Hi Larry, Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I was out of the house yesterday, and so I couldn't respond. However, it sounds like you had some success by restoring. Sorry I mixed you up with someone else who I was talking to about Station Playlist; I thought it was you. Smile I was going to suggest that you simply reinstall Winamp rather than bother tinkering with the plugins folder since it's fairly easy to start from scratch. Here is the link to my copy of the Winamp installer should you need it:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ci9v2isi14dpqti/winamp5666_full_all.exe?dl=1 I hope you continue to have a stable Winamp experience. Just to follow up on your comment that Window-Eyes seems to be breaking down for you, I have to say that I am having no difficulties using it on the most recent version of Windows 10. To be clear, I did have to remove several apps in order to prevent error messages from appearing, but, once done, all it well. Anyway, keep us posted on new developments. Smile All the best, Rod Sent from Outlook for Windows -----Original Message----- From: Talk <talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail....@lists.window-eyes.com> On Behalf Of Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: February 25, 2020 7:32 AM To: Rod Hutton via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Cc: Larry Higgins <larryhiggin...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: A big problem with Winamp, help please! Rod, I am not using Station Playlist, at least not to my knowledge <smile> , only Winamp. The only audio program of any significant that I am using regularly is Total Recorder, and that still handles .mp3 files both from without and within. Same with Groove Music and WMP. They each will bring up both file formats from File Explorer without problems . While tabbing through the long file extensions list yesterday, I noticed that there were other extensions with the URL file handler designation as well. There was one with a numeric extension that I had never heard of as well as a couple of og* like extensions. But I found it curious that .ogg itself was nowhere to be foun in that listd. I did also try playing an .ogg file from a list presented via Cortana, and also got the strange designation, and it, like .mp3 would not play through Explorer. You can bet that there is nobody whom I would trust more than you concerning these issues. Please send me the folder and I will give it a perusal before I take the step toward restoration <smile>. Thanks, Larry On 2/25/2020 4:46 AM, Rod Hutton via Talk wrote: > Hi Larry, > > I know that you are using Station Playlist, something about which I have no > experience, and so I am thinking it is influencing your situation. > However, it may be simply that some component of the plugins folder has gone > missing or been corrupted. > First things first, though, and so I must ask if you are certain that you are > using the output plugin which you have always used, that is, one which is > capable of playing mp3 files. > I am certain that you know how to check the current output plugin, but just > to be sure that you have checked this first. > Certainly reinstalling Winamp will put things back in order, but perhaps a > simpler solution would be to compare your plugin folder with mine and at > least know that you have all the necessary files in order to make the default > output plugins work properly. > I can certainly zip up my folder and send it along if you want it. > Performing surgery on running software can be a bit of a brain tease, but I > have learned a lot about how Winamp works to say that I have enough > experience to solve a lot of problems. > Of course, I know my needs, and they are quite simple and specific. > However, as you know, I have learned enough about Window-Eyes apps to solve > quite a few problems. > I even wrote my own Winamp script, which is how I was able to diagnose the > little punctuation problem you were having with Jeff Bishop’s app a while > back. > It is really a matter of how much time and effort you want to expend digging > into your problem, and there is really only so much someone else can do to > help you on your machine while they are only sitting in front of their > machine, not yours. > Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you. > > Take care, > > Rod > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Feb 24, 2020, at 11:37 PM, Larry Higgins via Talk >> <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: >> >> Oh yeah Rod, Winamp is the default for .mp3 files. It always has been. The >> weirdness of it all is that the nature of the .mp3 file has been changed >> to something else. Only God knows what. What I've been getting when >> running them is another description namely - Winamp URL Command Handler, and >> there is no such choice given either in Winamp settings, or in Windows. I >> have tried changing the setting both in Windows properties and default app >> settings in settings, but to no avail. I can't seem to change these settings >> in Winamp at all, there seems to be no way to actually select them. This >> situation is most unusual to say the least. This only started happening this >> morning, so I am really at a loss as to what might be going on. >> >> The only thing I can think of to do for it is to use system restore, and see >> if maybe the registry hasn't become corrupted. >> >> Someone on another list suggested that there might be some files that winamp >> might preserve in case people wish to simply reinstall, but nevertheless >> keep their settings, and I can certainly see that as a possibility. I can't >> decide if I should once again uninstall Winamp and then go to the various >> folders that pertain to Winamp and delete all of them in order to make sure >> I really get a clean restart, but I dunno. If you have any suggestions, I'd >> be very happy to hear them. >> >> Oh well, I'm pretty tired of it now, so will take this on tomorrow. >> >> Wish me luck. I'm sure gonna miss Winamp if I can't solve this problem. >> >> I'm definitely gonna miss WE, but I'm coming close to just having to let it >> go. It just hasn't functioned well since bringing the computer home the >> other day. >> >> I attempted to update my HP Pavilion through the support assist, but after >> doing so, I couldn't load Windows. Anyway, all of this is making me a little >> on the nervous side. >> >> Oh well, will put it all to bed for now, including me. >> >> Good to hear from you. >> >> >>> On 2/24/2020 5:22 PM, Rod Hutton via Talk wrote: >>> Hi Larry, >>> >>> I would say that somehow Winamp is no longer your default application for >>> playing mp3 files. >>> Windows hasn’t changed that much such that you can still go to a folder and >>> use the context key and use the options to change the default program for >>> opening them. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> >>> Rod >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>>> On Feb 24, 2020, at 1:19 PM, Larry Higgins via Talk >>>>> <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: >>>> thought I'd better make that correction. >>>> >>>>> On 2/24/2020 12:11 PM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: >>>>> Hello listers, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And I sure hope you can help me with this one. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> For some reason, as of earlier this morning, Winamp wants to treat my >>>>> .mp3 files as if they are audio streams. I hear something, or did, >>>>> like"URL file handler file type," and the files will no longer play. If I >>>>> load an mp3 audio stream that uses an m3u file, it will load that stream, >>>>> just not regular mp3 files. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Please don't tell me I should move to another player, because I'm sure >>>>> that either this issue or another could arise when using Foobar, or any >>>>> other player for that matter. I stick with it because Jeff Bishops app >>>>> works so well. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I know that very soon, I'll have to give up on WE altogether, because >>>>> after recently getting my computer back from the shop, WE seems to be >>>>> falling apart before my very ears. Right now I am in the middle of a >>>>> project, and I really would like to be able to use Winamp to play mp3 >>>>> files as usual. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Larry >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >>>>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>>> >>>>> For membership options, visit >>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. >>>>> For subscription options, visit >>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>>> List archives can be found at >>>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >>>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>>> >>>> For membership options, visit >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40hotmail.com. >>>> For subscription options, visit >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>>> List archives can be found at >>>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >>> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>> >>> For membership options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. >>> For subscription options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> List archives can be found at >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40hotmail.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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