[nabs-l] Windows Media Player and WinAmp questions

[Joshua Lester]

Wow!
What version of WMP, do you have?
I don't have the latest one, yet.
Blessings, Joshua

On 1/14/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's done that to me to (cutting out while listening to online
> radio streams) but I think that's just the signal going in and
> out or something.  But at least you can play them; I can't.
>
> 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: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:36:23 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Windows Media Player and WinAmp questions
>
> Hi, Julie.
> When I listen to an online radio station, sometimes it will cut
> out,
> (WMP,) and I have to hit tab, and up, and down arrow, until it
> comes
> back on.
> I hate Winamp, because it takes too long to download, on this old
> lap top.
> I'm hoping to trade this Acer, in for a Dell!
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 1/14/12, Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com> wrote:
>  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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