Well two things I figured out with Winamp: I figured out that everything worked much better, and I didn't have trouble with other things when I uninstalled that damn Winamp Toolbar, and never put it back in, and just as well, I didn't add that other Winamp thing they asked me to install. They both were buggers, as far as I was concerned. Jeez! ----- Original Message ----- From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 5:25 AM Subject: RE: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC
> They do try to slam you with a tool bar but I can't remember which one. > It > seems to be the latest fad in the land of media players. Real 11 just > tried > to get me to take fire Fox and the Google tool bar. they even set fire Fox > as the default browser and I didn't know for a while even after I'd > uninstalled it. You'd have thought the configuration would have reverted > to > I.E. when I removed fire fox, but know, smile. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gary Wood > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:11 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC > > It seems like I got a toolbar with this latest version of Winamp that I > had > to uninstall. It seemed to mess some things up for me. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > 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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