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nassau · 2005-06-15, 20:22

i want to listen to my favorite radio show when I'm overseas, but the damn thing is unplayable. i'm guessing it's WMP or some other illnes. i tried with REAL and with VLC - no luck.

any tips??

this is the link
http://www.broadcasturban.net/rb/wbls.htm
the link to listen is center page, says "listen".

please help

julesstoop · 2005-06-15, 20:36

You haven't forgotten to disable pop-up blocking?

nassau · 2005-06-16, 10:53

heh, no but it's MIME x-mplayer2 (whatever the hell that is). just won't play on my little mac..

please, any clues?

thuh Freak · 2005-06-16, 12:01

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Originally Posted by nassau

heh, no but it's MIME x-mplayer2 (whatever the hell that is). just won't play on my little mac..

please, any clues?

interesting. i didn't try myself, but have you tried using MPlayer? mplayer is a media player for *nix, and mplayerosx (the link i gave) is a special version which works with OSX.

Brad · 2005-06-16, 12:02

http://www.streamaudio.com/stations/asx/WBLS_FM.asx

Try it in Windows Media Player for Mac OS X. Works here.

nassau · 2005-06-16, 14:14

i guess that's the only solution... i wanted to avoid WMP since i had so much trouble with it before.

is it stable, not poluting your system?

Brad · 2005-06-16, 14:16

It's stable enough. It's not a great app, but it usually gets the job done.

No, it doesn't "pollute" your system unless you consider Microsoft software in general to be pollution.

nassau · 2005-06-16, 14:18

ok, good. i was worried that it would install microsoft libraries and stuff all over the place. so it's just the application, nothing else?

Brad · 2005-06-16, 14:21

Right. It's just the application itself and a plug-in for your web browsers that is installed at /Library/Internet Plug-Ins.

nassau · 2005-06-16, 14:22

ok, thanks for that!

nassau · 2005-06-16, 14:25

"items remaining to be installed: 510" ok.... you're scurring me now...

i know i know, packages.....

and they had to use their own special font in the window huh, they couldn't just stick with the OSX standard.....

Brad · 2005-06-16, 14:30

Darn tootin' packages is the key word here.

In the application package are several localizations and each localization has its own set of HTML help files. That probably accounts for most of those 500+ files.

nassau · 2005-06-16, 14:35

offtopic brad, i just noticed the +/- button in each post. looking at my own it says "You have -9 Reputation points."

am i hated here or what?? what does this mean? i want people to like me!!!!

atomicbartbeans · 2005-06-16, 14:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by nassau

and they had to use their own special font in the window huh, they couldn't just stick with the OSX standard.....

That's my bitch with Firefox, Limewire, etc. They also don't use standard context menus, etc.

tomy82 · 2005-06-17, 03:02

Whamb is for me the best audio stream reader I've ever have

http://www.whamb.com/

Enjoy

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nassau Member Join Date: Jul 2004	2005-06-15, 20:22 i want to listen to my favorite radio show when I'm overseas, but the damn thing is unplayable. i'm guessing it's WMP or some other illnes. i tried with REAL and with VLC - no luck. any tips?? this is the link http://www.broadcasturban.net/rb/wbls.htm the link to listen is center page, says "listen". please help
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julesstoop Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Leiden, the Netherlands	2005-06-15, 20:36 You haven't forgotten to disable pop-up blocking?
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nassau Member Join Date: Jul 2004	2005-06-16, 10:53 heh, no but it's MIME x-mplayer2 (whatever the hell that is). just won't play on my little mac.. please, any clues?
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Brad Selfish Heathen administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Zone of Pain	2005-06-16, 12:02 http://www.streamaudio.com/stations/asx/WBLS_FM.asx Try it in Windows Media Player for Mac OS X. Works here.
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nassau Member Join Date: Jul 2004	2005-06-16, 14:14 i guess that's the only solution... i wanted to avoid WMP since i had so much trouble with it before. is it stable, not poluting your system?
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nassau Member Join Date: Jul 2004	2005-06-16, 14:18 ok, good. i was worried that it would install microsoft libraries and stuff all over the place. so it's just the application, nothing else?
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Brad Selfish Heathen administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Zone of Pain	2005-06-16, 14:21 Right. It's just the application itself and a plug-in for your web browsers that is installed at /Library/Internet Plug-Ins.
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nassau Member Join Date: Jul 2004	2005-06-16, 14:22 ok, thanks for that!
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nassau Member Join Date: Jul 2004	2005-06-16, 14:25 "items remaining to be installed: 510" ok.... you're scurring me now... i know i know, packages..... and they had to use their own special font in the window huh, they couldn't just stick with the OSX standard..... Last edited by nassau : 2005-06-16 at 14:26.
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nassau Member Join Date: Jul 2004	2005-06-16, 14:35 offtopic brad, i just noticed the +/- button in each post. looking at my own it says "You have -9 Reputation points." am i hated here or what?? what does this mean? i want people to like me!!!!
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tomy82 Member Join Date: Feb 2005	2005-06-17, 03:02 Whamb is for me the best audio stream reader I've ever have http://www.whamb.com/ Enjoy
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