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« Last post by tomos on December 30, 2008, 03:52 PM »thanks for prompting me to even think about this icekin !
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*I have a feeling that's not the correct spelling of "low"-Hirudin (December 30, 2008, 02:33 AM)
9. Windows XP Allowed to Live AgainYou skipped the end of that quote tomos. Windows XP can be installed on netbooks and low cost machines until 2010, presumably because MS didn't want to loose that space to Linux as vista is far too resource hungry to be used on those types of machinesBut now Microsoft has put in place a scheme that will allow the hardware firms to get hold of XP licences until 30 May 2009.-
Previously Microsoft extended XP's life until 2010
I presume the 2010 date was for support of xp - otherwise article contradicts self (I think)
thanks as ever Ethyar
-tomos (December 28, 2008, 09:21 AM)-Ehtyar (December 28, 2008, 01:59 PM)
Well, I think the first item to get is this WD Raptor drive. Newegg has a rebate for it which makes the price $200 for the 300GB model. In my list, I have the 150GB model for $170, so it makes sense to upgrade that to 300GB for only $30 more. Unless I change my mind, I'll buy this in a couple of days.-superboyac (December 29, 2008, 01:39 PM)
or am I reading too quick!
But now Microsoft has put in place a scheme that will allow the hardware firms to get hold of XP licences until 30 May 2009.-
Previously Microsoft extended XP's life until 2010
) thanks as ever Ethyar 
My tags ("Artist", "Title", etc.) are not working after using MP3Gain
MP3Gain stores "Analysis" and "Undo" information in special tags inside the mp3 file itself. These tags are in the APEv2 format. APEv2 tags are carefully designed to not interfere with other tag formats, such as the popular ID3v1 format.
Unfortunately, some mp3 players do not strictly adhere to the ID3v1 standard when reading tags. As a result, when MP3Gain writes its APEv2 tags, these mp3 players might get confused and try to read the MP3Gain tags instead of the regular ID3v1 tags such as "Artist", "Title", etc. As a result, the player will show random garbage in these fields.
(To be fair, the mp3 players that have this problem are actually probably trying to compensate for data corruption that can occur in mp3s due to bad encoders, incomplete downloads, etc.)
If you use MP3Gain and discover that your mp3 player has this problem, then here's what you need to do:
* Select "Options - Tags - Ignore (do not read or write tags)" from the MP3Gain menu. This will prevent MP3Gain from writing any more tags to your files.
* To remove tags that MP3Gain has already written, simply load the affected mp3s into MP3Gain and do "Options - Tags - Remove Tags from files"
IMPORTANT
If you choose the "Options - Tags - Ignore" option, then you will not be able to automatically undo changes made by MP3Gain. You will still be able to undo any changes, but you will have to manually keep track of what changes you make to your files.
mp3gain itself does not write tags, the Windows GUI for it does that.anyone know what is meant by the bit in bold
You can and should turn that 'feature' off as it uses an non-standard tag (APE) to hold the info. Those tags cause problems with some players both hardware and software.
I use mp3gain on every album I rip as part of my workflow.-GHammer (April 24, 2008, 06:14 PM)
mp3gain writes both a track gain and album gain tag to the file. It does NOT change the audio in anyway.-Ampa (April 07, 2008, 08:07 AM)
i have 4 21" samsung lcd monitors (204b) and have recommended them for a couple of years. Very affordable and attractive.Is there a website somewhere that does reliable reviews of monitors?
However recently two of the four have developed problems both with stuck pixels and with very long warmup issues has stopped me from doing so. so right now i would not recommend samsung lcds.-mouser (December 18, 2008, 06:20 PM)-superboyac (December 18, 2008, 07:05 PM)
I just tried to convert an M4P file in my iTunes folder and I selected MP3 as the output folder ....
... So i am still looking for a cheap and easy to use program of this kind.
Any recommendations?
Urgently needed.-dudude (November 24, 2008, 08:08 PM)
CH&S seems to have problems in general with pasting in html (I know I should fill that out a bit but unfortunately havent been keeping track - will do & will report anything I notice)
(see also DBISAM Engine Error # 11949 which seems to be pasting in html related)-tomos (December 18, 2008, 03:26 AM)
On my computer the dates are black text on dark blue (see screenshot) - not easy to read.Thanks. Tomos reported something similar, but I didn't quite get it. Now I can see for myself.-deviantopian (December 17, 2008, 03:59 AM)
I'll see what I can do.-CWuestefeld (December 17, 2008, 05:45 AM)
Heh, I was thinking into posting one of Opethw heaviest songsgo on --Lashiec (December 16, 2008, 09:12 AM)
I had opened the programme (no files opened) - came here to make this post
was looking at app again and this error message popped up-tomos (December 16, 2008, 06:53 AM)
was confused initially because as you add entries it doesnt refresh the list of entries automatically-tomos (December 16, 2008, 05:56 AM)
Actually, it's not that it doesn't refresh, it's that it doesn't actually commit the new entry until the HTML editor field loses focus. It's the fact that you're clicking off it that does it. I need to work out a better solution for this.-CWuestefeld (December 16, 2008, 06:55 AM)