[Blindtlk] Windows Media Player and WinAmp questions

[Cari Ford]

Hi Chris, 
I do not use Media player so I can't answer to what that error is
specifically but I run windows 7 with jaws 13 and find that error message
familiar throughout ms programs like word, I.E and Outlook office. 
I do use Winamp for all my media and will give you some suggestions to  how
to switch over. 
First, in media player while not playing media, go into your settings and
uncheck the default play so it doesn't take over streaming, playing cd's and
so on. 
Next, in Winamp, press control with p for prefferences. Errow to the media
types option Tab to associated files types all button and press the space.
Then tab to ok. This should make winamp cpmpletely take over your medit
which is good. It has an audio feature to control its volume different from
Jaws which you also asked about. 
>From the winampu prefferences list, errow down to plug-ins output. Press the
tab and select the nulsoft wave output. Tab to configure. It's been a long
time so If that doesn't do it, there a couple other options in that same
list. This seperates the sound of media from winamp from jaws. I love this
feature. 
I've never downloaded file rather than streamed it in winamp. Some files I
can save in I.E. A friend said some files you can actially pull the direct
address from the address bar and trick it to download rather than play but
it doesn't work with all streaming files and I think it's getting harder to
use the go-around. I'd also be curious if there's another way. 
Does anyone know if making burning CD's is easy in winamp? 
Hope this helps. 
Peace, 
Cari 




-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:16 PM
To: NFB Blind Talk list; NFB NABS list
Subject: [Blindtlk] Windows Media Player and WinAmp questions

Hi everyone,

I am having some problems/questions with/about Windows Media 
Player and WinAmp that I hope you can help with.

1.  Whenever I try to play a file from the Internet, either a 
live radio stream or a recorded MP3 or M3U file, it starts to 
play, then about 5 seconds into the file, a dialog will come up 
which says: "Windows media player dialog: Windows Media Player 
has stopped working.  Windows is trying to identify the 
problem...  Windows is checking online for a solution.  Close 
program button." I tried playing some music that was in my 
Windows Media Player library already, with the same result.  How 
can I fix this and what might be wrong with the player?
2.  After hearing good reviews from blind people about the 
accessibility and ease of use of Winamp, I downloaded the latest 
version of that program.  My friend told me that when I 
downloaded the program, WinAmp would set itself as my default 
player.  However, when I go to listen to a stream from the 
Internet, it still wants to play in Windows Media Player, but 
that doesn't work because of the problem I described above.  So 
how do I manually tell my computer to play everything in WinAmp 
by default?
3.  Is there a way in Winamp and/or Windows Media Player to 
control the volume of audio playing through the media player 
without effecting the volume of the whole computer? One of the 
problems I have when playing media files is that I can't do 
anything else on my computer while media is playing, as the audio 
in whatever file I'm listening to drowns out JAWS so much that I 
can't hear JAWS.  But if I press and hold the F9 key, it lowers 
the volume of all audio coming out of the computer; that of the 
audio file and that of JAWS.  So how do I lower the media volume 
without lowering JAWS's volume so I can listen to music in the 
background and still do something on my computer?
4.  (and final) How do I tell Windows Media Player to download a 
file from the Internet onto my computer rather than stream it? 
How do I do the same in WinAmp? I'm using the latest versions of 
Windows Media Player and WinAmp, Windows 7 and JAWS 12.

I hope you can help me with some or all of these questions! Sorry 
for the long email with so many questions to answer.
Thanks,

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

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