I've never tried Fubar.
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From: Kevin Minor kmi...@windstream.net
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Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 12:05 AM
Subject: Getting Winamp from Ninite.com was RE: Where do you get Winamp
Pro?was RE: Winamp Shutting
Maybe that's also why I mentioned the ITunes player, because I don't know
how accessible it is. People mention Fubar, but I've never tried it, so I
don't know how accessible it is compared to Winamp. Maybe the reason are
hooked on Winamp, is because of the Winamp keystrokes that people find
think about it mate, when wibnamp shuts down, no more winamp updates.
You'll just have to keep using the version you have now forever, or
until there's a version of windows that no longer supports winamp, and
the next version won't be out until at least 2015. I'd not upgrade
then, until the
So in other words - if Winamp ceases to exist - its much ado about nothing
given there are alternatives out there.
And by the way the software is called iTunes and not iTunes player.
On 21 Nov 2013, at 8:23 pm, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote:
Maybe that's also why I mentioned the ITunes
More info on where to find the movies? Are they religious related?
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From: Robert Doc Wright
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Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: players that use shoutcast
I have a shoutcast server and on tuesdays and
Hi, for anybody in the united kingdom, they are repeating the whole
of each day on sports extra the next day. at eleven o'clock mid morning. brian.
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Is there a program that will let you put your DVDS on your computer simular to
how iTunes does for your music CDS?
I am using Windows7 and will be using Jaws 15, when I get it.
Thanks very much for any help! Vicky
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Yes I can understand where you're coming from there, iTunes is not my main
player, I use VLC to play CD'S and just about everything else given that VLC
allows for better quality audio as it uses its own audio decoders and encoders,
can easily play a wider variety of formats etc.
Where itunes
Dane thinks that all anyone needs is what he needs. I wrote to the list a
few months ago asking for a portable recorder that could append and
overwrite, and he unhelpfully wrote back that I don't need those features.
Apparently he didn't communicate this pearl of wisdom to the makers of
I'm missing something here, what have portable recorders and so on got to do
with Winamp?
On 22 Nov 2013, at 9:06 am, Dave Scrimenti dscrime...@comcast.net wrote:
Dane thinks that all anyone needs is what he needs. I wrote to the list a few
months ago asking for a portable recorder that
The last message from Chris got me wondering, what do people think of iTunes
match?
I use it here all the time and have found it very useful and not just for
syncing my music library between 5 computers and 3 IOS devices.
Some time ago I was sampling some LP records, I scanned the covers and
Only thing that worries me is if I will still have access to the Gracenote
Database for tagging..
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From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 7:55 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: The World Ends With The Demise Of Winamp
No reason why you
Many folks do find it difficult ploughing through all the crap on web sites
to find stuff.
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From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 8:01 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: The World Ends With The Demise Of Winamp
Well indeed I could but how
Gracenote is found in many different Media Players including iTunes.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 9:23 am, Peter Scanlon sca...@tpg.com.au wrote:
Only thing that worries me is if I will still have access to the Gracenote
Database for tagging..
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It has nothing to do with Winamp per se. It was simply an example of your
generally dismissive attitude of the needs of others on the list. As I said,
you made some good points in that post, but in such a sarcastic,
condescending manner, the reader might overlook them.
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I had never paid much attention to this software either, I'm pleasantly
surprised at what it can do and it has the power of iTunes in many respects
with its playlist functionality and so on.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 9:30 am, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote:
To be honest, I haven't looked at
URL is?
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From: Robert Doc Wright
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: players that use shoutcast
Not all. tuesdays are more colorful movies and Fridays are family movies.
***
When you give unto
WMP, try ctrl+shift+f. Hold ctrl+shift and keep pressing f.
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From: Dane Trethowan
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: ITunes Player
I had never paid much attention to this software either, I'm pleasantly
Well, I'm not in a position to be able to use an audio system. My PC and
the headphones I use to listen to music are my audio system. So the only
bass and treble controls I have are in whatever player I use to play music.
Hence my concern with an equalizer.
I do intend to check out iTunes
Exactly so. It isn't as though Winamp is just going to go poof on December
20. I will find another player eventually, but I expect to be using Winamp
for a while, maybe quite a while, after the updates stop. The bookmarks will
still work, (they are often the same as those for iTunes anyway),
Sorry, lost track of my eMail but I think someone was looking for the URL for
this?
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
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Thanks.
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From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: ITunes Player
Course you can! you'll also find a directory of Internet radio streams.
You can use the
I don't think you understand; while these players may be accessible, will
they allow one to do _all_ the things that Winamp does? Wil they, for
example, start listening to a file; then you have to stop in the middle;
will they let you go in and pick up right where you left off? Windows Media
Thank you for the heads up Gary. Please all check it out and let us know
what you think. We're not asking you to abandon your player of choice;
we're just asking you to check it out and maybe you will like it and
have it in your arsenal of players.
E-mail Facebook and iMessage
shoutcast is used for broadcasting streams over the internet.
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matters not for your job is Complete and your rewards forthcoming.
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From: shyam sharma shyam371...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio
Itunes certainly has an equaliser though I'm not sure how many bands
are featured.
This is only me but the playing of files and formats and accessibility
is more important to me than equalisers, if worst comes to worst and
you're into that sort of thing then you can adjust bass and treble
VLC supports this.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 7:54 am, Robert Doc Wright godfea...@wrighthere.net wrote:
shoutcast is used for broadcasting streams over the internet.
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When you give unto others whether or not they give to you in return, It
matters not for your job is Complete and your
Other rippers use GraceNote. I’m an iTunes man lately but I don’t think
GraceNote is depending on Winamp so you should be able to find other means of
accessing tag info.
On Nov 21, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Peter Scanlon sca...@tpg.com.au wrote:
Only thing that worries me is if I will still have
Well done sir, I know exactly how you feel.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 7:46 am, Kevin Cussick
the.big.white.sheph...@googlemail.com wrote:
Sense at last well put. sick of this trash about win amp cluttering my inbox.
can't wait till 20th DEC.
On 21/11/2013 16:18, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Okay so
Speaking of iTunes, if anyone's interested in finding out more then you can
purchase some excellent tutorials on iTunes, one is called Take Control of
iTunes, not sure if a Windows version is available but a version for the Mac
certainly is and iTunes for Mac and Windows are very similar.
On
may be, since you so enjoy looking things up yourself, you could give us
some more direct links for some of these accessible players that do play
many different file types, or the add ons for them to do so please, as not
all of us like spending hours looking stuff up.
Simon
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Some Media Players use Music Brains, CDDB or both but not all use Gracenote,
the reason being that Gracenote charge for their database.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 9:35 am, Bradford Trainham bradford.train...@sbcglobal.net
wrote:
Other rippers use GraceNote. I’m an iTunes man lately but I don’t think
You can rip a DVD into a variety of video formats or to mp3 using the free
program Freemake Video Converter. Get it at:
www.freemake.com
Dean
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From: Vicky Vaughan
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:17 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: DVDS on your Windows7
Ladies and gentlemen,
I think more than enough has been said on the Winamp issue.
People are leaving the list and I'm getting complaints about
all the unnecessary messages. Also, If there's any more
sniping at each other I will ban the offenders from the list.
Now you see why I try to keep tight
Well indeed I could but how about you using your consumate skills and having a
go, I can assure you that Google won't blow your computer to pieces and you'll
find it most rewarding.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 8:01 am, goshawk on horseback
goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk wrote:
may be, since you
That's damn handy to know even for us in Australia as I had to miss some
of today's play yesterday.
I'm sure the same sort of thing is being done on the ABC Grandstand
Digital Radio channel here in Australia though that's only of use if you
have a Digital Radio, not sure of streaming
And then there's Foobar2000, the developer being an ex Winamp coder and
one of the ones who actually did the best of Winamp's work. Lighter in
weight than winamp but faster too, if you customize the keyboard
shortcuts you have, imho, the best audio player going, and its free.
On 11/21/2013
No reason why you can't, just it won't be updated etc as far as I can tell so
much ado about nothing smile.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 7:51 am, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote:
I couldn't really understand why we couldn't use the present Winamp we have.
- Original Message - From: Dane
If you wangt just the audio, then it's very simpal. DVD Audio extractor.
Now, if you're going the rout I believe you're going, then you'll have to
use something like hand break. This software can lead us to a really off
topic and fillisofical discosion, but the point is that this is the kind of
Didn't think it would be long before someone found another something apart from
the players we've been discussing smile.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 7:13 am, Gary Price(Gmail) gazwpr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone. This is Gary Price here.
I am writing to make you all aware of an excellent free
Not all. tuesdays are more colorful movies and Fridays are family movies.
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matters not for your job is Complete and your rewards forthcoming.
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From: Petro T. Giannakopoulos
To be honest, I haven't looked at Windows Media player lately since I
switched over to 7, but I am almost sure that Windows Media _does not_ have
a way to advance quickly through a file! If anyone can show me different,
I'd be pleased to learn of it!
Tom Kaufman
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From:
Hello everyone. This is Gary Price here.
I am writing to make you all aware of an excellent free audio player as
an alternative to Winamp.
This player is called SpeakOn. This is a media player, but it can do
lots of things.
Listen to Daisy books, download or listen to podcasts, listen to
Yes you can. I don't have iTunes myself, but I've been to sites that have
links to listen to streams that are marked iTunes and (often) Winamp, both
mentioned for the same stream. For example, you can set your Shoutcast
streams to play in iTunes. Sometimes they're mentioned in separate links,
Replay Radio 9 made by applian.com
Record internet radio stations, shows and more.
Record multiple streams silently in the background known as Direct Download.
If direct download method cannot be used then you can use record audio option.
Add stations, shows and podcasts via the radio guide to
I don't like spending hours looking stuff up, I do do other things as well.
Simon
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From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: The World Ends With The Demise
Okay so are you just saying that or have you actually tried and explored
other players.
For example I've just looked up Windows Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts
using my friend Google and discovered over 200 keyboard shortcuts.
I know VLC has hundreds of the damn things and even more if
I can assure you that iTunes and VLC have Graphic Equalisers in them and
I would imagine that Windows Media Player would have similar, some sound
cards and the Windows sound system itself usually offer bass and treble
controls though how accessible these may be can very much depend on the
Hi.
I think people aren't understanding what I'm asking. I know Winamp will
keep working after AOL stops supporting it. I have two things I'm wondering
about.
First, will it still be able to be retrieved from Ninite? When I got the
updater for Winamp from Ninite, and I updated Winamp with it,
and, don't forget MaPlEr, which can rip from CDS, has a talking clock,
can record *.mp3 files, convert from format to format, play a few of the
formats of files E.G. *.mp3, *.ogg, *.wav, and to check it out,
http://www.mar-dy.com/MaPlEr/MaPlEr.php
and it is extremely inexpensive to register.
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How accessible is this? Can it do Blu-ray Disks too?
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dean
Masters
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:30 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: DVDS on your Windows7 computer?
You can rip a DVD
Course you can! you'll also find a directory of Internet radio streams.
You can use the Open Url function to open a stream directly should you need
that or integrate iTunes with your favourite browser.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 5:09 am, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote:
You're right, but I'm just
Sense at last well put. sick of this trash about win amp cluttering my
inbox. can't wait till 20th DEC.
On 21/11/2013 16:18, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Okay so are you just saying that or have you actually tried and explored
other players.
For example I've just looked up Windows Media Player
I couldn't really understand why we couldn't use the present Winamp we have.
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From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: The World Ends With The Demise Of
Two things, firstly you're making generalisations when you talk of Winamp
supporting more file types, just have a look at some other players.
I had been under the impression that Windows Media Player wouldn't support FLAC
audio files but I've since discovered - thanks to Google once again
I'm with Evan on this one; if it's just a matter of them not putting out new
versions of Winamp; if we can keep using our current versions as we have,
then there's really no problem!
Tom Kaufman
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan
Another question would be which ones have a ten band equalizer.
Evan
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From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:19 AM
Subject: RE: ITunes Player
I don't think you understand;
Thanks.
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From: Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: ITunes Player
Yes you can. I don't have iTunes myself, but I've been to sites that have
links to listen to
There is iTunes for Windows/Mac.
I liked Winamp fine but switched to iTunes about 5 years ago and never went
back.
On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:
I use VLC and works well for me.
I'm sure there are thousands of other players out there and I'm
for a start, whilst you may like all that looking things up and customizing
stuff, not everyone does. at least with winamp, the keyboard shortcuts were
already there, and could all be found in the menus, with out having to go
through all of that looking up stuff.
winamp will play so many more
You're right, but I'm just wondering if you can use ITunes to listen to
streams, like you do with Winamp.
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From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: ITunes
No problem!
Up until recently I wouldn't have even suggested Windows users look at iTunes
but we've come a long way in a very short time, access has improved a hundred
fold, interface has been cleaned up and so on.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 7:12 am, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote:
Thanks.
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Doesn’t Winamp use GraceNote? I don’t think it’s part of Winamp as other
rippers use it too.
On Nov 20, 2013, at 10:56 PM, Alexandra Grünauer al.gruena...@gmx.de wrote:
What about the data base? I guess they'll shut it down as well. What other
data base except from Itunes and Freecddb can you
I'm very glad to hear it.
On 22 Nov 2013, at 8:07 am, goshawk on horseback
goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk wrote:
I don't like spending hours looking stuff up, I do do other things as well.
Simon
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From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC
Yes iTunes works brilliantly under Windows now than it ever has. I just
do not use it as a player but rather as an online catalogue for anything
audio and to import CDs which I later play in Winamp.
E-mail Facebook and iMessage
christopher...@gmail.com
On 21/11/2013 20:39, Dane Trethowan
I have a .mkv file and want to create an mp3 out of it. I have tried
Freemake video converter and Format Factory. both start and convert less
than a minute then quit.
Can anyone suggest a way I can convert this file?
Thanks,
Dean
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I put convert mkv mp3 in to startpage and got a lot of results, but don't
know which one works best. There are apparently a lot of converters out
there though. And of course, you could always just play the file and record
it with another program like Total Recorder.
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