Strange Problem With Computer Sounds Through Radios
Hello list: I have discovered a strange problem with listening to sounds from my computer through radios! I have an FM transmitter that came from CCrane; my problem is that I'm noticing that if I'm listening to whatever is on the computer through a mono clock radio that I have in the bathroom, I am only hearing one channel coming through! Now the radios in the house that are boom boxes (stereo) sound fine; both channels play and the computer speakers are fine! But that clock radio seems to only be playing one track! I had thought maybe there was something awry with the transmitter, but as I mentioned, things sound fine through the other radios (the clock radio used to sound fine) another thing (and this might be a connection; not sure! But I have a set of headphones that I have plugged into the headphone jack of the computer speaker (can't remember what the brand of speakers these are; Power Tech or something like it) anyhow, the headphones are only getting sound through one headphone! So I figured that this problem was with my headphones! However, I plugged these headphones into my Victor Stream, and it plays through both sides! So this tells me that there's something cock-eyed somewhere; but I don't know where! Does anyone here have any ideas of where this problem is coming from? Am running a Windows 7 machine (a Dell 8700 (hope I have that right) has a Reeltech soundcard in it; hopefully I have provided enough information for you to work with! It just seems odd that the one clock radio plays one channel of whatever is coming through the computer, when it didn't used to! Thanks for any and all info you may be able to provide! Tom Kaufman
Re: Strange Problem With Computer Sounds Through Radios
Tom, if the radio has an earphone jack, as I think you indicated, I would start there. I would try inserting and extracting the plug several times to see if one of the contacts that restore sound to the speakers has failed. If it's not the contacted may be the amplifier chip on that particular channel that has quit. Seeing that you have good audio everywhere else, it leaves you with the radio and the earphone jack. Geoff -Original Message- From: Tom Kaufman Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 2:06 PM To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Strange Problem With Computer Sounds Through Radios Hello list: I have discovered a strange problem with listening to sounds from my computer through radios! I have an FM transmitter that came from CCrane; my problem is that I'm noticing that if I'm listening to whatever is on the computer through a mono clock radio that I have in the bathroom, I am only hearing one channel coming through! Now the radios in the house that are boom boxes (stereo) sound fine; both channels play and the computer speakers are fine! But that clock radio seems to only be playing one track! I had thought maybe there was something awry with the transmitter, but as I mentioned, things sound fine through the other radios (the clock radio used to sound fine) another thing (and this might be a connection; not sure! But I have a set of headphones that I have plugged into the headphone jack of the computer speaker (can't remember what the brand of speakers these are; Power Tech or something like it) anyhow, the headphones are only getting sound through one headphone! So I figured that this problem was with my headphones! However, I plugged these headphones into my Victor Stream, and it plays through both sides! So this tells me that there's something cock-eyed somewhere; but I don't know where! Does anyone here have any ideas of where this problem is coming from? Am running a Windows 7 machine (a Dell 8700 (hope I have that right) has a Reeltech soundcard in it; hopefully I have provided enough information for you to work with! It just seems odd that the one clock radio plays one channel of whatever is coming through the computer, when it didn't used to! Thanks for any and all info you may be able to provide! Tom Kaufman
RE: Strange Problem With Computer Sounds Through Radios
Geoff and list: Thanks for the response; no, the radio in the bathroom (to my knowledge) doesn't have an earphone jack! However, my computer speakers _do_ have a headphone jack! So I am wondering if therein lies the problem as the headphones that I plugged in only get sound out of one side! I have already figured out that the headphones are fine as they work in the Victor Stream as they should! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Eden Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 7:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Strange Problem With Computer Sounds Through Radios Tom, if the radio has an earphone jack, as I think you indicated, I would start there. I would try inserting and extracting the plug several times to see if one of the contacts that restore sound to the speakers has failed. If it's not the contacted may be the amplifier chip on that particular channel that has quit. Seeing that you have good audio everywhere else, it leaves you with the radio and the earphone jack. Geoff -Original Message- From: Tom Kaufman Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 2:06 PM To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Strange Problem With Computer Sounds Through Radios Hello list: I have discovered a strange problem with listening to sounds from my computer through radios! I have an FM transmitter that came from CCrane; my problem is that I'm noticing that if I'm listening to whatever is on the computer through a mono clock radio that I have in the bathroom, I am only hearing one channel coming through! Now the radios in the house that are boom boxes (stereo) sound fine; both channels play and the computer speakers are fine! But that clock radio seems to only be playing one track! I had thought maybe there was something awry with the transmitter, but as I mentioned, things sound fine through the other radios (the clock radio used to sound fine) another thing (and this might be a connection; not sure! But I have a set of headphones that I have plugged into the headphone jack of the computer speaker (can't remember what the brand of speakers these are; Power Tech or something like it) anyhow, the headphones are only getting sound through one headphone! So I figured that this problem was with my headphones! However, I plugged these headphones into my Victor Stream, and it plays through both sides! So this tells me that there's something cock-eyed somewhere; but I don't know where! Does anyone here have any ideas of where this problem is coming from? Am running a Windows 7 machine (a Dell 8700 (hope I have that right) has a Reeltech soundcard in it; hopefully I have provided enough information for you to work with! It just seems odd that the one clock radio plays one channel of whatever is coming through the computer, when it didn't used to! Thanks for any and all info you may be able to provide! Tom Kaufman
RE: enqueue and play does not show in context menu
Hi Barry, Well, I just tried the steps you mentioned in your above email, and when I went to the file menu after highlighting an mp3 file, I found the following Items in the file menu: 1. Add to Windows Media Player List 2. Play 3. Scan with Microsoft Security Essentials Dialog 4. Open with Pull-down 5. Scan with Malware bytes Anti-malware 6. Shared folder cyncronization 7. Send to pull-down 8. New pull-down 9. Create shortcut 10. Delete 11. Rename 12. Properties 13. Close These were all I saw within this menu. There was still no Enqueue and play option. I don't understand why this isn't working. I found a blog post that someone who had this same problem. The only difference was that they didn't have ths issue until they switched from Windows XP to Windows 7. They said that when they used this option with XP, it worked fine. I have XP, so I'm not sure why things aren't working for me. I've pasted the blog posting below so that you can see what I'm referring to. I'm just an average computer user, so I don't really mess around with my operating system's settings. The reason I'm trying to get Winamp to place a track directly below an already existing one, is because I'm in the process of trying to get a dj position with ACB Radio, and they use Winamp for broadcasting. Being able to insert tracks erlier in the playlist rather than at the bottom of it, is ecential, especially if people email me with requests. This way, I'll be able to play what they ask for in a more reasonable time frame without them having to wait through multiple songs. It seems like it should be a simple thing to figure out, but then you know how technology is (smile) Hope the blog post will make at least a little sense. Thanks for taking the time to assist me with this. Mike Rochester, NY. Winamp in other Languages Winamp Web | Add-ons | Blog | Forums | Help header_form Search for Add-ons, Help and More Search Home Media Players Skins Plug-ins Online Services Radio Community Help Download Winamp Forums Home Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Members List FAQ Register Rules Go Back Winamp Forums Winamp Winamp Technical Support Reload this Page Enqueue In Winamp not showing in context menu for files - SOLUTION User Name User Name Remember Me? Password Enter your username and password in the boxes provided to login, or click the 'register' button to create a profile for yourself. Reply Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes Old 6th March 2011, 15:29 # 1 Mr. Weedy Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1 Enqueue In Winamp not showing in context menu for files - SOLUTION I used to have XP for quite some time and the enqueue in winamp used to show up in the context menu just fine. Then I moved on to Windows 7 and the enqueue in winamp option disappeared from the context menu even I had setup winamp correctly for it. After doing some digging, I narrowed down all the possible causes for this behavior to one program and one simple solution to bring the Enqueue in Winamp back to the context menu. And that one program which is messing the enqueue in winamp in the context menu is Windows Media Player. It seems that somehow it uses brute force to take over all enqueue options for audio files to itself. (Or the context menu simply has hardcoded limit how many options it can show in the first section) But whatever the case is the solution is here. BEHOLD THE SIMPLE SOLUTION: 1. At first you want to make sure your winamp is setup correctly. That means you have Show Winamp in the folder context menus in Windows Explorer option selected under Options - Preferences - File Types. i/winamp01.png/ 2. Then go to the Shell Options and make sure you have Enqueue in Winamp selected for files. In the following picture you can also see that even the options are selected the Enqueue in Winamp isn't showing on the context menu. i/winamp02.png/ 3. The you need to follow this simple guide how to disable Windows Media Player aka WMP from showing in the context menu. http://windows7themes.net/how-to-rem...text-menu.html And just in case that site for some reason disappears I'll quote it here: Quote: Remove Windows Media Player from Context Menu in Windows 7 Windows 7 can do much more than many people think. Do you know of the Default Programs control panel for example? 1. Click on Start and click on Default Programs (optionally enter default programs into the search field) 2. This where you can set many of the default programs in Windows 7, file associations, autoplay settings and much more. 3. Click on Set program access and computer defaults: Choose Windows 7 Default Programs 4. Click on the option Custom 5. Scroll down until you find the entry Choose a default media player 6. Uncheck the options Enable access to this program for Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player Default Windows 7 Media Player You have now successfully removed the entry Add to Windows Media Player list and also Buy Music online. 4. If you did everything correctly,
