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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you use any Desktop Theme Software on Windows?
« Last post by Curt on October 07, 2009, 05:08 PM »
I don't use any desktop theme on my Vista, (other than light-blue Vista altered by QTTabbar and StExBar), even though I really don't like the colours. I would rather like it to use some fancy, updated aero-glass version of XP's Silver - I just don't know where or how to get it and set it.
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General Software Discussion / Re: At last: MP3 Lossless!!!
« Last post by Curt on October 07, 2009, 04:31 PM »
You always find neat stuff I'd never know about if you didn't bring it to our attention.
-40hz (October 07, 2009, 06:49 AM)

- that has been my excuse for a couple years!  :mrgreen:
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General Software Discussion / Re: how to kill / restart Google Chrome?
« Last post by Curt on October 07, 2009, 01:53 PM »
Maybe you can talk f0dder into writing a "Trim-ChromeOnly-Memory"?
It would by far be the fastest way to free some memory.
If not, you can use his TrimAll:

---
(...) If you need free RAM, don't overlook the brand new trimall by f0dder

Here you go :)  "trimall.exe" automatically trims all processes, has no GUI or status indication or whatever (thus the small size). It still won't trim system processes, and on a multi-user system it will probably only trim other people's processes if you have an administrative user account.
-f0dder (April 20, 2007, 08:30 AM)


Direct link: https://www.donation...=2794.0;attach=17116

-Curt (April 21, 2007, 05:37 PM)

It will free up a lot of memory in less than 2 seconds!
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General Software Discussion / Re: At last: MP3 Lossless!!!
« Last post by Curt on October 07, 2009, 04:16 AM »
- you're of course right, f0dder - I was thinking 'dynamic range' rather than 'dynamic average'. Classical music concerts have an extreme dynamic range, but a low dynamic average, so to speak.
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General Software Discussion / Re: At last: MP3 Lossless!!!
« Last post by Curt on October 07, 2009, 03:31 AM »
The format is still beta'ish; one would expect the tagging-thing to be dealt with at some point in time.

About the size of the outcome; yes it surely relates to the music:

GenreHD Bit-rateFile-Size
Pop,Rock,Folk876 kbits/s26 MB
Jazz786 kbits/s23.5 MB
Classical605 kbits/s18 MB
Audio-Books474 kbits/s14 MB

So my guess is that MP3HD will excel with Classical music, as an example, but not with Rock.

Other than that, the example is plain stupid; any classical concert contains tons more dynamic tunes than any rock music concert ever, and should therefore also take up much more bits, I would imagine.
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General Software Discussion / Re: At last: MP3 Lossless!!!
« Last post by Curt on October 06, 2009, 11:26 AM »
- okay, at least I will talk long enough to tell that there are 38 more HD music files to get, one at a time, from http://www.all4mp3.com/Listenmp3HD.aspx

Also I should say that half of the files listed at the previous link, are surround files!

Finally, if some of you didn't follow any of the links, I should tell that there is a plugin for WinAmp (Windows only).
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General Software Discussion / Re: At last: MP3 Lossless!!!
« Last post by Curt on October 06, 2009, 10:30 AM »
11-Pink Floyd-High Hopes.flac - 46.1MB
11-Pink Floyd-High Hopes.mp3 - 48.6MB
-f0dder (October 06, 2009, 10:21 AM)

- quite a surprise, and not in line with what I've read.

But as I said, I'll shut up.
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General Software Discussion / Re: At last: MP3 Lossless!!!
« Last post by Curt on October 06, 2009, 10:11 AM »
Oh, you are all such a bunch of square minded wankers, afraid of any improvements not coming from your favourites! Your arguments are soo...., welll, I better shut up.
 :P 

Sorry!

Of course this format is not perfect, but neither are any other formats! MP3HD is of course technical superior to FLAC (which is not a common format) because the compression makes the MP3HD file at least 30 percent smaller than a FLAC file, while the quality of the MP3HD sound fully will match the FLAC. The download links also offer a converter, so if you think the MP3HD file still is too large for your sister's portable player or your kitchen speakers, you may convert it into a normally sized MP3 file. But you still have the lossless file for your hi-fi set-up.

FYI: the new format is displayed the normal way: MP3 (not 'MP3HD').

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General Software Discussion / At last: MP3 Lossless!!!
« Last post by Curt on October 06, 2009, 07:18 AM »
MP3 was a revolution when it entered the audiophile world. Not entirely a good revolution, in my opinion, but nevertheless something that changed the world of sound. Because of MP3's obvious lack of quality, other formats have been developed, but... well..., apart from WMA, not with too much commercial success. This has left the vast majority of consumers in a dark corner: Either settle with low quality, or purchase the original recording (if you can find it). Now this may change!

MP3HD is a lossless compression of an ingenious kind. It consists of two layers. The top layer is a normal lossy MP3 layer, and the bottom layer contains all the missing details. Meaning that MP3HD can be played on all MP3 players, but only the lossless details will come forth via a new MP3HD player. That is SMART! :-)

Average bit-rate will typical be between 475 and 875 kbit/s

mp3HD Overview

    * mp3HD is a lossless audio codec (100% bit-exact replica of CD tracks)
    * Backward Compatible to mp3
    * File extension .mp3
    * Bitrates for music approximately 500 to 900 kbps rates (similar to other lossless codecs), depending on genre
    * Embedded mp3 track and the mp3HD file share the same id3 metadata
    * Encoding parameters (e.g. bit rate), ancillary data and meta data of embedded mp3 track are under control



You can get the de- & encoder, and 'toolkit' via http://www.all4mp3.c.../Learn_mp3_hd_1.aspx at http://www.all4mp3.com/SoftwareHD.aspx


For 32-bits Mac, Linux, and Windows,  
- but 64 bits and Windows 7 (Seven) are not listed!

mp3_HD_blue150px.jpg


The following tools are available immediately for your tests:

    * Encoding
          o Command-line encoder
    * Decoding (to wav)
          o Command-line decoder
    * Playing
          o Plug-in for Winamp (for Winamp 5.5 and above)
    * Platforms
          o Win32 (Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, NT 4, Me/98), Vista
          o Linux32
          o Mac OS X
    * Support
          o CD audio (PCM): 44.1, 48 kHz sampling rate, 16 bit/sample

This page also has a few audio files with the new encoding
- average download speed: 370 KB/s
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General Software Discussion / Re: Best PLAY-LIST EDITOR, please?
« Last post by Curt on October 05, 2009, 05:36 PM »
- no, it never crossed my mind. I was kind of thinking "media", not 'playlists'.

Music, Images and Video in one program with all the tools to manage and enjoy them. All the ripping, burning, importing, playlisting, and syncing you expect from a jukebox application, and much, much more...

Having read the *Complete Feature List*, I must say it sounds as if it is very capable of almost everything. But then again, at $50 I also would expect quite a lot. But I think I first will download the old but free version 12, and have a look.

Thanks for telling about the playlist features!  :up:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Best PLAY-LIST EDITOR, please?
« Last post by Curt on October 05, 2009, 09:43 AM »
I have edited the initial post, in order to maybe get more answers about the best playlist editors, in general, regardless of my personal needs.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Best PLAY-LIST EDITOR, please?
« Last post by Curt on October 05, 2009, 09:32 AM »
- wow, Skwire, that's a nice app, this PlayTime!  :up:

For my personally situation, I will probably not use it. The very simple reason is, that each time that I started to create a playlist, I always stopped during the process, and deleted the outcome (the reasons being those that gave the idea to this thread) = I don't yet have any playlists!

But I took your advice  and wrote the author.  :up:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best PLAY-LIST EDITOR, please?
« Last post by Curt on October 05, 2009, 08:31 AM »
Playlist Creator is very fine because it is so easy to use. In many ways I think this Michael is just the kind of sodtware author that I like the best. For my own needs I have chosen to look for another tool as this one doesn't tell the accumulated play-time, 'duration'.
But otherwise a thumb up: :up:

Any other capable playlist editors out there?  :tellme:
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Find FOLDER (not files) with Duplicate Content
« Last post by Curt on October 05, 2009, 07:56 AM »
@shayne

What you ask for, is not quite possible in the exact way you've described it, I think. If two folders have the same content, they would still not be the same, because the system files (.ini, etcetera) would be different. So what would be the search criteria? "ALMOST the same", it would be. And that is also what I think you really are asking for: 'Folders with almost the same content'. In order to do this, simply run the fastest "normal" file-duplicate finder, and when it gives you the result, you could click the column "address/folder/path", and there is your answer!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any freeware alternatives to Faststone MaxView?
« Last post by Curt on October 05, 2009, 05:56 AM »
FastPictureViewer - seriously, it is soooo fast, double-click on an image and bam it's there, left+right clicks do different zooms etc.....
-Fedorov (May 06, 2009, 05:15 PM)

$30 but FREE 'today' only: http://www.giveawayo...m/fastpictureviewer/

It really is FAST  :up:
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General Software Discussion / Best PLAY-LIST EDITOR, please?
« Last post by Curt on October 05, 2009, 04:07 AM »
Tell me what you think is The Best playlist editor, please!

At the same time I would very much like you to tell, if your favourite playlist editor is any 'CLEVER' !


My-Music.png

My music collection is some 40.000 files, and whenever I wanted to create a playlist, I ran into the same kind of problems: some editors don't support drag&drop from Explorer, or don't remember what files I have, so they need to load and read the content of 40.000 files each time I open the program (what an extreme waste of time!), or they are only able to list the files in the same order the files were added (stupid stupid stupid!), or they won't tell the duration of my playlist (= important feature!), or some other mis-features I cannot remember right now.

 :tellme:

Edited:

But this thread should not be about my need (only), but about the general question:
What's the Best PlayList Editor out there? , and why? :tellme:
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General Software Discussion / Re: BlueScreenView by NirSoft - find driver causing blue screen
« Last post by Curt on October 04, 2009, 05:44 PM »
...I had an error report for the Dr.Watson debugger last year - .... That means I don't have any reports in BlueScreenView since May 2008 .
-tomos (October 04, 2009, 11:48 AM)

You can have Resplendence WhoCrashed (free or $35) which will upgrade your machine from Dr.Watson to Windows Debugging Package (WinDbg) from Microsoft. If this is not already installed, WhoCrashed will download and extract the package automatically.

https://www.donation....msg142601#msg142601

free: http://www.resplende...e.com/whocrashed.htm
pro: http://www.resplende...m/whocrashed_pro.htm

WhoCrashed runs on the following operating systems:

# Windows 2008 Server # Windows 2008 Server x64 editions
# Windows Vista (including Service Pack 1) # Windows Vista, x64 editions (including Service Pack 1)
# Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or greater) # Windows XP x64 edition (all service packs)
# Windows Server 2003 (all service packs) # Windows Server 2003 x64 editions (all service packs)
# Windows Server 2000 (with Update Rollup 1 and Service Pack 4)
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General Software Discussion / Re: BlueScreenView by NirSoft - find driver causing blue screen
« Last post by Curt on October 04, 2009, 11:10 AM »
I have checked further, within the last half an hour, and it seems to me that Ashampo probably has nothing to do with my Blue Screens. By coincidence (?) it was installed the day the problems began, but a thorough check of the minidump shows no further connection. Hmm.. "connection"...: The problem seemed to be my TCP/IP driver, which the burner to my (lack of) understanding has nothing to do with. But a DRM-remover probably has; so that is why I removed AimerSoft  which was installed two days before the problems began.

I am going to re-install Ashampoo.  :up:
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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for September 27th, 2009 - Codename "Slackers in September"
« Last post by Curt on October 04, 2009, 07:20 AM »
...the movie "Slacker" -- it's one of my favorites.
-mouser (October 01, 2009, 11:07 PM)
- and I thought I was weird!
 :down:
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General Software Discussion / Re: BlueScreenView by NirSoft - find driver causing blue screen
« Last post by Curt on October 04, 2009, 06:47 AM »
I had five Blue Screens, in September!!!!! Thanks to NirSofer's little gem I have now removed AimerSoft Music Converter (with a DRM-removing driver) and Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.12. Time will show if this was the proper solution, but because I tend to suspect AimerSoft, (they don't use a driver of their own, but a previous version of another company's driver), I am already planning to (re-)install (the next version of) Burning Studio 9.

BlueScreen-DumpFile.gif

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is best program to create a DVD from any video file?
« Last post by Curt on October 04, 2009, 03:51 AM »
http://www.consumer....-dvp5996k_98/prd/za/ might be a better choice for the future, if you can afford this player.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager
« Last post by Curt on October 04, 2009, 02:11 AM »
1) CubicExplorer, still in first steps of development
-Tuxman (October 02, 2009, 03:25 PM)
http://www.cubicreality.com/wiki/   ;)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any photo editor+viewer with notes?
« Last post by Curt on October 04, 2009, 01:31 AM »
- and I haven't found any, myself. But thanks anyway, April - I'll stop searching for the end of that particular rainbow.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your preferred font?
« Last post by Curt on October 03, 2009, 10:13 AM »
- oops, SORRY, 40Hz! I was not aware how bad my wording came out. Not intended!  :-[
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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your preferred font?
« Last post by Curt on October 02, 2009, 05:59 PM »
... Are you referring to ligatures, Unicode support, or what?
-40hz (October 02, 2009, 10:32 AM)

Sorry, I forgot I was talking to an American; they tend to think that 5% is all the world.
But yes, Unicode is the word.
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