Thanks Chris! It's one of the best pieces of advice you could give to the community. bb
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: RE: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC > 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'" <[email protected]> >>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'" <[email protected]> >> >>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] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
