Re: new member
- From: "patricknc" <patricknc@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 22:18:11 -0500
Thanks to DJC and to Ron on this one. It was a balance problem and I was able
to get it fixed. Now I can check out some old Fleetwood Mac cd's I just bought
from CD Connection and hear them on my Good system. Some good stuff I used to
play in college on the radio station, & since I don't mess with vinyl much any
more, I hadnt heard them in years. Thanks again!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Canazzi
To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: new member
Hi PatrickNC,
The reason you didn't get an immediate answer is probably because nobody knew
the answer. I don't profess to be sure of anything either, but you know you
just might have gotten the balance in Winamp out of wack. If you are using
JAWS, the process is easy to achieve--that is getting the balance out of wack.
JAWS has scripts for Winamp which while quite good most often, can lead to some
problems if you're not careful. You can move the panning/balance in Winamp
with JAWS by pressing the keystrokes alt + Control + semicolon (100% to the
right) through alt + control + H (panning set to -100% all the way to the left).
This is only a guess, but if you are indeed using JAWS, try playing a song
with Winamp and then playing with the keystrokes alt + control + semicolon alt
+ control + l, alt + control + K, alt + control + J and alt + control + H to
move the panning around. The keystroke alt + control + K should give you 0%
panning and should place your balance in the middle where you would normally
want it. If this doesn't work, then you may have some other systematic problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: patricknc
To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: new member
I asked about a problem I was having with Winamp the other night and got no
reply. I can't imagine this because everybody seems so helpful, so I have to
think it didn't get to the list somehow. But I did get the message back, so
that says that it did get to the list. I don't know, but I'll put it out there
again, and hopefully somebody will have an idea for me. When I play an audio
cd through Winamp, I lose most of the left channel. I can play regular mp3
files from my hard drive and Winamp is fine. I can play cd's through either of
the other 2 players, Realplayer and Windows Media, and they play fine. I have
2 drives on my computer, and the same problem occurs on both of them. I've
tried playing with the volume control settings on the computer and nothing
helps. And also, the speech from the computer comes out of both speakers, even
when the sound from the cd comes mostly from the right. I was using Winamp 5.5
when this started, and I just hadn't upgraded for a while. I upgraded to 5.12
& it didn't help. I completely uninstalled including deleting the winamp
folder and reinstalled 5.12 and it still didn't help. I upgraded to 5.13, and
still no luck. Does anybody have any ideas at all? I know I could use one of
the other players, but like everybody else on the list, I really like Winamp a
lot better. Help!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Mader
To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: new member
I just thought i'd add my many congrads to the many you will find on here.
I hope you will enjoy using winamp as many of us do.
When winamp works propperly that is! lol
That's why we have all these friendly people on this list to turn to when
things just aren't workin' right.
Well like i said, hope you find winamp usefull and this llist as well.
Jerry Mader
Jerry Mader
Owner of the blind forem and the Jerry Mader Cast.
point your pod catcher to this address
feeds.feedburner.com/TheBlindForem
Or
feeds.feedburner.com/TheJerryMaderCast
Don't have a pod catcher you can download one at
http://juicereceiver.sorceforge.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa
To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: new member
Hi Ron,
Thank you for taking the time to explain all of that to me. It really
is a big help. I did find the shout cast stations, and they are really cool.
One thing I couldn't figure out is, when you are listening to the stations, how
do you stop the music, so you can choose a different station? Again thanks for
the help.
Take care,
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Canazzi
To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: new member
Hi Lisa,
Well, I can answer a few of your questions. You said that the program
functions differently than any other media players you have used. You are
right. Winamp does not have standard drop down menus such as alt + F for file,
alt + E for edit, alt + V for view and so on. It has a non standard interface.
However, JAWS and Window-Eyes scripting and set files do make this program
very accessible. To access the main menu using JAWS press alt + F. All other
Winamp choices are under this menu. You can browse through this menu that
contains sub-menus and you will see the hotkeys listed. Also if you are using
JAWS and you are in any window, press insert + H for JAWS specific hotkeys and
insert + W for Winamp specific hotkeys. Now here are some items that you have
asked about to get you started.
By default, Winamp will play a file when it is clicked on in My
Computer/Windows Explorer. This behavior can be changed under preferences.
However, I find it easier to create a playlist in Winamp by using the enqueue
choice under the context menu in My Computer/Windows Explorer.
1. Highlight the first file using My Computer/Windows Explorer you
wish to include in your playlist in Winamp and press enter on it to play it;
2. while that first file is playing, move to the next file you wish
to include in the playlist and press shift + F10 for the context menu;
3. choose enqueue in Winamp and press enter;
4. the file will be added to the Winamp play list and will be played
after the currently playing file;
5. repeat steps 2 through 4 above until you complete your playlist;
6. then switch back to Winamp and if you want to save this playlist
for any reason;
7. open the playlist editor (if it is not already open) with the
keystroke alt + E;
8. your playlist should be there already--based on the steps I have
given above;
9. to save it, press control + S and you will be presented with the
standard windows dialogue for file saves;
10. Make sure the playlist is saved in the folder where you have the
files;
11. If you don't save the playlist in the folder where the files are
located, then you may not be able to use that playlist if you move the files to
a CD or portable device;
12. That's why I always save all the files I wish to include in a
playlist and burn to CD or move to a portable device to the same folder. There
is another way of creating playlists for saving to disk without using the
Winamp Playlist editor that will allow you to include files from multiple
folders, but that's for another list.
As far as getting to the library, Winamp has individual windows for
each of it's utilities. There are hotkeys associated with these windows. For
the library, if it is not already open, press alt + L. If you are using JAWS,
you can press the control + Tab keystroke to cycle through the open windows.
JAWS should tell you which window you are cycling through when you press this
keystroke. Also, to make sure you are in the correct window, press insert +
shift + W and JAWS will tell you which window you are in and which other
windows are open. Here are the hotkeys for each of the windows:
Main window alt + W
playlist editor alt + e
video window alt + v
media library alt + L
equalizer alt + G
All the above keystrokes are toggles. This means if they are open
and you press the keystrokes they will close. If they are not open and you
press the keystrokes, they will open.
Now as to what is in the library: the shoutcast music is there and in
the past, you could set your download limit to some very high level and view
all available Shoutcast stations--at this point that is in excess of ten
thousand stations. This _was_ a great feature and you could stay right in
Winamp and not have to visit the Shoutcast website which is a very complex site
to navigate--although it it is quite accessible. However, AOL took over
Nullsoft and Shoutcast and they have made a few changes--among which is the
change that limits the maximum number of listings downloaded to 1000 stations.
The Shoutcast listing in the media library is still a good feature because it
does give you a taste of just what Shoutcast has to offer. In any case,
navigating the media library is a bit tricky but quite accessible once you get
the hang of it. In addition to the Shoutcast music listing, you can navigate
around your own system and add media to the library locally, you can access
samples of AOL music service, there is also a shoutcast video listing, and
access to your portable or network drives (CD's and USB items such as ippods or
External players if you have them.) Navigating this library uses the tree view
method. That means that when you open the library, you are placed in a tree
view of items. Use up and down arrow or first letter navigation to move to an
item and then press the tab key to access the various features of each item.
You can also use the burn item in the library to burn media files to CD.
Personally, I do not use this burn utility in Winamp--because I find CDEX
easier to use and more intuitive. That is another program for another list.
You may want to include various file types to be played in Winamp.
You do that as follows:
1. from the Winamp program, press control + P for preferences;
2. you are presented with a tree view of items as mentioned above in
the library directions;
3. press the home key to move to the top of the tree;
4. arrow down to the file types item;
5. press the tab key to move to the list of file types;
6. press the up and down arrow keys to select a file type and use
the space bar to check or uncheck the file types;
7. you could also press tab until you hear the select all button and
press space bar on it to select all file types at once if you don't care that
Winamp will now play all media files;
8. you can also have Winamp play CD's by checking the box that says
'play audio CD's';
9. then when you are done making your choices, tab to the close
button and press enter to close the preferences dialogue.
Well, I hope these tips give you a good start for using Winamp.
Chris has an FAQ that is much more extensive and maybe he will send it out
again when he reads this rambling mess I have just typed <g>.
Take care and welcome to the group.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa
To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:22 PM
Subject: new member
Hello everyone,
My name is Lisa, and I just joined this list. I just installed the
latest version of winamp. I am a jaws user, and I have never used winamp
before. I have a few questions about the program if you all don't mind. The
program I used to use, when I would hit enter on a song to play it the song
would be added to the play list. Is this how winamp works, or do you have to
create a play list? If I need to create a play list, how do I do that? I
would also like to know how to get to the library, and what kinds of things can
you do in the library? I also heard that you can listen to something called
shoutcast, does anyone know how I can do this? I hope this wasn't too many
questions. I was told that winamp is a very jaws friendly program, so I
thought I would give it a try. So far it is much different then the program I
was using.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Take care,
Lisa
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