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To: Jerry in Omaha who wrote (38697)	1/5/2004 1:43:40 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

Its something about a driver-- support.microsoft.com; Does your TDK DVD have software by adaptec--maybe need drivers for it.- support.microsoft.com; there is a firmware upgrade for a particular model of that DVD- tdk.com suggestion if you like to fiddle - can you put in an older CD burner and see if you get a blue screen. Most folks like two CD players anyway. Put your problem in TDK's support forum -- there's one for Windows ME (external DVD) -- might be similar. tdksupport.custhelp.com

To: Jerry in Omaha who wrote (38697)	1/5/2004 6:33:56 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110626

Welcome. Yes, it would help if we had the exact error message. I downloaded and installed the latest Winamp but couldn't find any buffer settings except after choosing internet radio you should set your bandwidth setting to modem. That should give you longer buffer time before play. I am very impressed with the radio sound quality and the internet tv capabilities. How do "they" do this stuff??

To: Jerry in Omaha who wrote (38697)	1/6/2004 2:37:48 PM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110626

Jerry, I play internet radio in WinAmp 2.8. That allows me to use the MP3pro plug in that makes 32k streaming audio sound close to 128k quality. (There is no plug in yet that works with 3.0 or above, to my knowledge.) Many Live365 stations broadcast in mp3pro. If you play Live365 in WinAmp, you can take advantage of the high quality without paying a Live365 subscription for their pro player. Still get the ads though. The lower the bandwidth of the stream the better you'll do at keeping a continuous flow using a dial up connection. There are many stations that broadcast in 24k and 32k, which sounds acceptable to me in MP3Pro. They sound pretty "dead" in straight mp3, however. BTW, you can still have WinAmp5.0 on your system and use it when you like, but 2.8 would have to be the default player. Esteban