Comments on: Earworms (May 25)

By: makinavaja

makinavaja — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:27:53 +0000

Hope your computer is back to normal sooner rather than later, Shane!

I understand your paperwork woes. I suffer the same and it’s the end of the month so no shirking over the weekend for me!

FF is pretty easy to use. It can handle (just about) any type of file. You can convert audio to mp3, aac, wma etc and video to other video or sound formats. The files need to be saved on your computer. Then you open FF and choose the (Convert) “all to mp3″ (or whatever format you want) option, drag and drop the files and click on start. Bob’s your dad’s brother!

If you want just sound from a video file you put the file in the window for mp3 or whatever and it does the job. (One of my earworms recently was downloaded from youtube and converted to mp3.) It works a treat. I use it a lot for songs that I have in other formats and want to put in the box, too.

By: saneshane

saneshane — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:15:45 +0000

cheers maki – my yahoo mail has crashed.. I’ve had to reverse 2 days to get back to some normality on the computer and a have two weeks of paperwork to get in the post first thing….

(…. before I try downloading anything else I’m fetching a bloody beer)

but cheers
(don’t suppose it’s going to be as simple as putting the dvd in the draw and them coming out as tunes – is it?

I dreamed when I was little, that in the future, anything I thought of in my head could be produced in hard copy from this cool machine…. then so many si-fi books I read had similar ideas – I knew it would happen one day.
Then they invented computers and my dreams were dashed… ease, what? and lose the joy of hard work and understanding what brainiacs want you to do.. never!

By: makinavaja

makinavaja — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:37:19 +0000

Shane, looks like Format Factory is free! (Here’s me thinking it was a risky copy!!). Give it a try at http://www.formatoz.com/

By: makinavaja

makinavaja — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:06:03 +0000

Shane if you can rip the dvd and put the songs you want to convert in the box I’ll convert them to mp3 (Maki jr acquired a program called Format Factory for me that converts just about anything!) and pop ‘em back in.

By: saneshane

saneshane — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:35:01 +0000

I did a search GF

then my mind went boggle!

I had a free download of one but it didn’t work – or I didn’t.

I was hoping there was something easy – tried and trusted.
pc not mac.

By: GF

GF — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:58:48 +0000

Shane: Check this re. importing dvd audio into iTunes.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=importing+audio+from+dvd%27s%3F&btnG=Google+Search

By: magicman

magicman — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:28:46 +0000

Nice selection bo selector. Tin Man sounds like Tom Waits younger brother in an 80s trib band.
I’ve never liked PJ Harvey but that song is a cracker.
I love the High Llamas – in the musical family tree they’d be connected to Brian Wilson – one of the few bands to use the banjo in a pop context. Although this song seems descended from CSNY. Not a million miles away…
Lo Jo I’d never heard of – although I’ve travelled in the Atlas and met many Berbers, and I thought this was the standout track this week. Truly uplifting, exciting and melodic.
Freddie Robinson was lovely – great harmony chorus.
Anouar Brahem is right on the money and has a lovely contemporary flavour for such traditional-sounding music.

Many thanks to all contributors !

By: DaddyPig

DaddyPig — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:27:10 +0000

I’ve had a most enjoyable listen through this, even the songs that aren’t usually my cup of tea. The Anouar Brahem is lovely and as you say GHE, conjures up thoughts and pictures.

I’ve been to Thurstaston many years ago, and spent a happy sunny afternoon with the sandstone and estuary. Was TY saluting the seal ?

By: fintan28

fintan28 — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:35:58 +0000

DP thanks for the info. Just having another listen & it’s still all good. Great article BTW.

By: GF

GF — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:23:17 +0000

Just had one scroll through all the tunes, the top of the pops for right now is Anouar Brahem – Dance With Waves, I’ve liked this album since it’s release but isolating that cut here and drawing attention to the bass clarinet makes it special. It’s not just the clarinet though, it’s also the way it blends with that wonderful percussion that seems to be in the same key. Been a bit busy but I’ll have another go tomorrow.