From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 00:00:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Wed Apr 30 22:29:18 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: Exactly. That's why it's funny. From DeadFire at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 00:05:00 2003 From: DeadFire at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DeadFire@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Wed Apr 30 22:29:18 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: > what are you talking about creed is a christian band. I used to be a fan of Creed. My Own Prison is still a good album in my eyes. In fact, I was one helluva Creed fan. I read everything there was to read on them when they first became popular. I can say with almost complete certainty that Creed is not a Christian band. Members of the band do believe in God and are not shy about it, but that is all. From mcomb at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 00:26:00 2003 From: mcomb at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Mike Comb) Date: Wed Apr 30 22:29:19 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: Creed is not a Christian band Depends on who you ask, but most people will agree that they at least have strong Christian alt-rock influences. Allmusic for example... "Based on their frequently spiritual lyrics, some observers lumped them in with a new breed of alternative-styled Christian bands that had begun crossing over to the mainstream; however, Creed tried to distance themselves from being pigeonholed as an exclusively religious band out to convert their listeners." Not that there is anything wrong with that of course and I do like a few of their songs. -Mike From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 00:29:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Wed Apr 30 22:29:19 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg Extra's Message-ID: Apostrophe Protection Society From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 00:31:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Wed Apr 30 22:29:20 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: I think we've already spent too long talking about a crappy band. From DeadFire at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 00:33:00 2003 From: DeadFire at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DeadFire@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Wed Apr 30 22:29:20 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: I'm not defending the band. Or at least I'm not trying to. I just happen to have read interviews with the band stating that they aren't an actual Christian band. And as for the music, again - My Own Prison will always be a good album. From tfabris at jps.net Thu May 1 01:10:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Wed Apr 30 22:29:21 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Old thread I can't find... Message-ID: See, Micheal? Told you it was worth it to post it on the BBS. :-) How permanent is that page going to be? I could FAQ it after everyone's run it through the ringer and gotten it complete and corrected. From jamville at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 02:18:00 2003 From: jamville at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (jamville@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:01:42 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Board House? Message-ID: Stu, Which board house? I have a project that requires some custom hardware. And I'm not looking forward to etching pc boards. Thanks, From hybrid8 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 02:56:00 2003 From: hybrid8 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (hybrid8@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:01:46 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Casting of fascia < clear buttons Message-ID: Has someone contacted 303 to ask permission to reproduce his fascia in plastic? This would have numerous benefits. First would be the removal of any possibility of copyright infringement associated with the original fascia. More importantly, it's greater incentive to actually buy one of these new fascias. I'm not overly excited about a solid colour replica of the original design. Sure, a metalic finish would be nice, but it'd still be a replica of the original which is part of what gives the unit a cheap feeling fr some people. However a new design would interest me greatly. I'd be willing to sacrifice one of my fascias in order to make a new source for casting. ie. I would take that fascia, modify it to improve the original design (epoxy additions, drilling, sanding, carving, whatever determind to be necessary) and then supply it for mold making. Of course having an additional spare fascia would be better (I only have one original fascia for each of my two empegs). I have a lot of stuff on my plate already both with daytime job and other side projects (plus taking a warranty company to court and trying to buy a house) but I'd be willing to spend some time on this. Bruno From Chip at jungle.net Thu May 1 03:11:00 2003 From: Chip at jungle.net (Steve Hartman) Date: Thu May 1 22:01:52 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: yes, i have signed up and i'm bringing 3 friends, 2 that are also empeg owners. I'd like to get a group photo at some point for riocar.org! From Chip at jungle.net Thu May 1 03:17:00 2003 From: Chip at jungle.net (Steve Hartman) Date: Thu May 1 22:01:57 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 4-LED Knob Board Message-ID: Stu, I would be interested in 2 - 3 boards, and i'm sure i have a few friends that would be as well. I would love to get the complete kit! I've been on Brian's waiting list for well over a year! I'll also pre-pay if you want! Can you start a mailing list to let us know when we willl be ready to start ordering? i'm sure 100 will go fast since the count on the baord is already past 50 now. From visuvius at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 03:23:00 2003 From: visuvius at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (visuvius@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:03 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Can someone point me to the faq entry that... Message-ID: will tell me why in Emplode my 30 gig empeg's capicity is reported as 27.6 gigs? Thanks. From simspos at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 04:20:00 2003 From: simspos at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (simspos@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:08 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Can someone point me to the faq entry that... Message-ID: Hmm, firstly a 30 Gig drive isn't really 30 Gig because of the way drive manufacturers specify capacity and secondly the operating system has to go somewhere :-) I'm sure someone will elaborate, but don't fret I think it's normal. Cheers, Sim From mdavey at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 05:20:00 2003 From: mdavey at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mdavey@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:13 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Can someone point me to the faq entry that... Message-ID: See this thread and this one (or search the BBS for gibibyte). From mdavey at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 05:31:00 2003 From: mdavey at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mdavey@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:18 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Old thread I can't find... Message-ID: Okay, I've added these to my local copy of the webpage. I've also started to break out the games and started a page for the docking stations. I'll update the site later today. How permanent is that page going to be? It could be permanent where it is, although I'd prefer to see it moved to riocar.org so that it is 'owned' by the community. It would also be nice if someone volunteered to be co-responsible for the pages with me (in case I'm on holiday, etc.) - any volunteers? From FerretBoy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 08:08:00 2003 From: FerretBoy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (FerretBoy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:24 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: what are you talking about creed is a Christian band No they aren't, or at least not based on what I've heard and seen on TV (which of course makes it true). I know that the lead singer's father is a preacher (or something) but I believe that he rejects most of his father's organized religion. I believe this is also the same situation with Collective Soul. As far as music styles go, I personally don't like Creed at all, but everyone has their own tastes. Edit: I should have read the entire thread before making the point that everyone has already made. My apologies! From somewhereth at sflat Thu May 1 09:02:00 2003 From: somewhereth at sflat (Rob Schofield) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:29 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Program for Amersfoort Message-ID: The weekend is indeed the 4th/5th/6th July. As yet there is no program available, but it will roughly follow the same pattern as previous events - meet up on the Friday with a visit to a restaurant (Ribs!!!), a full program of competitions and events on the Saturday, and then a half day on the Sunday (a treasure hunt) before people start departing. There'll be a website coming soon to allow bookings and to reserve hotel rooms, but don't count on it being this week! :-D From somewhereth at sflat Thu May 1 09:06:00 2003 From: somewhereth at sflat (Rob Schofield) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:34 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Illuminated button install in the UK Message-ID: I'm doing this if you are interested. I have installed two kits succesfully, and they look great. It's not too complex, but you need to take your time and be a little careful. I'm also doing tuner kits. From somewhereth at sflat Thu May 1 09:21:00 2003 From: somewhereth at sflat (Rob Schofield) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:40 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Car rentals Message-ID: We used to live in Broad Oak Park (Fairmount Road) near Worsley dell (behined the garden centre). I spent most of my youth trying (unsuccessfully) to build tree houses in Worsley Woods. Had a lot of friends on Ringlow Park Road. From genixia at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 09:23:00 2003 From: genixia at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (genixia@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:45 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Board House? Message-ID: I don't know which boardhouse Stu is using, but for 1-2 layer boards suitable for hand soldering, www.olimex.com is by far the cheapest that I've found. They also accept EagleCAD files directly, and for non-profit hobbyist use a limited version of EagleCAD (pcb <= 4"x3", including auto-routing) is available gratis. The only gotchas with olimex that I can see are that they tin the boards before soldermasking them, which means that they aren't really suitable for reflow/wave soldering, and that they are based in Bulgaria, which may not be optimal for credit card ordering. (Note that I haven't heard/seen any evidence that suggests that this will be a problem, but I'm generally wary of sending my CC number to a formerly eastern block country). On the positive side they will do free panelisation/de-panelisation, which means that if you had a 1"x2" board then you can pay for an 8"x11" panel, and they will fit as many of your pc bs onto it as possible, and then cut them free afterwards. For small boards this is a bonus - most houses have a panelisation set up fee and a per-board depanelisation charge. IIRC, the next cheapest that I've found is www.custompcb.com. Full SMOBC (suitable for wave/reflow soldering), and still fairly cheap. Although based in Malaysia, they use a US-based CC payment agency, so your CC number supposedly never leaves the US. They appear to be a professional setup from what I've read on their web-site. But you have to pay extra for silkscreening and soldermasking. They also accept EagleCAD directly. If anyone has any other cheap EagleCAD-accepting contenders, please post! From Ezekiel at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 09:42:00 2003 From: Ezekiel at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Ezekiel@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:51 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: TTSClock r6 Message-ID: Bump. Anything doing on the fix? Very cool bit of programming, btw. I've completely outgeeked all my friends. -Zeke From djc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 10:14:00 2003 From: djc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (djc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:02:56 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: TTSClock r6 Message-ID: this is actually pretty easy to fix. you should be able to use date's -v option to pass your hour offset (passed to ttsclock in -t) to each of your date calls at the top of the script. check it out. --dan. From mp3 at html.net Thu May 1 10:59:00 2003 From: mp3 at html.net (John Lee) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:03 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Wow! it's this sunday? I didnt expect it this soon. Ill be there. Will someone geek out and bring a laptop so we can upgrade each others empegs? From maczrool at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 11:19:00 2003 From: maczrool at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (maczrool@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:07 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Board House? Message-ID: The board house is Advanced Circuits in Colarado. They are very helpful and will examine your design for possible manufacturing problems for free. Their prices seem reasonable, at least for small production orders. Plus, they have instant online quoting. I have never placed an order with them, so this is a bit of an experiment. Hopefully I didn't screw anything up and the boards turn out as intended. I don't usually handle the PCBs, but decided to start, so we'll see what happens. I was not impressed by Olimex's capabilities and at least in this case, could not use them. I have never tried Custom PCB, but still I think Advanced Circuits is a bit easier to work with. Stu From thrasher at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 11:33:00 2003 From: thrasher at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (thrasher@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:12 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: I know there not a christian band.I was kiding around and waiting to see how long it would take for ferretboy to post somthing.LOL From FerretBoy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 11:47:00 2003 From: FerretBoy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (FerretBoy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:17 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: I know there not a christian band.I was kiding around and waiting to see how long it would take for ferretboy to post somthing.Ouch! Am I that predictable? *^_^* From maczrool at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 11:56:00 2003 From: maczrool at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (maczrool@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:23 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Mlord Dock and Digital Out...Questions... Message-ID: You did a good job on the digital connector on the dock and the slot cover mounted connector. Thanks for the tip on the S/PDIF. It was there all along. I was looking for "Digital In" or "S/PDIF In" somewhere and couldn't find it. And about your Senn HD-590s. I'm sure they sound great. I have a pair of HD-600s and they are by far the best (and most expensive) headphones I have ever owned. Stu From edsmiata at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 13:07:00 2003 From: edsmiata at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (edsmiata@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:28 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] uploading directly into playlist Message-ID: Rather than uploading a bunch of songs onto the HD, THEN setting up a playlist and sending them there, I have set the play list up first and dropped the songs directly into it. Works fine, but I wonder if when I want to play random songs from the entire database, and not from a playlist, will those songs appear? Thanks, Ed From jamville at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 13:19:00 2003 From: jamville at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (jamville@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:33 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Board House? Message-ID: Thank you. From jamville at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 13:20:00 2003 From: jamville at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (jamville@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:39 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Board House? Message-ID: Thanks for the info. From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 13:48:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:44 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: uploading directly into playlist Message-ID: Absolutely. From Chip at jungle.net Thu May 1 13:58:00 2003 From: Chip at jungle.net (Steve Hartman) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:49 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: I might have mine with me, if i can register winXP by then. }:-( From Meatballman at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 14:15:00 2003 From: Meatballman at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Meatballman@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:03:55 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Will someone geek out and bring a laptop so we can upgrade each others empegs? At the Ohio meet there was an ad hoc wireless network with shared dialup internet going within an hour or so after I got there. About 5 laptops or so joined in the fun. From dglidden at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 14:20:00 2003 From: dglidden at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (dglidden@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:04:00 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: So I saw Rob's announcement that D Any thoughts on supporting the new mp4 standard on the empeg? I just found out about this ACC standard, so I have not heard it yet. Does anyone know of any encoders and/or players that will use it now on a windows machine? http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/aac/ http://www.vialicensing.com/products/mpeg4aac/standard.html From pgrzelak at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 14:31:00 2003 From: pgrzelak at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (pgrzelak@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:04:11 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: Um, they got the Rio line and all new products. They did not buy the support channel. Assuming I read it right, the empeg team is employed, but that the support channel, still with Sonic Blue, is being officially dissolved. From sn00p at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 14:33:00 2003 From: sn00p at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (sn00p@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:04:16 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: I'm slightly confused as to what this means for empeg, my worst fear is that now D < M have rio's assets we'll never see the V3 software (Built from D < M's source). My question is was the V2 software an empeg only thing and now that 'empeg seems to be floating in free space' who exactly owns the software? Rob's post indicated that they were in negotations about something, is this likely just for support or for the software (V2?)... Adrian From rob at empeg.com Thu May 1 14:37:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Thu May 1 22:04:21 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: I think you misread the post. Car Support has not been bought by D So I saw Rob's announcement that D We're not floating anywhere - the structure is more defined than it has ever been. Here goes: D How do you feel about having been boned so completely by Sonicblue? I don't feel boned by SB. Whilst they probably weren't the best thing to ever happen to the empeg, remember that they did actually go bust. And remember that they did do so *after* virtually giving away many thousands of Mk2a players. The firesale prices were way below what the units cost to build. And they have allowed the empeg guys to continue to develop for the car player even after they stopped producing them. That is pretty amazing in itself, even if Rob and the team had to fight from time to time in order to justify it. All in all, I think that SB have treated me quite well. My empeg and me are still going to be around next week/month/year, unlike SONICblue. If anything, I've boned them. (especially if those Centrals inexplicably ship!) If you read Rob's post carefully, he did say that he was working on something regarding long term support needs. Obviously I don't know what he has in mind, but even if it were as little as procuring the remaining spares and the rights to distribute schematics/documentation (under NDA probably) then I think that we would be set. Given the level of technical expertise amongst members of this BBS, it wouldn't be too long until someone stepped up to the plate. (This is assuming that Rob Schofiel doesn't continue anyway in an ex-officio capacity). My bigger concern is whether Rob can persuade Empeg Ltd.'s new masters that the car player is still useful for software development and proving, so that we can get v3 at some point in the future. From sn00p at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 14:45:00 2003 From: sn00p at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (sn00p@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:04:42 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: Out of interest, when support stops what will happen to any spare players that you were holding onto for warranty reasons? Are these likely to be sold off? If so, I'd like to get a spare! (Most secondhand sales tend to be in the US, and it's a pain to ship a unit from the US to the UK) . For that matter what happens to anything 'hardware' empeg related? Adrian From yn0t_ at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 14:49:00 2003 From: yn0t_ at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (yn0t_@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:04:47 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: My question is was the V2 software an empeg only thing Not sure what you mean here. Unless I missed a memo of some kind, it seems to me that all development since the acquisition of empeg, Ltd. by SonicBlue was done on SonicBlue's dime, under the Rio umbrella. D ..that's kind of what I meant, we all know that the V3 source code is used for other products, what I was trying to ask/say was 'is the V2 software empeg specific?' such that it holds no particular interest with D < M. Adrian From altman at empeg.com Thu May 1 14:54:00 2003 From: altman at empeg.com (Hugo Fiennes) Date: Thu May 1 22:04:58 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: The carplayer v3 is most definitely not a distant branch; it's the current *trunk* of the empeg sourcebase. A source release isn't going to happen. Ditto for v2. We don't have separate source - everything builds from one repository and almost everything is shared between products. Hugo From rob at empeg.com Thu May 1 14:55:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:04 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: mp4 - ACC - support? Thoughts? Message-ID: Licensing the codec is easy. Playing Apple's protected files is probably not. Rob PS. It's AAC From yn0t_ at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 14:57:00 2003 From: yn0t_ at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (yn0t_@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:09 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: I am well aware of this, and disclaimed myself by clearly stating that I was dreaming. From Chip at jungle.net Thu May 1 14:58:00 2003 From: Chip at jungle.net (Steve Hartman) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:14 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: mp4 - ACC - support? Thoughts? Message-ID: ok, fixed to aac.... any plans on when mp4 will be supported by empeg? From mp3 at html.net Thu May 1 15:02:00 2003 From: mp3 at html.net (John Lee) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:19 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Cool. Then i will be happy, cuz my laptop got smash after i fell down a hill with it From rob at empeg.com Thu May 1 15:03:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:25 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: _My bigger concern is whether Rob can persuade Empeg Ltd.'s new masters that the car player is still useful for software development and proving_ Our "new masters" are the same people as our "old masters", up to President of Rio level (my boss got a promotion). As my job title still appears to be "Manger, Rio Software" I'd say we get to work on what we want to work on as long as the roadmap is delivered on schedule. I'd love to have roadmap time to work on the old car player but that's obviously not going to happen, so we leverage off other projects and fit in debug time where we can. Let's stop talking about software - absolutely nothing has changed since last week! Rob From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:05:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:31 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Windows Media Player has three music buying services built inWell, first, in my experience WMP really sucks. I have issues with iTunes, but it doesn't suck. But that's beside the point. I'll admit that I have not seen the services you refer to, but to me the reason that the iTunes store is so cool is it's interface. I don't have to sign up for anything in order to be able to browse and even listen to snippets. I don't have to do a thing beyond install iTunes 4. And the interface to the store is almost exactly the same as the interface to your local music. It most closely resembles the experience to be had of going to a real music shop of any online purchasing I've ever seen. It's easy(-ish; I still hate genre splits) to browse, importantly. From genixia at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:07:00 2003 From: genixia at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (genixia@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:35 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: Yeah, that was made clear to me in the post you made whilst I was still typing. Thanks for calrifying this for us - and very quickly too. You guys really are a class act. From psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:08:00 2003 From: psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (psalm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:41 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: mp4 - ACC - support? Thoughts? Message-ID: Well, considering that support for the Empeg ends this month. Probably never. I'm hoping someone will come up with a solution to it, as I would really like to be able to play the tunes from apples music site. From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:09:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:46 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: mp4 - ACC - support? Thoughts? Message-ID: support for the Empeg ends this monthRight. ``Support''. Which, in this case, means ``fixing broken ones''. From loren at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:09:00 2003 From: loren at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (loren@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:52 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: mp4 - ACC - support? Thoughts? Message-ID: Well, considering that support for the Empeg ends this month. Probably never. not true. read this thread. From bodybag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:15:00 2003 From: bodybag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bodybag@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:05:55 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Player won't shut off at all Message-ID: My main player developed a problem last night and I need some help from the board members to fix it. It just won't turn off. When I shut off the ignition in my car, the player just keeps on playing, no standby, nothing. You can put in in standby by pressing the top button, but it won't shut down on it's own when powered off. Been functioning properly for at least a year now and nothing has changed recently in my install. Tried it in one of my other cars just to see if it was vehicle related and the same thing, it won't turn off. Ideas? From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:17:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:01 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Player won't shut off at all Message-ID: Check to see if this FAQ applies. From psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:18:00 2003 From: psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (psalm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:07 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Just a side not. In the first 18 hours it was open, Apple sold 275,000 songs at $.99 per song. Now that is impressive, especially when you consider that only applies to the Mac market currently, as there is no itunes for the windows/linux users. From tfabris at jps.net Thu May 1 15:23:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:12 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Can someone point me to the faq entry that... Message-ID: Can someone point me to the faq entry that... will tell me why in Emplode my 30 gig empeg's capicity is reported as 27.6 gigs? Sure. Right here. From psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:26:00 2003 From: psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (psalm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:17 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: mp4 - ACC - support? Thoughts? Message-ID: Well that's good to know :-) From bodybag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:33:00 2003 From: bodybag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bodybag@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:22 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Player won't shut off at all Message-ID: Could be, I'll go have a look and see. Thank you From tfabris at jps.net Thu May 1 15:34:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:28 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: Funny that dglidden should bring this up, I was just updating the relevant FAQ entry this morning to remove the name Sonic|blue, and to update some details. But essentially, the situation hasn't changed since the time when they first EOL'ed the product over a year ago. The only real big difference is that now the one-year warranty has expired on all the players. From psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:36:00 2003 From: psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (psalm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:33 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Remote does not work all the time!!! Message-ID: This happens to me, however it only happens when I'm playing WMA's. Fortunately I have very few WMA's in my player. I'm not sure what this means exactly, other than I avoid WMA's :-D From bodybag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:37:00 2003 From: bodybag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bodybag@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:38 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Player won't shut off at all Message-ID: Yep, that's it. Anyway for me to repair this myself, or is support the only option? From tfabris at jps.net Thu May 1 15:40:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:43 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: uploading directly into playlist Message-ID: I wonder if when I want to play random songs from the entire database, and not from a playlist When you say "entire database", if you mean "pressing down-down-down on the player's front panel", that is playing from a playlist. So your statement is a non-sequitur. When you press down-down-down, it plays the root playlist, as shown in Emplode as "Playlists". So if the songs are children of that playlist, then of course it will work. The only times pressing down-down-down won't play a song is: - If the song is in the soup but not in a playlist. - If the playlist is tagged as ignore as child. - If the song is wendy filtered. From tfabris at jps.net Thu May 1 15:48:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:48 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Remote does not work all the time!!! Message-ID: This happens to me, however it only happens when I'm playing WMA's Can you reproduce this consistently? Can you describe the type of WMA files such as their bit rate and how they were created? Can anyone else reproduce this? I regularly listen to WMA files on my player (I convert each week's CarTalk into WMA format and put it onto the player for listening later), and I have never noticed this. Anyone else? From tfabris at jps.net Thu May 1 15:49:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:53 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Player won't shut off at all Message-ID: Yep, that's it. Anyway for me to repair this myself, or is support the only option? I'm in the same boat, so keep an eye on that thread for answers to that question. From psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:54:00 2003 From: psalm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (psalm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:06:59 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Remote does not work all the time!!! Message-ID: It happens to me every time. I'm running the latest Hijack kernal if that matters, however I am still running 2.0b13 (I think) so that could be the issue?. The WMA's are encoded VBR w/ the bitrate ranging from 135 to 215Kbps Its frustrating because I'll go to turn up the volume for example, and it doesn't do anything so I turn it up more and still nothing, then about 5 seconds later my ears are bleeding :-p) From bodybag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 15:56:00 2003 From: bodybag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bodybag@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:04 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Player won't shut off at all Message-ID: Gracias From eliceo at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 16:52:00 2003 From: eliceo at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (eliceo@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:09 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: good SoCal Installer? Message-ID: I had no idea there was another empeg so close, but on the install thing if you have the time and are willing to try it, its best to do it your self. From somewhereth at sflat Thu May 1 16:52:00 2003 From: somewhereth at sflat (Rob Schofield) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:14 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Hotel Message-ID: For those of you coming to the event, you will be pleased to know we have done a little deal with the manager of the hotel. We have a block booking for all available rooms on Friday the 4th July, and Saturday the 5th July. No bookings have been made for the Sunday. There's a 10% rate reduction per person per night. What this means is, you will be paying E33 ( $30, GBP 22) per person per night, assuming you share a room. If you want a room on your own, there is an additional single occupancy fee to pay of E 19 ($16, GBP 12). One breakfast is included per room in the cost, so if two people in one room want a breakfast then you'll have to split the cost of another breakfast (E 6.95). There are 22 double rooms reserved for our party. In the next few days there should be a website coming together to allow you to book. Please DON'T try to book directly with the hotel or you'll just confuse things: you will need to make your booking with me so that I can arrange the booking with the manager. You should note that the hotel bill is your personal responsibility. Bookings (via the website) must be made before the end of May: there will be NO exceptions to this - if you try to book after this date, then you may be out of luck. I'll keep you all informed as there's more info - in the meantime, now's the time to make up your minds and get ready to reserve your seat! :) From bootsy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 16:57:00 2003 From: bootsy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bootsy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:20 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: I just found out this morning... Emusic has finally started to upgrade all of it's music to VBR MP3s. Most are already posted, but it will say on the album page if they are still 128k CBR. I had a subscription a while back, but I canceled over the quality issue. If I am paying for the tracks I want better quality. It would appear that I wasn't the only one complaining and they decided to listen. They have instigated a 45 tracks a day policy since some were abusing the unlimited system with 'bots and such. Anyway, EMusic's collection has grown since I was last here. You still can't get some of the more popular pop artists, but there is a lot of odd stuff I haven't been able to find anywhere else. There is no DRM, just unrestricted MP3s. Check out their 50 track free trial if you are so inclined. ("Bootsy" has no professional connection with Emusic... he is just very excited.) From pim at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 17:31:00 2003 From: pim at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (pim@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:24 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Hotel Message-ID: you will be paying E33 ( $30, GBP 22) What kind exchange rates are these ? EUR 33 = USD 37,08 = GBP 23,03 according to http://www.xe.com/ Pim From StoreCareMgt at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 17:44:00 2003 From: StoreCareMgt at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (StoreCareMgt@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:29 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Actually I remember hearing that MS was supposed to have DRM to those same 5 record companies specs, and SonicBlue was signed on to support it with hardware in Q1 2003. The new DRM would allow people to download and listen to unlimited music for $20/month but if you ever cancelled the service then all the music you downloaded, including the music on your portable device, would stop working. MS said they could not finish in time, so they expect to roll it out Q2 or Q3 2003. Apple got around the complication of this by simply charging per song, as the record companies said they would allow people to burn the downloaded songs to CD for $1 per song, meaning the new DRM is unlocked for $1/song. All this should be very exciting in the future, at a cost of $20/month. Jeremy Briggs www.carplayer.com From StoreCareMgt at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 17:46:00 2003 From: StoreCareMgt at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (StoreCareMgt@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:35 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: good SoCal Installer? Message-ID: I've heard Beach Auto Sound in Huntington Beach is quite good. They do a lot of custom stuff, and were one of the first car audio shops in the country to carry the Neo line of MP3 players (meaning custom remote LCD install in every car). Jeremy Briggs www.carplayer.com From FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 20:32:00 2003 From: FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (FireFox31@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:39 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: < Will someone geek out and bring a laptop so we can upgrade each others empegs? Hey, I might need it! I've been using 1.03 stock, waiting for 2.0 final. Now that it's here, I NEED it (I guess). If ya'll want to help me with 2.0final, hijack, games, and all that other fun stuff, that'd be a blast! See you all there. I'll bring my 5 megapixel digital camera for the group photo. From Archeon at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 20:38:00 2003 From: Archeon at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Archeon@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:45 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Illuminated button install in the UK Message-ID: > I'm doing this if you are interested. I have installed two kits succesfully, and they look great I can back Rob up on this. My Empeg is one of those two installs that Rob mentions and he absolutely did a great job at it ! Highly recommended! From maczrool at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 21:29:00 2003 From: maczrool at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (maczrool@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:50 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 4-LED Knob Board Message-ID: In reply to:> Can you start a mailing list to let us know when we willl be ready to start ordering? I can try to set something up on the website. No promises though. The boards are now at the "screening" stage, indicating 80% completion. At this rate, they will be done by tomorrow, but they are still saying expected ship date is May 23. Perhaps they will just be sitting in their facility until the 23rd, so as not to give me too much for my money. Their one week service was substanially more than the 4 week one I chose to go with. Stu From hybrid8 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 21:39:00 2003 From: hybrid8 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (hybrid8@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:07:56 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Ok, who is this? It certainly can't be Bitt. I mean, the logic is close to the money, but the grammar has dropped down a slippery slope. "it's interface?" Woah. "beyond install?" Hmmm.. "Think Different" :-) And then "almost exactly" - topper! :-) Hehehe. Price is too high, quality is not there. It'll buy them a lot of buzz and it'll help the sale of iPods and Macs. Bruno From mp3 at html.net Thu May 1 21:41:00 2003 From: mp3 at html.net (John Lee) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:01 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: yeah that was what i was thinking, so we could update each other and trade our geeky wares. I need to write some cool php tools or something. From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 22:28:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:06 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Whew. I've had a headache all day. I should just stay in bed. :-) I don't understand what your problem is with ``beyond install'' or ``almost exactly,'' though. I didn't get a good listen to the quality of the snippets, which I assume, but don't know, are of the same quality as what I'd be buying. But, as you say, it's still too expensive. If it's $10 an album (and I'm not inclined to purchase individual tracks), I need to be restricted less if I'm only going to be saving a few dollars. What I'd really like to see is a store that would allow me to purchase a CD, send the CD to me, but allow me to download the tracks in the meantime. Instant gratification is where it's at. From hybrid8 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 22:45:00 2003 From: hybrid8 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (hybrid8@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:11 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: The songs are not of the same quality as my LAME encoded VBR files if other online reports are true. I'd have to verify myself of course. However, having an original CD can't be beat for versatility. I can always re-encode again in a future format. Decoding the AAC only to reapply another lossy compression isn't going to be ideal. "Almost exactly" - are you serious? If it's EXACT, then there's no "almost" about it. If it's "almost" then it's not exact. The two words contradict each other and should be used exclusively of one another. I'm sure you'll dig up some proof that it's acceptable usage but I've always been taught it isn't. The "beyond install" should have been "beyond installing." :-) Not that I'm a stickler for that sort of thing of course. Though, I did nail my girlfriend this afternoon for sending out a mass email full of apostrophes where there should have been none. No pun intended... :-) I have to figure out sometihng to do tonight so I can can avoid writing this evening off as a complete veg session. Hmm... Bruno From SE_Sport_Driver at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 22:54:00 2003 From: SE_Sport_Driver at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (SE_Sport_Driver@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:16 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: This is great news! :-) From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Thu May 1 23:11:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:21 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: "beyond install" should have been "beyond installing."Either would be correct. Two different syntactic forms to convey the same information.If it's EXACT, then there's no "almost" about it.I didn't say that it was exact. I said that it was approaching exactitude. I will give you that something is either exact or not, but something can approach exactness without being exact. What term do you use in this instance? From justinlarsen at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 01:09:00 2003 From: justinlarsen at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (justinlarsen@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:26 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: ya, almost makes me want to sign up agian, with the exception of the 45songs per day rule. From hybrid8 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 01:38:00 2003 From: hybrid8 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (hybrid8@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:32 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Ok, you do have a point about the degree of similarity. However, I slightly goofed by not providing a more complete quote and therefore not providing the proper context to illustrate why the word shouldn't be used. Guess I was a bit sleepy too.. Actually, there's a good example above of what you just made a point about: "more complete" - the degree of completeness. In the case of the "exactly" example, you should simply omit the word "exactly." It's superfluous because you've used the word "same." If something is "the same" it should already be a given that it is exact. Otherwise it isn't the same. So "almost exactly the same" should be just "almost the same," or alternately, "almost exact." I'll give you the "install" as a matter of style. :-) Bruno From msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 01:43:00 2003 From: msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (msaeger@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:37 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: I checked out the message boards on emusic and saw many people whine about the 45 song a day thing. First I can't imagine needing to get more than that at one time anyway. I usually just get one album at a time. Secondly according to one of the moderators on the BBS the limit is that you can only que 45 songs to be downloaded at one time in the emusic download manager. So when the first 45 are done you can que up 45 more. I can't remember how long I have been signed up and I have been really happy with the service. I have found many bands I like that I wouldn't have checked out otherwise. And don't forget it's only 10.00 dollars a month that's like one album on the apple thing :-) . From msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 01:52:00 2003 From: msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (msaeger@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Thu May 1 22:08:42 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: This could be a PBS show "Grammar Wars". They could show a sentence and there would be a debate over if the grammar is correct or not :-) From bxgurl at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 02:16:00 2003 From: bxgurl at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bxgurl@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:01:17 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: After my whining about working on Saturday, I can't go. I have to go to Phoenix to play with trucks and avoid my tards. From simspos at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 04:48:00 2003 From: simspos at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (simspos@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:01:24 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: Cheers for the heads up on this one - I think I may have to join :-) ....... But then I'll need more storage and and and &:*) Ah, f##k it, do it anyway :-) From simspos at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 04:52:00 2003 From: simspos at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (simspos@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:01:30 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 4-LED Knob Board Message-ID: Their one week service was substanially more than the 4 week one I chose to go with Yeh, sounds like the postal service. Sending a letter second class just gives them "THE RIGHT" to slow it down, but it generally goes the same way as first class. From tfabris at jps.net Fri May 2 07:46:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Fri May 2 22:01:36 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: That's a frighteningly good idea, Matt. From tfabris at jps.net Fri May 2 07:48:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Fri May 2 22:01:41 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: and avoid my tards. I heard we're calling them "trainables" these days. :-) From jasonc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 09:24:00 2003 From: jasonc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (jasonc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:01:48 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: I usually pull it out at nite.p229 very nice gun. my other gun is a 9mm epa,special forces with a scope and 18 round clips.it stays in the garage just incase i have visitors when i get home.lol You should go listen to a song by Wierd Al called "Trigger Happy". It's not some crappy ripoff, it's an original Al tune. From Yang at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 10:26:00 2003 From: Yang at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Yang@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:01:51 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: This sounds pretty good.. I was thinking of getting satelite radio to increate my music diversity, but as I'm only on the road about 30 minutes a day it's not worth it.. From bxgurl at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 10:41:00 2003 From: bxgurl at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bxgurl@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:01:56 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: I heard we're calling them "trainables" these days. I don't think that aplies to these guys. I need video cameras in the showroom, no one believes me when I tell them just how stupid these guys are. Sadly, they've all got several years more experience than I do. 9:39 AM and already I'm off to work on my day off. Again. From Yang at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 10:56:00 2003 From: Yang at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Yang@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:00 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: Kinda sounds good.. their $10 a month deal is missworded. They have $45 for three months, or $120 for a year.. This is not a monthy service, as you can't cancel after a month, you just pay per month. If you cancel before the service ends, you have to pay for the rest of the service period. From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 10:56:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:07 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: In the case of the "exactly" example, you should simply omit the word "exactly." It's superfluous because you've used the word "same."Good point. I was trying to be emphatic, but that might have been the equivalent of ``very, very''. From blitz at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 11:11:00 2003 From: blitz at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (blitz@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:12 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: > I think I may have to join Don't sign up yet. I just did and they are having a massive SNAFU. For the past 48 hours, nothing will download for anyone. I'll keep you advised. Their message boards are jammed with complaints. From yn0t_ at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 11:12:00 2003 From: yn0t_ at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (yn0t_@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:17 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: ghost empeg Message-ID: Absolutely. Great tune. "Got an Uzi by my pillow, helps me sleep a little better at night" From Yang at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 11:42:00 2003 From: Yang at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Yang@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:23 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: Yea, I saw that and I wasn't even signed up yet.. ;-) From TigerJimmy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 12:08:00 2003 From: TigerJimmy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (TigerJimmy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:27 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Old thread I can't find... Message-ID: I'd love to see this on riocar.org and have a link at the top of the empeg bbs like the Hijack, jEmplode, etc links. Thanks for posting all this stuff, everyone! I think the community should have some kind of mechanism to capture the cool add-ons for the player and get this list updated. Perhaps something like the "Announcements" forum? FWIW, Jim From cushman at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 14:43:00 2003 From: cushman at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (cushman@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:33 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: BBS and riocar.org suggestion Message-ID: Drakino, I'll volunteer to maintain a 3rd party add-on section of riocar.org. PM me if you're interested. I was thinking maybe we could combine it with this thread and make a master list. From cushman at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 14:45:00 2003 From: cushman at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (cushman@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:38 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Old thread I can't find... Message-ID: mdavey, I'll volunteer to be co-responsible for the site. I've already said something in this post that I wrote a while ago. When Drakino replies, I'll let you know what's up. From bootsy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 17:09:00 2003 From: bootsy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bootsy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:43 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: Uh... not "nothing." There are some problems with time outs and such, but I downloaded two albums and a couple of tracks yesterday. It might be a good idea to wait to sign up until they shake out the new server bugs though... (EDIT: I didn't see that about 45 song queue limit... I guess I was going off the whining in the message board. Heh. And you are correct, they do require a year long subscription for the $10 a month deal.) From msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 19:23:00 2003 From: msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (msaeger@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:48 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: Yeah I got some stuff to download too. I think the problem is their new download client is buggy and now they require you to use it. From bootsy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 22:36:00 2003 From: bootsy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bootsy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:02:54 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: I have now run into the "Unavailable" problem many have complained about... From the sounds of it, they are getting pounded by downloads and there are servers being moved, database problems... etc. If anyone is thinking of attempting the trial, I would give them some time to work this out. I have downloaded several full albums, but there is much that appears to be missing now. I do like the "stash" feature... From canuckInLA at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 23:39:00 2003 From: canuckInLA at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (canuckInLA@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:03:00 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: I think the problem is their new download client is buggy and now they require you to use it. They have a specific client? Aaaaargh. I bet they don't have one for Linux yet. /me goes to look... Yay! They *do* have it for Linux. /me keeps reading... Bah. It's a browser plugin. /me wonders how to run this on an Alpha. If you are having issues, we recommend that you switch your Linux flavor or OS in order to download with the EMusic Download Manager 2.0. Hah! I wonder if they really believe that people will really do this? /me keeps chuggin' along without EMusic. From canuckInLA at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Fri May 2 23:54:00 2003 From: canuckInLA at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (canuckInLA@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:03:04 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: In the case of the "exactly" example, you should simply omit the word "exactly." It's superfluous because you've used the word "same."Good point. I was trying to be emphatic, but that might have been the equivalent of ``very, very''. Or, uh... dare I say, "really unique"? From Banacek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 00:37:00 2003 From: Banacek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Banacek@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:03:10 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Is it possible to upgrade without serial? Message-ID: I was just wondering if the MS version of the upgrader ever came about... From Banacek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 01:42:00 2003 From: Banacek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Banacek@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Fri May 2 22:03:14 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] A question about JAnimEdit.. Message-ID: Ok, so I'm trying to create my own animated boot logo, and I'm using JAnimEdit (as you could probably tell) and I'm having a little problem. No matter what I do, the Sequence List is always blank. Now if I add frames and hit play it shows the logo being animated, but it's hard to figure out when I can't see what I'm doing. Thanks.. From CityBeach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 02:08:00 2003 From: CityBeach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (CityBeach@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:00:23 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Whaddya think the chances are of getting support for this on the Empeg? I'm betting with a license fee for AAC, plus who knows what for Apple's DRM, and the fact that you can hack the Empeg kernel (not good news for a DRM system) means it's not likely. From tfabris at jps.net Sat May 3 02:14:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Sat May 3 22:00:30 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: and the fact that you can hack the Empeg kernel (not good news for a DRM system) Like you can't hack the iPod. Heh... From tfabris at jps.net Sat May 3 02:21:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Sat May 3 22:00:35 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: A question about JAnimEdit.. Message-ID: So you're saying that you can draw frames in the left hand pane, then add those frames to the animation in the right hand pane, but one of those two parts of the screen is blank? I assume from your description that it's the sequence window on the right hand side of the screen that's blank? I suspect a problem with the version of the Java Run Time Engine being used. Did you install the Sun one or are you just using Microsoft's? Or perhaps you're running an old version of Jemplode? What are the versions of each? Java: Write once, debug everywhere. From Banacek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 03:12:00 2003 From: Banacek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Banacek@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:00:41 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: A question about JAnimEdit.. Message-ID: Yeah, it's the right window which is blank. You know, it was a while ago, so I don't know which Java Runtime engine i got. So I went to Sun's website and downloaded their's and, that seemed to do the trick! Thanks again! From tfabris at jps.net Sat May 3 03:14:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Sat May 3 22:00:45 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: A question about JAnimEdit.. Message-ID: Ah, another satisfied customer. That'll be 20 dollars, please. :-) ;-) :-) From rob at empeg.com Sat May 3 03:39:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Sat May 3 22:00:49 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Certainly in the case of WMA DRM, it is not possible to license it for Linux (or any GPL OS). That's probably true for this also. The new HDD portable runs a different OS for that exact reason. From Derek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 07:34:00 2003 From: Derek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Derek Ward) Date: Sat May 3 22:00:53 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Is it possible to upgrade without serial? Message-ID: and did anyone ever get around to porting the ethernet upgrader to the Mac? I had a go, but got bogged down pretty early on ... :-( From simspos at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 07:49:00 2003 From: simspos at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (simspos@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:00:59 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: Don't sign up yet. I just did and they are having a massive SNAFU - Thanks for that, BUT PLEASE do post back if they ever get their poo sorted out. It still sounds like a good deal (had a quick scan of the available content and there's easily gotta be over a years worth ($120) of downloading there for me anyway :-) From msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 11:06:00 2003 From: msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (msaeger@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:04 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: It has been working again as of last night and this morning. From msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 11:33:00 2003 From: msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (msaeger@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:10 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: Now it quit again. I thing they tried to do too many things at once (new downloader, re-encode everthing). Also I'm sure everyone keeps retrying so they are getting more traffic than usual. From mp3 at html.net Sat May 3 12:09:00 2003 From: mp3 at html.net (John Lee) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:15 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: so its tommorow? From Banacek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 12:41:00 2003 From: Banacek at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Banacek@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:20 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: A question about JAnimEdit.. Message-ID: The check's in the mail :-) From Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 14:02:00 2003 From: Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Mach@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:25 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Can someone point me in the direction of a supplier for acrylic sheets in 1/16" thicknesses. I am particularly interested in neon colors. I've checked out Tap Plastics but am looking for other colors. Thanks. From robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 14:20:00 2003 From: robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (robricc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:30 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Meet is tomorrow From justinlarsen at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 14:22:00 2003 From: justinlarsen at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (justinlarsen@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:36 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: I know RobRicc's company used to sell them, but i belive its only in large orders, he might jump onto this pos im sure since he would have more details From robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 14:24:00 2003 From: robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (robricc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:42 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: If you're talking about the gels, I don't think they're quite that thick. Anyway, we do not require large orders. You can even order direct from our cheesey Yahoo Store. From Folsom at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 14:42:00 2003 From: Folsom at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Folsom@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:47 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: I was getting good downloads last night, but today I am getting stalled downloads. Restarting the DLM gets it going again, but I lose some albums, and I have to re-request them again. I assume everyone is replacing their old 128 with the new VBR. I didn't realize how many of my albums have disappeared since I downloaded them. From robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 17:30:00 2003 From: robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (robricc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:51 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Just giving this thread a slight bump. Tomorrow looks like it's going to be a nice day. There are about 13 BBSers signed up for the meet. Between their guests and people I know are coming that are not on the BBS or signed up, it seems we could get 25 people tomorrow! We're looking to meet at 3PM as scheduled in the parking lot of Arthur's Tavern in Emerson, NJ. I should be there early to greet everyone. In case I'm not there and someone wants to check-in with the restaurant, the party is listed under "Robert". I have the trivia questions printing out, but the prize will be pride since I have no tangible prizes to give out. }:-( If anyone would like to have my cell phone number in case you get lost, send me a PM. Oh yeah... hooray for me on the occasion of my 2000th post! From Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 20:23:00 2003 From: Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Mach@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:01:57 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Thanks but I'm actually looking for acrylic that looks fluorescent or neon along a cut edge when light is shown behind it. From gbeer at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 20:26:00 2003 From: gbeer at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (gbeer@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:01 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Online is USPlastics Glenn From DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 21:07:00 2003 From: DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DarkStorm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:08 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: My site will be going back up if I can come up with the money to renew it. There are quite a few of my loyal customers that convinced my to do it but I am going to change a couple things. Hopefully it should be back up within a couple weeks tops. Maybe sooner if I can find the extra money somewhere. From jwickis at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 22:29:00 2003 From: jwickis at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (jwickis@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:13 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Good to hear that, hopefully my order from you will be coming soon. From oliver at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 22:54:00 2003 From: oliver at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (oliver@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:17 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Steve, I'm not sure what hosting requirements you have. But I can provide you with either FreeBSD hosting, or Windows hosting completely free of charge, unless you start using a couple hundred gigs of bandwidth a month. I tried to send you a private message, but I noticed your not accepting them. Anyways, if you’re interested, let me know. I would love to be able to help out in anyway possible. From mwest at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sat May 3 23:07:00 2003 From: mwest at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mwest@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:22 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: You guys (and girls) have fun... I was actually hoping to make this my first "sunday trip" in about 10 years. Unfortunately, I have to be here tommorrow night. From bbourk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 00:20:00 2003 From: bbourk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bbourk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:28 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: So, I've been seeing a number of people throwing around the idea that version 3.0 software for the empeg is being worked on. Just wondering where they got this info from and how much truth there is to it? The latest info I've seen indicates this is not the case. From DomoKun at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 00:27:00 2003 From: DomoKun at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DomoKun@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:34 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] TTSClock r7 Message-ID: Ok, I fixed the bug with the timezones. Release 7 is available for download from http://www.zabaware.com/empeg From robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 00:29:00 2003 From: robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (robricc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:38 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: The latest info I've seen indicates this is not the case....and what info might that be? 3.0 exists in other (future) products. From bbourk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 00:32:00 2003 From: bbourk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bbourk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:43 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: The post on www.empeg.com with the headline... Car Support to be Discontinued, 01-May-2003 etc. From robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 00:45:00 2003 From: robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (robricc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:49 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: That refers to the repair service. Not future software support. From bbourk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 00:51:00 2003 From: bbourk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bbourk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:54 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: I see.... do any of the programmers post on this board? If so, what have they had to say about v3 (timeline, etc.)? From mwest at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 00:56:00 2003 From: mwest at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mwest@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:02:59 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: Rob is the software manager... he discusses this idea here. From cwillenbrock at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 01:10:00 2003 From: cwillenbrock at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (cwillenbrock@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:03:05 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: I'm bummed about missing this. I'd still like to go, but as of now my car is in the shop and I'm without a way to get there. So ya'll have fun. ..or maybe I can hitchhike. That's the ticket! Actually, if anyone is in a position to help with maybe a ride there (I live in Dover, NJ) do let me know. I can PM my cell if someone is going to be passing my area and doesn't mind stopping by. I know it's late in the game for that, though... From bbourk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 01:12:00 2003 From: bbourk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bbourk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:03:10 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: Well, that's certainly interesting news. Thanks. From robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 01:17:00 2003 From: robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (robricc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:03:15 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: I can pick you up. I'm doing nothing the whole day leading up to the meet. Let me know. I will PM you my cell phone. From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 01:20:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sat May 3 22:03:20 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: Maybe someone with rights to do so should post a response to that announcement clarifying what ``support'' means in that context. This is not the first confusion about that and it's only been a few days. From Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 02:23:00 2003 From: Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Mach@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:00:39 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Thanks, I'll give them a call to check if they also have 1/16". From bootsy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 03:36:00 2003 From: bootsy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (bootsy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:00:46 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: I haven't had any problems downloading as of this afternoon. Albums that I had tried before and was told were "Unavailable at this time" are back and downloading without error... I too noticed a few albums that I had previously downloaded missing from the offerings. I am going to give them a day or two before I get too freaked out. (the missing items are pretty 'hyper-nerd' so I am almost too embarrassed to ask about them.) From msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 04:35:00 2003 From: msaeger at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (msaeger@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:00:53 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: I think stuff is missing while they re-encode it. Thursday All the epitaph stuff was gone but it is back now. They should have re-encoded everything before annoucing this. From mschrag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 10:46:00 2003 From: mschrag at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mschrag@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:00 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: A question about JAnimEdit.. Message-ID: In reply to:Java: Write once, debug everywhere. Every Alternative: Rewrite everywhere, debug everywhere. ;-) From mdavey at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 11:25:00 2003 From: mdavey at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mdavey@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:04 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Old thread I can't find... Message-ID: ...I'll volunteer ... Great! From cwillenbrock at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 11:36:00 2003 From: cwillenbrock at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (cwillenbrock@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:09 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: OK...thanks to Rob's *very* generous offer, I'll be making the meet after all. Thanks, Rob! From Chip at jungle.net Sun May 4 12:53:00 2003 From: Chip at jungle.net (Steve Hartman) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:14 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: i can bring your home, i will be going pack to parsippany nj. Find me at the meet.. just look for a guy walking around with a big digital slr camera named steve! From Chip at jungle.net Sun May 4 12:55:00 2003 From: Chip at jungle.net (Steve Hartman) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:18 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Rob, send me a PM if you want me to pick up Chris. I have room for 1 more, and i will be meeting my friends about 5 min away from Dover NJ around 1 or 1:30 pm today. From Aragon at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 13:45:00 2003 From: Aragon at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Aragon@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:21 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Along with Oliver, I can also help with hosting depending on the requirements. Feel free to contact me. Regards, Aragon From wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 16:08:00 2003 From: wfaulk at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (wfaulk@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:25 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: You named your camera Steve? From tfabris at jps.net Sun May 4 16:14:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:30 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Version 3.0 Software Message-ID: Just wondering where they got this info from and how much truth there is to it? Remember that some of the messages you see on this BBS are from members of the Cambridge development team. When they say they're working on 3.0 (and they've said they have), they are telling the truth. I've updated this FAQ entry in the last couple of days, by the way. From tfabris at jps.net Sun May 4 16:15:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:36 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: A question about JAnimEdit.. Message-ID: Touche'. From Archeon at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 16:50:00 2003 From: Archeon at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Archeon@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:41 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: > All the projects we have been working on - such as the cute new HDD portables - are continuing on schedule. A little voice tells me that the Pearl was initially to be realeased late july or early august. Is this still true ? I'm asking this because I'm still in the market for a HD portable mp3 player, and that new iPod is looking mighty fine. So is that new Creative Zen 60gig. But is the Pearl is still on schedule, I guess I can wait a couple more months. From PhilipOHare at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 17:14:00 2003 From: PhilipOHare at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (PhilipOHare@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:45 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Darkstorm's site gone? Message-ID: Hasn't been up for a few days. Is it still http://www.darkstormdesigns.com/ ? I know he was talking of taking no more orders. It does seem a sudden way to end though. If this is whats happened that is. An annoucement would be nice. From maczrool at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 17:19:00 2003 From: maczrool at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (maczrool@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:51 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Darkstorm's site gone? Message-ID: See here. Stu From PhilipOHare at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 17:21:00 2003 From: PhilipOHare at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (PhilipOHare@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:01:56 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Darkstorm's site gone? Message-ID: Ah, that post passed me by. Thanks. From mlord at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 17:31:00 2003 From: mlord at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mlord@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:02 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Hotel Message-ID: Probably just the huge drop in value of US$ over the past week or two that's mucked up the numbers some. Cheers From marria01 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 18:23:00 2003 From: marria01 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (marria01@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:08 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: Ooooooh, the pearl looks nice...... Rob please tell me it's going to be available in the UK! &:*) From jarob10 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 19:06:00 2003 From: jarob10 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (jarob10@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:13 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: In reply to: Rob please tell me it's going to be available in the UK! dream on From mlord at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 19:28:00 2003 From: mlord at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mlord@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:19 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EuroMeet 2003 Message-ID: Toby (and others?), If I were to fly from Canada to London/Heathrow for a few days, could I perhaps share a ride (possibly one-way) with one of you from that general area to the meet in Amersfoort? I've been tardy and am only now trying to book flights and stuff. Thanks! From rob at empeg.com Sun May 4 19:59:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:23 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EuroMeet 2003 Message-ID: I'm sure there will be a ride going with one of the empeg types if that would help, either from Cambridge or Harwich (either of which is a 40 min train ride from London). You'd be welcome to visit empeg towers, especially if you're in the mood for a green curry. Rob From rob at empeg.com Sun May 4 20:00:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:29 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: That would be the approximate time frame, yes. Rob From rob at empeg.com Sun May 4 20:04:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:34 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: _Rob please tell me it's going to be available in the UK_ DNNA's European strategy for Europe hasn't been unveiled yet, but I have heard murmerings that D Is there some particular project you're looking at making or just looking at putting me out of the couple of dollars I make on a lens because of my backlog this year? Because if it's the latter, this year has had absolutely horrible circumstances for me which has caused this major backlog. My history of serving the community over the past couple of years has been very good. Ask any of my long time loyal customers not the few new customers that expect fast food convenience type service for a niche custom part out of what they mistakenly think is a full time full fledged business instead of the spare time hobby for the community business it is. Also there was no need to worry about either of your orders Jeff. As I stated Here, I intend to honor all orders that I received until the site went down. As for the offer on the site hosting guys that would be great but the site I'm at (It's still there just not accessible at the moment) was tolerable for me and pretty easy to use. It was just with all of the problems this year I wasn't able to make enough in profit to renew the site before it went down so I'm going to have to steal money from some bills here and there to get it back up. And though I was pretty much satisfied with them I could have used more storage space and cgi or something similar. Even though I don't know how to program that stuff I can build a basic web page with the Dreamweaver program I have. Plus I would still have to use Tucows (that's who my account was with) or someone else to some extent for my domain name registration which is also through them. That is unless I misunderstand how the whole process works. (You know, I tested for IQ at 142 in my mid 20's but the older I get I think it's dropping point by point :-) ) I would have only liked to have those things (space, cgi, etc...) because I could have made the site a little more functional for the customers the way I wanted and I couldn't find the javascript to do the equivalent. Paul had offered to help me out with it but I just haven't been able to put the time in to find the examples of how I wanted it to work. From Folsom at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 20:26:00 2003 From: Folsom at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Folsom@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:45 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: EMusic goes VBR -altpreset Message-ID: I can't find a bunch of jazz I downloaded previously: Archie Shepp Eric Dolphy - Looking Ahead Art Ensemble of Chicago - Fanfare for the Warriors Duke Ellington - Soul Call BassDrumBone are among some I see missing. I am glad I check the "new" page often, so I don't miss any albums. From robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 20:37:00 2003 From: robricc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (robricc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:51 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Back from the meet! We started at 3 and left at 7. 4 hours of empeg fun! I took a bunch of pics as well as Steve (CHiP). I will post mine on RioCar asap. Thanks to everyone who came! From Ezekiel at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 20:46:00 2003 From: Ezekiel at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Ezekiel@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:02:56 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: TTSClock r7 Message-ID: Cool! I'm downloading now... -Z From oliver at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 21:06:00 2003 From: oliver at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (oliver@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:01 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Steve, I can offer you a cgi-bin directory, php, perl, ssi, mysql, asp, etc... Tucows is your domain registar, you would have to update your DNS servers that your domain points too, tucows probably has a web based admin panel to do this. You would still have to pay the $15+/year for your domain name, I can't get around that, but at least you wouldn't have to pay for webhosting. All of our accounts start at 20mb of disk space, but if you would need more than 20mb, that is not a problem. I'm pretty sure we could handle any server side features you could possibly need. Anyways, its an option to bring your operating costs down a little bit, I guess just my way of saying thanks for all the hard work steve. From Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 21:16:00 2003 From: Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Mach@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:06 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: I am looking at making a lens for 303's fascia for my own use. I have access to laser cutting service that can do depth cutting and wanted to see if the neon effect carries over in 1/16" acrylic. As far as making a business out of making lenses? No, I have neither the time nor inclination to do so. If I learn anything of use, I'm more than happy to share it with you and the forum. I do hope you are able to continue making the lenses for everyone. As an upside, I would expect that if Casting_Fool is able to create the new buttons/fascia then demand for the lenses would pick up for you again. From DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 21:18:00 2003 From: DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DarkStorm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:11 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: They give me 25meg. I would kind of like to have at least 50 to 100 for this and other project I have in mind ( If I ever find time for them). It's appreciated. I don't know how to do the programming part of it but I will keep it in mind as an option though. I'll let you know if I need it. Thanks Oliver. From oliver at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 21:20:00 2003 From: oliver at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (oliver@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:17 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: 50-100mb of disk space is not a problem. The only problem would be if you started to use alot of bandwidth. 100's of gb/month From DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 21:40:00 2003 From: DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DarkStorm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:22 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: If I ended up using the offer that would not be a problem. The 1 project I have in mind that would use the most space is an archive site for old magazine tech articles for Lincoln LSC's, 5.0 Mustangs, Old custom car features, How-to projects on all sorts of things (car tuning, engine building, electronic projects, etc, etc) all in pdf formats. It wouldn't be anything like streaming media or the like. So it would be for the hobby business (Empeg/Custom Vinyl/ Lincoln < other car repro vinyl/ specialty article archives). All pretty much geared to the few bbs communities I belong to. I should know what I'm going to do in the next 1-2 weeks though. From FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 21:53:00 2003 From: FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (FireFox31@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:27 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Yeah, and thanks to Rob for putting it together. It was good to see all you guys and gals and all your rigs. Ha, and now that I've heard how good all your cars sound, I'll have to get some good speakers and a real amp. And thanks for the 2.0final + HiJack upgrade. Now I just have to figure out how to use it. See my panic/rant in General. See ya'll at the next meat. I mean, meet. Sorry, that was a freudian-steak-slip. Mmmmm, steak. From Rezolution at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Sun May 4 23:17:00 2003 From: Rezolution at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Rezolution@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:33 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: Yeah, thanks Rob, I had a great time!!! From FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 00:06:00 2003 From: FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (FireFox31@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:38 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] 2.0final + HiJack menu disorder PANIC Message-ID: Hey, many thanks to the guys at the NY meet for upgrading me to 2.0final and HiJack (cwillenbrock and JeepBastard (right?)). However, I'm having a huge problem with the menu system. I know I should read the FAQ and look on the BBS, but I'm basically in panic over this. The first symptom in a sentence: When I enter a menu, it shows me a random item rather than the one that's currently selected. The second symptom in a sentence: In the menus, the order of the items is different each time I go into the menu. The question in a sentence: Is this the design of all 2.0 versions, just 2.0final, or a result of HiJack? The symptoms in more than a sentence: Let's take the Info menu for example: In 1.03, if ya'll can think back that far, the items in the Info menu were Off, Line, Track, Now In reply to:I am looking at making a lens for 303's fascia for my own use. I have access to laser cutting service that can do depth cutting and wanted to see if the neon effect carries over in 1/16" acrylic. I have a 303 Fascia on loan from Paul to me for prototyping. So I will be offering them. I also have a Laser system at work and when it's not tied up I try to get the 1/16 Clear and Smoke made on it. As far as finding neon material in 1/16th. Good Luck. I have not been able to so far and secondly I don't think you'll have a very good effect if you intend on doing something similar to my Neons. I.E. making a raised portion to simulate a neon ring. Especially if you do it on the Laser. 1. At best you'll have only a 1/32nd thick lip which would probably not be enough and 2. The laser just by the inherent nature of how the systems work will probably warp the lens when you burn off the extra material to leave a lip for the ring effect. I'm not trying to rain on your idea. I just don't see it working like I think your intending. I've been in the plastics business too long. From Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 00:25:00 2003 From: Mach at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (Mach@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:48 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Thanks for the advice. I would be interested in the new fascia lenses when you get up and running on them. From DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 00:35:00 2003 From: DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DarkStorm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:53 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: I'll announce when they're ready but right now any extra time I have I need to put into catching up all the past orders. They'll show up it's just gonna take a little bit before they do. From tfabris at jps.net Mon May 5 01:32:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Sun May 4 22:03:59 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: The laser just by the inherent nature of how the systems work will probably warp the lens when you burn off the extra material to leave a lip for the ring effect. What about a flat neon lens with simply a laser-etched "line" instead of a full "mesa" cutaway? Isn't that neon material meant to be able to have etched lettering that seems to light up when side-lit? I don't think it would take that deep of a cut to make a visible glowing line in the neon material. From tfabris at jps.net Mon May 5 01:49:00 2003 From: tfabris at jps.net (Tony Fabris) Date: Sun May 4 22:04:04 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 2.0final + HiJack menu disorder PANIC Message-ID: First things first. None of this stuff has anything to do with Hijack. The menu order of the player software is not controlled by hijack. I see the logic for Shuffle: "Off is always selected so you can always switch it off" Not exactly. Off is the default selection if one of the shuffle modes is activated. If shuffle is off, and you select the Shuffle menu, it shows you the last shuffle mode. Reason: FAQ entry here. Interesting point about how the positioning of the items themselves within the menu seems to change around a bit. Not sure why that is. Never bothered me... :-) but that's not consistent with Info Insert Walt Whitman quote here. In any case, I don't think the behavior of the menus has changed between 2.0 beta 13 and 2.0 final. Didn't you notice this happening in beta 13? Why wait until now to complain? They even did a "last call for beta 13 bugs" shortly before their last pizza session. :-) If I'm viewing in Line mode and I enter the Info menu, it has Now DNNA's European strategy for Europe hasn't been unveiled yet Probably because it's awaiting approval by the Department of Redundancy Department. It doesn't really help that the UK MP3 market is practically non existant these days, with almost all major high street retailers exclusively bought into minidisk. And was it like that before you guys had this crazy idea to start a company, in the UK, that made car MP3 players? :-) From genixia at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 02:05:00 2003 From: genixia at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (genixia@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:00:18 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 2.0final + HiJack menu disorder PANIC Message-ID: But I will ask if there's a way to keep Line mode from squishing the visual. Use transient. Then it only squishes for a few seconds each track before gracefully disappearing. Hitting 'Select Mode' on the remote will pull the line back up again should you need to. From adavidw at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 02:41:00 2003 From: adavidw at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (adavidw@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:00:26 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: Whoa, different OS? I had always assumed it would be Linux since the player software we currently know and love is running it on. No reason it can't be compiled for something else, of course. But, if you can say, what OS is being used? I'll have to stop getting my hopes up for PearlHijack now. From DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 03:36:00 2003 From: DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DarkStorm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:00:34 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: True. But he is trying to find 1/16th neon material and therein lies the problem. Your idea although there's less laser time on the lens, hence less chance to warp it leaves a couple other problems. It is still only going to be 1/32" deep which wouldn't be enough to be visible considering the fact that a laser cutting systems cut a hairline for one pass. In order to see it at all he would have to widen the thickness of the cut pattern to a minimum of 1/8 inch which increases immensly the amount of passes and reintroduces a heat and warp factor and will still be hardly visible because of the depth. Part of the neon effect not only comes from the material formulation but also the angle of viewing so the fact that when you see the effect with mine you are roughly viewing from an average of 45° angle. And also would leave an 1/8" wide groove with only a 1/32" left of material holding it there and that would make the lens effectively a knockout piece with one good bump on the face. Another reason is I don't think he will be able to find neon material in 1/16th inch. I had a hard time even finding 1/16" Smoke. The only reason I did is down here in Fort Lauderdale is there are a few airplane remodelers here and they are one of the biggest purchasers of it. They use it for some kind of windows inside the Leer type jets. From rob at empeg.com Mon May 5 05:39:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Mon May 5 22:00:42 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Empeg has been EOL'd!? Message-ID: _Probably because it's awaiting approval by the Department of Redundancy Department. _ I decided to change "strategy for Europe" as it sounded too much like the Eurovision song contest, but then I forgot to erase one of the words. Of course it could be that DNNA also have a European strategy for Asia.. _And was it like that before you guys had this crazy idea to start a company, in the UK, that made car MP3 players?_ Although the market was a little better then (the retailers hadn't been scared off yet!) I don't think Hugo and Steve really gave it any thought - the plan was to sell a couple of hundred players in total! It wasn't intended that empeg would become a long term proposition. The other day Mike found the email from Hugo inviting him to come and work on some software for a new car MP3 player - it assured him he wouldn't be needed for more than a couple of months :-) Rob From rob at empeg.com Mon May 5 05:47:00 2003 From: rob at empeg.com (Rob Voisey) Date: Mon May 5 22:00:49 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. Message-ID: eCos - an excellent OS for embedded applications. I believe it was even developed here in Cambridge (at least we keep seeing RedHat guys in the Wrestlers wearing eCos shirts). Rob From pgrzelak at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 08:00:00 2003 From: pgrzelak at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (pgrzelak@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:00:56 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Greetings! Why is there something wonderfully appropriate having a smoke lens for the empeg's airfoil fascia design made out of the same stuff used for Leer jet windows??? From DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 08:19:00 2003 From: DarkStorm at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (DarkStorm@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:01:01 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Transparent acrylic sheet supplier? Message-ID: Greetings my Best Online Friend! In answer to your question.... Karma for such a near perfect product? Best answer I can think of. :-D From FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 08:53:00 2003 From: FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (FireFox31@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:01:07 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 2.0final + HiJack menu disorder PANIC Message-ID: Tony, Thanks for the FAQ citation and all the explanations. No, I don't think I noticed this in 2.0b13. But then again, I only used b13 for about 2 hours before returning to 1.03, which I've been using for 6 months. If there IS logic to which item shows as selected vs. which item really is selected, I'd love to know because then I'd learn it and get on with it. But until then, haha, I'll just have my eyes off the road more trying to make the simple switch from Scope to Soundflag or trying to switch from Line to Track. Oh, and genexia, Transient mode rocks. But, is there a way to pop the track name back on the screen while listening to the track? Like, pause/unpause? No, I haven't read the documentation yet, so I don't know. From mlord at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 09:13:00 2003 From: mlord at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (mlord@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:01:12 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 2.0final + HiJack menu disorder PANIC Message-ID: *^_^* ALL our menus have DIFFERENT bugs in, and NOBODY noticed! For whatever it's worth, the intended behaviour for the Shuffle menu is that if shuffle were on when you went into the menu, the item you'd see first would be Off. If shuffle were off when you went into the menu, the item you'd see first would be the most recent form of shuffle you'd used. This makes it easiest to toggle Shuffle on and off. Under no circumstances should the relative positions of the items change. But a quick look at the code for 2.0final shows that this just isn't what the code does }:-( The behaviour for Visuals should probably be to show you the current one first (unlike Shuffle, most use of the visuals menu is not just to turn visuals on or off). For Repeat and Info (Info is just another kind of visual, as far as the menus are concerned) what to do is less clear cut -- any offers? I'm inclined to make Repeat work like Shuffle, and Info work like Visuals. This would all get fixed in a 2.01 release, if/when we do one. Peter From djc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 09:45:00 2003 From: djc at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (djc@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:01:22 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 2.0final + HiJack menu disorder PANIC Message-ID: ALL our menus have DIFFERENT bugs in, and NOBODY noticed! hmm, sounds like you need some fresh blood on the alpha team. ;-) --dan. From FerretBoy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 10:04:00 2003 From: FerretBoy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (FerretBoy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:01:26 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 2.0final + HiJack menu disorder PANIC Message-ID: hmm, sounds like you need some fresh blood on the alpha team.No, sounds like Murphy's Law is still in effect: the one person here who caught this was the one not running the beta. From TigerJimmy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 12:50:00 2003 From: TigerJimmy at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (TigerJimmy@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:01:30 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: Old thread I can't find... Message-ID: TTS clock should probably be on the list. I just read about the new version(s)... From Chip at jungle.net Mon May 5 12:53:00 2003 From: Chip at jungle.net (Steve Hartman) Date: Mon May 5 22:01:36 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: NY meet Message-ID: :P From FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org Mon May 5 13:56:00 2003 From: FireFox31 at empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org (FireFox31@empegbbs-noreply.merlins.org) Date: Mon May 5 22:01:41 2003 Subject: [Empeg-general] Re: 2.0final + HiJack menu disorder PANIC Message-ID: peter: Thanks for the clarifications. The toggle-centric design of the Shuffle menu you described is implemented well by moving