Comments on: X Minus 5, 4, 3, 2, X Minus 1

By: ChrisO

ChrisO — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:06:35 +0000

phillip, google for a program called Tag N Rename, if you aren’t already using it. it may not solve that problem, but at least you can tag up any MP3s you want with relative ease. it’s the fastest way i’ve found to sort my music collection.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:58:02 +0000

I'll vent my frustrations here instead as an update to the post. I downloaded all the �X Minus One� MP3 episodes with the intention of playing some of them on my webcast. But the folks at RadioLovers.com don�t know the first thing about MP3s � which is a headache for me or anyone who wants to download the files and listen to them later... There are 13 episodes of �X Minus One� per season, labelled as follows: 001.mp3, 002.mp3, 003.mp3, and so on. Real %$#@! helpful that is. Season two episodes are labelled as follows: 001.mp3, 002.mp3, 003.mp3, so good luck trying to save them in the same directory as season one. Season three episodes are labelled the same. Idiots. Furthermore, the files are encoded at 24kbps, 32kbps, 64kbps, and everything in between � how hard is it to pick a single bitrate? And of course the MP3 files aren�t tagged in any way whatsoever. But even if I wanted to tag them (and I tried), the order of the episodes as they are described on this page does NOT coincide with the order they�re listed on the download page. They didn�t even bother to number the episodes on the episode-description page. So the only sure way to know what story you�re going to hear is to wait through the introduction of each show for the announcer to tell you the name of the episode � which would take all day if you downloaded all 39 available episodes like I did. So I said, �F*%@# this!� That was a good waste of my time.

By: Dave Royal

Dave Royal — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:06:59 +0000

I see that the Ford Prefect was also sold in Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Prefect_(car)
Truly ghastly car - the windscreen wipers used to slow down and stop when you drove up a hill.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:52:20 +0000

And I’m looking forward to the movie coming out soon.

By: Dave Royal

Dave Royal — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:35:23 +0000

Is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy known over that side of the pond?

By: Jody

Jody — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:37:34 +0000

Where isn’t The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy known?

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:48:49 +0000

I’m currently downloading all of the shows. If they’re good (and in the public domain), I’ll play them on Mud Radio.