It seems like I got a toolbar with this latest version of Winamp that I had to uninstall. It seemed to mess some things up for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:46 PM Subject: RE: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC
> Yes, I actually agree with you, I've found Winamp to be a consistent > performer until version 5.5 for some reason. > Of course (Windows being what it is) there may be some sort of conflict > somewhere on my system which Winamp involves itself in. > I just think quite frankly that Winamp is becoming one of those pieces of > software providing features to try and suit everyone, in other words its > becoming big and bloated, a bit like Sound Forge has become in many ways > but > again that's just my view. > Yeah, VLC looks as though it was born and bred to run on a network doesn't > it, perhaps you should try adjusting some of the many tweeks and > preferences > Chris if you're having trouble playing some streams, I haven't gone into > this area thoroughly as yet, I haven't had the need to but (if my > experience > is anything to go by wiusing the Mac version of VLC) you'll be able to fix > any problems which arise without too much trouble. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Chris Skarstad > Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2007 4:35 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: RE: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC > > I also have VLC Media player and it's a very interesting little > program. It plays some file types better than others on my system and > if you have your computers on a network it works great. Now, this > Winamp issue...I've been using Windows in all its versions for 10 > years, 95, 98 SE, XP and I'm sure at some point, i'll even give into > Vista. But in all that time, I can say with absolute certainty that > Winamp has never caused my computer to crash, in other words just > running Winamp never made my computer crash. I would suspect that in > Dane's case, there are other issues with the computer he is using to > run Windows. It just saddens me that we have people trashing each > other's choices of an operating system, we all need to remember that > everyone's needs are different and while some prefer windows, others > prefer Apple Macks. Let's quit all the mean little jabs here. > You don't see me sitting there calling the apple mack a trashbox, so > I would expect that people would respect my choice even though they > may disagree with it. Come on now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:16 AM 11/20/2007, you wrote: >>Really? Well VLC actually (let the truth be told) is Open source and is a >>cross platform media player. >>We have a publication in our newspaper The Age every Thursday and VLC has >>been getting rave reviews for the PC in it for quite some time, had I not >>needed to come back to Trashbox PC then I wouldn't have bothered >>investigating. >>Anyhow, for those who want to try something tha's nice and small and runs >>very nicely then have a look. >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>On Behalf Of Keith Gillard >>Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2007 2:53 AM >>To: PC Audio Discussion List >>Subject: Re: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC >> >>If Winamp is a little to complicated for you I might suggest that you keep >>using your proprietary Mac crap! >> >>Thank you for contributing to my block senders list! >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:45 AM >>Subject: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC >> >> >>Ok folks, I tried out the latest (and greatest?) version of Winamp and I > had >>a few problems running it on the trashbox (otherwise known as the Windows >>PC) <smile> For some reason (I don't know why) Winamp it seems, was >>responsible for the Trashbox crashing every few minutes. >> >>Naturally this behavior to anyone (particularly to a Mac user where >>crashes >>are few and far between) <lol> is totally unacceptable so back onto the >>machine went VLC media Player, it was listening to both that I make the >>following observations. >> >>Firstly, VLC does a far better job ad decoding media such as MP3 etc, you >>can hear the differences quite distinctly. >> >>Controls are similar to those presented in Winamp and in a lot of ways, >>VLC >>is easier to use with a screen reader, not as cluttered as Winamp seems to >>be. >> >>I've been using VLC on the Mac for ages but haven't had too much >>experience >>with it on the PC, the command set is slightly different but that's > probably >>due mainly to differences in the keyboard layout between Mac and Trashbox >>Windows PC. For example, you go to previous and next tracks in VLC under > the >>Mac using command-left and command-right arrow respectively, on the PC >>version you use P and N on the keyboard >> >>If anyone would like to give this excellent little media player a try then >>use your friend Google and look for "vlc", you'll have no trouble finding >>it. Takes up a lot less space than Winamp does plus it will play just >>about >>everything you can throw at it, including Cue and Wave/FLAC pairs. >> >> >> >> >>Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>__________ NOD32 2672 (20071120) Information __________ >> >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>http://www.eset.com > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
