hi Pam I'm not sure I quite understand everything you're saying here. I'll quote your message below and see if I can help.
At 07:00 PM 3/5/2006, you wrote: >The last time I >tried Version 1.9 and got that dreaded "no disk in drive" message >again. Ok, so are you saying that you went all the way back to Winamp version 1.9? Wow, that's a ways to go back, i would definitely recommend that you stay in the 5.0 versions because 1.9 came out in what was it, 1999 i think it was? Either way, stick to the 5.0 series, if not the 2.0 series. > > >What could be causing this? I have also seen autoplay pop up in >Windows Media Player, but it disappeared as fast as it came and >didn't mess with the disk drives. What is that thing, anyway? >Autoplay is a feature that allows cds to play automatically once >inserted into your cd rom drive. I have absolutely no clue why this >would effect Winamp. It plays cds, but all Winamp really does is >try to use the Windows cd player and just routes it through there so >you can operate it via Winamp. In other words, Winamp grabs onto the >functions of the Windows CD player and allows you to use the same >Winamp commands to play your cds. x to play, v to stop, b to move >forward, z to go back, etc. Again, this shouldn't be happening obviously and it's a bit beyond my knowledge as to how to fix it. > >I also find that I must not have known what to select or not, because >1.9 tried to download the mp3 files rather than launch them. >Ok, when you say this, are you talking about an internet stream, ACB >Radio Interactive and others? If so these are not actually mp3 >files, these are streaming stations where the info is downloaded to >your computer, bit by bit and sent to you through your internet >connection. so it's not an actual file. Winamp can not actually download mp3 files, all you can do is listen to them with it. If you get a dialogue box asking you if you want to download something rather than to start playing it, then I believe what might be happening is that Winamp has not been told to play these streams automatically. Winamp is a pretty damn good program, but it's not quite smart enough to know what files that you want it to play, so you must first go into the preferences with control plus p, find the tree view and find the section called file types. you should only have to arrow down a couple of times to get to this. if you press your tab key a couple of times you should hear select all button. you want to press this so that Winamp will know that youu want it to play all the file types it can at least when you install it. After you do this, tab over to the close button, press the space bar and you should be back at the Winamp window. Now, try going back to the ACB Radio tuner, or the website and try listening to one of the stations and I bet you it'll play without any problems. while a station is playing, you can press alt plus i and that station will be added to your bookmarks, think of these as favorites. you can access these at any time. I hope this clears up a couple of issues. I'm still just as stumped as you are about the autoplay issue and while it's acting in the way it is. There's gotta be a reason for it though. _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
