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----- Original Message ----- From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:30 PM Subject: Re: What was the I Tunes fix? Thanks Ester for helping again. My issue is not the volume or much of the stuff you named but I kept it for future trouble shooting. I simply can't play podcast in I Tunes by pressing return on the unplayed podcast. It is my normal behavior to have three unplayed podcast and I would just press return on the episode and it would play and if I made a mistake and played one that wasn't downloaded it would give me a prompt to choose the location. This is really getting on my nerves and I want to throw this thing up against a wall or switch to VLC. I can go to the podcast folder and open the same item and play it in I Tunes with no problem, so I don't know what is a matter. On Feb 13, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Cheryl and Shaun, > > Marshall's instructions should work. Is it possible that the iTunes > volume is muted or set very low? Remember that iTunes has a > separate volume control, so if you used to have your computer's > speaker volume set very high, and your iTunes volume at 50%, > for example, if you've changed your computer's volume with the > F11, F12, etc keys (or F4 and F5 keys), then your iTunes volume > will also change. > > To check your iTunes volume, use Command+Option+f to move > to the "Search Text Field", then use VO-keys+left arrow. You > should hear the buttons for the three views: Cover Flow, Album > List, and Text List. The next VO-keys+left arrow should take you > to the full volume button. Try pressing that with VO-keys+space. > You might also try going to the volume slider, with the next > VO-keys+left arrow, and interacting. I once very weirdly found > that although my iTunes was set to full volume, I couldn't hear > any sound until I backed the slider down below 100% to 97% > or so. After sound returned there was no problem resetting it > to 100%. This was just after adding some files. If you VO-keys > +left arrow past the slider you reach the mute button. You don't > want to press this (smile). > > Sorry if the left arrowing directions are a bit odd, but the only > easy navigation point in iTunes I've found is Command+Option+f > to start from the Search Text Field, so I tend to use this whenever > I want to reorient myself in iTunes. > > Some other things to try: check that the selected file is really a > file that has audio content. iTunes supports PDF files. I know of > a couple of podcasts that have included PDFs with their regular > episodes: EscapePod and Podiobooks once included the > text of a new book on their podcast feeds, and one of the travel > podcast series by Rick Steves would occasionally include PDF > files of maps or supplemental information with their episodes. > Do a Get Info on the file either in iTunes (Command+i) or in > its Finder directory (Command+r is the keyboard shortcut to > show the file in a Finder window, or you can use the contextual > menu and select "Show in Finder"). If you work in iTunes you > want to check the Summary tab to make sure you don't have > "Kind: PDF Document", since it has probably been tagged with > the same keywords as a podcast file and can't be distinguished > by keywords. It's also possible to have PDF booklets associated > with albums in the library, although this is unlikely since iTunes > album purchases are still inaccessible. You could also check > whether double-clicking on the selected file (VO-keys+shift+space > -- I hold down the control, option, and shift keys and press the > spacebar twice quickly) works to start the file playing instead of > using the return key. (This is the way you would open the entry > if it were a PDF file. It would start up in its default app, which > would be Preview, and you would have to close the window > when you were finished reading.) > > If the item is a podcast, are you sure that the file has been > downloaded? Remember that the default is to only start > subscriptions with the most current episode. But if you > used the contextual menu to "Update Podcast" and get > a list of all the other episodes that are currently available > on the podcast feed, remember that episodes you haven't > downloaded will say "undownloaded podcast" at the end. > If they're not on your machine you can't play them! In order > to get these episodes you have to use the contextual > menu (VO-keys+shift+m) and select "Download Podcast > Episode". If the episode titles are very long, your user > may not wait to hear "undownloaded podcast" at the end. > > It sometimes helps to try first using Command+L to go to the > currently playing song, if you've previously been playing > tracks in iTunes. Then navigate the Songs outline from there. > > The only other time when I lose response in iTunes is > if I have been playing a video podcast, movie, or tv > episode -- anything that might involve displaying an > image on the screen and which doesn't finish. In those > cases if you stop or pause before the track finishes, > focus is still in the viewing screen, and can't return to > the iTunes songs outline. Pressing escape will get you > out of this mode. > > I think it's possible to press keyboard shortcut sequences > that are equivalent to using the Apple Remote on the > newer Macs. That would cycle you from iTunes to > another app, like iMovie. I don't remember the sequences > -- I'd have to sit down at a MacBook to find them out > again -- but that's another possibility. > > Sorry, can't think of anything else that's likely at the present. > Try these suggestions. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Feb 13, 2008, at 06:07AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> It appeared this fix worked for me but nor for a friend using tiger >> so I >> assumed that was the important variable; maybe not. Make sure >> before hitting >> enter that both your voiceover cursor and your keyboard are on the >> item; >> don't know if that will help but sometimes if they aren't on the >> same item >> hitting enter won't work. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >> OS X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:59 AM >> Subject: Re: What was the I Tunes fix? >> >> >>> This didn't work, but you can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Marshall F. Scott wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Try the following: >>>> 1. Select the appropriate item in the Sources table. >>>> 2. Move to and interact with the Songs table. >>>> 3. if necessary, expand the item you want to play. >>>> 4. Make sure the item is selected. >>>> 5. Press Enter. >>>> If this doesn't work, e-mail me privately and we'll discusss the >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> Marshall >>>> >>>> On Feb 12, 2008, at 8:29 AM, vashaun jones wrote: >>>> >>>>> Listers, what was the fix for I Tunes when you can't click on a >>>>> podcast >>>>> or item to play it? When I press enter on a item that I want to >>>>> play >>>>> nothing happens. Can someone help? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Marshall F. scott >>>> University of Utah - CVRTI >>>> 95 South 2000 East >>>> Salt Lake City, UT 84112 >>>> Phone: (801) 587-9523 >>>> Fax: (801) 581-3128 >>>> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Skype: scott9576a >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >
