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From: Rick Paul on 19 Apr 2008 03:01 "Max Arwood" <marwoodNOSPAM(a)hnb.com> wrote in message news:pvgOj.20723$%41.11917(a)nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com... > >and I can't remember how I fixed that last time it took over like that > > Quick fix - reinstall Media Player - it will re-write over most of the > QuickTime settings. There seems to be no other way. If you find one let > me know. Reinstalling WMP didn't sound like a quick fix to me, given all the updates and such over time. However, your thought gave me an idea. I went into WMP's Tools/Options menu, then went to the File Types tab. I noticed Music CD Playback had a grayed box with a check in it, so I toggled that to ungray it (not sure what the gray meant in that case, but sometimes in MS stuff it is that there are suboptions that are inconsistent, but taht shouldn't be the case here as I don't see any suboptions). MP3 audio file was checked, and not gray, but I tried unchecking it, then rechecking it. Miraculously, that seems to have done the trick, though perhaps only until the next QuickTime/iTunes update? One very nice thing about having WMP handle the MP3 files instead of QuickTime is that WMP starts streaming them pretty much immediately if it can (depends on bandwidth of the file versus the connection), whereas QuickTime has to download the whole friggin' file first before it lets you play it. Rick -- ======================================= Rick Paul Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) Web: www.RickPaul.info MySpace: www.myspace.com/rickpaulmusic =======================================
From: Ben Goldman on 19 Apr 2008 12:54 Phoenix wrote: > I've been having trouble with Firefox lately--or maybe it's my laptop. Has > anyone else been having difficulties with the latest Firefox? If so, which > browser do you prefer? > Opinions welcome! > (BTW, anyone tried Safari for Windows yet?) > > My favorite non-IE browser is, BY FAR, SeaMonkey (all-in-one internet application suite). http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ -- Cheers, Ben
From: Nil on 19 Apr 2008 13:19 On 19 Apr 2008, "Rick Paul" <rickpaul(a)earthlink.net> wrote in cakewalk.audio: > That said, I just tried Safari now again after your mention as I > noted that it got updated with the (seemingly?) weekly iTunes > update that somehow gets forced on me when I least want it to > happen (oh, I know, I can say no, but then it'll get forced on me > at another time unless I remember to do it explicitly). You should go through the Quicktime and iTunes options. I have all auto-updating options turned off, and I never get bugged about updating it unless I manually check. Also, Quicktime CAN start playing mp3s before it's fully downloaded. There's an option for that, too. I hate Quicktime, though, and I have Firefox start up Winamp to play MP3s.
From: Rick Paul on 19 Apr 2008 19:03 "Nil" <rednoise+news(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message news:Xns9A8587790669Bnilch1(a)216.196.97.136... > You should go through the Quicktime and iTunes options. I have all > auto-updating options turned off, and I never get bugged about updating > it unless I manually check. I know I have gone through the QuickTime options a number of times. Probably not iTunes, though. I don't really use it very much, except occasionally to check on the status of the stuff I have available there. > Also, Quicktime CAN start playing mp3s before it's fully downloaded. Good to know, but I don't really want to use it anyway. I like WMP. ;-) Rick -- ======================================= Rick Paul Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) Web: www.RickPaul.info MySpace: www.myspace.com/rickpaulmusic =======================================
From: Phoenix on 20 Apr 2008 21:18
It was my laptop. Too much junk had accumulated. I Ghosted back and now its better, relatively. Guess I'll stick with Firefox for now; I'd miss my add-ons too. I'll keep an eye on that SeaMonkey, though--looks interesting. They need a few download-manager add-ons, though. "Ben Goldman" <not(a)thekitchen.org> wrote in message news:obqdnUBLi4A_v5fVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d(a)centurytel.net... > Phoenix wrote: >> I've been having trouble with Firefox lately--or maybe it's my laptop. >> Has anyone else been having difficulties with the latest Firefox? If so, >> which browser do you prefer? >> Opinions welcome! >> (BTW, anyone tried Safari for Windows yet?) > > My favorite non-IE browser is, BY FAR, SeaMonkey (all-in-one internet > application suite). > http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ > > -- > Cheers, > Ben |