Re: MP3 - The file you are attempting to play...

"BillW50" <BillW50@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:gr2834$cfj$1
@nntp.motzarella.org:

When I try to play any MP3 audio file from Twit.tv on any of my EeePCs
with Windows SP2 and WMP10, I get the following error:

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The file you are attempting to play has an extension that does not
match
the file format. Playing the file may result in unexpected behavior.
Do you want the Player to try to play the file?
~~~~~~~~~~

But still trying, it says an unknown error has occurred. I also have
Media Player Classic installed. Had klcodec284f installed, but updated
to klmcodec475 with the 476 update. No help! MPC reports only it can't
render the file. They play fine on my Gateways (Windows XP SP2 WMP10)
and my iRiver T10 players. Also other MP3 files plays fine on my
EeePCs.


http://www.winamp.com/

Just download the free Winamp player, you don't need Pro.....

Don't look back at Micro$oft's hobbled DRM player.....

For video playback, download VLC from:
http://www.videolan.org/
it's free and will play anything.....

Media player has always sucked. Half the codecs are missing.

When you download Winamp, there are thousands of enhancing plugins for
free. I recommend SqrSoft Cross Fader to make transitions from one song
to another free from dead time and the transition couldn't be smoother
if you had your own professional DJ. SqrSoft will even take a DSP
plugin inside it so the DSP doesn't interfere with the crossfading. I
recommend RockSteady as that DSP plugin. Rocksteady is a nice AGC
program that makes sure all the MP3s come out at the same level, not one
song blasting you out of your chair and the next you can hardly hear.

With SqrSoft Cross Fader running RockSteady, the music sounds like it's
coming from Sirius/XM's server......except for the price.

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Why do you screw around with some DRM'd webpage MP3s when there are
literally millions available right here on Usenet stripped of all that
nonsense? Go get Grabit from www.shemes.com for free and don't buy his
service. Install Grabit to your usenet server address and download the
newsgroup list. Grabit will download, assemble the multiple part
message files, decode it all and put your MP3 right into the directory
you tell it to...automatically. When it downloads the message list from
a binary music group (They begin with alt.binaries.sounds.MP3.(genre
here), Grabit assembles the messages into a single line and lets you
know if all parts are present. Just disregard any partial files and
wait for the reposting. You go through the list highlighting all the
music you even think you might like to hear with click or click and drag
for a whole album and all the pictures and info files, then click the
GRAB IT button to start the downloading. Once this has started, you can
just go do some more only limited by how much hard drive space you have
to store it all....terabytes at my house...(c;] I download 24/7.

No waiting for some old Win98 to spit it out from some Torrent in a
kid's bedroom. No exposure to RIAA lawyers posing as P2P swappers. No
webpage BS spamming you to death. MP3 files don't contain viruses or
trojans or worms and are safe to download. NEVER DOWNLOAD .EXE, .COM,
..BAT, .UNRECOGNIZABLE OTHER FILENAMES and you'll be fine. MP3, AVI,
FLAC, or any of the other video and audio formats are safe.

Usenet is like a thrift shop, not a record store. You take what the
server has and it stores it for XXX days then it's gone. If you see it,
take it now, even if you're only mildly interested. The price is
certainly right! Now, instead of hunting for that special file, you'll
be cruising the net looking for STORAGE...terabyte USB drives, bargains
on DVD+R for permanent backup, the biggest non-ipod MP3 player that will
load WITHOUT all the proprietary nonsense like iTunes, loading from
Windows Explorer via USB whole directories at once. My player is a
Nokia N800 Linux Internet Tablet at the moment.

When you get to 38,000,000 MP3 files, we'll compare notes. That's about
my stored load. BTW, alt.binaries.movies.divx has the latest movies.
Grabit now decodes WINRAR files, automatically, too...after using the
PAR files to correct any errors.... I'm around 32,000 movies in DivX
format. 4-6 DivX movies fit on one DVD+R....(c;] DVD burners are our
FRIENDS!

Enjoy. Web pages.....YECCH!

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