WR
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Posted on Jan 26 2009 03:02 PM
http://surfguitar101.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=62301&highlight=indorock#62301
sorry I missed this 
there's a bit of history info in the thread above. 'Belgium Indorock' would sound very weird to us since it's not simply indonesians living in the Netherlands: The whole thing is strongly connected to the historic context of why the many indonesians came to the netherlands in the decade or two after WWII, and their social status and, for many, traumatized personal history. Indonesia is a former colony of the netherlands, not of Belgium. It's very netherlands related, and more specifically The Hague related.
that said, the Jokers are always quoted to be strongly influenced by indorock, so the sound is there. ( I suspect the dutch indos at the time used to say 'belgians cant play the indorock' in the same tone of voice as 'white man cant play the blues' though :D)
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O-B-Dan
Joined: Feb 10, 2009
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 01:51 AM
Quicktime, iTunes, iPod, nanoo-nanoo...
What happened to the mp3 format the first four podcasts were in? It was simple to download, simple to play on Windows Media Player, simple to convert to any format or upload to any player I wanted.
Now, SG101 is using m4a. It downloads okay, but then...nothing. Won't play on Windows Media Player, can't convert it to any other format, can't upload it anywhere. It will play on RealPlayer, but that sick puppy has a bad habit of skipping like old vinyl.
Any chance of going back to mp3?
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 07:32 AM
O-B-Dan
Quicktime, iTunes, iPod, nanoo-nanoo...
What happened to the mp3 format the first four podcasts were in? It was simple to download, simple to play on Windows Media Player, simple to convert to any format or upload to any player I wanted.
Now, SG101 is using m4a. It downloads okay, but then...nothing. Won't play on Windows Media Player, can't convert it to any other format, can't upload it anywhere. It will play on RealPlayer, but that sick puppy has a bad habit of skipping like old vinyl.
Any chance of going back to mp3?
Sorry O-B-Dan most people prefer the new format. I'll send you an mp3 version via email, look for it soon.
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 08:17 AM
You can play .m4a's in quicktime on Windows. You can also convert them yourself to mp3 with a variety of converter programs. Just google AAC to MP3.
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Rob_J
Joined: Sep 29, 2007
Posts: 500
Sacto, CA
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 10:53 AM
O-B-Dan
Quicktime, iTunes, iPod, nanoo-nanoo...
What happened to the mp3 format the first four podcasts were in? It was simple to download, simple to play on Windows Media Player, simple to convert to any format or upload to any player I wanted.
Now, SG101 is using m4a. It downloads okay, but then...nothing. Won't play on Windows Media Player, can't convert it to any other format, can't upload it anywhere. It will play on RealPlayer, but that sick puppy has a bad habit of skipping like old vinyl.
Any chance of going back to mp3?
At the risk of sounding like I'm complaining, I have to side with O-B-Dan on this one. For the last podcast, I was able to figure out how to download the file as an m4a and then convert it to mp3, but the conversion takes a long time and is a bit of a pain.
I guess I'm going to have to do the same thing for # 6. It's nice to hear that I'm not the only one who preferred the mp3 format.
As a testament to how much I enjoy these podcasts, I go through the lengthy conversion process because the end result is worth it. I have to admit, though, the first couple of podcasts that were already in mp3 format were much more user friendly at least as far as I'm concerned.
Whatever it takes to get these files in "listen-able" format, they are well worth the effort.
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 12:02 PM
No worries, I'll start uploading the podcasts to Archive.org in the mp3 format to accomodate all of you who prefer that format. Give me a couple days though.
And thanks for the kind words.
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"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
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websurfer
Joined: May 14, 2007
Posts: 1753
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 02:40 PM
Thanks so much, Danny. I too have missed being able to listen to them due to the format change. Guess I wasn't savvy enough to figure out a workaround. I just thought something was wrong on my end, since I could listen to the first episodes just fine.
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 07:07 PM
As was pointed out earlier by LHR, you can also listen to .m4a's with the VLC media player (and it's 1000x better than Quicktime).
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
You can also listen to .m4a's with iTunes on the PC.
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websurfer
Joined: May 14, 2007
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 08:55 PM
Ah, there we go . . . mucho appreciated, Brian. I just download the player from your link and all is right with the world again. 
Enjoying the great new podcast!
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19275
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Feb 10 2009 10:05 PM
Cool, we will continue to look into the format issue. As previously stated, the big win for AAC is being able to mark songs in the podcast so you can instantly skip to them (although this is partially broken in #6).
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