Copyright 1999
Dr. C. Floyd Richmond
All Rights Reserved
Floyd Richmond
School of Music
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
crichmond@wcupa.edu
This document explains the process of converting an audio track to a
file appropriate for display on the internet or for incorporation into
a multimedia project. Necessary copyright permissions should be obtained
prior to using copyrighted material!
1. Insert the audio CD into the CD ROM drive
2. Run Movie Player
3. Choose OPEN from the FILE menu and select the desired CD.
4. Click the desired track then click the CONVERT button.
5. Click the OPTIONS button
6. Complete the options in the dialog box which appears.
| Set the desired sample rate
Recommended rates: 44.1 kHz for re-recording music to CD 11 kHz for music on the internet internet |
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| Set the sample depth
Recommended 16 bits for music 08 bits for voice |
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| Select mono or stereo recording,
Recommended STEREO for re-recording to CD MONO for internet |
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| Set the length of the desired sample
(set the starting and ending times) Use the Play button to test the selection. Recommended The entire track for re-recording to CD Only a few seconds for the internet |
7. When finished, click the "OK Button"
8. Rename the file with the ".mov" extension (soundfile.mov)
9. Finally, navigate to the location where the sound file should
be saved
and click the save button. Note: You cannot
save to the CD so the
"Save" button will not initially be highlighted.
10. After the audio track is saved to the hard drive, it will
open as an audio only
movie in MoviePlayer. A video track may be added if desired (animation,
scrolling-
notation, call-chart, etc.).