Re: Some issues and questions
- From: Chris Skarstad <toonhead@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:59:02 -0500
Hi Justin
Ok, first your questions, and then my answers underneath them for clarity.
At 07:48 AM 6/19/2007, you asked:
I would like to know if there is an available program that allows me
to use my PC for recording these programs from XM and then allows me
to transfer the file to a CD using Windows Media Player, Winamp, or a
similar program.
There certainly is, it is called Replay A/V.
It is available for approximately $50, but believe me, it is worth
every single dollar!
you can get more info at
http://www.replayav.com
This program has support for xm built right into it, you can use a
line-in plug to plug your existing xm receiver into your computer and
Replay will record the program, or you can also record off the xm
online streams. The only real drawback to this, is that your sound
card will be taken up while this happens. For other programs you can
record with Replay A/V, the sound card isn't used, since it captures
the stream in the background. so if you can find some alternative
source for the shows you want to record, simply enter the address
into the program, schedule when the program should start and stop, and
it will record right in the background. no one into recording radio
shows should be without this program, it is an absolute essential
one, at least for me.
You can't exactly edit files, but if you use JAWS with Winamp, you
can set markers within the file so that you can go back to them later
on. you can also set the program up so that it creates an audio cd
after the recording is complete.
Ok, on with the questions...
Secondly, I would appreciate some feedback regarding the Jaws
scripts for Itunes which have been around forthe last 18 months or
so and I believe were developed in England. I am considering
purchasing these scripts. I have downloaded the user manual which is
not written very well, in my opinion. As an alternative to the
Itunes scripts, has anyone been able to purchase songs from the
Itunes store and transfer them to a file and then to CD, using JFW
and alternative scripts that someone else has developed.
For that matter, has anyone been able to work with JFW and Itunes
without using any scripts? On a related note, are the most recent
JFW upgrades, (jfw8 and above more compatible with the Itunes scripts?
In short, the answer is no. I find the Itunes program to be quite
more of a hastle than it's worth, I heard a demo of the scripts being
used and I was less than impressed because the keystrokes being used
seemed clumsy, and the program didn't always focus in the right
spot. There are plenty of other, more accessible tools for listening
to and possibly purchasing music on the web, like Rapcity, and a few
others I can't remember at the moment. So in short, forget itunes.
Finally, are their any scripts for Windows Media player which I
find really cumbersome when I have downloaded a song that someone
has sent me, or that I have purchased and I have to tab around in
order to locate the track, add to a particular playlist and then
burn onto a CD. It would be great if there were specific scripts to
make this process a bit less of a hassle.
If the file you're playing is arregular WMA or mp3 file, I would
strongly recommend the use of Winamp, since it seems to be a whole
lot easier to use than Windows Media player. It is bulky and takes up
much more on the screen than is necessary, at least to me. I know
others may think differently, but again, if your file is a
unprotected WMA file, meaning one that hasn't been bought from one of
the services that delights in protecting the music so that only you
can listen to that song on one machine, Winamp just seems like it
would be a better player to use, since there are a lot of keystrokes,
and scripts built right into JAWS that can be used. If your file has
DRM or digital rights management built into it, I'm not sure if the
current version of Winamp supports that, so you can certainly try to
listen, but you may need to use Windows media player for
it. Unfortunately there aren't any scripts built into JAWS 8, sorry to say.
Hope that helps.
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