help needed with XMPLAYER

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I can't see anywhere how to record using XM Player. I am sure I read in here
earlier that it records sounds from the Internet.. Where is the button to
start recording?
Paul
 
I can't see anywhere how to record using XM Player. I am sure I
read in here earlier that it records sounds from the Internet..
Where is the button to start recording?
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Open the playlist and right-click on the file or stream currently
playing. Choose "write to disk."
 
Mike Andrade said:
Open the playlist and right-click on the file or stream currently
playing. Choose "write to disk."
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Thanks Mike but how do you use XM Player to listen to the stream in the
first place? If I listen to say Yahoo LaunchCast it has its own player.
Paul
 
Thanks Mike but how do you use XM Player to listen to the stream in the
first place? If I listen to say Yahoo LaunchCast it has its own player.
Paul
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That's a tricky one. Many sights like Yahoo, don't want you to use 3rd
party players that won't allow them to bombard you with advertising.

In many cases (haven't tried Yahoo) what I do is clear out all the
temporary internet files. Then, I go to the site and beging playing the
stream. If the stream starts with advertising, wait until the actual
music starts. You only have to listen for a few seconds. Then close
out the XM Player and look throughout all your temporary internet
folders. Sometimes it takes a little searching, but you should find in
one of those files, the exact path to the stream. Then simply create a
..pls file using notepad and save it as a favorite.

I've had real good luck listening to my favorites in Live365 and pasting
the URL into the XM Player.

If that doesn't make any sense to you, I can try to find it for you.
Just let me know that "station" that you like on Yahoo and I'll try to
capture the URL and create a .pls file for you. Then all you'll have to
do is click on the file and begin to enjoy!

Doug
 
Elephant said:
That's a tricky one. Many sights like Yahoo, don't want you to use 3rd
party players that won't allow them to bombard you with advertising.

In many cases (haven't tried Yahoo) what I do is clear out all the
temporary internet files. Then, I go to the site and beging playing the
stream. If the stream starts with advertising, wait until the actual
music starts. You only have to listen for a few seconds. Then close
out the XM Player and look throughout all your temporary internet
folders. Sometimes it takes a little searching, but you should find in
one of those files, the exact path to the stream. Then simply create a
.pls file using notepad and save it as a favorite.

I've had real good luck listening to my favorites in Live365 and pasting
the URL into the XM Player.

If that doesn't make any sense to you, I can try to find it for you.
Just let me know that "station" that you like on Yahoo and I'll try to
capture the URL and create a .pls file for you. Then all you'll have to
do is click on the file and begin to enjoy!

Doug
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That's OK Doug thank you very much.
Paul
 
Thanks Mike but how do you use XM Player to listen to the stream
in the first place? If I listen to say Yahoo LaunchCast it has its
own player.
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Well, this may be prohibitive in your case, but in my case, I made
XMPlay the default for audio streams and so I simply go to Shoutcast
and play what I want. Or I pick out a few streams that I like and
right click the link and choose "save link to disk," and then rename
it with a descriptive name and .pls extension and can tune in any
time.
 
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