Grumman-581 wrote:
> "Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
> news:PNadneUyM_76-43ZnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> iTunes includes Apple's DRM. (digital rights management)
>>
>> I won't have the big companies telling me how to use my media.
>
> I was installing iTunes for Grace awhile back after she received a free iPod
> Shuffle in a credit card promotion... Of course, this means that I needed to
> load *all* my music CDs into it so that I could get them in the best audio
> format for that particular device... After loading everything on her laptop,
> I decided that to keep from having to do this again, I would just load all
> the CDs onto one of my machines, but leave the files in WAV format so there
> would be no loss of resolution... End result of 2216 songs from all the CDs
> and a total of 94G... Now if I ever need to load it onto a device that has a
> non-standard format, I just convert from the WAV files... What the
> application does with the copy, I don't care since I have the originals...

You can store wave files losslessly in a format called FLAC. They are 50%
smaller then the original wave and don't lose anything. A good tool used
by us audio traders is called Trader's Little Helper. 94GB becomes ~54GB.
You can store those files as data on a CD or DVD instead of having to
extract CDA from an audio CD (very inexact, BTW. Use EAC to rip CD's)

http://thor.prohosting.com/roh0205/

If you want to learn more about lossless music and would like to download
free live shows, here's some links:

http://wiki.etree.org/ (info)
http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php (legal lossless music in HTTP or FTP)
http://bt.etree.org/ (bittorrent is where it's at, only get clients from their creator!)

Write if you need more info on proper BT clients. You can demunge my email
by removing the DONTSPAMME from every other letter.

Jeeps, music and electronics are a way of life!

 

thanks for the links.
here's another on things audio:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php

Scott in Baltimore wrote:
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thanks for the links.
here's another on things audio:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php

Scott in Baltimore wrote:
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thanks for the links.
here's another on things audio:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php

Scott in Baltimore wrote:
....

 

thanks for the links.
here's another on things audio:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php

Scott in Baltimore wrote:
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"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
news:SIOdnaTHv_YEGo3ZRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> You can store wave files losslessly in a format called FLAC. They are 50%
> smaller then the original wave and don't lose anything

Well, I've already got them in WAV format and 94G is not that big of a deal
for me... I figure that for any new format that the MP3-like players might
have in the future, someone will create a tool to convert from WAV to it...
I tend to prefer command line conversion tools so that I can do the
conversion while renaming them in the process... I stored the album and
track numbers as delimited numeric strings in the file name and have a
lookup file that matches this to author, album name, and such... It's a
simple matter to write a Bourne shell script to do the conversion, rename
the files, even storing the results in different directories by author and
album if so desired...

Those individuals who 'acquire' music via the internet have significantly
more files than I do... If I like a song, I buy the album... I doubt that
I'll ever buy digital tunes from one of the sites since the idea of paying
for something that is not in full audio resolution doesn't exactly sit right
with me... Even though I've probably lost enough hearing over the years due
to being at the gun range without hearing protection...

 

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
news:SIOdnaTHv_YEGo3ZRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> You can store wave files losslessly in a format called FLAC. They are 50%
> smaller then the original wave and don't lose anything

Well, I've already got them in WAV format and 94G is not that big of a deal
for me... I figure that for any new format that the MP3-like players might
have in the future, someone will create a tool to convert from WAV to it...
I tend to prefer command line conversion tools so that I can do the
conversion while renaming them in the process... I stored the album and
track numbers as delimited numeric strings in the file name and have a
lookup file that matches this to author, album name, and such... It's a
simple matter to write a Bourne shell script to do the conversion, rename
the files, even storing the results in different directories by author and
album if so desired...

Those individuals who 'acquire' music via the internet have significantly
more files than I do... If I like a song, I buy the album... I doubt that
I'll ever buy digital tunes from one of the sites since the idea of paying
for something that is not in full audio resolution doesn't exactly sit right
with me... Even though I've probably lost enough hearing over the years due
to being at the gun range without hearing protection...

 

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
news:SIOdnaTHv_YEGo3ZRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> You can store wave files losslessly in a format called FLAC. They are 50%
> smaller then the original wave and don't lose anything

Well, I've already got them in WAV format and 94G is not that big of a deal
for me... I figure that for any new format that the MP3-like players might
have in the future, someone will create a tool to convert from WAV to it...
I tend to prefer command line conversion tools so that I can do the
conversion while renaming them in the process... I stored the album and
track numbers as delimited numeric strings in the file name and have a
lookup file that matches this to author, album name, and such... It's a
simple matter to write a Bourne shell script to do the conversion, rename
the files, even storing the results in different directories by author and
album if so desired...

Those individuals who 'acquire' music via the internet have significantly
more files than I do... If I like a song, I buy the album... I doubt that
I'll ever buy digital tunes from one of the sites since the idea of paying
for something that is not in full audio resolution doesn't exactly sit right
with me... Even though I've probably lost enough hearing over the years due
to being at the gun range without hearing protection...

 

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
news:SIOdnaTHv_YEGo3ZRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> You can store wave files losslessly in a format called FLAC. They are 50%
> smaller then the original wave and don't lose anything

Well, I've already got them in WAV format and 94G is not that big of a deal
for me... I figure that for any new format that the MP3-like players might
have in the future, someone will create a tool to convert from WAV to it...
I tend to prefer command line conversion tools so that I can do the
conversion while renaming them in the process... I stored the album and
track numbers as delimited numeric strings in the file name and have a
lookup file that matches this to author, album name, and such... It's a
simple matter to write a Bourne shell script to do the conversion, rename
the files, even storing the results in different directories by author and
album if so desired...

Those individuals who 'acquire' music via the internet have significantly
more files than I do... If I like a song, I buy the album... I doubt that
I'll ever buy digital tunes from one of the sites since the idea of paying
for something that is not in full audio resolution doesn't exactly sit right
with me... Even though I've probably lost enough hearing over the years due
to being at the gun range without hearing protection...

 

DougW proclaimed:

> beerismygas@yahoo.com did pass the time by typing:
>
>>Just wanted to know what wax (if any) people use on their Jeep.
>
>
> Been using Meguiars NXT Tech Wax. I've been happy with it. Goes
> on easy and seems to do well against B-52 droppings. Unburned
> fuel by the way. :)
>
I'm very happy with the Meguiars paste, but have been wondering just how
well those spray silicone waxes work for days when you just don't feel
like waxing for a couple hours.