Hi. This is why it's really, really important to make sure that you don't just click yes like a mad man when you're going through these installs. I've had like 5 other people on the list I run have similar issues, and I can't imagine how everyone misses these checkboxes to install the Winamp remote, and the Winamp toolbar for Internet explorer.
. Now, because I chose the custom install instead of the standard one, that's probably why the check boxes showed up. But anymore when it comes to installing a media player, and yes sadly Winamp nowadays even, it's really important to always choose the custom install. That way you know *exactly* what's happening during the instalation and can avoid any other weird software being installed that you don't want on your machine. Believe me, I went through this too, and my atempt isn't to chide or look down on anyone else for not knowing, it's quite the opposite. I want to help folks to not make the same mistakes I made and had to fix later. Hope that helps. At 04:25 AM 11/22/2007, you wrote: >They do try to slam you with a tool bar but I can't remember which one. It >seems to be the latest fad in the land of media players. Real 11 just tried >to get me to take fire Fox and the Google tool bar. they even set fire Fox >as the default browser and I didn't know for a while even after I'd >uninstalled it. You'd have thought the configuration would have reverted to >I.E. when I removed fire fox, but know, smile. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Gary Wood >Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:11 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Re: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC > >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] > > > >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 2677 (20071122) 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]
