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When I list the printers on the network, I get all the usual suspects and something names PORTPROMPT: - could anyone give me the heads up on what that is?
I suspect it is something to do with USB but I need the actual name of the printer.

Keith
 
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Thanks Jockey
The app in question is to be used on a network of WIN7 machines so the question was more for my own knowledge.
There appears to be a number of things added to WIN8 which were not there before but due to lack of any sort of instructions, the 'improvements' will only be found by accident.

Keith
 
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Hi Keith,

May I ask you something?
I am in process to digitalize my vinyl-records. Yes I know that most of the vinyl-records are available on a remastered CD, however it seems I have a big number of rare recordings which are not.
Now I have learned that the best way is to save the recordings as FLAC or WAV (which one) and do you have an advise which software to be used for recording and playing these files?

Thanks for replying,

Jockey
 
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For Vinyl digitizing you need:

A good turn table. Phono Cinch works on lower voltages than tape deck or others, you need a preamplifier for connecting to a sound card or a professional sound card with preamplifier.
You can get turntable decks as USB device, but the quality is questionable.

WAV is fine and can be player with window player. FLAC is a lossless codec saving about half the file size, again Windows Media Player can play that nowadays with FLAC codec. In the age of MP3 you may also convert your WAV files to MP3 or other compressed formats for easier transfer to player devices, but as with CDs you may keep the original recording in CD quality (44k samples, 16 bit) or even higher. Depends on your sound card capabilities.

You better can avoid a ground feedback loop resulting in noise. This can easily happen as you connect computer and hifi, which each have their own ground. You may get some impedance filter at a hifi shop of your trust.

Bye, Olaf.
 
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Easiest way to kill a hum loop is to drop the audio earth from one end of the linking cable.
Do not under any circumstances drop a mains earth, it would stop the hum but it would also stop you if a fault occurred.

Keith
 
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You may have less problems with such a noise if digitizing with a laptop, as that has its DC battery current. But you can't easily use any PC sound card, then. There are good external sound "cards" though.

Bye, Olaf.
 
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I think the biggest problem is likely to be the low quality cables used on most computer audio connections as it is not easy connecting a decent cable to a 3.5mm plug.

Keith
 
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Therefore you better have an external sound card or audio interface, eg something by Tascam or Terrasoniq is affordable and has a normal sized R/L cinch phono in.

Bye, Olaf.
 
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