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  1. I like the bottom one. Seriously, I'd like to get a MacBook Pro (a black one to match my other iPod stuff) with Final Cut Pro and GarageBand.


    And here's my latest iPod touch interface...it just goes to show what you can do with a real imagination (bottom one is Bono-approved).







  2. Saw and heard Out of Control from Slane on a Harman Kordon sounds system at a friend of mine. And it was bloody impressive..! I even bet Gerard's Bose is inferior to this kind of stuff. Crystal clear sound.
  3. Has anyone bothered updating to the recent 2.1 software for the iPod touch? It messed up some stuff real good.

    - now album text sizes are bigger than my index finger
    - genius thinks up some weird things that make no sense
    - it's slower than the other firmwares
    - it's harder to modify

    What was Apple thinking?
  4. Originally posted by drewhiggins:Has anyone bothered updating to the recent 2.1 software for the iPod touch? It messed up some stuff real good.

    - now album text sizes are bigger than my index finger
    - genius thinks up some weird things that make no sense
    - it's slower than the other firmwares
    - it's harder to modify

    What was Apple thinking?


    i havent plugged in yet..not good
  5. so everyone here had agreed imTOO was the best audio ripper. i have aproblem though, that certain bits of audio ripped from coldplays 'when we look at the world' vid boot it seems the sound levels are too high and it gets distorted. i'm converting VOB to wav...

    its also suppoedly in hd

    any help would be great!
  6. Originally posted by stj0691:so everyone here had agreed imTOO was the best audio ripper. i have aproblem though, that certain bits of audio ripped from coldplays 'when we look at the world' vid boot it seems the sound levels are too high and it gets distorted. i'm converting VOB to wav...

    its also suppoedly in hd

    any help would be great!


    VOB uses MPEG2 audio, which WAV is different to. Quite possibly imToo couldn't handle the bit rate at which the audio was originally encoded. Also being in HD could be another problem where imToo cannot handle that kind of audio bit rate - I'd say it'd be pretty high. Try using DVD Decrypter and see if you get the same results.

    Was the original audio soundtrack distorted?


    http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/136/59/

    http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/



    Originally posted by stj0691i havent plugged in yet..not good


    Save yourself the 245MB update and get a couple of bootlegs instead. It's worse than 2.0. Sure, I got an app store and a Genius feature, but that wasn't worth the one-hour download to me. I can make an intelligent playlist - I know what sounds like what - and the apps I want aren't on there anyway and never will be. I know I certainly can't get Firefox on it from the App Store. And the sync times were worse - it took 35 minutes to sync 750 songs, whereas back on 2.0.2 they took around 20 minutes. A 15-minute difference is all the difference.

    It's almost as bad as the original classic firmware updates!


  7. Thank you! What's funny is how the sound is NOT distorted on the video copy I have on my copy. I used DVD Shrink to make it one file, then converted it using MMMPSP Max Media Manager. Typical MP4 quality, wondering if I can better too. The sound on the MP4 video is not distorted, which is what I find so humourous. Hopefully with what you've shown me it will help! Thanks a ton!

    EDIT: It worked! Thanks dude! Instead of using Goldwave to edit it up I'm using Audacity. : )

    Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    Save yourself the 245MB update and get a couple of bootlegs instead. It's worse than 2.0. Sure, I got an app store and a Genius feature, but that wasn't worth the one-hour download to me. I can make an intelligent playlist - I know what sounds like what - and the apps I want aren't on there anyway and never will be. I know I certainly can't get Firefox on it from the App Store. And the sync times were worse - it took 35 minutes to sync 750 songs, whereas back on 2.0.2 they took around 20 minutes. A 15-minute difference is all the difference.

    It's almost as bad as the original classic firmware updates!


    I thought you meant there was another upgrade.....I did notice it goes very slow now. Not cool.

    By the way, regarding those pix, how did you do that to your iPod? I think it's awesome!
  8. Ok, so I've encountered another problem....apparently when Audacity saves the files as, in my case, wav, it rounds up to the next second, creating silence at the end of the track. With the concert I'm editing to create tracks, there are silences which ruin the performance a bit. Are there any preferences where this silence at the end can be removed so it will not be present next time I save a file?
  9. Originally posted by stj0691:Ok, so I've encountered another problem....apparently when Audacity saves the files as, in my case, wav, it rounds up to the next second, creating silence at the end of the track. With the concert I'm editing to create tracks, there are silences which ruin the performance a bit. Are there any preferences where this silence at the end can be removed so it will not be present next time I save a file?


    I've had that a couple of times too. It's real annoying, it just happens sometimes. If you just manually remove the silence again with Audacity it's gone though. I always open a file I just edited and saved in audacity one more time to see if there isn't any silence at the end. It never seems to happen again after you remove it, so one time seems to be enough.
  10. Originally posted by RDB92:[..]

    I've had that a couple of times too. It's real annoying, it just happens sometimes. If you just manually remove the silence again with Audacity it's gone though. I always open a file I just edited and saved in audacity one more time to see if there isn't any silence at the end. It never seems to happen again after you remove it, so one time seems to be enough.


    True, although I don't understand why the program does that. Anyway I did end up using Goldwave, not as easy to use as Audacity, but I think it's better.
  11. Ok, so I've encountered another problem....apparently when Audacity saves the files as, in my case, wav, it rounds up to the next second, creating silence at the end of the track. With the concert I'm editing to create tracks, there are silences which ruin the performance a bit. Are there any preferences where this silence at the end can be removed so it will not be present next time I save a file?


    The easiest way is to look for large gaps, and zoom out if need be. It's pretty obvious advice but get those out, save it as another WAV file and then edit away at the new file, once you've made a read-only copy.

    About making MP4 quality better, have a look through the options of the software (Max Media) and see if there's any options to up the quality or VBR rate. There should be, unless it's shareware or bloatware that won't let you change anything because you need to pay a ransom fee, or else. Remember - crap in, crap out. If the original source is gutted, then the new source is going to likely be gutted too.



    It does look pretty cool, I hate looking like the rest with the default icons and black background! For the backgrounds and icons and whatever else: http://www.quickpwn.com/ to get it like that. I used blank applications in the middle without names or icons, the icons are from a (RED) theme, and the backgrounds are just from a quick Google search. It's nothing special when you see what others are doing, like putting the weather on the lock screen or videos in the background.

    If you want to try it by all means give it a go, but be prepared to spend a while fixing various problems you may come across like restoring it which you may well have to do. And - it's all compatible with the App Store and iTunes, which makes it even better.

    Currently on my main screen is: Music (default), Settings (default), Winterboard (themes), Poof (hiding apps) and Cydia (installing apps). Still, there is some stuff nobody has been able to achieve after a year or so - custom equalizer settings comes to mind, because nobody knows where the file is to modify. But there is an app for 3D depth, which increases the depth of the sound much more than you'd be able to by default.

    If you're interested, let me know. It's a bit daunting at first, but not hard.


    The following aren't mine, but some great examples of what can be done - liking the first one.









  12. Gerard: my brother has seen the direct difference between HD and Blu-ray and he was pretty amazed with it. It puts your Blu-ray Rattle & Hum experiences in a more understandable light.

    Downside is, that I need to buy all my DVD's again once Blu-ray takes over. And I don't wanna download most films because of their beauty.
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