Yes, the discontinuation of Windows Media Center meant I had to tackle problems from different angles, think along different lines and take different approaches. With Windows Media Center I was able to use TV Tuners plugged in or connected to the PC to record FTA and Cable tV. Through Windows Media Center I was able to access TV guides and automatically schedule what I wanted to record, a very fancy and slick video recording system without a doubt. So my upgrade to Windows 10 meant to a loss of Windows Media Center as you say but I found very good alternatives. I use a Fetch TV set Top Box for the recording of Television programmes now, I can access the Programme Guide through the associated Android/IOS App and play the recordings back with VLC or Windows Media Player. The Fetch TV system is getting a little old now so I’m again looking at other alternatives and here’s one that I recommend to the whole list as its an International product, look up Silicondust and examine some of their offerings.
> On 9 Oct 2018, at 5:27 am, Hamit Campos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sadly shamefully that's true. In Windows 10 they finally got rid of Windows > Media Center. Which again made TV super accessible. We the blind should'a > joined all those that apposed getting rid of it more firmly. Though who knows > if with all the WMC fans and all the blind it would've still been enough or > not. > > > On 10/8/2018 2:10 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Is Windows Media Center still available? I do remember that with Windows 7, >> a real blast that software was. >> I thought Microsoft had discontinued the development of that software. >> Windows Media Player of course keeps bowling along and I had a play with it >> a couple of weeks ago, one thing I'll say for that Player is that it found >> and played all the content I wanted to hear over my network and other >> computer systems. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Hamit Campos >> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2018 4:54 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Differences between Winamp and VLC? >> >> Yeah I use Windows Media Player. Also it was the most accessible DVD player >> with Windows 7. Along with Windows Media Center. Too bad Microsoft gave them >> up insted of making them Blu-Ray Disk capable. >> >> >> On 10/8/2018 1:45 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>> Yes I enjoyed Foober for a while there, guess I just fell back to VLC Media >>> Player because of functionality and ease of use. >>> I wouldn't recommend iTunes for anyone whether they be a Mac or a Windows >>> users, just far more complicated and intrusive than it really needs to be >>> and it seems iTunes is more about looking pretty rather than providing >>> functionality or flexibility, you can't play too much with iTunes for a >>> start and that's part of the reason why I ditched the IOS platform in the >>> main, like iTunes its too restrictive when it comes to media. >>> There's Windows Media Player of course which has a noble and loyal band of >>> followers and - from what I've seen of the Software - with every >>> justification, it’s a real neat player. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Anders >>> Holmberg >>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2018 4:38 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Differences between Winamp and VLC? >>> >>> Hi! >>> WHen i was on windows which isn’t the case much anymore i used to use >>> Foobar2000. >>> Just to give another perspective. >>> Imho Foobar was more customable and you could create shortcuts to just >>> anything you want. >>> There are other good players for video around for WIndows at least. >>> One called Gom player. >>> BUt i am on the mac and for mac there’s vlc and Itunes. >>> I haven’t tried any others. >>> /A >>> >>>> 6 okt. 2018 kl. 02:32 skrev Tom Kaufman <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Hello Dane and list: VLC may be a good player for video (haven't >>>> played with it as extensively as some) although I will say that I >>>> tried to play a video that I have in my collection (is one of a show >>>> that I was involved in) for whatever reason, VLC absolutely would not >>>> play it! Never was able to find out why! For me, if you're strictly >>>> talking about audio, I'll take Winamp any day and am sorry that it >>>> isn't being updated anymore! But that's just me; others may have >>>> differing opinions, but Winamp is the one that seems to work best for me! >>>> Tom Kaufman >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>> Dane Trethowan >>>> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 8:20 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Diferences between Winamp and VLC? >>>> >>>> For what its worth from me and thanks for starting this discussion. >>>> Its been a very long while since I used Winamp, why did I stop using it? >>>> Because Winamp kept crashing when I tried to play video files >>>> recorded in standard TS format from my video TV tuners that I use >>>> still ttill this day though different models obviously. >>>> So then began my search for a new player that was easy to use and did >>>> what I believe a player needs to do, play the track when I press >>>> play, move to the next track or skip through a track when I press or >>>> hold the forward button etc. >>>> VLC did these things and many more besides. >>>> I grant you, VLC is not the friendliest App to get around but one can >>>> get around much of it using the JAWS cursor or whatever your thing is >>>> called on your Screen Reader. >>>> If I had my way equalisers in players wouldn't be present. >>>> I know I sound harsh but the amount of times I've seen equalisers >>>> abused to the point that people manage to stuff their speaker systems >>>> up causes me to perhaps take this view. >>>> A good sounding pair of speakers which don't cost all that much these >>>> days shouldn't require any additional medaling in the form of an equaliser. >>>> I went to someone's house the other day, this chap had what I would >>>> call a perfectly serviceable pair of Altec Lansing computer speakers, >>>> well at least I would have termed this speaker system in that way >>>> when it was bought but after this chap had applied God only knows how >>>> many equalisers in the audio chain? Well this respectable speaker >>>> system had been turned to the sound of mud literally, sure! Enough >>>> bottom but for what, to demolish the house and perhaps Next doors dwelling >>>> too? It certainly didn't sound good. >>>> And the top, well it was there but incredibly harsh to the point that >>>> my ears felt sore just trying to listen to the thing. >>>> Where was the Mid-range? Lost somewhere in the cocofany of noise. >>>> Anyway back to the point of VLC and I'm very pleased to say that the >>>> developers are slowly but surely making accessibility fixes as >>>> updates roll out and I reckon they're doing a fair job since VLC is >>>> an open source package. >>>> I use VLC on other devices such as my Apple Mac machines, iPhone and >>>> iPads and Android with pleasing results. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of JM Casey >>>> Sent: Saturday, 6 October 2018 8:05 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Diferences between Winamp and VLC? >>>> >>>> The VlC equalizer is certainly a lot less convenient to set and save >>>> settings than the Winamp one using a screen-reader. One can easily >>>> adopt any of the presets, but saving your own settings requires >>>> messing with the not-too-accessible filters within the preferences >>>> dialog box. Actually the whole design is weird and I wish that Video >>>> Lan gave the ability to easily save and load multiple equalizer settings >>>> in VLC. >>>> >>>> Just curious, but why not have both programmes? I watch a lot of >>>> movies, especially with my sighted partner, and VLC is without doubt >>>> an awesome video player and far more versatile and just better at >>>> this than winamp ever was. However, I still use Winamp for my audio >>>> needs and it works exceedingly well for this purpose even in Windows 10. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian >>>> Olesen >>>> Sent: October 5, 2018 5:50 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [all-audio] Diferences between Winamp and VLC? >>>> >>>> Hi all you nice audiofiles, >>>> >>>> Well I use VLC myself, but I have an old fascion student, who prefers >>>> Winamp. >>>> >>>> I want to persuade him to do the switch. >>>> >>>> But how is it with information about timing lenghth of files in >>>> minutes and seconds and such. Can we easily get to that info also in VLC? >>>> >>>> Are there other fields where VLC lacks information compared to Winamp? >>>> >>>> Is it actually the other way around? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Best regards >>>> >>>> Brian >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1331): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1331 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/26845083/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
