Questions about managing, listening to, or creating music.
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Can I add Visualization to VLC
Is there a way to add new visualizations to VLC?
The six included are OK but something new would be nice.
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1answer
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How do I copy all the songs off my iPod (nano 4g) to my computer for free
Okay, here's my issue.
My old computer recently died, and I want to copy all my music from my iPod to my computer. I've done this before using ephPod, however it didn't seem to work this time.
Does ...
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Xbox music using lots of memory
I am an xbox music pass subscriber, and whenever I play music for extended periods of time using the xbox music app in windows 8 it slowly starts eating up memory. I have 8 Gb of RAM but when I am ...
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1answer
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Free and opensource Song cutter software?
I have an mp3 file of about 3.48 minutes in length. I want to cut first 1 minute song form that file and want to save it as a new mp3 file.
If anyone know please suggest me some free and open-source ...
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1answer
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Stripping metadata from MP3 files
Is there a way I can bulk strip mp3 meta data from files? Preferably from the command line on OS X or Linux?
I recently tried to use TuneUp (an app that is supposed to located mis-named tracks and ...
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Where is the My Music folder on Windows XP?
I've read that I should store songs in the "My Music" folder. Where is that folder located?
All my music software was removed when tech support wiped the hard disk clean. When I play a song I saved ...
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2answers
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Music visualisations
I'm using DLNA network in my home to show PC contents on TV that support DLNA. (Don't get confused, It's not like VGA or HDMI cable. TV gets files from PC and plays them, doesn't show screen of PC)
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How can I load VLC instead of iTunes on my Mac when I press the player buttons on my Mac keyboard? [duplicate]
When I press the play/pause button (F8) on my Mac keyboard, iTunes always starts. Is there any way to change that to start up VLC (or any other program) instead of iTunes?
Any settings that I can ...
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1answer
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How can I add all the music from my pc to the windows 8 music app?
The problem is it only adds certain albums I already added all my music folders to the music libraries sorry for my english can someone help me?
ps:there is no update available in the store.
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2answers
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Universal shortcuts for music players
Does anyone know if I could create universal short-cuts to perform certain actions? I used to have a keyboard with keys for play, pause, skip... that worked in any music player, but my new keyboard ...
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3answers
2k views
What format to use when recording music to a CD?
I have a bunch of mp3 files I'd like to record to a CD. However, I'm not sure if the CD player can read MP3. What format should the music be in to ensure that it will be read correctly? And does it ...
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4answers
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Any program can record your singing or humming, and then create the musical notes of what you sing?
I am looking for a program that can record a melody, that is record the humming of my voice and then convert said melody into the musical note version (akin to the sheets of music a pianoist uses).
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easy way to eliminate duplicate files of different types
When I used iTunes a while back it converted all my .WMAs to m4v. I got out of iTunes and now I have some duplicates. Not every WMA has a duplicate because some were created after I stopped iTunes ...
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2answers
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I seem to have multiple copies all over my desktop & external hard drive? [closed]
I have multiple copies of all my music and photos duplicated in all related program files, plus in my documents, which is seen in several locations on the internal hard drive & my external HD.
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Bluetooth headphones static only with certain songs? [closed]
I have a set of these: http://www.jaybirdstore.com/s.nl/it.A/id.376/.f?CAWELAID=520010280000000006&catargetid=520010280000000416&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CMP8kfjPm7cCFSoV7AodoxoAJg
They are kind ...
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4answers
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How can I configure Windows Media Player to manage my music library?
I'm currently using Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7 Ultimate. I was using iTunes, but since I got my Android phone, I got rid of my iPod and uninstalled iTunes. I'm trying to do things like keep ...
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1answer
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How do you change the artist catalogue image in Windows Media Player?
I would like to customize my artist catalog album cover. What I mean is when you select Music/Artist, all artists of which you 2+ albums have their music appear in what is essentially a subfolder ...
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Is there a single catch-all-features tracked music format?
I have an archive of old(ish) tracked music in various formats - .mod, .s3m, .it and Commodore 64 .sid files.
Is there a single, well-supported, tracked music format with a super-set of the features ...
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1answer
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Playing music through skype with a USB headset
I want to be able to play music through skype and listen to it at the same time, aswell as talk and hear others but i dont want any echo as i tried a process bu it ended up with everyone hearing an ...
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1answer
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Playlists in foobar2000
I am trying my best to get used to foobar2000, but I am still missing one thing. When I play one album by double clicking the first song it automatically plays all the songs of that album. But I don't ...
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2answers
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Adding more than one folder at once to the Music Library in Windows Media Player
I was adding folders to Windows Media Player Music Library (via Manage Music Library) and since I have too many music folders, I wondered if there is a way to add them all at once to the Library. It ...
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1answer
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Xbox Music only “matches” ~70% of the songs on most of my albums. How can I make it recognize the other songs?
When Xbox Music matches a song on my PC, it adds it to my "Xbox Music cloud". I can stream music from this cloud to all of my other devices.
The problem is, it fails to match at least 2-3 on most of ...
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2answers
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When doing replaygain on multi-disc albums, should the “album” gain actually be a “disc” gain?
I am writing a script to add replaygain tags to my entire music library, and it is working well. However, I am wondering what the correct behavior is for calculating album (or "audiophile") gain ...
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1answer
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Is there a command line client for 8tracks.com playback?
I hope I'm not spamming with this kind of question here, but: is there a way to play 8tracks.com playlists from Linux command line using, for example, mplayer or mpg123?
There is the 8tracks.com API, ...
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1answer
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Why does LilyPond describe sharps as “is” and flats as “es” by default?
In LilyPond the syntax to add a sharp to a note is is so that fis is f sharp, and the syntax to add a flat to a note is es so that bes is b flat.
I'm having trouble remembering this; is there a ...
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CueSplitter doesn't cut .ape files !
When I try to use Medieval Cue Splitter for an .ape files I get this :
"Could not find MACDII.dll (version 4.0 or better) on your system. APE file engine was disabled."
Can I do something ? Or is ...
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Music folder doesn't fully load?
My music library doesn't fully load, in the sense that when I open it, I see only about 20 files (it should contain over 2000), and no subfolders are shown either.
See the screenshot below (click for ...
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4answers
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How to jump to the current playing song in foobar?
In iTunes there's a small icon in the title frame, by which we can jump to the current playing song in the play list. I'm wondering if there is some similar way to jump to the song currently playing.
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1answer
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Music file to .cda converter on Windows
Is there a good whatever-music-file to .cda converter for windows?
I usually use AVS but lately surpisingly I found that there is no option to .cda conversion.
Any suggestion will be more than ...
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2answers
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Run a script when connected to wireless
I'm after a way of running a script (on Windows) when a network connection is established.
Background: I'm looking at the potential of having a low powered computer that sits in the boot of my car ...
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Tool to help compare mp3 bitrate quality?
So I've got 2 mp3 files
320 kbps
192 kbps
However it's hard for me to notice any differences at all (it seems there's none). Is there a tool to help compare bitrate quality? I wanna find out what ...
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1answer
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Will a sound card help the quality of audio recordings?
Some people also seem to use external devices too for podcasting and the like. What are they for? Just some kind of equalizer?
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Is there a program that will provide a visualization for any audio output?
Is there a program that will provide a visualizer for any arbitray audio output? Basically, I want to play Pandora at a party and supply some funky visualizations to go with it. Pandora either uses ...
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2answers
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How do I automate editing of metadata for a large number of music files?
I am disappointed with iTunes' support for organizing classical music. When listening on an iPod/iPhone/iHome device, it displays the artist, album and song title. I don't see an option to view ...
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Is there an equalizer for windows that works regardles of audio/video player
I'm tired of having to tweak the audio on every media application I have installed.
Is there an app that will sit between any media application and my sound-card so that I can set audio levels and ...
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1answer
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Burn Track Info/Tags to Audio CD
I am using MusicBee in Window7 to burn custom recordings (MP3 files) to an audio cd. The MP3 files have all the track information ('tags' in musicbee) filled out. When I burn the files to a cd using ...
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Is there a music player that will automatically mute when other audio starts playing?
I find myself listening to music while I use my computer, and constantly pausing and un-pausing the music when I watch a video on youtube, open up a game, or any other task that needs audio.
Do any ...
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How can I get AB repeat functionality on iTunes/Mac OS X?
I'm wondering if there's an A-B repeat feature on iTunes, a quick google found nothing, but I was hoping there was a plugin or maybe a separate app that provided this.
For me it's useful for ...
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How do I specify the playback device for Winamp or default device in Windows 7?
My Windows 7 computer is sometimes used for playing notifications. These notifications are scheduled using the standard system scheduler ("Schedule tasks" command in the control panel). A typical task ...
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1answer
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iTunes - how to create really RANDOM playlist?
How can I create a smart playlist which would contain REALLY RANDOM songs? Is there any hint how to do it?
I've tried to set up in the "Match the following rule" chars like *, / or ., but it never ...
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Linux: super light-weight music player with http or commandline interface [closed]
I'm searching a super light-weight music player which has a http and/or commandline interface. It should support very basic playlist support (removing files by id and adding files by path or something ...
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Music player on Linux without playlists, just a directory navigation and file playing
I am searching for a mp3 player for Linux that resembles 1by1 on features: light, free, with no playlists, just selection of files to play using a directory navigator. Any suggestion?
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Kubuntu desktop audio stutters
I've tried using Amarok, mplayer, and VLC on Kubuntu 9.04, and with every one, the audio that plays will randomly stutter (pause for a second and resume). It can happen once per song, ten times per ...
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Audition Playback Follows Mouse Position
I remember on Adobe Audition 3 there was a feature in the top bar. It was a cursor icon with a little speaker next to it. It would let you "drag" over the track and play it at various speeds ...
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Network music solution for mixed-OS network
My home network at current includes,
two Ubuntu machines
a Windows 7 desktop
a Windows Vista laptop
and a Windows XP netbook.
In addition, there's one android-based smartphone in the house, ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to edit track info directly using squeezebox server?
I've got a server running Squeezebox server (v7.4.2). Is there a way to edit track info using the Squeeze server software ? My other options are to connect to the directory with the music and edit ...
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Media library backup
I'm using PC about 11 years and I lost all of my data 1-2 times by accident. So I have no trust to hardware.
Now, I'm kinda backing up all data everyday to cloud services as skydrive, dropbox etc. ...
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How can I extract text (text only) from a PDF of sheet music?
I have a PDF book of sheet music that I need to extract the text from. I don't need to extract the musical notes or anything, just the verses of the text.
I can't select one line of text by itself – ...
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Ultimate low-footprint music player for Mac OSX?
My Mac at work has 2GB of RAM total, and I'm constantly using enough middleweight programs simultaneously that I wind up in Rainbow Circle Hell.
I've been using Songbird, but it frequently runs into ...
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What are the basic components of an “audiophile” PC? [closed]
For the purpose of listening to lossless files (i.e., FLAC), is it simply a high quality sound card + high quality speaker?
