Chris, Oh, yes,I forgot to say that I totally un-installed the 2.0 Winamp, even to going in and delete the plugin folder which would not be un-installed with add/remove.
At 06:56 PM 3/5/2006, you wrote: >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 _______________________________________________ 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
