Re: Plug-Ins and Radio Stations
- From: Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreenlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:35:59 -0800 (PST)
And that's fine with me. Because my whole reason for
wanting to listen to it in WinAmp was to be able to
change the volume independent to Jaws. A friend shows
me how to do this in Windows Media Player, and now I'm
set. Thanks Reg and all for your help.
Sharonda
--- Chris Skarstad <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
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