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    Default Change Windows Media Player

    I do not want to use Windows Media Player as the default when I click 'Play' from a track listing. How can I change the default media player to a program of my choice.

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    Default Re: Change Windows Media Player

    Quote Originally Posted by Psygotran
    I do not want to use Windows Media Player as the default when I click 'Play' from a track listing. How can I change the default media player to a program of my choice.
    OrangeCD uses system default player (default player is what pops up when you double-click media file in Windows.)

    So if your player is correctly installed, it should work automatically. What player do you want to use?

    Andrei

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    Question Media Player Question

    Andrei, I have the same question. I recently added (for the first time) some mp3 files and they played fine from OCDC via Windows Media Player. That is not my player of choice, however. I use various players such as Winamp, VLC and Orange CD Player. When a friend shared some m4a files with me yesterday, WMP could not play them. I converted them to mp3 files and it still refused. It's frustrating!

    Where is the option for me to designate another player for playing media files in OCDC?

    Thanks.

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    Hi.. it's under View/Preferences then select the media tab
    Here you can configure an external player.. below is what mine looks like for foobar... (click image for larger view)
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    Last edited by frederf; 12-23-2012 at 10:47 PM.

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    Question Two Questions

    Thanks, frederf!

    Unfortunately, I'm not entirely sure of how to configure an external player, as you have done.

    Do I simply take the address of a desired player such as:

    "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"

    Then, add a forward slash and the word "/PLAY" on the top line, and "/ADD" on the bottom line, followed by "%1"?

    Is that it?

    Thanks very much for any additional instructions.
    Last edited by Ron_Thorne; 06-20-2012 at 12:00 AM. Reason: Clarification

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    That's usually exactly it. You may find you do not need to add /PLAY; I don't need it with Media Monkey but adding it doesn't affect anything. I would note that when I used iTunes I could never get queuing to work; I assume not all players support on the fly playlists.

    Just to be sure: /PLAY and /ADD are not in "", but "%1" is.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ron_Thorne View Post
    Thanks, frederf!

    Unfortunately, I'm not entirely sure of how to configure an external player, as you have done.

    Do I simply take the address of a desired player such as:

    "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"

    Then, add a forward slash and the word "/PLAY" on the top line, and "/ADD" on the bottom line, followed by "%1"?

    Is that it?

    Thanks very much for any additional instructions.
    Last edited by Jazz_North; 06-20-2012 at 04:03 PM.

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