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George McLellan
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Duluth, MN USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2003 8:00 am |
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Would someone e-mail me a step by step procedure how to do mp3's? I have been asked to send one and I don't know how.
Thank you.
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SUAS U' PHIOB
Geo
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 30 Jan 2003 5:34 pm
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George the only way to make an MP3 is from a music program that can convert files from CD's or wave file to MP3's , such as MUSICMATCH. There are several programs that will do this but without a program it can't be done.
If you go to the software section of the local PC store ( best buy etc..) there are many programs that can do this and they don't cost all that much. I use Musicmatch and find it a very good program and easy to use.
tp[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 31 January 2003 at 02:12 AM.] [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 31 January 2003 at 02:12 AM.] |
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Ernie Renn
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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2003 2:24 am
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George;
Go to: www.download.com and search for "wav to MP3". You're bound to find something either as freeware or an in-expensive shareware program. There is also sections on that site for finding it manually, (if the search doesn't turn up anything of interest.)
Good luck!
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My best,
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Mark Ardito
From:
Chicago, IL, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2003 8:12 am
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George,
I think that we should post our suggestions for converting to mp3 up here on the forum so when people do a search for past threads on this subject they can find some answers here. Anyway here is how I do it:
I prefer to use "Music Match Jukebox", it is free and can be downloaded at http://www.musicmatch.com So, the first step is to put your CD in your computer. Then open up Music Match Jukebox. Then make sure your Juke Box is showing the CD tracks in the playlist. If it is not, click the CD button on the top right side. Now go to your "options" menu and scroll down to "recorder". A submenu will go to the right from there and select your "Format" and it gives you the options of "mp3, wav and some others". Then select mp3. Next push the record button on your jukebox. It will drop down another tracklist, but this one has checkboxes in it. place checkmarks in the songs you would like converted or "ripped" into mp3 format. then after you have checked all of them push the "record" button on the new playlist. You will see the progress of the coversion. Once it is done you can play your mp3's from your Hard Drive. By default Music Match puts the mp3's into your MyDocuments/My Music folder.
Hope this helps!
I would like some others to post how they convert to MP3 so we could have a good reference for some others to look at.
Thanks!
Mark
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Jimmy Lewis
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Harrisonburg, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2003 10:16 am
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Tommy Mc
From:
Middlesex VT
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Posted 31 Jan 2003 12:56 pm
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There are two freeware programs that I use. To simply extract tracks from a CD (ripping) and convert them to mp3, try CDex: http://www.cdex.n3.net/ It really doesn't get easier. Just slip the CD in and fire up CDex. All the tracks on the CD should come up on the screen. Highlight the tracks you wish to rip, and press the "mp3" button. You can also browse on your computer for other files to convert, and there is capability to record from your "line in".
For more versatility, try dbpoweramp: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
With all the plug-ins, it can convert between dozens of formats.
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Doug Seymour
From:
Jamestown NY USA (deceased)
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Posted 31 Jan 2003 5:06 pm
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I have recorded some old tapes & 33 rpms to my HD (as wav files) w/a program someone suggested here on "our" forum.....Polderbits!
I like it fine, after a bit of learning. I was doing each song by itself.....with Polderbits, you can do several tunes at once
(a whole tape) & if there's enough "dead air"
between tunes it divides them into individual cuts. What a great time saver from my first efforts along these lines. Then
I also have used Musicmatch to change the Wav files to the much more manageable MP3s!
My nephew tells me one can get many more MP3s
per CD than wavs. After e-mailing with Woody Waddell in Goodletsville I got the MP3s for Dummys from our local library to review it & decided I needed to buy that one! Good info for an old greenhorn like me! |
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George McLellan
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Duluth, MN USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2003 12:58 pm
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Thank you all for helping me with this. I am able to take songs from tape or LP's & CD's and send them to my "D" drive. They show up as WAVfile. It's sending them thru e-mail that I don't know what to do or what program I may need to do it.
I'll print out all your replies for future referance.
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Geo
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2003 1:03 pm
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You don't need anything special to send them through email. Just attach them to your email the same way you do any file attachments.
In Outlook, click Insert-File, browse to where the WAV file is, select it, and click Okay. You can also insert more than one file in the same email. |
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Doug Seymour
From:
Jamestown NY USA (deceased)
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Posted 1 Feb 2003 8:47 pm
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OOPS! I don't think you want to try sending wav files as an e-mail attachment, unless I am miss-understanding you, Jim? Aren't they much too large?? Or am I misstaken? reduce them about 10 to 1 by making them into an MP3! I just have a dial-up and it takes much too long to handle a wav file. If someone of you folks would like to contribute to my help "Uncle Doug" get DSL @ $50 per MO ~ here in WNY please realize it would only take 12 of you to fix me up for 2003! Bring your "Roses to me now!" I just did a 3hr gig
w/a piano buddy (me on bass) that'll cover a month, but I also have to save up to go down to my Daughter's in Indian Trail NC so Tony Prior & I can have our long awaited jam session! |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2003 10:06 pm
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Of course size could be an issue. I was just pointing out that just because it's an audio file, it's not any different from any other file you attach to an email.  |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 2 Feb 2003 3:34 am
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George, before you sedn an EMAIL with an attached Large file..you may need to ask the folks your sending it to what the file size cap is. IF they don't know then it is small.
If you or your recipients are on dial up ( telephone) modem you do not want to send a wave file. I repeat..WAVE file...NOT....
When you convert to MP3 you will have a
choice of file format size, the higher the Kbps size the better the quality but the larger the file. The smaller the Kbps size the lower quality but the size is small as well.I would choose a file size that keeps you in the 500 KB range when completed.
I recently sent a file to a friend who said he had cable modem and a new PC capable of receiveing large files, the file was an MP3 about 4 meg, well..it locked up his mail server and he could not receive any mail until he contacted his provider and told them to delete it from the server. He then realized he was on dial-up modem and had a restiction of 1 meg.
When I had the Steel Guitar radio show active at LIVE365, the MP3 file sizes were set at 20kpbs ( recommended by Live365) which made it capable for everyone and anyone to listen to the tunes over the Internet. Yes the quality was much lower but you can't have it all ways at all times...
Just a heads up..
tp |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 2 Feb 2003 6:09 pm
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| Once the files are stored in the computer, how does one get them onto those little MP3 players? I'm thinking of buying one. Any suggestions on brand or what to look for? Do they tend to vary in terms of how much info they can hold? How many average length songs would an average MP3 player hold? Thanks, Steve |
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Joey Ace
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 2 Feb 2003 6:24 pm
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Those MP3 players connect to your computer with a USB cable. I don't have one.
I do have a car CD Player that can play MP3s. I can burn over 200 songs onto a CD. Around 12 hours of music on one 50 cent CD!
It also displays the file name (song name). |
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Shaan Shirazi
From:
Austin, TX, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2003 8:17 am
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You can also play MP3's on most DVD players nowadays. I'm kind of slow so I just got my first DVD player last weekend. It plays MP3's just fine and it's a 5 disc carousel so the music might not ever stop around my house.
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