what is the file suffix ".flac"? it's a sound that plays fine, but how/do I need to convert it to an mp3?
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Vortex - Jun 24, 2008 5:42:14 pm PDT #6719 of 25505
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
le nubian - Jun 24, 2008 6:58:45 pm PDT #6720 of 25505
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
aflac?
sorry. bad joke.
NoiseDesign - Jun 24, 2008 7:02:41 pm PDT #6721 of 25505
Our wings are not tired
Vortex, here's the wikipedia entry on the Free Lossless Audio Codec (.flac) and it lists a bunch of compatible software, I'm sure on of them can convert to .mp3 if you need.
DCJensen - Jun 24, 2008 7:08:13 pm PDT #6722 of 25505
All is well that ends in pizza.
Vortex, Mac or PC?
Here are a couple of ways of doing it, although there may be other conversions out there.
PC:
OSX:
ETA Lossless, etc, addressed in x-post.
Gudanov - Jun 25, 2008 5:13:43 am PDT #6723 of 25505
Coding and Sleeping
Anyone use Firefox 3 and Vista? I use Firefox 3 at home with Ubuntu and XP and it works perfectly. At work with Vista, it is a crashfest, even with all add-ins and themes removed. I'm lucky if I can make 6 clicks without Firefox crashing. Ironically, the crash reporting tool also errors out. I've reverted to Firefox 2 since it is a rock of stability.
Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2008 9:06:26 am PDT #6724 of 25505
hwæt
I'm trying to learn more about photography. People tell me I have a knack for it, but I feel extremely ignorant about most aspects of it.
It doesn't help, though, that photographers measure things in different units than everyone else does.
I was looking at a camera, that said it had a sensor size of 1/1.7". WTF is that supposed to mean? I found this page, which is the only thing that was even remotely coherent, and I still don't have a clue. It's very frustrating.
Sean K - Jun 25, 2008 9:14:42 am PDT #6725 of 25505
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I don't really know a lot about digital photography myself, Scola, but I know (as the page says) that sensor size relates to how the camera captures the image. In digital cameras, the film is replaced by a chip and sensor that captures the image exposed through the shutter.
I don't know how sensor size relates to all that, other than presumably a larger sensor captures more luminance (light/brightness) data, if nothing else. I would bet that sensor size doesn't have too much effect on how much chrominance (color) data the sensor captures.
Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2008 9:16:55 am PDT #6726 of 25505
hwæt
I just want to know how big the damn sensor is.
Sean K - Jun 25, 2008 9:17:05 am PDT #6727 of 25505
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
ION:
T-Mobile is opening a new store in my neighborhood. In honor of this, they have informed me that I am pre-approved for a new phone plan, which comes with a free, $70 Samsung flip-phone.
It does text messaging.
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§ ita § - Jun 25, 2008 9:17:55 am PDT #6728 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom, there are a million things to learn before that need come in useful. Are you camera-shopping?