Well I wasn't recommending VLC as a replacement, I was suggesting people give it a try and they may be surprised at its capabilities for such a small piece of software.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Petraccaro Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2007 9:25 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC What were you recommending as a SF replacement? I've forgotten. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dane Trethowan To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:46 PM Subject: RE: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC Yes, I actually agree with you, I've found Winamp to be a consistent performer until version 5.5 for some reason. Of course (Windows being what it is) there may be some sort of conflict somewhere on my system which Winamp involves itself in. I just think quite frankly that Winamp is becoming one of those pieces of software providing features to try and suit everyone, in other words its becoming big and bloated, a bit like Sound Forge has become in many ways but again that's just my view. Yeah, VLC looks as though it was born and bred to run on a network doesn't it, perhaps you should try adjusting some of the many tweeks and preferences Chris if you're having trouble playing some streams, I haven't gone into this area thoroughly as yet, I haven't had the need to but (if my experience is anything to go by wiusing the Mac version of VLC) you'll be able to fix any problems which arise without too much trouble. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Skarstad Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2007 4:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC I also have VLC Media player and it's a very interesting little program. It plays some file types better than others on my system and if you have your computers on a network it works great. Now, this Winamp issue...I've been using Windows in all its versions for 10 years, 95, 98 SE, XP and I'm sure at some point, i'll even give into Vista. But in all that time, I can say with absolute certainty that Winamp has never caused my computer to crash, in other words just running Winamp never made my computer crash. I would suspect that in Dane's case, there are other issues with the computer he is using to run Windows. It just saddens me that we have people trashing each other's choices of an operating system, we all need to remember that everyone's needs are different and while some prefer windows, others prefer Apple Macks. Let's quit all the mean little jabs here. You don't see me sitting there calling the apple mack a trashbox, so I would expect that people would respect my choice even though they may disagree with it. Come on now. At 10:16 AM 11/20/2007, you wrote: >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. 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