ok, in continuation with our previous post how to make mp3 from a streaming audio, now let us see how to get mp3 from a protected audio cd’s, for this you need the following softwares.

1. apple itunes
2. any audio convertor
3. do i have to mention you need cd drive?

lets begin:-

1. load audio
2. open itunes and right click over the disc and import the track, this will keep the tracks in default music folder of your system
3. now, open the any audio convertor and select the audio file you need to convert to mp3 and hit convert button

once the conversion progress is over, you are fine to port your mp3 to your favourite players. just dont pirate, lol i have to say that

Tags: audio, audiocd, convert, howto, itunes, mp3, protected

ever had this situation, your favorite and long searched track is being played in a website sadly there is no further information where to buy, where to search etc, what the track name is, etc… only option i left out with is to record the audio itself, but i am not that desperate to record it with a mic while it is being played in speaker, i required a neat solution. stepvoice gave that solution.

it records the sound being played in the system without a mic or speaker, it supports mp3 format – on the fly, that is saving space.

very neat application, it is not a freeware but comes with trial version. you can download it at: click here

lets say you want to record a audio track from a youtube video

1. launch stepvoice application
2. select the path where the recording file need to be saved
3. open the youtube or where the audio file is being played
4. start playing the video with volume on
5. start recording in stepvoice
6. make sure there is not other sound producing application running
7. once done, stop the recording
8. verify the recorded file(mostly it is with very good sound quality.)

want to create mp3 from audio cd? check this post

Tags: audio, embedded players, howto, mp3, Music, recording, sounds, streaming, voice

in continuation to my previous blog post “Getting organized with evernote”

now let us see how to keep our notes secure, i have three worlds – 1. office, 2. personal, 3. hobbies. i traverse between these worlds at any given time of the day, i want all the information in one place(evernote) but i am not comfortable that

1. my other information (hobby, personal) are staying in my office computer when i am not around office.

to solve this, we can use truecrypt (lifehacker.com – how to use truecrypt effectively) i am not going to explain in detail how to create a volume in truecrypt now(may be later), please refer to the link above.

if you have followed the above link, you would have created a truecrypt volume and mounted in your system already, now open your evernote main window.

1. Go to Tools –> options
2. this window will appear - 
3. change the path to your mounted drive.

from now on, evernote content will load only if your highly protected truecrypt drive is mounted. very secure now.

my friend even found a way to auto mount the truecrypt drive by asking for password at the system boot phase itself, i will ask my friend to share the information.

Tags: evernote, howto, productivity, Self Help

i was searching for asterisk vmware image, i found one at virtual appliance market place but the version is very old, so i decided to create virtual image for myself, lets begin:-

download a copy of AsteriskNOW,as iso image

download VMWare Player 3.0, i downloaded from here

open your newly installed VMware Player

select create new virtual machine option.

browse and select iso file where the asterisk iso is saved.

it will show the following error message.

it next window it ask you to select the “guest operating system”, select linux and red hat linux

in next window it will ask for name of your virtual machine, i named it Asterisk and the location where this image can be saved.

go next and select the size for your hard disk(recommended 8GB) – voila it comes to this window

press “enter” installation will proceed.

this how the screen will be like once setup is over.

Tags: asterisk, fedora, linux, sip, telecom, telephony, trixbox, ubuntu, vmware, voice, voip