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Frequently Asked Questions |
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How do I submit my material to Comfort
Stand?
Sorry, we are not accepting submissions.
The label will not release any more titles
and has officially closed. Please consider
contacting our sister label WM
Recordings to submit your work
and check out the NetLabels
section at The Internet Archive (where our
material is hosted).
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Do you accept donations?
If you would like to make a donation to Comfort
Stand please donate directly to our monthly
hosting bill through Dreamhost here.
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I am using a Mac and I am unable
to open the ZIP files.
Apologies in advance. The ZIP files may come
up empty or may not unzip for you because
they are not 'real' ZIP files. They are made
on the fly by our host, The Internet Archive.
Here is what the Internet Archive writes:
I'm having trouble with a 'blank'/corrupted
ZIP file. What do I do? There are a
variety of problems that may be causing
this. Here are a couple of the most common.
If you have a Mac running OS X, the default
unzip utility (Stuffit) does not deal well
with those Archive ZIP files that are 'compressed
on the fly'. You may see an empty directory
- if so, then try downloading Zip
Tools for Mac OS X and using the drag
and drop software within that to unzip your
download. [Make sure you save your download
to your desktop before trying things on
it.] If you're having any trouble with downloads
timing out or being incomplete, especially
on Windows, then you may be able to use
download managers such as GetRight.
These will restart your download if it fails.
However, some 'ZIP on the fly' downloads
don't play well with download managers.
If you find that to be the case, the safest
thing to do is to download each track individually
in a download manager, or use FTP to log
in.
Here are some more tips sent in to us:
Chris writes: "I was trying to
check out your latest compilation "Swingin'
Singles" and couldn't figure out why
I kept getting a empty directory when the
file got unstuffed on my MAC. So I downloaded
the latest version of Stuffit Expander 9.0
to see if that would help and low and behold
it did." Up-Update:
Suzanne writes: "There should also
be a note that Stuffit 9.0 only works for
mac OS 10.3 or higher."
Suzanne writes: "Zip
Tools includes a drag-and-drop function,
so you can actually avoid Terminal altogether.
It turns out that the audio FAQ at archive.org
recommends this. They
explain it nicely here."
Robert writes: "If the user is comfortable
with the command line, they can use the
built-in "unzip" command on the
downloaded file, via Terminal.app"
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What are the .xml and .conf files
that are in the zip files?
These files are included by our host The
Internet Archive. They can be deleted as they
are automatically generated when we have a
release hosted as zip files are made on the
fly and end up zipping up all files in a release
directory. The XML and CONF simply hold information
about the release in question. Delete away.
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How do I play the sound files? Can
you recommend any players?
If you are unable to play or stream the MP3
files on this website you can download one
of the following players:
Some people enjoy using older versions of
players (such as Windows Media Player, which
the last few current versions have been literally
overloaded with junk). That is why we have
links to oldversion.com above. Note that if
you download a very old version of some of
the software it may not work with the current
media files on this website.
To utilize our streaming Flash player you
will need to install Flash. It's
free by visiting Macromedia's website here.
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General Configuration...
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For Browsers, we strongly
recommend.. |
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Mozilla Firefox for Windows,
Mac and Linux |
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Safari for Mac |
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We do not recommend viewing this website
with Internet Explorer. Not that it will not
work, but why use IE when you can use Firefox
or Safari?
For color configuration and screen resolution,
the site looks best on a screen which displays
at least 256 colors (16 million or true color
are better) and has a resolution of at least
800x600. An 800x600 (or higher) resolution
will minimize scrolling and make the screen
easier to read.
Some releases feature PDF files to download.
You can grab Adobe Acrobat for free by clicking
on the button below.
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