[nabs-l] Windows Media Player and WinAmp questions
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sun Jan 15 17:18:49 UTC 2012
I have the latest one; it came with Windows 7 when I upgraded.
Because of the error I described in my original email, I can't
play anything.
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
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Date sent: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:54:10 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Windows Media Player and WinAmp questions
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
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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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