Are you talking of plugin's version or what? I'm kinda confused here! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pam Drake Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:43 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Winamp and That Darned No Disk Message Again
Chris, Oh, yes,I forgot to say that I totally un-installed the 2.0 Winamp, even to going in and delete the plugin folder which would not be un-installed with add/remove. At 06:56 PM 3/5/2006, you wrote: >hi Pam >I'm not sure I quite understand everything you're saying here. I'll >quote your message below and see if I can help. > > >At 07:00 PM 3/5/2006, you wrote: > >The last time I > >tried Version 1.9 and got that dreaded "no disk in drive" message > >again. > > >Ok, so are you saying that you went all the way back to Winamp version >1.9? Wow, that's a ways to go back, i would definitely recommend that >you stay in the 5.0 versions because 1.9 came out in what was it, 1999 >i think it was? >Either way, stick to the 5.0 series, if not the 2.0 series. > > > > > > > > > >What could be causing this? I have also seen autoplay pop up in > >Windows Media Player, but it disappeared as fast as it came and > >didn't mess with the disk drives. What is that thing, anyway? > > > > >Autoplay is a feature that allows cds to play automatically once > >inserted into your cd rom drive. I have absolutely no clue why this > >would effect Winamp. It plays cds, but all Winamp really does is try > >to use the Windows cd player and just routes it through there so you > >can operate it via Winamp. In other words, Winamp grabs onto the > >functions of the Windows CD player and allows you to use the same > >Winamp commands to play your cds. x to play, v to stop, b to move > >forward, z to go back, etc. >Again, this shouldn't be happening obviously and it's a bit beyond my >knowledge as to how to fix it. > > > > > > > > > > >I also find that I must not have known what to select or not, because > >1.9 tried to download the mp3 files rather than launch them. > > > > >Ok, when you say this, are you talking about an internet stream, ACB > >Radio Interactive and others? If so these are not actually mp3 files, > >these are streaming stations where the info is downloaded to your > >computer, bit by bit and sent to you through your internet > >connection. so it's not an actual file. >Winamp can not actually download mp3 files, all you can do is listen to >them with it. > >If you get a dialogue box asking you if you want to download something >rather than to start playing it, then I believe what might be happening >is that Winamp has not been told to play these streams automatically. >Winamp is a pretty damn good program, but it's not quite smart enough >to know what files that you want it to play, so you must first go into >the preferences with control plus p, find the tree view and find the >section called file types. you should only have to arrow down a couple >of times to get to this. if you press your tab key a couple of times >you should hear select all button. you want to press this so that >Winamp will know that youu want it to play all the file types it can at >least when you install it. After you do this, tab over to the close >button, press the space bar and you should be back at the Winamp >window. Now, try going back to the ACB Radio tuner, or the website and >try listening to one of the stations and I bet you it'll play without >any problems. >while a station is playing, you can press alt plus i and that station >will be added to your bookmarks, think of these as favorites. you can >access these at any time. > >I hope this clears up a couple of issues. I'm still just as stumped as >you are about the autoplay issue and while it's acting in the way it is. > >There's gotta be a reason for it though. > > >_______________________________________________ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists >we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
