Open .pls file in Winamp

AberDino · 2005-02-18, 01:07

Hello all,

Now DVB-t support has been added to MP I decided to explore this nice piece of software in more detail. I've got most things to work as I want, although I do still have a lot of fine-tuning and experimenting to do before I will start using it as my main HTPC app.

Unfortunately I live in an area where broadband is still not available. This means that I can't play any of the high bandwidth Shoutcast streams. However, I recently discovered a range of streams that are based on the aacPlus codec (www.opticodec.net). It is actually quite amazing how good these streams sound, even at 32k! I have to use Winamp (or foobar2000) to play these streams and I was hoping I could configure MP in such a way that pls files are redirected to Winamp.

I installed the latest version of Winamp and all pls files play fine. I then activated the Winamp plugin in MP, and assigned the pls and mp3 file extensions to it. This setup works for mp3 files; every mp3 I play in MP is played in Winamp. However, pls files are not redirected to Winamp. Anything else I should try?

Thanks in advance,

Pieter

CinOxen · 2006-01-26, 21:11

Hi,

I have the same problem and was wondering if you ever solved it.

AberDino · 2006-01-27, 11:19

I'm afraid not. I got hopefull when I found AACPlayer, which includes DirectShow filters, but unfortunately this also didn't work. We now have broadband here since August last year, so I never explored it any further. I still think it would be useful to be able to play AAC+ streams in MP, because the format is getting more popular every day.

CinOxen · 2006-01-28, 00:24

From looking at the logs it appears as if MP sees pls files as "Radio" and mp3/wav/etc as "music" so maybe there is something rather large to get it to work which would explain why it's never been fixed.

Congratulations on getting broadband - the only way to go.

2005-02-18, 01:07	#1 (permalink)
AberDino Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kincardineshire Posts: 116 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country: My System	Open .pls file in Winamp Hello all, Now DVB-t support has been added to MP I decided to explore this nice piece of software in more detail. I've got most things to work as I want, although I do still have a lot of fine-tuning and experimenting to do before I will start using it as my main HTPC app. Unfortunately I live in an area where broadband is still not available. This means that I can't play any of the high bandwidth Shoutcast streams. However, I recently discovered a range of streams that are based on the aacPlus codec (www.opticodec.net). It is actually quite amazing how good these streams sound, even at 32k! I have to use Winamp (or foobar2000) to play these streams and I was hoping I could configure MP in such a way that pls files are redirected to Winamp. I installed the latest version of Winamp and all pls files play fine. I then activated the Winamp plugin in MP, and assigned the pls and mp3 file extensions to it. This setup works for mp3 files; every mp3 I play in MP is played in Winamp. However, pls files are not redirected to Winamp. Anything else I should try? Thanks in advance, Pieter

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2006-01-26, 21:11	#2 (permalink)
CinOxen Portal User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, I have the same problem and was wondering if you ever solved it.

2006-01-27, 11:19	#3 (permalink)
AberDino Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kincardineshire Posts: 116 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country: My System	I'm afraid not. I got hopefull when I found AACPlayer, which includes DirectShow filters, but unfortunately this also didn't work. We now have broadband here since August last year, so I never explored it any further. I still think it would be useful to be able to play AAC+ streams in MP, because the format is getting more popular every day.

2006-01-28, 00:24	#4 (permalink)
CinOxen Portal User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	From looking at the logs it appears as if MP sees pls files as "Radio" and mp3/wav/etc as "music" so maybe there is something rather large to get it to work which would explain why it's never been fixed. Congratulations on getting broadband - the only way to go.