As I applaud your knowledge of the mac, I too have had simple questions in previous posts that your answers clogged more space then the result you offered. If one needs to speak this kind of advise, they too should follow it. Thanks
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Poehlman Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:24 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind Subject: Re: What was the I Tunes fix? Do whatever you like but don't clutter the list with our intentions. I'm sure there's a way to deal with this because it works for most if not all of us so pleaswe stop your whining. ----- Original Message ----- From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:30 PM Subject: Re: What was the I Tunes fix? Thanks Ester for helping again. My issue is not the volume or much of the stuff you named but I kept it for future trouble shooting. I simply can't play podcast in I Tunes by pressing return on the unplayed podcast. It is my normal behavior to have three unplayed podcast and I would just press return on the episode and it would play and if I made a mistake and played one that wasn't downloaded it would give me a prompt to choose the location. This is really getting on my nerves and I want to throw this thing up against a wall or switch to VLC. I can go to the podcast folder and open the same item and play it in I Tunes with no problem, so I don't know what is a matter. On Feb 13, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Cheryl and Shaun, > > Marshall's instructions should work. Is it possible that the iTunes > volume is muted or set very low? Remember that iTunes has a separate > volume control, so if you used to have your computer's speaker volume > set very high, and your iTunes volume at 50%, for example, if you've > changed your computer's volume with the F11, F12, etc keys (or F4 and > F5 keys), then your iTunes volume will also change. > > To check your iTunes volume, use Command+Option+f to move to the > "Search Text Field", then use VO-keys+left arrow. You should hear the > buttons for the three views: Cover Flow, Album List, and Text List. > The next VO-keys+left arrow should take you to the full volume button. > Try pressing that with VO-keys+space. > You might also try going to the volume slider, with the next > VO-keys+left arrow, and interacting. I once very weirdly found > that although my iTunes was set to full volume, I couldn't hear any > sound until I backed the slider down below 100% to 97% or so. After > sound returned there was no problem resetting it to 100%. This was > just after adding some files. If you VO-keys > +left arrow past the slider you reach the mute button. You don't > want to press this (smile). > > Sorry if the left arrowing directions are a bit odd, but the only easy > navigation point in iTunes I've found is Command+Option+f to start > from the Search Text Field, so I tend to use this whenever I want to > reorient myself in iTunes. > > Some other things to try: check that the selected file is really a > file that has audio content. iTunes supports PDF files. I know of a > couple of podcasts that have included PDFs with their regular > episodes: EscapePod and Podiobooks once included the text of a new > book on their podcast feeds, and one of the travel podcast series by > Rick Steves would occasionally include PDF files of maps or > supplemental information with their episodes. > Do a Get Info on the file either in iTunes (Command+i) or in its > Finder directory (Command+r is the keyboard shortcut to show the file > in a Finder window, or you can use the contextual menu and select > "Show in Finder"). If you work in iTunes you want to check the > Summary tab to make sure you don't have > "Kind: PDF Document", since it has probably been tagged with the same > keywords as a podcast file and can't be distinguished by keywords. > It's also possible to have PDF booklets associated with albums in the > library, although this is unlikely since iTunes album purchases are > still inaccessible. You could also check whether double-clicking on > the selected file (VO-keys+shift+space > -- I hold down the control, option, and shift keys and press the > spacebar twice quickly) works to start the file playing instead of > using the return key. (This is the way you would open the entry if it > were a PDF file. It would start up in its default app, which would be > Preview, and you would have to close the window when you were finished > reading.) > > If the item is a podcast, are you sure that the file has been > downloaded? Remember that the default is to only start subscriptions > with the most current episode. But if you used the contextual menu to > "Update Podcast" and get a list of all the other episodes that are > currently available on the podcast feed, remember that episodes you > haven't downloaded will say "undownloaded podcast" at the end. > If they're not on your machine you can't play them! In order to get > these episodes you have to use the contextual menu (VO-keys+shift+m) > and select "Download Podcast Episode". If the episode titles are very > long, your user may not wait to hear "undownloaded podcast" at the > end. > > It sometimes helps to try first using Command+L to go to the currently > playing song, if you've previously been playing tracks in iTunes. > Then navigate the Songs outline from there. > > The only other time when I lose response in iTunes is if I have been > playing a video podcast, movie, or tv episode -- anything that might > involve displaying an image on the screen and which doesn't finish. > In those cases if you stop or pause before the track finishes, focus > is still in the viewing screen, and can't return to the iTunes songs > outline. Pressing escape will get you out of this mode. > > I think it's possible to press keyboard shortcut sequences that are > equivalent to using the Apple Remote on the newer Macs. That would > cycle you from iTunes to another app, like iMovie. I don't remember > the sequences > -- I'd have to sit down at a MacBook to find them out again -- but > that's another possibility. > > Sorry, can't think of anything else that's likely at the present. > Try these suggestions. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Feb 13, 2008, at 06:07AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> It appeared this fix worked for me but nor for a friend using tiger >> so I assumed that was the important variable; maybe not. Make sure >> before hitting enter that both your voiceover cursor and your >> keyboard are on the item; don't know if that will help but sometimes >> if they aren't on the same item hitting enter won't work. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> X by theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:59 AM >> Subject: Re: What was the I Tunes fix? >> >> >>> This didn't work, but you can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Marshall F. Scott wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Try the following: >>>> 1. Select the appropriate item in the Sources table. >>>> 2. Move to and interact with the Songs table. >>>> 3. if necessary, expand the item you want to play. >>>> 4. Make sure the item is selected. >>>> 5. Press Enter. >>>> If this doesn't work, e-mail me privately and we'll discusss the >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> Marshall >>>> >>>> On Feb 12, 2008, at 8:29 AM, vashaun jones wrote: >>>> >>>>> Listers, what was the fix for I Tunes when you can't click on a >>>>> podcast or item to play it? When I press enter on a item that I >>>>> want to play nothing happens. Can someone help? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Marshall F. scott >>>> University of Utah - CVRTI >>>> 95 South 2000 East >>>> Salt Lake City, UT 84112 >>>> Phone: (801) 587-9523 >>>> Fax: (801) 581-3128 >>>> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Skype: scott9576a >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >
