CD Burning & Audio
Yea the world of burning is a big business. I sell CD's at school and i'm making a killing you should do the same. Your burner will in fact pay for itself. Just make sure you have a few people in mind that your sure can spread the word for you and what not. And free music is another huge part of the net but saving time is another big part and following these things that YOU HAVE TO KNOW, will help you by keeping you from sounding like an idiot.
- What is an ISO?
An ISO is a disk image or copy of the origonal CD. I've heard that you can run and ISO off your hard drive considering it has no high tech protection. Use Win Image and good luck cause I've never had time to personally try it.
- *Burning ISO's using CDRWin Preferred Method
Another way that I've been just taught seems to work very well, it involves CDRWin and you don't need to ISO just to bin. So pull up CDRWin, record disc, load cue sheet, find the file and burn, datz all.
- Burning ISO's using Adaptec
1) UnRar
2) Bin - ISO converter e.g.. BinChunker is the best
3) Burn Using Adaptec Easy Cd
Setup
Adaptec
Right click File And Goto Cd Layout properties then click data Settings and
where it says "File System" And The pull down Should Say JOLIET Click
The Arrow down and Then Click Iso9660 and then click Ok.. and ur done..
the sfv really doesn't matter
- Burning ISO's using Fireburner
just unzip everything
and open fireburner
create a new cd using a cue
then right click the blank screen and go to add files from bin/cue or iso
and tada!
done
- I was also asked a while ago a good question from a friend if you can burn iso's to a CD RW, in theory you should but I've never tried it. I'd say it depends on what your burning and the only reason it wouldn't work is if there is some special kind of protection on it
- Can I burn Playstation Gamez?
Yea in fact you can. I'm sure you've heard about a mod chip which can be purchased at lotz of stores under the counter. It is illegal to have a mod chip I think. I've seen a program that actually burns and doesn't require a mod chip to be run but trust me read up on things and know you shit first. No! You don't need a mod chip to run riped gamez on Bleem just dub the CD insert and run bleem. Be carefull I've seen lotz of Bleem's covered with viruses. Yea you can d/l ISO's and burn them and run them on both playstatoin and Bleem, but I suggest just rent and burn.
- How can I make an automenu
The program I usually use to do my automenu's is called AutoMenu Studio Pro. It's great because it's kind of like designing a web page. It takes me about 4 or 6 minutes and helps out people who are new to the scene. You can have it auto load a txt or song or video.
- 80Min CD's
Some programs such as Delta Force 2 and Interstate 82' have the added protection that you need an 80 minute CD to burn them or else you'll get a CD out of space error. No! There's no way to bypass that because the original CD is 80Min it's not over burn. They are difficult to find and in my opinion aren't worth the extra cash unless your using it for copying.
- What is MP3?
MP3 or Mpeg Layer 3 is basically an audio format that's compressed. Songs listened to on a CD are in WAV format. Mp3's can be easily found pull up AltaVista again and type in MP3. Find a song u like? Try Downloading it and don't be surprised if you see the link is broken. How do you know if the link is broken? easy! Nothing will happen. You'll be surprised how much time can be wasted this way. Spend all day looking for a song go through tones of damn porn pop ups, finally find the song u want and kick the damn computer when the link doesn't work. Yea it happens a lot.
My favourite MP3 player is called WinAmp it's one among many programs that run the format. If your on Win98 (Win95 I think might have it) you can use Windows Media Player. Other ones such as Sonique and RealJukebox are okay. But I'd stick with WinAmp because of skins, plugins etc. Check out www.Winamp.com for more.
- Where can I find MP3
The greatest thing to hit the net in my opinion is a program called napster. D/l it and you'll see what I mean It's superior to every other way to find MP3'z I think because it's fast easy reliable and you get a huge database of songs. But I can see in the near future Napster being shut down. The guy who made it is already being sued sorry forgot his name. Another way is web pages but the number of broken links and pop ups and all that are just a huge waste of time but that's how I had to start out. MIRC is better than web pages but is hard to find songs you want and is difficult to use for inexperienced ppl. Another way to trade is though icq but it takes a while to get in touch with ppl that have what you want. Try talking with some ppl and getting on an active list. FTP'z in my opinion is the best way to get albums but if your contacts don't have what you want your screwed, so the only prob with FTP is the small database you have to work with.
- Is MP3 legal?
Yes and no. Say you have a band in your basement and you record the songs into the computer then convert them to MP3. That's legal! D/L'ing on the other hand can be illegal you can d/l legal mp3'z such as trading with your friends band and shit like that but as far as d/l'ing copywriten songs goes that's illegal as far as I know.
- Can I burn Mp3 to be able to be read off of a CD player?
If your lucky enough to have a CD burner which cost no more than $300 or comes with your computer, you can burn songs to play on your CD player. WAIT DON'T BURN THE MP3. It's a little bit more complicated than that. Convert the mp3 to a wav which I believe is called encoding or decoding whichever way around. Finding one is easy, type in MP3 encoders and decoders. D/l bother cause I'm not sure which u shouldn't have any problem if u do then d/l a SHAREWARE version.
- Can I get MP3's Off A CD?
The answer obvious to most of us is yes! That's how MP3's are created if you were wondering. My favorite is audiograbber works good and is reliable. Last time I checked it took 5 minutes per song so start the extraction and leave the computer, ripping albums is a pain in the ass. Please respect copyrights and give artists credit.
- How do you run music over the net?
Yea it is possible to stream music over the net at surprisingly high quality. And trust me if your on cable like I am then it'll sound like your playing it from your computer. You'll need MP3Spy and Shoutcast which you can pick up by following a link or two at www.winamp.com Is it worth the trouble? Umm probably not but it's always nice to know how to do it. And stream some shit to your friends and even make shout outs and all that.
- Can I get more sound for my money?
Hook up your computer to your amplifier and get a mad sound system. All you need is an audio connector you can pick up at radio shack and set up a mad stereo system. Also you can hook up your computer to your Television and use those speakers