Recent content by dalfollo

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    Simple mP3 Editor (want to copy sections out of a larger Mp3 file)

    All, I am trying to perform a simple operation: - I have an mP3 that is 1 or 2 hours long, and I want to copy only a 5 minutes section to a separate mp3 file. pretty simple I think. I would like to keep at least the quality of the Mp3 I started with. If it had a simple "Sonic graph"...
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    Two CDRs or a CDR and an extra HD

    On my system I have the following SATA/PATA available: 2 SATA: One SATA HD and space for a future ~300 SATA HD 4 PATA: two HDs; one DVD-RW and one DVD/CDR (stock) I recently picked up a 300GB PATA drive and thought I would remove the stock DVD/CDR drive and replace it with the new 300GB...
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    Favorite mp3 rip level??

    This may be the clearest answer I was lookign for...thanks for the post! To all the others...thanks so much for the posts, I have learned and relearned a lot...I just don't have the patience and time to deal with "Uber Encoding"...I am loading EAC and LAME on my PC (in fact I will have a...
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    Favorite mp3 rip level??

    Thanks for the feedback...why do you rip then encode?? For me ripping has always meant rip from CD to MP3 on the PC.....What format do you rip to; if you are then going to encode to something different later??
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    Favorite mp3 rip level??

    I am burning my CD collection to disk and I ould like to gear some feedback on suggested levels to rip the CDs to: - Do you use straight or VBR (variable bit ripping (?)) - Currently I am ripping music at 192 VBR; and spoken word (Comedy/books) at ~80 or 112 VBR Last time I did a large...
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    Increase Simultneous Downloads - How to?

    I am downloading some mp3s from a website and would like to inrease the number of simultaneous downloads at one time? How do I do this? Right now i can only have 2 downloads at one time, but I have a great Cable modem and can handle several more at one time...where is the mod to increase...
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    FREE Coffee Maker

    so i see the post on Grevalia and decide to read as I ordered recently their SS CM and a pound of coffee, i expected it in a couples weeks....about 2/3 of the way through the thread there was a knock at the door at 9:30pm and lo and behold it was delivery of the SS CM that I ordered just a few...
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    ATI X850XT PCI-E $190 AR No Tax

    I understand the high side of overclocking the XT is lower than the Sapphire GTO2 I am running 550/600 on the GTO2 with 16 pipes out of the box, and a standard sigle width coller, and the box is a quiet as it was with onboard sound... I really like the HIS coller, but have found that the...
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    Best Free MP3 Ripper??

    Best Free MP3 Ripper??
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    300GB (Maxtor SATA/16MB) or (SG/8MB/PATA) $99 AR at Tigerdirect.com

    Didn't see this posted, but seem like a decent deal: 300GB HD your choice of: Seagate 300gb/8MB Buffer/PATA/$99 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...00A&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEM1049 Maxtor 300GB/16MB uffer/SATA/36M Warranty/60M Warranty/@99...
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    Looking for a Military FPS (COD, BOB etc)

    Thanks all...and to AZNDude for the offer....I loaded Band of Brothers last night and played for a little...very impressive in that it seems people do things on there own, but obviusly i need to learn the commands...great visuals. I got the trial free by purchasing a new video card, and I get...
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    Looking for a Military FPS (COD, BOB etc)

    I can understand COD1 and COD2....but are there other versions or sub versions of COD that I should be aware of?? For example, Is there one for North Africa, one for Western Europe and then elsewhere?? is there a special version so that I can play multi player over the internet? is...
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    Looking for a Military FPS (COD, BOB etc)

    I am a noob gamer looking for a military FPS...was in walmart the other day and some guy was playing Call of Duty...I had to say OMG! I didn't realize they could do that well in games.... So...any opinions about Band of Brothers, Call of Duty etc.... I don't mind playing last year's...
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    Help Me Select WHICH Radeon X800 (GTO v. GTO2 v. XL)

    Got the Sapphire X800 GTO2 VIVO 256MB DDR3 and it loaded nicely, immediately went to ATITool and overclocked to 500C/550M...the fan is quieter than anything in the box, basically silent with a light rustle...very happy.... 16 Pipes right out of the box no mods needed, now to load some games...