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if they don't work go to http://www.cwonline.co.uk/ and search for tv tuner

What if I wanted to save money by just getting a video in without the tuner? And would the PC thing be possible in any way?

Chris, in theory yes, and I think its a doddle with XP.

Depends entirely upon the software controllers on the Windows side of things. It's all 802.11b, so there's no technical reason why you couldn't. I imagine a Windows-user here will have more to say.

(I've used a couple of other places too but now they're either a lot more expensive than Scan or don't stock the brands/models I was hoping for. Maybe I have to choose between good returns policy, competitive pricing and wide stock with good availability. But in the meantime, I'd be very grateful for any recommendations. Thanks!)

http://www.dabs.com

Also, does PySoulSeek work?

Also, it says I need to right click and save on Gabba.net butbutbut Mac mice only have ONE BUTTON (WTF?!) how do I download the shizzing new Dizzy Rascal track from Gabba?

pYSoulSeek is apparently a bit tricky and Graham reported than it had stopped working for him entirely.

To right click on a Mac, sometimes holding it down longer works (always a bit confused by this) but if that fails then Ctrl+click will do it.

Ctrl+click works but I don't know how to download tracks from Gabba. It just ended up downloading some weird .asp file.

Ed, wake up.

First install the dev tools cd that came with your mac, get any updates from http://www.apple.com/developer

You need to get apple X11, and the X11 SDK availible from http://www.apple.com/macisx/x11

then you need to get fink from http://fink.sourceforge.net and install as instructed.

then you need to install the pysoulseek package in fink from the unstable tree

Launch the fink commander app and choose preferences fron the Fink Commander menu, check use unstable. Then from the commands menu choose selfupdate-cvs. Then choose update-all from the commands menu. Then select the pysoulseek package from the packages list and choose the Install command. Say yes to installing any other packages it may require, this may take a while.

Then open up the X11 application choose terminal from the application menu type in pysoulseek and press return, if that doesn't work type

cd /sw/src/pysl.......... the dots indicate the name of the pyslsk directory you can just type in pysls after the src and press tab, it will complete the name

in that folder type

python2.3 ./pyslsk

and press return

Unfortunately, since the death of Audiogalaxy, there has been no Mac client that's great for obscurer stuff. Nothing as good as SoulSeek, anyway. It's the worst thing about Macs.

Right, I figured out how to download off Gabba but now I've lost the the "this is downloading; this is how much is downloaded thus far" box. Grr.

Unfortunately using pysoulseek means you have to leave the pretty and set of to the ugly dark side of OS X's unix core

iSwipe is about to introduce OpenFT support for non-registered users. Does anyone know about OpenFT - would it be really great if everyone used it? It seems to be in very early stages of development and thus generally requires the kind of tomfoolery Ed details above to get it up and running.

I feel like such an idiot. Thank you to everyone who's helped.

I wish I could find a reviews and recommendations site for people like me who will buy recentish hardware but have no intention of overclocking it and then expecting it to run ice-cold for endless LAN parties and suchlike. They're all aimed at the hardcore gaming and overclocking crew, which leaves me with no idea how much cooling is the minimum to run safely and what PSU I'll need if I don't plan to fit six extra fans all going full-tilt and sapping the 12V line.

go to Run (command prompt)

type msconfig

go to the startup tab

uncheck all the offending programs (anything that looks suspect)

when you close msconfig, it will prompt you to reboot. say yes. when windows comes back up, you'll get a message saying something along the lines of "windows is in selective startup mode" or something (i think - haven't done it in a while)

then you should be able to delete the files

you might have to go back into msconfig and move it back to normal startup