[nabs-l] Windows Media Player and WinAmp questions

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Julie,

Glad it's not just me! WinAmp definitely seems more accessible 
and easier to use than Windows Media Player; thanks for the 
input! I don't know why it still wants to play in Windows Media, 
but someone replied to me off-list saying that I can change the 
default player setting in the context menu from within a media 
file.  I just hope I don't lose the file due to that Windows 
Media Player streaming problem before I can get into the context 
menu and change the setting.  Thanks for the input!

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

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:31:45 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Windows Media Player and WinAmp questions

Hi.

I have that same problem with Windows media player when trying to
stream audio.  I have not been able to figure it out either.  If 
you
use your up and down arrow keys in winamp, they control the 
volume.
Right and left arrow keys will rewind and fast forward, and up 
and
down arrow keys will turn the volume up and down respectively.  
This
should not affect anything else running on the computer.  At 
least, it
doesn't on my computer.

I have found winamp much easier to use than windows media player, 
but
it doesn't do things such as burn cds and play video.  Hope this 
helps
and looking forward to hearing if anyone else has struggled with 
the
windows media player streaming problem.

On 1/14/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
 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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Julie McG
 Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in 
Opera
Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of 
Guiding
Eyes for the Blind

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16

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