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iTunes Player info, Help & Links |
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The issues detailed on this
page are only related to our MP3 play buttons that look
like THIS ONE at the left (56 or 128). These
buttons open your default MP3 player, not our pop up
browser player, and are only found on some of our older
archive program pages that have not been converted to
the browser player buttons yet. |
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The buttons that look
like the one at the left will NOT have any of the
problems detailed on this page because they
open our pop-up browser player window. You may
have to disable pop up blockers for our site to use
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Problem
Description:
The iTunes Player does not
handle .m3u playlists properly. This is a documented
problem.
Therefore, if your iTunes
player opens (as a default) when clicking on our MP3 POD
Programs with a button like shown at the top of this page, the programs or songs
will not play in the proper order that we have placed them in.
The files will become scattered all over the main library, and
you may not be able to find them all easily or at all.
The quickest fix may
be to switch your default mp3 player (for opening the .m3u
file type) to Winamp or Windows media player (both
recommended),
both of which will play everything in the correct order.
If you do not know how to do this, see the instructions below.
(note that switching your default player for .m3u playlist
files will NOT affect opening .mp3 file types on your PC. If
your default MP3 player is now iTunes, MP3 files will still
open in iTunes unless you change the default for the .mp3 file
type also).
More info:
Our buttons (like the one shown at the top of this page) link to a plain .m3u playlist file, and each
contains multiple items (.mp3 files). Itunes
randomizes all of these files, scatters them all over the main
library view, and does not play them in the order that we have
put them in the playlist file. see the add-on utility at
the link below.
There's no fix for that in the Itunes player, but we
know of one utility on the web that reportedly fixes this
problem in the itunes player. It requires installing an
application on your PC. We have NOT tested this and
therefore cannot verify that it is safe or works. Here's
a link to the program - if this link is no longer valid, try a
google search for "M3U2iTunes" :
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Changing your default Player for the
.m3u playlist file type: Example For
Windows XP:
1. Open Control Panel and double
click "Folder Options"
(or alternately open "Windows
Explorer" (local file explorer utility), click on any
folder on your PC (i.e., anywhere but on the "desktop"
icon), on the menu, go to "Tools" and select "Folder
Options")
2. Click on the "File Types" TAB
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3. Scroll down to
the "M3U" File type and click on it. If iTunes is
your default for this file type, it will show as below
under "Details for 'M3U extension." Click the
CHANGE button ...
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4. the
"Opens With" box will display options like these (if you
have mp3 capable players on your PC, they should display
here). Select the player that you wish to use and
click OK (note that you can always switch back to iTunes
later using the same process).
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5. Close the Folder Options Window.
you do NOT need to reboot your PC, the change will take
effect immediately. |
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More topics on other pages: |
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