Windows 98 vs Windows Me

[Betamax]

Personally I think I'll stick to winamp for encoing Mp3s if this is the case

Winamp decodes, not encodes...

[Betamax]

You can download an encoder plugin for winamp from their website. You need a codec such as radiums however to use it. The addresses are:

Mp3 output plugin

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/detail...omponentId=177

Radium codec

http://www.riphelp.com/downloads/radium_codec.html

bleh, EAC + LAME owns the **** out of that.

[Betamax]

eh? :wtf:

It works rather well actually. If winamp is setup to autorun cds you can convert multiple cds to mp3 by simply inserting the cd. Autorun kicks in and winamp encodes it mp3. To do another cd just change the disk. I don't see how this is "lame". I use the all the time.

[hankhoser]

betamax, LAME is an mp3 encoder.

you can either use the dll file of it on its own or the optional .exe to encode files.

i personally use the dll file with the latest version of audiograbber for encoding - even if i do have winamp.

[Betamax]

Ok sorry about that.

L.A.M.E.
LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder.

Gotta love GNU-style names

EAC, Exact Audio Copy...
Great Ripping tool

LAME - www.mp3dev.org
EAC - www.exactaudiocopy.de

[cluthu]

>Personally I think I'll stick to winamp for encoing Mp3s if this is the
>case
There was a rumor that WinXP was going to stop the execution of alternate audio playing applications. While I don't know if there's any validity to it, I'm sure we all know perfectly well that within a few weeks (days?) of XP's release there'll be a workaround. What I found funny is the fact that M$ seems to believe that people are going to happily migrate to Windows Media Player to do their ripping/encoding. Perhaps they should focus on making Media Player less of a tremendous pig before deciding on making it the "standard" for everyone

>But they're really doing it because WMA is better than MP3
>quality!
Well, just to play Devil's Advocate :goes off and plays pinball: for a minute, WMA does tend to be smaller than an MP3 of the same song/clip/whatever. Of course, in saving space you also get oh-so-wonderful digital rights management and lack of cross-platform compatablity. If anyone's really interested in saving some space, I'd suggest checking out Ogg Vorbits, an open source attempt to create a royalty free audio format with superior compression.

[campaign2016]

Originally posted by cluthu

There was a rumor that WinXP was going to stop the execution of alternate audio playing applications.

If this rumor is true, Microsoft will get a law-suit slapped on it so fast it wont be funny. Probably quite similar to the anti-trust suit it had not to long ago. I mean, who heard of an OS that wont allow software written for it to be executed.

[Betamax]

Yep that like winxp refusing to run netscape 6 'cos "in their option" you should use Ie6 as it is superior. (Actually I think they are both much of a muchness... or at least when they are finished. Ps I know that Ns 6 is actually finished but it is based on mozillas code which is far from being finished)

[Raziel]

Originally posted by cluthu
>There was a rumor that WinXP was going to stop the execution of alternate audio playing applications.

It's partly true,infact you won't be able to use microsoft's progies to encode mp3 but you'll still be able to use other ones like winamp or Nero(yes it does encode mp3).
Bye.

[campaign2016]

Originally posted by Betamax
Yep that like winxp refusing to run netscape 6 'cos "in their option" you should use Ie6 as it is superior. (Actually I think they are both much of a muchness... or at least when they are finished. Ps I know that Ns 6 is actually finished but it is based on mozillas code which is far from being finished)

i had NS6 but i couldnt stand the style and lay out of it
in fact, thats what made me go back to IE after being a devout NS user for years

[Ryos]

Besides, I fail to see why some people still opt for the Netscape line just to avoid using M$'s IE browser because it's made by M$. While that may have been an interesting idea earlier, now Netscape is owned by AOL. So basically it's just exchanging one product made by one company that is the root of all evil to another company that is the root of all evil (although with AOL, said evil has an intellect a hundred points lower or so on average per person).

[Rargh]

That was a good one Ryos!

And?

I use Mozilla because it ****s IE in the arse, not because it's non-M$.

I could care less who owns a product generally, I'm more concerned with it's quality...

[Ryos]

Mozilla's much better. But then again, that wasn't my point...

Was just an expression of my opinion =P

[hankhoser]

i never knew how much attention this thread would get!

[Ryos]

We all love (hate?) to talk about Microsoft. It was only inevitable we'd look at this thread.