But they seem to be using AOL's facilities to carry their stream, somehow. As I said, I originally found their stream by searching the AOL with XM section of Winamp's library, and, when you go to www.wqxr.com and follow the links to their stream, you're taken to a sign up page for AOL.
Blessed Be, Dana that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: dsleslie Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:38 PM Subject: Re: winamp problem > hi. WQXR is not an xm station. They do their own content and don't > rebroadcast stuff, accept for news channels and some sports. > > At 11:35 AM 10/10/2005, you wrote: >>Dana, >>Hmm, I didn't know that WQXR was one of the XM choices. Maybe i'll try >>to >>find that, though i'm still not real good at pasting in URL's to the >>Winamp >>address bar or whatever it's called. For this station maybe I'll just >>stick >>to the regular radio, lol. Of course, maybe there's a variant of >>www.wqxr.com, but no, that's probably too simple, right? nothing like a >>little wishful thinking. >> >>Thanks for your response. I'm still not sure I understand whether this XM >>or AOL content is free or not and under what conditions. it's frustrating >>to have to register for things before you know what you are agreeing to, >>and >>then of course there's the chance it won't work. Oh well, no such thing >>as >>a free radio station or something, lol. >> >>Susan >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:25 PM >>Subject: Re: winamp problem >> >> >> > Susan, >> > >> > Well, I don't fully understand it, either. but, when Winamp 5.1 was >> > released, a couple of months ago, there was a new subsection in the >> > Online >> > Streams section of the Library, where you could find AOL with XM >> > streams. >> > I >> > found a stream in there for WQXR, the New York Times' classical music >> > station. I bookmarked it, and I was able to copy the URL from the edit >> > bookmarks dialogue to my web page. The stream still plays fine, whether >> > I >> > use the bookmark or the link I created on my web page. but, apparently, >> > several of us, at least, can no longer find this section of the Winamp >> > library. Actually, just at the moment, I'm having trouble navigating >> > the >> > library, at all. Ever since 5.1 was introduce, JAWS would continually >> > lose >> > focus as one tabbed away from the main treeview in the library, and >> > then >> > tried to get back to it. One would have to use the JAWS cursor to find >> > the >> > items on the treevew, then click on them and route pc to JAWS. Bt, just >> > since this morning, I can't even find the treeview. something is VERY >> > screwed up! I'll have to get a sighted person to take a look, tomorrow. >> > >> > If you're interested, here is the URL I found for WQXR, it's very long >> > and >> > very ugly, and you have to get it all into Winamp's location bar, until >> > you >> > bookmark it. But I still have no idea how the URL is structured, or how >> > it >> > might help you to infer the URLs of other Xm streams that will play in >> > Winamp: >> > >> uvox://64.236.34.107:5190/stream/13270?auth_token=r%3D2113823%26sid%3D12770%26expires%3D1126760580065%26csum%3D2cd01f29f7b603749d5c100cdf2f2429&uid=WA-287F2030C25141DC83537812639D1992&sessid=29D12D3CCEFB4A27A0B2D4ED5D8FFB58 >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Susan Wojtecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:46 AM >> > Subject: Re: winamp problem >> > >> > >> >> Gail and Dana, >> >> I'm a little confused as to the relationship between the XM stations >> >> and >> >> AOL >> >> and the player through which they are accessed. I mean, I was under >> >> the >> >> impression that those with an XM account could only play the streams >> >> through >> >> Windows Media. I had an account but canceled it since I found I had >> >> long >> >> buffering times on many occasions and sometimes couldn't seem to >> >> access >> >> streams at all, though maybe I didn't try long or hard enough to solve >> >> this >> >> problem. Bottom line was that I couldn't see paying for a service I >> >> wasn't >> >> able to access. >> >> >> >> >> >> However, after they did this deal with AOL this summer, I tried to >> >> find >> >> out >> >> how it worked but couldn't get definitive information. I assume that >> >> they >> >> want you to download an AOL player which you pay for? Does this mean >> >> that >> >> AOL takes over your ISP? I have good cable service and this is not >> >> something I'd want to have happen. Dana, are you saying that there is >> >> a >> >> way >> >> to use Winamp as the player of choice listening to these streams? >> >> That >> >> would seem to be ideal for me since I think the buffering problems I >> >> had >> >> are >> >> somehow related to WMP 10 though am not completely certain. Would >> >> appreciate if you or other good folks could clarify, lol, i'm >> >> definitely >> >> confused. >> >> >> >> Susan >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> >> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 10:16 PM >> >> Subject: Re: winamp problem >> >> >> >> >> >>> Ah, I stand corrected. Since I use the AOL service for my ISP, it is >> >>> easy >> >>> for >> >>> me to go to AOL radio on their main screen, so I didn't look for that >> >>> feature >> >>> in the Winamp library. But Winamp probably doesn't have all the AOL >> >>> radio >> >>> features. If I know AOL, they're probably using it as an advertising >> >>> ploy >> >>> to >> >>> convince more people to switch to their full service. I like their >> >>> service >> >>> but I >> >>> wouldn't try to talk anyone into switching just because of their >> >>> radio >> >>> feature. >> >>> >> >>> Gail >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>> >> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> >> >>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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