Really? Well VLC actually (let the truth be told) is Open source and is a cross platform media player. We have a publication in our newspaper The Age every Thursday and VLC has been getting rave reviews for the PC in it for quite some time, had I not needed to come back to Trashbox PC then I wouldn't have bothered investigating. Anyhow, for those who want to try something tha's nice and small and runs very nicely then have a look.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Gillard Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2007 2:53 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC If Winamp is a little to complicated for you I might suggest that you keep using your proprietary Mac crap! Thank you for contributing to my block senders list! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:45 AM Subject: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC Ok folks, I tried out the latest (and greatest?) version of Winamp and I had a few problems running it on the trashbox (otherwise known as the Windows PC) <smile> For some reason (I don't know why) Winamp it seems, was responsible for the Trashbox crashing every few minutes. Naturally this behavior to anyone (particularly to a Mac user where crashes are few and far between) <lol> is totally unacceptable so back onto the machine went VLC media Player, it was listening to both that I make the following observations. Firstly, VLC does a far better job ad decoding media such as MP3 etc, you can hear the differences quite distinctly. Controls are similar to those presented in Winamp and in a lot of ways, VLC is easier to use with a screen reader, not as cluttered as Winamp seems to be. I've been using VLC on the Mac for ages but haven't had too much experience with it on the PC, the command set is slightly different but that's probably due mainly to differences in the keyboard layout between Mac and Trashbox Windows PC. For example, you go to previous and next tracks in VLC under the Mac using command-left and command-right arrow respectively, on the PC version you use P and N on the keyboard If anyone would like to give this excellent little media player a try then use your friend Google and look for "vlc", you'll have no trouble finding it. Takes up a lot less space than Winamp does plus it will play just about everything you can throw at it, including Cue and Wave/FLAC pairs. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
