Re: Windows Media Streams & Winamp

  • From: Dan <va3ets@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:14:18 -0500

Hi Rob, I've got windows media player 10, and when I try to open one of 
those streams, it says some codecs are missing or something.  I have no 
idea why
at 05:56 PM 11/6/2004, Rob Robinson wrote:
>Hi Anne. There are two ways you can go with this. The easiest way, and that
>which will cause less headaches, is to just let Windows Media PLayer play
>the stream. The second way, which creates more work, is to let windows media
>player open the stream, and then save the playlist to the hard drive. This
>will save it as a *.asf file. You then open the file with notepad, and
>gretrieve the address that way. Normally, you are looking for either an
>http:// address, or one starting with mms:
>If you find the one with mms:, then copy it into winamp using the ctrl for
>the open dialogue, and thenreplace the mms: with http:, and put a .wma at
>the end of the whole thing. See what I mean, letting windows media player
>open it is just a whole lot easier. Good luck, either way!
>
>Sincerely,
>Robert Robinson
>robert.trj@xxxxxxxxx
>MSN Screen Name:
>robert.trj@xxxxxxxxx
>Canadian Amateur Station
>va3trj
>va3trj@xxxxxx
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>http://www.va3kvd.ca/vhara
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ann" <mylists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 10:46 PM
>Subject: Windows Media Streams & Winamp
>
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > How can I get Windows Media streams to play in Winamp 5.05, and not
> > automatically in Windows Media Player? I'm sure I have Windows Media files
> > selected in Winamps file type preferences.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > ~Ann
> >
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Dan In Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
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