Larry, Place one of the following lines in the target field of the propeties dialogue of a Windows shortcut, substituting the URL of the stream you want to hear for the one I give, and choosing the appropriate player, of course. Then, just click on the shortcut. Good luck. - Dana
"C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe" http://66.225.205.59:80/ "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:1 http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/music/wprb100K.asx "C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\realplay.exe" /startpos:00:00:00.0 http://www.wbez.org/audio_library/ram/livefeed/livefeed.ram ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry N" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:05 PM Subject: Re: Winamp security problem Dana, can you please tell me how to create the kind of shortcut that you've mentioned here? Thanks in advance, Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:14 PM Subject: Re: Winamp security problem Some people claim to have a hack that allows Winamp to play WMA streams. But, personally, I have never been able to get it to work reliably. But, when it comes to streams, I don't really care much which player gets used. I just create my own windows shortcut pointing to the required player, and giving the desired URL as its argument. That way, I hardly ever need to deal with the player's own user interface. But I rip all my CDs to my hard drive, and, when using a player as a jukebox, I find Winamp's user interface much more accessible and convenient than either WMP, Realplayer, or ITunes. 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: "Larry N" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Winamp security problem I agree with you there. When playing media from my own hard drive I use Winamp too. However I've never encountered a WMA or ASX stream that was playable in Winamp. And since .asx is the format of choice of many streaming media services, I actually use Windows Media quite a lot. There is also the fact that Winamp has grown tremendously over the years, taking up much more drive space than it once did. One related question. Do all earlier versions of Winamp carry the security risk, or is that restricted to 5.12? Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Winamp security problem Winamp is still my preferred player. I use WMP only when a stream is available only in either Winnows Media or Real Audio Formats. but, for playing media from my own hard drive, nothing beats Winamp. 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: "Peter Scanlon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: Winamp security problem > > > > "Winamp used to be the world's most popular MP3 player and is still > quite > >popular, but as Windows Media Player has gotten better, some users have > >migrated over," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology > >officer, > As a blind user I found Windows Media Player awkward so a long time ago I > decided to use Winamp. 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