Re: new member
- From: "John McCann" <lists@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 08:12:41 -0500
Bless you Ron! I've been totally mystified as to why material played back
through winamp was always faded to the left, while eliquence and anything
played through goldwave or real player was perfectly centered. I guess that,
for us JAWS users, it really does pay to hit "control w" to see what's
available. Apparently, I must have hit "alt control j" once, and I'll bet
you I did that while attempting to jump to a particular time, or perform
some other "jump" function.
Again, many thanks.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Canazzi" <aa2vm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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