Audios - Help - vitalcoaching.com

To listen to an MP3 - Simply click on the link.
To save the MP3 to your computer - Right click the corresponding link and choose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." to save the file to a location on your computer.

MAC users

To listen to an MP3 - Simply click on the link.
To save the MP3 to your computer - Use Option + Click and the "Save to Disk" command to save the file to your computer.

Media players

To listen to your MP3 audios, you do need a media player (it is a software - usually already installed on your computer) or an MP3 player:

Test your media player
If you use windows: your media player is already part of your system. (You can access it via: start > all programs > windows media player). To download your free Windows media player online or update your existing version follow this link: Windows media player
If you use Mac: your media player should as well already be part of your system. You can download the latest version of your media player on the following links: Itunes, Windows media player (a Mac version is available on their download page)

MP3 Players - Special tip

If you don't have one, get yourself an MP3 player or Ipod.

MP3 players are now available from any tech shop for as little as $30.

Once you have it, simply download the talks you are interested in to your MP3 player and listen to them in your own time.

When your MP3 files are already on your computer, you can copy/paste them your MP3 player.

You can then take these audios with you wherever you go.

Download an MP3 to your computer

PC Users - You must Right-Click the corresponding link and choose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." to save the file to a location on your computer.
Mac Users - Use Option + Click and the "Save to Disk" command to save the file to your computer.
Links in e-books - To download your MP3 file from an e-book (PDF) link, simply click on the link. This should open your media player. On your media player, follow: >file >save as... to save your file on your computer or on your MP3 player.

Burn your MP3 files to a data or music CD

Most Media players or CD burners (like Windows Media Player, Itunes, Real player, Winamp or Roxio) normally offer you the choice between Data CD or Music CD when you want to burn your files on your CD:

Data CD - Recommended!

The MP3 files are kept in MP3 format. For play back on your computer or a CD player with MP3 CD option.

This MP3 CD option is available on most recent CD players but not on the older ones. This means for instance that if you want to play your Data CD in your car's CD player, make sure that your CD player is a recent model (last two years) and offers the Data CD option.

Because MP3 files are relatively small, you can put dozens of hours on just one CD.

Music CD

This is the traditional CD which usually plays on your CD player. All CD's you buy from music shops are in that format. Use this option if you plan to play your audios on CD player mainly. The CD's will play on your computer as well.

When you burn your MP3 files to a music CD, The MP3 files are first converted to another audio format. The new audio files are much bigger than MP3 files. This means that you can only put a maximum of 90 min on one CD.

If you purchased an MP3 audio program which contains 4 hours of audios, and you want to create music CDs with them, you'll have to use three CD's to burn all the content.

Because of the respective size of the files, if you have the choice between the Data CD and the music CD format, it is highly recommended that you choose the data CD rather than the music CD format. That way, you'll be able to put all your program's content on just one CD.

Simply open your file(s) with your media player or CD burner, select your preferred option and follow the step by step instructions on your media player or CD burner.

How to create a music CD with Windows Media Player

Follow these instructions step by step:

Download the MP3 files to a folder on your computer. You need to either download them the ZIP package available for some of the programs or download them one by one.
Open Windows media player - Make sure you have the latest version - in your windows media player panel : Go to > Help > check for updates. Intall any eventual latest update.
Go to > file > open - Select all the files you want to open.
Click on "Burn" - Middle top.
On your left click on the link which says "Now Playing" - The files you just opened should be there.
Select the files you want to burn and simply drag them to the "burn list" area on the right.
Insert a "Blank" CD.
Click on "start burn" on the bottom right.
Wait until the process is complete! That's it! Your Music CD is ready.

These instructions are valid for version 11.0 - August 2007

How to create a data CD

To create a data CD, you simply need to put directly your MP3 files on the CD. No burning via your Windows Media Player is required.

Download the MP3 files to a folder on your computer. You need to either download them the ZIP package available for some of the programs or download them one by one
Select the files you want to put on the CD and copy them to your CD as you would do with any other file.
That's it! Your data CD is ready.

Trouble downloading an MP3 file to your MP3 player or Ipod

If you have trouble downloading a file directly to your MP3 player or Ipod, simply save the file first to your computer/hard drive and then copy it to your MP3 player or Ipod.

This is usually all you need to do.

Ipod and Itunes users - How to ad an MP3 to your Itune library

You can easily add the MP3 files you downloaded to your iTunes library.

To add your MP3 audios to your iTunes library, drag the folder containing the audio files to the library heading in iTunes.

You can also drag individual MP3 files.

You can as well on the source pane, choose File > Add to Library and select the folder or MP3 audios you want.

If you use windows XP and have installed Itunes, your Itunes library folder is usually located in the "> My music" folder. You can as well ad your MP3's folder in that folder to get them to appear in Itunes.

If your MP3 takes too long to start playing

If you click on an MP3 link and it takes a couple of minutes or more for your file to start playing

This is often due to the fact that your computer uses Itunes/QuickTime to open the file.

Itunes/Quicktime this is the default media player for MAC users and it is often installed by PC users as an extra media player.

If you are a Windows XP user and you notice an unusually long time for your MP3 file to load and Itunes/Quicktime is installed on your computer, simply change your settings to set up Windows Media Player as your default player.

This is a very simple operation and will take only a minute.

Zip downloads

Some of the MP3 audio programs can be downloaded as zip files. You get the whole set of audios at one rather than downloading them one by one.

When available, these zip downloads are clearly shown on top of your MP3 audio series.

How to use a zip file:

Use your zip file to download the whole set to your Ipod, MP3 player or for CD burning - This is the best way to go if you want to save the MP3's to your computer, burn them to a CD or upload them to your Ipod or MP3 player.
If you prefer to listen to or download the files individually - Simply Click on the corresponding links.

Windows XP settings - How to maximize your experience

Set up Windows Media Player as your default player

For PC users only:

If you have both "Windows Media Player" and "Itunes/Quicktime" installed on your PC, these two players will usually "compete" to play your files.

If you use Windows XP, you will have a greater experience if you set your computer to play your MP3 files with "Windows Media Player" rather than "Itunes/Quicktime".

Windows Media Player simply opens much faster and gives you greater control over how to play your MP3 files.

To choose Windows Media Player as your default player follow these simple steps:

Step 1 - Click on "Start" in your windows area
Step 2 - Click on "Set Program Access and Defaults"
Step 3 - Select the "Custom" option
Step 4 - Under "Choose a default media player", select "Windows Media Player"

That's it! You are all set!

When trying to listen to your MP3 files, if the system opens again your Itunes/QuickTime media player instead of your "Windows Media Player", simply repeat this operation.