Yes I beg your pardon, replied to the wrong eMail <smile>
> On 9 Oct 2018, at 5:29 am, Hamit Campos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah no. I got ya. It's not. Funny story is that awesome Windows 7 Media > Center you remember was the last development to it. So in Win 8 and 8.1 you > got a limited version of that same Win 7 1. I got ya friend. > > > On 10/8/2018 2:28 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Sorry you miss-understood my question. >> You mentioned Windows Media Center and what I wanted to know was if it is >> still in development or not. >> Windows Media Center with Windows 7 was a truly superb piece of software. >> >> >>> On 9 Oct 2018, at 5:24 am, Hamit Campos <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Meh I don't really use ITunes. I have it for updating my IPhone and putting >>> the songs I Buy from the ITunes store on my PC. But I don't play much with >>> it. I like WMP well enough for that. I use Windows Media because of it's >>> SRS Wow effect you can turn on and with the right PC mother bord audio it's >>> epic! It's great on the H6 too. >>> >>> >>> On 10/8/2018 2:14 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>> Thankfully I've never had VLC crash on any platform I've used it on. >>>> I've had iTunes crash recently though. >>>> I just hate the way the iTunes software intrudes and makes decisions on >>>> what files it will and won't play, puts folders all over your drive >>>> without permission and so on, a damn Pain in the A to put it bluntly and I >>>> would advise people - particularly Windows users - not to install the >>>> rubbish and leave well alone if possible. >>>> Mac users of course don't have a choice as iTunes is part of OS so delete >>>> the App so it doesn't have a chance to automatically pop up and cause >>>> problems when you least expect it. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Anders >>>> Holmberg >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2018 5:04 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Differences between Winamp and VLC? >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> I seldom use Itunes too but it works when i add records to my library. >>>> Last time i used vlc on mac it crashed so i have to see if i can dig it up >>>> again and try it out. >>>> /A >>>> >>>>> 8 okt. 2018 kl. 19:45 skrev Dane Trethowan <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> 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 (#1332): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1332 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
