Grateful Dead

Sounds like you recently installed a new version of QuickTime and it took over your preferences for listening to mp3 files. The files are still mp3. You should open Real Player and re-associate mp3s with it. Even if you don't do this you can still play and burn them by opening Real Player and then opening the files in Real Player.

I'm having trouble downloading the Taper's Section to burn. When I tried it at first, they would open in RealPlayer and I had no problems. But the last two weeks they have opened in a Quick Time player, with no burn or rip options. I have several saved to my desktop, but they are all in Quick Time. How can I transfer these files to burn some tunes? And how the hell did I get a Quick Time player? As a plug-in or something? I'm fairly computer savvy, so anyone who responds doesn't have to break it down to the elementary level. PLEASE HELP!! I NEED THIS MUSIC!! ramble_on74

thank you Rob, I appeciate your taking the time to explain it. I was never very good at following instructions... but next rainy day project is I'll try this downloading agin... peace.

and if anyone can offer a similar tutorial for us mac folks, I'm all ears.

In short, the .shn files downloaded from http://www.longliverock.org/downloads/ is step one. Actually, step one is reading their instructions located @: http://www.longliverock.org/downloads/extras-gettingstarted.php You will need to download a program called "Bit Torrent" in order to open that "shn"/"torrent" file at which time you open the file so that the actual download can begin. It should state or give you options of the format such as high quality "flac" or "wav" vs. lower quality "mp3" files etc. A typical high quality will be rather large (50 Megabytes) where the low quality "mp3" will be rather small (5 Megabytes). Assuming you are running the Windows, I recommend a program called "Winamp" and another called "DBPowerAmp" both of which are available at www.download.com. I'd recommend reading up on "lossy" vs. "lossless" formatting of media as this is a must for the treasure trove that is available all over the web; the most comprehensive of them all being: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aetree%20AND%20crea… And now, thankfully, we have downloads available here. Hope this helps...

Anyone know where I can find an 8 track player? Got some stuff I need to transfer and I know it is a necessity in the process. Baby steps....

I just realized I am an archivist at heart and am going to start a personal hobby recording project. Got one mic (so far) and a nice new ibook, Anyone know how I get started recording in .wav format? Got some cassettes to transfer also.....

the way I plan to do it is plug the d6 into the line in port on the Belkin TuneTalk on my iPod (just as I record interviews off the phone), record to the iPod, then move the result into iTunes, onto CD, etc. But depending on your equipment you might want to do something else.

I'm not that technically savvy and was wondering if someone could explain or give a link that explains the process and equipment required to transfer cassettes to CDs or MP3s. I have a bunch of bootlegs that pretty much just sit there out of fear that I will ruin them if I play them and would like to make them electronic.

thankx. apparently they are not flac, since I downloaded some flac program but it didn't work. what is the name of the .shn program? winamp is a decompress program? by the way, this is freaking Swahili for me, I never heard any of these words before. I haven't tried this again, I'm waiting for the next rainy day, but I appreciate your advice. thanks, peace.