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  • Oroboros
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    Assistance with DVD
    Just got the Led Zep vine and it is a single DVD. Now my computer has DVD play but not burning capabilites. A buddy has a computer with DVD burning capabilites. Can I convert this to a CD and if so how. Please speak slowing and in as little techical language as possible and I will give this a try. My computer skills are poor (I felt good about ripping and burning discs!) and I thought that someone up the vine had converted this so I do need help and if I can't get it done then I will send it along to the next viner. Help Much appreciated! Thanks, Tim
  • KJ7XJ
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    tape response...
    I just gave all 2000+ tapes away to a few fellow viners in hopes of some future matrix remasters. The tapes are certainly still out there (not just mine) Vine On!! Eric
  • Tommo
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    The little envelopes in the left column.
    I was wondering what the different colors mean. Obviously papers coming out of it means there is stuff inside, and a padlock means the vine is closed. But what's the difference between a grey envelope and a yellow one? -Tommo
  • Oroboros
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    Stalled vines happen, rarely,
    but we 'viners' have had this happen before, on a couple of occasions. If it goes on long enough, please pm the vine's originator about 're-planting' the vine. Often times others aren't aware if the vine has gotten stuck/lost somewhere and we can get it started again. If you can't get in touch with the original viner, I am sure that others that were able to rip and burn, can then provide a copy to get the vine going again. Just pm someone on the list prior to the vine stalling. Sometimes it is viners illness, or it has been a $ or time issue on prior occasions, but if you let others know what the deal is that really helps. I encourge anyone struggling with such issues to just send that vine onto the next person (if you can't get it copied), and then sign up again at the end of the list. That keeps things moving. And realistically the vines have actually moved remarkablely well. Vine on!
  • That Nice Hippy Guy
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    Tapes?
    Does anyone do this with cassette tapes anymore? I never got into the whole cd burning thing. "You know the one thing we need is a left handed monkey wrench....."
  • toddsnc
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    HELP!
    at work we just switched from microsoft windows to open office because it is free. However I can no longer listen to my dvd's at work. Is there a program out there that I might be able to dl that will inable me to at least listen to the discs and even possibly convert to wav. to put on my hard drive? Traders little helper does not have open office as a system requirement. thanks in advance.
  • richard
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    Back Up
    I only collect shows in digital lossless format. I back everything up to disc. Data DVD's hold a little over 4 gig per disc. I am currently at 166 data DVD's but have about fifty more shows that need backed up.I keep a spreadsheet listing every show and which disc it is on. I highly and strongly recommend the digital lossless format. TradersLittleHelper makes it very simple to convert these files to wav files which can then be burned to audio discs or converted to MP3 files for use on mp3 players. Thanks for reminding me of the importance of keeping up with my back-ups. Peace, Richard
  • operator
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    Back to the drawing board
    Since I am more or less back to the drawing board with the vining I was hoping we could start a discussion again about audio formats.I have discovered the hard way that WAV files don't support the ID tags. In other words, all the metadata we enter i.e., Artist, Album, Year etc. is not embedded in the WAV file. To me that is a major limitation. I do have some WAV files backed up to another hard drive but now that I have re-imported them, all the data will have to be re-entered. So that leads me to believe that there is a better way. I use iTunes as my music player. The formats available to me are MP3, AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, and WAV. These are the possibilities for encoding on import. So what is the best choice when preserving the metadata is a priority?
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    Bat Signal
    With great regret, I have to turn on the Bat Signal calling my fellow vineyard brother and sister. Through pure stupidity, and clumsiness, I hadn't done a back up in 4 months and have lost a lot of the great vines started here. I'm hoping I can get some volunteers to chip away at the list of lost music and help me replace these gems. If anyone's willing, please PM me, so we don't waste any more time here. And most importantly, I would advise everyone here to do a back up at least every month. By the way, anyone know of a good program to automate back ups on a PC? Thanks, operator
  • 143or245
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    hey operator
    let me know which shows u lost since ur last backup and if i have them, i will be happy to burn u new copies stay safe and feel good > (~):-}
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too. I've recently grabbed some TH, and quite a few Dire Straits so it'd be cool to hear what you've got! On the NY front I was just listening to 12/18/07, a very nice AUD recording. I'll PM you... "when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door"
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I will get it together and post it in new vines this weekend. I will make sure and put that it is shn/flac only.
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on live Talking Heads. thanks Lopezz "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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Just wanted to see how that looked in print. David Byrne is pretty much a genius, I think. I just missed seeing him here in Louisville, doing a show of the Byrne/Eno stuff (without Eno). Heard it was enjoyable. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Mark,I'm one of those. Am going to see David Byrne in Feb. :-) If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Hi, Sorta technical, and I didn't want to fill up "New Vines" with one of my long, rambling endlessly wordy posts. What is the preference regarding people from outside the US signing onto the "normal" USA vines, vs signing up on Eurovines? Recently LIG71 received the Boston Tea Party vine which he had signed up for some time ago. Turns out he's in France. He does have the vine and will be sending it back over here at some point (to me, since I'm next), but my understanding was that the Eurovines were set up to avoid the ocean crossing and the resultant 2 - 3 week delay in transit (not to mention whatever that postage is like). Are the Euroheads aware of this, or how does a person in France or wherever know they should only sign up on the Eurovines (if that is the case)? Frankly (who is in the Czech Republic) pulled out of the 1991 DSB vine because of the issue (although I said I'd send him a copy 'cause I'm a fuckin' grate guy) but LIG71 is after me on at least one vine, and as long as any vine is going to go across to Europe it seems like we should just send a copy and it can stay there and circulate, while keeping the original vine here growing. I haven't checked the Eurovine forum (guess I need to but have too many to keep up with already), how does that system work? School me. Thanks Cheers, MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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well what normally sort of sometimes kinda happens is this... Vines started in Europe have US and Europe Versions (the latter posted on the Vines Across the Waters forum) Some vines started in the US have also been seeded in Europe if someone here asks and if someone there is kind enough to make and send a copy. They then get posted on Vines Across the Waters and circulate on. When US vines start to slow down some have also gone to and fro across the big pond. Most (but not all) transatlantic traffic has been in DVDs only , it keeps costs down and avoids the attention of customs. Most of us in Europe are quite OK with handling DVDs and someone in the US normally volunteers to make CD copies of vines coming from Europe. (If you are sending vines internationally make sure you fill in on the customs declaration that the contents of the package are a gift of no commercial value) Vines in Europe don't tend to last so long as there are not so many of us, because the post is quite fast, because we normally just use DVDs and also because many here are well hooked into other ways of getting shows. Expired Eurovines are generally offered to members of the Eurotraders site (a Yahoo group of Eurodeadheads). Since I started the Matrix vine in Europe it was also offered from the start on the Vines Across the Waters forum . The last to offer it there was grateful-ted back on October,27 so ideally LIG71 would contact him to get it. I hope that makes sense. Its all a wonderful evolved disorganisation that works pretty well because of the kindness of all involved. PS Stand by for Volume 2 of the Matrix Vine
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See the book 'Talking Heads- the band and their music' by (get ready, get ready) David Gans. Our own David Gans. It is a fun read and has some great pictures of the band's evolution. The Truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step.
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So there is a copy of the Matrix Vol. 1 already in Europe, somewhere, that LIG71 should sign on to? And are we here in the US to discourage (maybe that's not the word I want) overseas 'heads from signing up on US vines? Don't know where a viner is until he (or she) sends us his (or her) address and I'd hate to be the guy in front of the guy in Lichtenstein who's waited for a vine for months only to be outed as a European when he sends me his address. If you can follow that messy sentence there. This Matrix vine has been slow going over here, and there are seven people after LIG71. If there's already a copy over there maybe I should PM him to check on it, or at least make sure he can handle just the DVDs. This Matrix vine is a beast, as you know, and I've already promised Frankly in the Czech Republic that I'd send over a copy of the 1991 DSB vine - and I've already confirmed he *doesn't* do DVDs/flac. Unrelated: Deadheads, Talking Heads and David Gans wrote a book on 'em. That is too synchronisticly funny. Thanks for the pointer Oroboros. You guys are the coolest. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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I've PM'd LIG71 and suggested he contact grateful-ted about the European Matrix (desperately trying to not sound like I'm a cheap, lazy bastard blowing him off) and also sent a PM to grateful-ted (think he's British) to let him know what's going on. Keeping my cheap, lazy bastard fingers crossed. Thanks again for the help MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Well I wouldn't say folk should discourage Euroheads from signing up, just check if the vine originated in Europe, because if it did there should be a Euroversion circulating. Euroheads like Sunshine Daydream (and to a much lesser extent me, Greg McFarlane and others) have started lots of vines and sent them to the US...and many folk over there have been kind enough to send stuff the other way when asked. I reckon it is up to each individual to decide if they want to make a copy to send across the pond (in which case the recipient should definitely then offer it on the Vines Across the Waters forum) or to include the Eurohead on the regular vine (postage each way takes 7-10 days)
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hey nowcan anybody help with directions on how to download shows and transfer them to CD. i do not have any teen agers or younger kids to help! lol
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Well it depends on what web site you are attemping to download from . I just sent you a PM, check your in box . Hopefully that will help you . If you need more help just let me know , if I can`t help I`m sure someone here can help you out . Peace ...
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downloaded traders little helper, how do i use it? how do i convert the flac files so i can put them on an audio cd? any and all help is appreciated.........
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Step 1: download the music to your hard drive. I have a PC and download to "music" in "owner" and "desktop." Step: 2: open TLH, click "format" then "decode audio files" in the dropdown Step 3: you are now in "decode audio files"-click "add" and find and highlight the files you want to decode, then click "open" Step 4: once you have added all the files you want to decode (I suggest limiting it to 1 show, any more and the likelihood of errors seems to increase) click "decode." The files will start decoding. Step 5: once the files are all decoded, go to where your downloaded files are and you will see the WAV files.
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when i go to decode i get a message- cannot open output file(likely it does not exist or is not accessable) now what to do here.........help i'm technologically challenged!!
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the light goes on, and we have success, now what is the prefered program to use for a gapless playback cd?
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I use I-tunes. You have to change the settings to 0 seconds btwn tracks. I think you go to preferences and advanced to do that.
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try burn4free on burn4free.com supports gapless CD creation. Happy listening!
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burn your CDR set to "Disc at Once." If the setting is "Track at Once," it will put those annoying gaps between tracks.