In my experience winamp will play most avi files ok, has problems with some
.mkv...but the extension just tells the kind of container that is used and
not the codec, so there's really no telling. It's frustrating and I'm afraid
I just gave up on the process and turned to VLC for that reason. I don't
remember many of the keystrokes myself but I know there's a list on the
Internet somewhere.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Kaufman" <tomca...@comcast.net>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 9:10 PM
Subject: RE: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
Hello J M: Yes...I feel the same way about Winamp as you; I, too, have
seen
Winamp play videos, but am wondering if those videos were originally WMP
files (Winamp _will_ play those! Anyhow I've not been able to get Winamp
to
play this particular MP4 video (it'll only give me audio) but yes; VLC
does
a good job; I just don't know the keystrokes to make it do various things!
Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of JM
Casey
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:12 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
Hey Tom.
Let me just say that I love winamp and have used it for almost fifteen
years
now, with no sign of stopping...
But only for audio.
I have never quite been able to figure out why winamp seems to play some
videos and not others. There are some codec issues and searching the
internet for certain codecs (depending on the type of encoding...which you
can't always tell from the extension, you have to look at the video info)
has increased the number of videos winamp will play just fine, but there
are
some files I've just never been able to get to play. Sometimes there's no
video, sometimes neither video or audio.
VLC on the other hand will play every video I've ever encountered without
a
hitch or without any hunting around on the net for obscure codec packs. I
love it for that reason and if I ever have people over and we want to
watch
videos/movies, VLC works every time.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Kaufman" <tomca...@comcast.net>
To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 5:28 PM
Subject: Question About Winamp And MP4 Files
Hello list: Am wondering if there's a way to get Winamp to play the
video
of an MP4 file? I got a video the other night; if I just click it as is,
it
comes up in Winamp; only thing is that it plays only the audio! I can
see
the video if I have it play in something like VLC (and that's fine) but
was
just wondering if I could make Winamp play the video as well and if so,
how
is it done?
Thanks,
Tom Kaufman
