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I want to upload some sound files to memrise, a language learning webpage. They recommend using audacity and an mp3 exporter plugin which I've looked at, but it seems a little complex. What I'd like to do is read a list of words and then be able to split the recoding into the individual words and export them as MP3s. Can anyone recommend some user friendly software?
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Sri.Theo posted:I want to upload some sound files to memrise, a language learning webpage. They recommend using audacity and an mp3 exporter plugin which I've looked at, but it seems a little complex. There's nothing difficult or complex about what you want to do in Audacity. To do what you want to do, I clicked record, highlighted a word, hit Edit->Copy (or Ctrl-C), hit File->New and pasted it in to the blank track. Then you can just go to File->Export and save it as an MP3.
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Jan 26, 2013 21:53
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I just learnt that my Windows 7 PC is using "hybrid sleep". I've googled about this but want to clarify its difference from hibernation. 1) Hybrid sleep always uses more power than hibernation, right? 2) I know internet access ceases when you hibernate a PC. Is this the case for hybrid sleep? Sometimes when I awaken my PC from its sleep, I realise it's still downloading/uploading on my torrent client. All I want to do is get my PC to use minimal power while keeping a few word docs open as I sleep at night. I get the feeling my PC doesn't draw as little power as it could, and it's showing in my bills. Wouldn't mind using a bit more time to awaken the PC in the morning.
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Jan 27, 2013 20:37
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Vegetable posted:I just learnt that my Windows 7 PC is using "hybrid sleep". I've googled about this but want to clarify its difference from hibernation. 1) technically yes; since it's keeping power to the RAM. However, it's about a couple of Watts. Something, but your TV probably uses the same if not more in standby. 2) it's off, yes, it's just picking up where it left off. Hybrid sleep is great; instant on, and if you lose power for some reason while it's sleeping, it will still pick up where it left off.
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Jan 27, 2013 20:52
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I'm pretty anal about how my music and videos folder structure, but never really 'cared' about my pictures until recently. Currently, I have them in folders named like 'Christmas 2012', but I'm seeing that this really isn't working out now that I have 2000+ pictures. What's a good photo organizer, and what folder structure is best? I'm currently using Picasa, but I don't see how to easily rename my photos to a more efficient structure with that program.
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Jan 27, 2013 23:44
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The Drifter posted:I'm pretty anal about how my music and videos folder structure, but never really 'cared' about my pictures until recently. I actually really like Windows Photo Gallery. Doesn't do much for your folder structure problem, but it has a lot of nice organization tools.
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Jan 27, 2013 23:52
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The Drifter posted:What's a good photo organizer, and what folder structure is best? I'm currently using Picasa, but I don't see how to easily rename my photos to a more efficient structure with that program. How would you want to structure your photos though? Irfanview can do it by pretty much anything you want using the batch renamer.
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Jan 27, 2013 23:53
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Grawl posted:How would you want to structure your photos though? Irfanview can do it by pretty much anything you want using the batch renamer. I was thinking something similar to: -My Pictures --<year> ---<month> ----<year>-<month>-<day>(#).jpg I'll check Irfanview out. Thanks!
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Jan 28, 2013 00:01
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The Drifter posted:I was thinking something similar to: Alas, I don't know of a viewer that does it.
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Jan 28, 2013 01:55
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The Drifter posted:-My Pictures  This puts the year/month subfolders in the folder where the pictures are. You can also use an absolute path in the last rule if the files are in subfolders already (likely). Just replace the . in the second part of the RegEx rule with something like: C:\\Users\\The Drifter\\Pictures (ie. escaping the backslashes and adjusted for actual username, obviously). Make extensive use of the preview function with path and new path columns visible though, this is a pretty powerful program. Pilsner posted:Renaming images like that you would also lose the information that a given picture was taken on Christmas 2012, for example.  , but you'd lose other stuff like "Aruba 2010" or "Graduation party Kyle 2003" or something.So I'm going to agree that renaming photo's by date isn't always the best solution. The date is embedded in the file and can be retreived by most photo organizing software, so using it as a file name is completely redundant, not to mention restating the same information in the folder name. Edit vvvvv Yeah, I know that it can do similar things (and possibly some things Renamer can't), but that interface is a nightmare. den4b Renamer not only keeps the order in which things happen very clear, it also translates every rule in human parseable language, which helps you keep track of what you're doing. And in Bulk Rename Utility, you can't reorder the sequence of the actions, but that's pretty important if you want to use the output of one action as input for the next, like in the example above (ie. insert EXIF date, then split it into folder names). You can work around that by renaming multiple times, but then you lose non-destructive preview. Also, some intermediate steps might end up with invalid (eg. duplicate) filenames, which requires exra workarounds. This is no problem in Renamer. Flipperwaldt fucked around with this message at 13:35 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Jan 28, 2013 12:43
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I prefer Bulk Rename Utility for that kind of stuff.
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Jan 28, 2013 12:55
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Quick question: I almost always launch Explorer by pressing Win+E. Is there any way to make it open on a particular path when launched this way (instead of defaulting to Libraries)?
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Jan 28, 2013 13:54
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NihilCredo posted:Quick question: I almost always launch Explorer by pressing Win+E. Is there any way to make it open on a particular path when launched this way (instead of defaulting to Libraries)? I would add something like this to my AutoHotkey script that runs at login: code:
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Jan 28, 2013 15:41
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NihilCredo posted:Quick question: I almost always launch Explorer by pressing Win+E. Is there any way to make it open on a particular path when launched this way (instead of defaulting to Libraries)? Yes, if you edit the target in the Windows Explorer shortcut in the start menu this seems to take precedence. I use "%windir%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder"
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Jan 28, 2013 15:49
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This seemed like the best place to ask. I have an SSD and a standard HDD in my PC, I got a new HDD (the old one is small and quite old). What is the current recommend process for cloning and swapping in the new drive? I have a SATA->USB converter if I need it.
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Jan 28, 2013 23:09
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I'm looking for an application to download Podcasts directly to my PC in mp3 format for copying to a flash drive since I don't feel like carrying my only iPhone charging cable everywhere to listen in my car. Any recommendations for a good solid one?
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Jan 29, 2013 06:07
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The Drifter posted:I'm pretty anal about how my music and videos folder structure, but never really 'cared' about my pictures until recently. I use Picasa and it is really useful and easy enough to use. It also lets you syncronize your pictures with the web inside private albums on Google + (unless you want to make them public of course) so its kind of a cloud based photo manager. Good enough for me!
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Jan 29, 2013 14:00
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Irritated Goat posted:I'm looking for an application to download Podcasts directly to my PC in mp3 format for copying to a flash drive since I don't feel like carrying my only iPhone charging cable everywhere to listen in my car. Any recommendations for a good solid one? Doesn't iTunes use .MP3 for Podcasts? Sadly, out of all the ones I've tried, I still like iTunes as my podcast manager best. I would think you can just browse to the directory the podcasts are in and copy them...or if you want to be really fancy, set up a Synctoy task to copy all of them to a flash drive.
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Jan 29, 2013 14:46
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mmm11105 posted:This seemed like the best place to ask. I have an SSD and a standard HDD in my PC, I got a new HDD (the old one is small and quite old). What is the current recommend process for cloning and swapping in the new drive? I have a SATA->USB converter if I need it. I assume the HDD just has files on it and not the OS.
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Jan 29, 2013 16:24
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I bought Office 2010 not long ago, and so today got the email for my free upgrade to 2013. I know it's free, but is there any consensus as to whether it's really worth it? Running Windows 7, if that makes a difference. Also, I'm reading about only one install being allowed outside of the 365 version. My copy of Office 2010 can be installed on two machines. Will I lose this ability if I upgrade?
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Jan 29, 2013 19:07
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No idea but I just took advantage of the Home Use Program through my employer and the Office 2013 Pro Plus installer isn't an iso - it's an .exe which downloads the file structure direct to your drive. Bloody annoying 'cause I want the iso as a back up. Edit: offline installer's here: http://superuser.com/questions/449923/office-2013-offline-installer WastedJoker fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Jan 29, 2013 |
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Jan 29, 2013 23:53
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OneSizeFitsAll posted:I bought Office 2010 not long ago, and so today got the email for my free upgrade to 2013. The licensing has gotten weird. For the stand-alone version they have taken away the multiple install provision in the license, everything is 1:1. However, buying a $99/yr subscription to Office 365 gets you that software, allows you to install on up to 5 systems, an extra 20gb of Skydrive storage, Skype minutes, and Home & Student no longer comes with Access, Outlook, and some other things. I played around with the Profession Plus version with my Technet account and it seemed okay, but the GUI is heavily influenced by the Metro stylings which mean drop shadows, hinting, and other stuff that you expect in Windows 7 are ripped out and I do not like that from a usability standpoint personally. My gut feeling is that if you are in a house with 3 or more computers that all need Office, you might as well bite the bullet and get the 365 subscription. If you have one to two, I would sit this one out and stay on 2010. If your work or school does Microsoft volume licensing you might want to wait a bit as well. The big thing they are pushing is moving those places to the 365 subscription model, which means that because you are licensed through your employer or school you are entitled to install the software at home as well. You might end up having a free license fall in your lap in a year or two.
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Jan 30, 2013 00:43
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BangersInMyKnickers posted:The licensing has gotten weird. For the stand-alone version they have taken away the multiple install provision in the license, everything is 1:1. However, buying a $99/yr subscription to Office 365 gets you that software, allows you to install on up to 5 systems, an extra 20gb of Skydrive storage, Skype minutes, and Home & Student no longer comes with Access, Outlook, and some other things. I played around with the Profession Plus version with my Technet account and it seemed okay, but the GUI is heavily influenced by the Metro stylings which mean drop shadows, hinting, and other stuff that you expect in Windows 7 are ripped out and I do not like that from a usability standpoint personally. Seems a bit stupid that they might then expect me to "upgrade" my two install standalone Office 2010, even for free, if I'm only going to be able to use it on one machine (when I need it for my desktop and laptop). Not sure what new features are much of a draw, either, though I like the PDF editing. Think I'll stay put.
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Jan 30, 2013 14:44
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What's the best freeware tool for tracking system changes during software installation/first runs? This site lists some but none seem to offer all I'd want: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/tracking-registry-and-files-changes-when-installing-software-in-windows/ WastedJoker fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Jan 30, 2013 |
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Jan 30, 2013 15:30
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WastedJoker posted:No idea but I just took advantage of the Home Use Program through my employer and the Office 2013 Pro Plus installer isn't an iso - it's an .exe which downloads the file structure direct to your drive. Your timing was excellent. I just came to this thread to ask where I could get the 64-bit installer for 2013 ProfPlus because my university's select agreement only provides the 32 bit installer.
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Jan 30, 2013 20:39
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I have a question about psftp (or about other sftp programs for windows). Basically, under regular ftp, I could use -s commands.txt to enter commands that do what I want. I'd like to do the same thing for sftp (and I have psftp available, but wouldn't mind using another command-line based program). Basically, I do something like psftp whatever -b commands.scr, but my problem is that psftp then immediately closes after running the batch file. I'm not doing anything complicated in commands.scr, basically moving to the appropriate remote and local directories, but I'd really like to automate that like I was able to do for ftp. Is there a way to do this with psftp or another command line sftp program that would let me do something similar?
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Jan 30, 2013 20:48
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Naffer posted:Your timing was excellent. I just came to this thread to ask where I could get the 64-bit installer for 2013 ProfPlus because my university's select agreement only provides the 32 bit installer. I don't use any Office add-ons (so far as I know), so would I be better installing the x64 version? I don't have massive spreadsheet needs or anything, I just thought there might be performance advantages or something.
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Jan 31, 2013 00:01
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Performance-wise it's not going to make much of a difference and most of your major 3rd party vendors are making x64 plugins now as well. It's going to be a bit more secure on a stock Windows install because DEP is mandatory for 64-bit processes while 32-bit is optional. We went with 2010 64-bit at work once Adobe started doing the 64-bit plugin with the 10.1 release and it has been working fine for us.
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Jan 31, 2013 00:11
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BangersInMyKnickers posted:Performance-wise it's not going to make much of a difference and most of your major 3rd party vendors are making x64 plugins now as well. It's going to be a bit more secure on a stock Windows install because DEP is mandatory for 64-bit processes while 32-bit is optional. We went with 2010 64-bit at work once Adobe started doing the 64-bit plugin with the 10.1 release and it has been working fine for us. Surely x86 Office uses DEP? On a mildly related note, I don't save documents directly to SkyDrive in Office 2013 because of the time it takes to connect to the server and open something. Not a long time of course but locals docs open within a second. What I've done is install the SkyDrive application and have all my docs in that folder being synced to my online storage through that. Am I missing something by doing it this way or am I getting the best of both worlds - online backup coupled with fast local access?
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Jan 31, 2013 00:36
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WastedJoker posted:No idea but I just took advantage of the Home Use Program through my employer and the Office 2013 Pro Plus installer isn't an iso - it's an .exe which downloads the file structure direct to your drive. That linked me to the Preview releases of Office 2013. Anywhere we can get the final ISOs or .exes that's legal?
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Jan 31, 2013 01:51
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Surely x86 Office uses DEP? I'm pretty sure it doesn't, just like how 32-bit IE didn't (might with 9 or 10, haven't checked lately) because they were worried about plugin compatibility. Plugins run under the office parent process and would have to work correctly with DEP or they will crash. And a lot of 32-bit plugins are ancient shoddy garbage.
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Jan 31, 2013 02:59
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WattsvilleBlues posted:That linked me to the Preview releases of Office 2013. Anywhere we can get the final ISOs or .exes that's legal? http://www.eightforums.com/software-apps/18317-office-2013-installation-2.html Some links here and no mention made of preview. I'm downloading it now - I'll update this post when I find out the version. I'll compare it with the preview version I obviously downloaded earlier :/ Edit: Preview version too. I don't want to use a lovely online streaming install method, Microsoft. WastedJoker fucked around with this message at 11:59 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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Jan 31, 2013 11:28
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I am using Windows 7 at work, and would like to use a single line taskbar with small icons and still be able to see Time AND date. Is this possible at all without third party applications? Thanks in advance!
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Jan 31, 2013 15:56
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No.
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Thanks, I'll find a happy medium. Appreciate the confirmation.
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Jan 31, 2013 16:54
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On Win7 using the active directory users and computers console. How can I figure out what OU a particular computer is in? I can search and find the computer but right clicking it and doing properties there's nothing that indicates what OU. I'm having to just manually look through each one until someone tells me what I'm doing wrong. I need to reimage this and put it in the same OU it was. When I reimage it there's a util that's going to force me to pick one.
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Jan 31, 2013 18:04
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Wagonburner posted:On Win7 using the active directory users and computers console. In the search results, click view > choose columns > published at > add. OK
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Jan 31, 2013 18:10
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HalloKitty posted:In the search results, click view > choose columns > published at > add. OK Sweet, it works, thanks. This only comes up for me every once in a while when someone from out of town needs a reimage, every other office has like a dozen OUs, mine only has one so there's never a question normally. I know I got frustrated about the same thing last time. MS 
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HalloKitty posted:In the search results, click view > choose columns > published at > add. OK You can also do it through View, Advanced Features which adds some extra tabs to the property view, including the Object tab that has the full object path along with creation date and modification timestamps.
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My dad just subscribed to Office 365 Home Premium. If I use my Office 2013 media, can I sign in to it using the Office 365 account, or will I have to use the actual 365 installer? Edit: You have to use the actual Office 365 installer - when I try to activate Office by signing in with the relevant account, it tells me that my product isn't installed. WattsvilleBlues fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Feb 1, 2013 |
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