Yep I don't blame you for that, well as soon as I find out then I'll let you know, that part of VLC is far different to that on the Mac version.
On 22/11/2007, at 2:52 PM, Dana S. Leslie wrote: > I'd be happy to test drive it if I could figure out how to get it > to output > through my secondary sound card (the good one). (No sense test > driving it > through my el cheapo desktop speakers.) But, just for a test drive, > I'm not > going to plough through the documentation, to figure out how to do > that, > when I'm perfectly happy with Winamp 5.35. > > Blessed Be, > > Dana > that's Dana, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A > If your synthesizer pronounces them identically, instruct your > customized > pronunciation dictionary that Dana=dayna. > > D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: dsleslie > Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE > Your Source for Discounted Ideas > http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:53 PM > Subject: RE: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC > > >> 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] >> audio.org] >> 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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