[macvoiceover] Re: getting quick time to play .pls files
- From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:43:05 -0400
more on this, as I stated in my message, the only reason to change the file
association would be if the app did not provide support for vo. It is easy
to somewhere down the line forget you've changed a file association and then
wonder why something is broken because of it. If you want to use quicktime
instead of ITunes for some reason, open qt, open the file from there. Oh,
it's your blessed computer, but if you want to save yourself a lot of grief,
don't mess with the way it does thing too much. We already have people who
have taken their macs back because they ruined them due to lack of adherence
to good instruction from others on the lists. We have folk who are still
asking questions about how to fix something they broke contrary to the
suggestions of those on the list who have been there and done that.
The instructions for changing the association have already been provided so
I did not provide in any of my messages and I agree with those who wish to
help by providing info that corrects false assumptions. You cannot expect
The Mac to act like windows unless it does. Unlike windows, the Mac os is
built sharply and efficiently so unless there is some really equatable
reason to do so, changing its behaviour is counterproductive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 8:36 AM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: getting quick time to play .pls files
He's a windows user. he would benefit from following our lead and
suggestions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Schmude" <j.schmude@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 8:19 AM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: getting quick time to play .pls files
Look guys, I think he already said he didn't really want to use iTunes
for this. Honestly, insisting that someone do things a certain way
that they already said they weren't interested in at this time is a
good way to put them off. Some people don't need or want a large media
player with a library and such, they just want to play files and
streams. That's it. And they have every right to not use iTunes if
they don't want to, though I usually don't see people giving up iTunes
once they've really started using it.
On Oct 6, 2008, at 05:14, David Poehlman wrote:
> ITunes is actually your best bet. Learning ITunes takes a few
> inutes at
> most.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marty Rimpau" <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 2:36 AM
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: getting quick time to play .pls files
>
>
> Hi Cheryl, right now, I just want to play my streams, and I wish that
> the mac was set up to where it would ask you which player you want to
> open the file with, rather than this, taking over file types the way
> windows does. What if I want to go to my radio short cuts folder, and
> find the station I want to hear myself? Right now, I don't want to go
> the i-tunes route, because I had heard that quick time is on my
> system,
> and if I need i-tunes later, I'll get it, but just blindly telling
> somebody to learn i-tunes is to me, for a brand new mac user,
> inappropriate, because we all have our own ways of doing things, and
> maybe I'll learn i-tunes later, but for now, there's no law that
> says I
> have to have a nano or an ipod, or anything like that, and my response
> is not meant to be mean, but these players shouldn't automatically
> take
> over your file types for you.
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:07:21 -0500 (CDT), Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>
> Marty:
> ITunes doesn't start a library in a store; it builds your library on
> your
> computer and you can have complete control of it. If you do
> command-comma
> when in itunes, you will find the preferences you can set; by using
> vokeys-space on different items in the toolbar in preferences you will
> find various preferences you can set. Btw the majority of Macosx
> applications have preferences which can be reached with command-comma.
>
> ITunes doesn't pressure you to buy things; if you have it set up
> right,
>
> you'll only go to the store if you want to do so and once in the
> store,
>
> you can search and listen and explore all you want without being
> pressured
> to buy.
>
> While you certainly can use various applications to play music, I
> strongly
> urge you to learn itunes. This program has changed from one that used
> to
> be almost totally inaccessible unless you knew certain workarounds to
> being extremely accessible. I can now find my albums, add to and
> delete
>
> from my library, make playlists, etc. etc. etc. Obviousloy you got
> into
> a
> situation with the store that you didn't know how to get out of but
> that
> shouldn't mean you never use iTunes again.
>
>
>
> --
> Cheryl
>
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
>
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