gramaphone

AVGWarhawk · 12-26-06, 09:18 AM

How can a .WVA music file be changed to a .OCC file or MP3 file for the gramaphone?

eastblue123 · 12-26-06, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

How can a .WVA music file be changed to a .OCC file or MP3 file for the gramaphone?

Occ ？U mean ogg ,right ?

How about Foobar or the Goldwav ?

AVGWarhawk · 12-26-06, 09:23 AM

Yeah, OGG. I have a few .WVA files that I want to convert for the gramaphone.

_Seth_ · 12-26-06, 09:34 AM

Hi, AVG, try to do a google search on ".WVA/WMA to .OGG". There are a lot of free programs out there, and some that gives you a trial period!

AVGWarhawk · 12-26-06, 09:39 AM

Cool. I'll do that. I have a few WVA files I want to put in the game.

The Munster · 12-26-06, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Cool. I'll do that. I have a few WVA files I want to put in the game.

Hi, try 'Acoustica Audio Convertor Pro'

irish1958 · 12-26-06, 10:10 AM

AVGWarhawk There are a bunch of free programs to use; audacity and winamp will both output ogg files. One of the problems with WVA files is that some of them are protected from converting with any (legal) program.

AVGWarhawk · 12-26-06, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by irish1958

AVGWarhawk There are a bunch of free programs to use; audacity and winamp will both output ogg files. One of the problems with WVA files is that some of them are protected from converting with any (legal) program.

Well, there is only one way to find out!!! I give it a go on any one of them and see what happens.

The Munster · 12-26-06, 10:30 AM

You can try Acoustica Audio Convertor Pro and it will convert WMA files etc. seamlessly and no legal issues. If you don't take the full product, your converted files don't disintegrate and/or your Computer doesn't blow up !

Jimbuna · 12-26-06, 10:52 AM

AV....PM me

Sailor Steve · 12-26-06, 01:31 PM

I converted all my gramaphone files to .wav. These work perfectly and I can play them through my computer's regular sound player. .ogg also works, but whatever you do, do NOT use MP3s in the gramaphone. They'll drive you crazy with never finishing a song.

jimmie · 12-26-06, 03:19 PM

Doesn't converting those (whatever not was lossless file) wave files make the files unecessary large, which result in very inefficient on memory usage?

I think ogg is best to go at the moment. For sound quority, most those "old tunes" floating around on the internet is already very low quality (like 32kbps/22050khz or 64kbps/44100khz) so when convert, take this into account - converting to higher bit or sampling rate will not make the sound any better - it's just waste of memory. Yeah, mp3 files can't seem to play to the end of file.

Also, gramophone plays thru what I think too much feature, a noise file which is intended to mimic vinil recored's noise... The thing is, those "old tunes" are already in very low quality and personally making them worse is just overdo... so I created clear file (no noise mask)... All Edith Piaff remastered records already sound low enough straight from CDs...

Starting and stopping, selecting songs on the gramophone is kinda tedious with default interface but they can be mapped to desired keys and I found doing it makes gramophone experience very comfortable

Especially "toggle gramophone start/stop" with a single key stroke is handy.

AVGWarhawk · 12-26-06, 04:31 PM

Well, whatever the case, the file I want to convert is protected. No way around that I suppose!

IrishUboot · 12-26-06, 05:08 PM

Download dBpowerAmp for converting to OGG. It's a neat, easy to use program.

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

Sailor Steve · 12-26-06, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmie

Doesn't converting those (whatever not was lossless file) wave files make the files unecessary large, which result in very inefficient on memory usage?

I never thought of that. Then I'm working with a 160 GB hard drive and so far I've used about 40 of them. Then again, you're probably right.

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Also, gramophone plays thru what I think too much feature, a noise file which is intended to mimic vinil recored's noise... The thing is, those "old tunes" are already in very low quality and personally making them worse is just overdo... so I created clear file (no noise mask)... All Edith Piaff remastered records already sound low enough straight from CDs...

I'm using a huge amount of old German hits I downloaded from Terrapin's site. A lot of them sound so good I've been trying to make them tinnier sounding.

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Starting and stopping, selecting songs on the gramophone is kinda tedious with default interface but they can be mapped to desired keys and I found doing it makes gramophone experience very comfortable

Especially "toggle gramophone start/stop" with a single key stroke is handy.

I use SH3 Commander, which has a "Randomize Gramaphone" function. Since I have well over 100 songs on mine, plus historic radio broadcasts, I just let it do its own thing.

12-26-06, 09:18 AM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,287 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	gramaphone How can a .WVA music file be changed to a .OCC file or MP3 file for the gramaphone? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-26-06, 09:23 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,287 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yeah, OGG. I have a few .WVA files that I want to convert for the gramaphone. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-26-06, 09:34 AM	#4
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Hi, AVG, try to do a google search on ".WVA/WMA to .OGG". There are a lot of free programs out there, and some that gives you a trial period! __________________

12-26-06, 09:39 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,287 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Cool. I'll do that. I have a few WVA files I want to put in the game. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-26-06, 10:10 AM	#7
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	Files AVGWarhawk There are a bunch of free programs to use; audacity and winamp will both output ogg files. One of the problems with WVA files is that some of them are protected from converting with any (legal) program. __________________ Irish1958

12-26-06, 10:30 AM	#9
The Munster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deepest Dumbria Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	You can try Acoustica Audio Convertor Pro and it will convert WMA files etc. seamlessly and no legal issues. If you don't take the full product, your converted files don't disintegrate and/or your Computer doesn't blow up ! __________________ *GWX Team Member; Retired* GWX Home Page

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12-26-06, 01:31 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I converted all my gramaphone files to .wav. These work perfectly and I can play them through my computer's regular sound player. .ogg also works, but whatever you do, do NOT use MP3s in the gramaphone. They'll drive you crazy with never finishing a song. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-26-06, 03:19 PM	#12
jimmie Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Japan Posts: 259 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Doesn't converting those (whatever not was lossless file) wave files make the files unecessary large, which result in very inefficient on memory usage? I think ogg is best to go at the moment. For sound quority, most those "old tunes" floating around on the internet is already very low quality (like 32kbps/22050khz or 64kbps/44100khz) so when convert, take this into account - converting to higher bit or sampling rate will not make the sound any better - it's just waste of memory. Yeah, mp3 files can't seem to play to the end of file. Also, gramophone plays thru what I think too much feature, a noise file which is intended to mimic vinil recored's noise... The thing is, those "old tunes" are already in very low quality and personally making them worse is just overdo... so I created clear file (no noise mask)... All Edith Piaff remastered records already sound low enough straight from CDs... Starting and stopping, selecting songs on the gramophone is kinda tedious with default interface but they can be mapped to desired keys and I found doing it makes gramophone experience very comfortable Especially "toggle gramophone start/stop" with a single key stroke is handy.

12-26-06, 04:31 PM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,287 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Well, whatever the case, the file I want to convert is protected. No way around that I suppose! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-26-06, 05:08 PM	#14
IrishUboot Sparky Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Malin Head, Eire/Ireland Posts: 156 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Download dBpowerAmp for converting to OGG. It's a neat, easy to use program. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ __________________ "A braver man than Arthur Griffith, I never met" - Frederick Edwin Smith, The First Earl of Birkenhead, British negotiator of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921.