[vip_students] Re: Skype Tutorial.
- From: "Stuart Lawler" <stuart.lawler@xxxxxxx>
- To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:06:08 -0000
Hi Aedan,
Excellent instructions there. I've learned something really valuable from
that mail!
Thanks a mill.
Stuart.
-----Original Message-----
From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aedan O'Meara
Sent: 01 March 2006 12:03
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Skype Tutorial.
Hi Stu and all,
Firstly:
I agree with Stu that dial up is a disaster with Skype. Tried it locally
with another in Cork and it was torture and eventually the link broke down.
Secondly:
I have saved your tutorial in Windows Media Player as it streamed by going
to "Save AS" under the File menu. You can choose MP3 here under file type
and away it goes. I have it here in the "My Music" folder under "My
Documents". I am using Media Player 9 as ver 10 is not recommended, and I
have installed the complete codex file from the Microsoft site to give me
MP3 rather than WMA files..
Thirdly:
Any streamed material can be retrieved from the temporary internet files
folder by the way.
Clicking on Command prompt under Accessories you will normally be put into
the following folder:
C:\documents and settings\administrator (or aedan in my case)\.
Here you type "cd local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5"
These folders are normally hidden but you can still type away and you will
get there.
In here random - letter folder names are generated by internet explorer.
Typeing "Dir *.mp3 /s", wil show up the folder containing Stuart's file.
The "/s" makes the computer search all sub-folders.
Problem here is remembering that aweful 8 character random lettered name to
cd into this folder. However, if you do you can type:
"cd (no backslash because backslash takes you back to the root folder)
(8character name)"
When you are there type:
"copy skype(1).mp3 c:\", and you have it out to your root directory and do
what you want with it!
You obviously don't type the quotes.
This is true for any streamed material!The end of the filename may be WMV
rather than MP3 if it is a video.
Regards
Aedan.
-----Original Message-----
From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stuart Lawler
Sent: 01 March 2006 08:21
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Skype Tutorial.
Hi Noreen and all,
Firstly, thanks to everyone for the very nice comments regarding my skype
tutorial. I'm really happy that people found it useful. If you feel this
type of format works, then I'm happy to produce audio tutorials on demand as
and when they are required.
Now Noreen, to your questions.
I think the pauses are happening because of your dial-up connection,
although saying that, the file was compressed so that it could be streamed
over dial-up, very strange!
Secondly, you can't actually save the file as it streams to your computer.
If you would like a copy though, I could send it to you on cd maybe. I
wouldn't mail it to you as its over 10 megs, and on dial-up, that's a lot of
time in line!
I hope this helps.
Stuart.
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>From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of noreenmeagher
Sent: 01 March 2006 00:05
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Skype Tutorial.
Hi Stuart or Paul,
Listened to the tutorial last night and it was excellent.
Is there any way to prevent the pauses that occurred with Winamp, or is this
because I cannot yet get Broad Band? What is S, Shuffle for and should it
be on or off? Third and last question, can you store the tutorial on
Winamp, and if so how, or is it done automatically?
I understand that Skype is not so good without Broad Band but is it worth
having a go anyway?
By the way, I had to resend this as it was returned to me undelivered. I
think there was something wrong with the address on Web Site for students
list.
Many thanks,
Noreen M.
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