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Covered
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l3codec
Installation
Information
Compressing your own wavs
Related
Links
AOL, Music and Wav related goodies!
Explorer
Notes
Organization is the key! (So they tell me)
Download
Winzip
(Needed to unzip the l3codec, if you don't already have it
installed)
If you are receiving wavs that you can not hear...
If the last mpeg codec your downloaded was the mpeg.exe...
Download the mpeg codec: l3codec.zip
Download this file to your C:/Windows/Temp folder.
RIGHT CLICK and choose "Save Target As" for best results.
It will download in a minute and install in seconds!
Right click on the l3codec .inf file and choose
"Install"
That's it! Your wavs can now be heard on your
computer and in Chat Rooms.
They still will not play in the AOL player that comes up immediately after
download.
Great instructions for
compressing your own wavs can be found
here:
(Do NOT download the mpeg.exe, it is an older version of the mpeg
codec)
Joy's WAV
Compression Help Page
I won't even try to tell you how to compress your wavs
here.
Mostly because the above page is great! I mean... there are
even pictures!!!
Basically, l3codec is a newer and better version of the mpeg.exe that most of us have been using. What makes it better is that there is nothing "cut off" at the end when converting your wavs. Everything else appears to be exactly the same. Works the same, downloads/installs in a minute and plays/compresses the same. No need to change anything, just download and install.
Installing the MPEG Layer-3 codec is very simple.
First, unzip this archive to a work directory - for instance, C:\Windows/Temp.
Do not just open the file with WinZip. You MUST EXTRACT all of the files
to a work directory.
Next, open Windows Explorer and go to the work directory. Right-click on
the INSTALL.INF file, and choose the INSTALL menu command.
The codec should work right away - if not, try rebooting your system.
My experience has been that the codec can be installed in addition to any players or coding/decoding applications that are already on the system w/o conflict. I have a number of different players on mine, including the MS Media Player 6.00.x, which actually has this and a number of other coding applications in it. I also have Jukebox, Cool Edit, WavMan, CDCopy (doesn't have players of its own) and the mepeg.exe .... on and on ...
In a lot of cases, installing the codec could be redundant. But it won't hurt. And if folks' wavs were playing right, they wouldn't be asking (about chopped off wavs). The codec especially should be installed if mpeg.exe was the LAST player put on. Otherwise the mpeg conversion uses mpeg.exe, and folks will be chopping off the last bit of their wavs.
It sure made a difference in wav making/conversion for me, b/c I was experiencing a LOT of the truncated wavs. (At the time, I also didn't have the MS Media Player, which might have also eliminated the problem upon install.) When I first got the codec, I tested it against the mpeg.exe by converting several wavs which I knew mpeg.exe was truncating prematurely, e.g., {S 1maewest. The codec converted them in their entirety.
As far as the converting instructions, they are the same regardless of which software is installed, l3codec or mpeg.exe.
Other at least somewhat
related Sites and software
Personally, I wouldn't run AOL
without it!
Tired of that cute little timer???
For Power Tools users:
CarryOn
For ever'one else, you have a few choices
...some free, some shareware and some info below:
Frequently Asked Questions
about AOL Timer
Zappers
AOL Timer Zapper - Popup
Monitor
DaveCentral: Connectivity
- Time
Logs
Riv's Page... Home
of "StayOn"
WizOn can be found amoung many of the above links as well.
Upload and Chat:
JeppChat
Looking for lyrics to your favorite songs???
Give these a try!
Ok, now if you're anything like me, you have a zillion wavs and can't tell my the names of them what's what. Weeeelllll with this nifty lil' program, you can create a note for each wav! Then when you're looking for a specific wav, just type in a keyword and it'll search it down for ya!
Information: PC Magazine: PC Tech (Explorer Notes 2.0: Make a Note of It!) Page 1 of 6
Get it: ZDNet Software Library - PC Magazine's Explorer Notes
(You'll need this to unzip
the l3codec if you don't already have it installed)
Or click here: WINZIP: V7.0 SR-1
WinZip (AOL Only)
Last Minute Notes:
MP3 ~ MPEG wavs are still .wav files. The MP2 and MP3 files you may have heard of have the .mp extention. The l3codec simply compresses your .wav files and does not convert their file type. Yet they are all MPEG-3 compression.
Please don't over compress your wav files! The mpeg is an awesome savings in space and time, however an overcompressed wav is worth nothing. Listen to a bit of the wav after you've compressed it... if the quality is downright bad, close the sound recorder and choose not to save it. Do it again using a higher setting.
CD Burners ~ (For those who burn their wav files to
CD's)
MPEG compressed wavs can not be converted to your CD's audio format,
they will have to be uncompressed by selecting "convert now" and saving to
the PCM format first.
How to Uncompress a Wav
This is assuming you're already using Sound Recorder as a default. It
is the Windows default, although you may have had another program override
the Windows setting... in which case, open Sound Recorder and choose your
wav to open it.
*Pick the compressed wav you are looking for. *Double click
(open) it. *Go back to "File" *Go to
"Properties"
*Choose "Convert Now" *Format should be PCM
*Attributes should be: 11025 Hz, 8 bit stereo 22Kb or better
*Hit ok *Close the wav *Hit save
*It is now uncompressed
A special Thank you to VicksterSS for the l3codec file and
information!
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