Re: How does one listen to mp3 files

  • From: "Hank & Patty" <hank1patty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:43:48 -0400

Hello 

I did these steps you mention and it appeared that I was successful in placing 
a desired song in the email because when I completed these steps and was placed 
back in the body of the message where I could add more text or not the desired 
song started playing.  So with the desired song playhing I sent the email.

But when I went into my sent folder and opened up this email I had just sent 
with the desired song I wanted to play in the background, no song started 
playhing, I just saw the text of the email that I had typed, but no song began 
to play.  What gives?

Have I done it correctly to place a desired song in a email to be played 
automatically when opened or is there something I'm not doing correctly?  If 
you can plese help me out with this, I would much appreciate it.


Happy surfing 

Hank Merchant 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cougar/Steve Vandecar 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:07 PM
  Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files


  To put music on your email do the following:

  open a new message and press alt o for the format menu.

  Make sure rich text and html is check

  Then do alt o again to go to the format menu again and press b for
  background then s for sound or arrow up and down till you get the background
  then sound.

  Then tab once to browse then look for the sound you want

  Then tab to ok and you should have your sound there.

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Yardbird 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:54 AM
    Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files


    Francis,

    Here's how to set things up so that the file will play.  Once you do this, 
you won't have to do it again.  So don't be scared away by these instructions.

    First, find Windows Media Player on your system.  It is probably already 
there.  Let's assume it is.  Look for it under Start 
Menu/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment.  Just arrow down until you come to it. 
(You might wish to create either a hotkey or a desktop icon for this 
application for your convenience later, so you don't have to hunt for it again 
like that, but that is another topic).

    Now launch Windows Media Player (often referred to on a mailing list as 
WMP, for short).  

    Now you have to set it up so that it will always play an .mp3 file on your 
hard drive when you click on the filename.  To do that, go to the Tools menu by 
pressing alt T.  Use your up arrow to come to the Options item (it's actually 
near the bottom of the menu, but since you can cycle around and around in this 
menu list, going upward will bring you to it quickly).  Now open the submenu by 
pressing right arrow or Enter.

    You will now be in a sequence of "tabs," each of which is a menu related to 
one specific area of operation.  Use Control Tab to move to the Media types tab.

    Now if you want WMP to play everything audio you need played, from steaming 
audio online to an .mp3 file, just tab to the Select All button and hit Enter.  
If you want to choose only some audio formats and not others (no reason at this 
point in your experience, I'm guessing), someone else can probably help you do 
that.  But I suggest pressing Enter on Select All.  Now, I haven't done this 
for a while, so I forget if you have to then tab to OK and press Enter to make 
the settings permanent and make the menu close.  I think so.  Be careful to do 
this if it's the right thing.  You'll know if you press tab after selecting 
all, and come to an OK button.

    Okay.  Now you're set up.  Now, find the .mp3 file on your computer.  Use 
My Computer or Windows Explorer to go to wherever it is.  For instance, c:\my 
music\Christmas Carol.mp3.  With that filename selected (so that Jaws is 
speaking it when you land on it), press Enter.

    and now, WMP launches, and the file begins to play.

    There are more adjustments you can make, but this is the basic idea.

    I hope that helps.
    our curotab untilh
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steven Hicks 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:01 AM
    Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files


    Hello,

    you need a programme that will play .MP3 files, something like Microsoft 
windows media Player should do the job.
    You need to save the attachment then load it in to Microsoft media player.
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: francis 
      To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Cc: jfw free lists 
      Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:57 PM
      Subject: How does one listen to mp3 files


      hi folks, someone has sent me an email mp3 file but I can't hear it 
within outlook express 
      as it is not  set up properly, 
      can anyone help please?


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