Re: Plug-Ins and Radio Stations
- From: Chris Skarstad <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:18:30 -0600
I think in some instances folks, that we're all just gonna have to admit
that it's not possible to use Winamp to listen to some windows media streams.
I have one I wanted to listen to yesterday. I followed the instructions
provided and couldn't get it to work at all in Winamp. I got it working
just fine in Windows Media though, so it might be better to just use the
sollution that you know for a fact works, rather than messing around with
one that doesn't, trying to get it to work. I mean why spend all that time
pulling your hair out when you could be sitting back enjoying some great music?
Yes yes I know it's not Winamp, but that's life guys.
At 04:32 PM 11/29/2004, you wrote:
>Reg, thanks for these instructions. I'm not meaning to
>be bothersome. However, the stations that I'm wanting
>to play, in doing what was said, I didn't see a .asf
>or .asx file. Maybe I should provide the stations for
>further assistance. They are:
>Winds of Praise
>www.windsofpraise.com
>and
>All Worship (the second station on the site)
>www.allworship.com
>Thanks.
>Sharonda
>--- Reg Webb <reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Sharonda
> >
> > Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreenlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> > >I really want to play Windows Media streams
> > through Winamp. What should
> > I be doing?
> >
> > Reg replies:
> >
> > OK, as I said, and as the original poster says, this
> > isn't just one push
> > of a button but if, as you say, you "Really want to
> > play Windows Media
> > streams with Winamp", then here is Aman's account of
> > how you do it.
> > Pasted text follows.
> >
> > This isn't pretty, and I have no doubt
> > there are better ways to
> > do it, but here's how I get the MMS stream URL from
> > the CBC and other
> > WMP sites. The WMP URL display usually does not
> > work, as it truncates
> > the URL.
> >
> > I'll use CBC radio 1 as an example. Note that with
> > CBC in
> > particular, you can skip steps 1 through 5, because
> > they offer the URLs
> > to their ASX files on a separate page. Most sites
> > don't do this,
> > however, so steps 1-5 are needed to find the URL. In
> > the same way, many
> > sites use .asx files which are not embedded in a
> > player window, so steps
> > 1-5 may be bypassed by one press of enter to bring
> > the ASX file up.
> >
> > 1. First, go to
> > http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html
> > and click, or hit enter on, the Toronto link. Here,
> > a new window
> > opens with their embedded player in it, and the
> > stream should start
> > playing.
> >
> >
> > 2. Hit your right mouse button in this new window.
> > One of the options in
> > the menu you bring up by doing so is "view source"
> > which you can also
> > access by hitting v. Note that you can do this as
> > soon as the window
> > opens, and I'd recommend this, as you don't want the
> > stream to start
> > playing and to then have a screen reader which you
> > can't hear due to the
> > stream.
> >
> > 3. Once you've selected "view source" from the
> > context menu, you'll get
> > notepad opening with the source you've chosen to
> > view. You can alt+tab
> > back to the player window and close that window now,
> > and should probably
> > do so, since the stream will start, or has already
> > started, and closing
> > the window will give your screen reader a quiet
> > environment. Alt+tab
> > back to your source in notepad.
> >
> > 4. You don't need to bother with the HTML, just
> > search for one of the
> > following strings. First, search for
> > mms://
> > If you find this, you've got your MMS URL,
> > and can jump to step
> > 10.
> >
> > 5. If you don't find this, which you won't in the
> > CBC file, search for
> > http://
> > You will almost certainly find this string multiple
> > times in the
> > file. The only URLs we're interested in end in the
> > letters asx or asf.
> > For example, in the CBC file, you'll find the first
> > occurrence of
> > http:// saying:
> >
>codebase=3D"http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp
> > 2inf. Needless to say, there is no .asf or .asx
> > there. The second
> > occurrence is what we're looking for:
> >"http://origin.www.cbc.ca/mrl2/livemedia/cbcr1-toronto.asx";
> >
> > 6. Now that you've found that URL, enter it into the
> > run dialogue of the
> > start menu or the open dialogue of Internet
> > Explorer, without its
> > quotation marks. You will get a file to download
> > called
> > cbcr1-toronto.asx
> >
> > Save it where you usually save your downloaded
> > files. Alternatively, if
> > you've skipped steps 1-5, you'll get the same
> > dialogue, just much more
> > easily. Again, just save the .asx file.
> >
> > 7. Go to that file you've downloaded and rename it
> > with a txt extension.
> > That is,
> > cbcr1-toronto.asx
> > becomes
> > cbcr1-toronto.asx.txt
> >
> > 8. Hit enter on the file. You'll be put into notepad
> > with the file open.
> > Again, you need to look for either
> > MMS://
> > or
> > HTTP://
> >
> > If you find a MMS://, skip to step 10. However, in
> > this file, you should
> > find:
> >
>"http://mfile2.akamai.com/9617/live/reflector:36859.asx?bkup=3D36860";
> >
> > 9. Repeat steps 6-8 with this URL. Note that
> > the CBC is unusual in
> > that they have multiple ASX files (usually, there's
> > one ASX file which
> > leads straight to the MMS URL, which is what you
> > want).
> >
> > 10. You should now have:
> >
>"mms://a860.l961736859.c9617.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/860/9617/v0001/refle
> > ctor:36859"
> >
> > Again, we're only interested in the stuff between
> > the quotation marks,
> > so remove those. Change the mms:// to http:// and
> > add /.wma to the
> > end of the URL. This URL can be entered into Winamp
> > and bookmarked
> > securely.
> >
> > Hope that's somewhat helpful. Looking over it, I see
> > that I've made it
> > sound more complicated than it is. It takes about
> > two minutes to do, and
> > is easy enough once you get the hang of it. Sorry if
> > I've made it more
> > complicated than it needs to be, and if anyone knows
> > of a simpler or
> > faster way to get Winamp to play ASX files without
> > tinkering or to get
> > URLs out of embedded players, indeed, if anyone
> > knows of a simpler or
> > faster way to get any of this done, I'd love to hear
> > of it.
> >
> >
> > Aman
> >
> > --
> > Reg Webb
> > Website:
> > http://www.regwebb.com
> > To post a message to the list, send it to
> > winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send
> > a message to:
> > winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word
> > unsubscribe in the subject line.
> > Archives located at:
> > //www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind>
> > If you have any concerns about the list, post
> > received from the list, or
> > the way the list is being run, do not post them to
> > the list directly. Instead, please contact
> > the list owners at
> > winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
>
>
>=====
>"...give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to
>the children of men!" Psa 107:8 (NLV)
>To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to:
>winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the
>subject line.
> Archives located at:
>//www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind>
> If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or
>the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly.
>Instead, please contact
>the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To post a message to the list, send it to winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send a message to:
winamp4theblind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject
line.
Archives located at:
//www.freelists.org/archives/winamp4theblind>
If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or
the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list directly. Instead,
please contact
the list owners at winamp4theblind-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Other related posts:
