.mpc files ... w.t.f. ?

[Storm_Cat]

I know they are another flavour of audio files, but does anyone know a bit of history about them? ...such as when they came about, WHY they came about in the first place, ....and most importantly, can they be converted to mp3 format, and how.

...and no, I don't want to install Winamp.

 

[TMF Jeff]

I think this is what you're looking for... http://www.wpc.org/

 

[Mephistopheles]

my winamp doesn't play .mpc-files. I use jetaudio for conversion, or audiograbber pro 🙂

 

[amk714]

Storm_Cat, try this: www.musepack.net

Jeff, your link leads to a church website. 😛

 

[TMF Jeff]

Jeff, your link leads to a church website. 😛

It does? How the hell did that happen?

 

[TKpervert]

It does? How the hell did that happen?

Yes it does. Dunno how it happened, but I've now got that good-old-time religion. Hallelujah !!! Gather 'round brothers...

 

[amk714]

I don't know how it happened, Jeff. I guess someone who likes religion hacked the website! 😀

 

[Storm_Cat]

It does? How the hell did that happen?

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, DE ... !!

I doubt they know much about .mpc files ....

EDIT: It does have an Adult Ministries link on the website though ..... hhmmmm .... I wonder if ....... .... nah !

 

[Storm_Cat]

What I'm trying to do ...

As for WinAmp, I've had it before, and it just seemed to bugger up my computer. I know a lot of people rave about it, but I just don't like certain features about it, like ... it takes away my thumbnail view of the CD covers in 'My Music' folder, for one. I had the latest version installed a few months back to test some (Internet Radio) scheduling software that required it, and couldn't figure out how to even get it to minimize/maximize, or find it's controls/tools/options. If there was a toolbar on it, damned if I could find it. Not to mention it is either an AOL (AOHell) product, or is affiliated with AOL, and I just don't want that stuff on my PC because even after an un-install it stays in your system ... or so I've heard from my friends at EarthLink.

Now about this fancy dandy new(?) Musepack format ... what I need to do is get it into a format that can be burned onto a CD. Here is the scenario ... I've got an WinRAR archive of an entire CD (Brainstorm's "Metus Mortis") of these .mpc files ... I just want to get them onto a CD, and be able to rip it back to my PC as mp3's. Can that be done? Elst I just s**tcan this archive.

I thought I was doing good with mp3's, then someone has to come along and bugger things up for me! 😀