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Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?  

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tommyrot - Sep 28, 2005 11:52:55 am PDT #4710 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

And maybe even the latter, if the mp3s don't have tag info.


Lee - Sep 28, 2005 12:06:37 pm PDT #4711 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Thanks! I can do that (or not, since I have been known to be lazy and just leave songs as "track one").


le nubian - Sep 29, 2005 4:49:30 am PDT #4712 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Tivo question:

so I am finally getting a new hard disk from weaknees. Should be here tomorrow. I opted to replace my current hard drive rather than getting a second one.

Has anyone done this? I know it erases everything, so I've been taking down the season passes, copying over some programs I want to keep. I've taken down the wishlists and some program ratings (though clearly I'll be starting all over here).

Anything else I should do?


Jon B. - Sep 29, 2005 4:52:33 am PDT #4713 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I know it erases everything

I thought there's ways to mount the old and new drives onto your PC and copy everything over.

What do you mean "taking down"? Do you mean taking notes?


le nubian - Sep 29, 2005 5:11:28 am PDT #4714 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I'm taking them down dammit!

Yes, I actually have a Word document where I typed everything out. It really didn't take a lot of time.


Jon B. - Sep 29, 2005 5:34:41 am PDT #4715 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I'm taking them down dammit!

Sorry, my first thought was that you were deleting them (like taking down a dog? I don't know how my brain works sometimes), and I wondered why. But then I realized what you probably meant.


le nubian - Sep 29, 2005 5:37:50 am PDT #4716 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Well, my language, I admit, was overly aggressive for no good reason. :-)


victor infante - Sep 29, 2005 6:57:16 am PDT #4717 of 10003
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I need your brrrraaaaaiiiins.

I'm working on a project that involves setting up a podcast, and need some advice.

How do you do it? What's involved? What equipment and software do you need? Can you set it up so it can also stream to other players, like Quicktime?

Also, what are your most favorite podcasts?

All help appreciated.


Consuela - Sep 29, 2005 7:02:48 am PDT #4718 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Recording hardware and software. I've had Audacity recommended to me but I haven't used it. Once you've recorded it you need to port it into a useable format like MP3. Then you need a server to host it on.


Jon B. - Sep 29, 2005 7:06:47 am PDT #4719 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

How do you do it? What's involved? What equipment and software do you need? Can you set it up so it can also stream to other players, like Quicktime?

You create an mp3, and an XML file that refers to the mp3, and put them on a server. Users copy the XML link and put it in their iPods (or whatever) and it automatically downloads the mp3 for them.

Where are you starting from? Do you need to know how to make a recording and convert it to an mp3? Or do you have the mp3 and just need to know how to set up the XML file that podcasting players use?