Very few audio players will read them at all. 2)...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 I burned some audio CDs and they will not play on my CD player – how come? 1) Make sure you are using CD-R disks, not CD-RW disks – very few CD audio players can recognise CD-RW disks at all. 2) Make sure you are burning single...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I burn a CD without gaps between the tracks? Using the «disk at once» option which is available in most good burner programs will get rid of the major gaps between tracks. I would recommend *always* using this option when...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I adjust the volume level when making an audio CD from MP3 files? Personally I use Goldwave (www.goldwave.com) to edit the WAV files. There are programs that will do some kind of «normalization» during the decoding or burning...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How can I adjust the volume level of my MP3 files as I burn them to an audio CD? I’d use a WAV editor. There is a Winamp plugin called Audiostocker which is designed to «normalize» playback volume, but I don’t know whether...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How can I record my MP3 files to tape? If you want to record the songs you have in MP3 form onto an audio tape for playing in your Walkman, car stereo, or whatever… you just need to connect the line-out socket of your sound card to an input...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How Do I Convert MP3 Files To WAV Files?Most MP3 players will convert MP3 to WAV. With Winamp, press CTL-P to bring up Preferences, From there, select Output in the left hand window, then select Nullsoft Disk Writer Plug-In in the left window....
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Is it possible / ok to rip from CDs directly to MP3, or should I rip to WAV files? There certainly *are* programs that rip to MP3 files. Musicmatch Jukebox and CDEX are two well known examples. MP3 Wizard is another. It is true that sometimes...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do I record from vinyl disks? Connecting the output from a magnetic phono cartridge directly into a sound card probably is not going to work very well. The output from a magnetic cartridge is very low level. Not only that, but it also has...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I record audio tracks to a CD-RW disk? Well yes… you certainly can record it, and then later erase that stuff and record something else instead. The catch is that even if you use standard audio CD format you almost certainly won’t...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What’s a good, free program to rip tracks from CD? I’d suggest trying CDEX. You can download it from: www.cdex.n3.net Another useful program, if you have hardware which presents you with difficulties in the area of Digital Audio...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Is there software to remove noises (scratches etc.) from recording made from vinyl disks? There are several program to do this. They actually work with WAV files, not MP3, so if you have problem MP3 files, you’ll have to decode them to WAV...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I copy my MP3 files to a CDR disk and play them that way? You can copy your MP3 files directly, without conversion, to a data CD, and that way you will get somewhere between 7 and 11 hours of music on a CD (depending on the bitrate of your...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 When I play an audio CD in my CD ROM drive and record a WAV file it sounds fine, but when I «rip» tracks from the CD they skip and have noises… what gives? OK, there are a couple of different issues here. When you play a CD...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 What software can I use to make MP3 files from tapes and LPs? Well there are many ways you *could* do it. But simply, what I’d recommend is: 1) Download Goldwave from www.goldwave.com it’s an excellent shareware program which allows...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 When saving MP3 files to CD, is it better to use Direct CD with CD-RW disks or to burn CDR disks? I got Direct CD with my drive, and you certainly can use it to copy MP3 files to a CD-RW disk. And I started out doing so. However, I have now...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How is the volume controlled when «ripping» from a CD? If you’re using Digital Audio Extraction (which is what is usually meant by «ripping»), then I don’t believe anything «controls the volume»...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 When I try to record from line input to my soundcard, I don’t get anything – any ideas? Bring up your Windows audio controlls (double click on the little yellow speaker in the tray) and select Options / Properties and then click on...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Is there a CD burner program that I can legally download free? The only free burner programs that I am aware of are Feurio (from www.feurio.de) and Fireburner (from http://mariettabros.com/bob/CDRPortal/). I haven’t tried Fireburner, and I...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 When I rip tracks from CD I get static-like noises and skips – what can I do? It sounds as if you’re having some problems with your digital audio extraction. Exact Audio Copy is a good, free ripping program which seems to be perhaps...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 I’m trying to record from the line in socket of my soundcard and I can’t – what gives? Well… you might need to fiddle with your Windows volume controls – I know I do (I imagine it depends on your sound card drivers...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Does MP3 CD Maker work? Well… MP3 CD Maker might be nice if it *worked*. I downloaded the current demo version (restricted to 4 tracks), and tried it out with my Hewlett Packard CD Writer + 7500, but it just kept giving assorted error...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 How do different ripping programs compare? Well I did some comparisons using Musicmatch Jukebox (which is what I used to use), CDEX and Exact Audio Copy a while back. Basically they all worked fine… but this was on a Pentium II 450 with a...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 When I try to record by connecting my stereo into my soundcard I get a hum – why? If you get a «loud humming sound» I’d be inclined to suspect some sort of ground loop between the equipment – which could be very...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 There’s a file called CDFS.VXD which allows me to see my audio CD tracks as WAV files, so can’t I use this instead of a ripper program? Well, you can certainly use it, but in essence, CDFS.VXD *is* a ripper program, even though it is...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I put my MP3 tunes onto audio CDs to play on my stereo, in my car etc? There are programs that claim to be able to take MP3 files and decode them and burn them to an audio CD all in one operation… MP3 CD Maker is one such program. I...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Is it possible to rip tracks from a CD using Winamp? Not using the normal Nullsoft CD / Line-in Plugin, no it isn’t, because using this plugin Winamp doesn’t actually read in the sound from the CD when ‘playing’ CDs. Like...
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 Can I create CDs to play in my car with my CD-RW writer? You can write disks for use in your car on your CD-RW writer, no problem, but *don’t* use CD-RW media – use regular CD-R disks (which are cheaper anyhow). Most audio players...
