Hey Tom, your solution to that problem is to google and install the
"combined community codec pack". That will enable winamp and all other
players that support video playback, full access to pretty much any
video filetype

On 6/12/14, Harvey Heagy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Another way you might be able to do it is to cursor to the file you want to
> play.  Then press your applications key and arrow through your options to
> the "Open With," choice.  Then arrow down to Winamp and hit enter.  I know
> that's harder than making it the default player, but it's at least a work
> around.  But like someone said on this list a few days ago, every player
> wants to be the automatic default player and will do anything it can to get
> to the top of the list apparently except for Winamp.
> Harvey
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
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> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Winamp Continued
>
> Lou:
>
> I had my XYL help me wihh this, and we couldn't get the default to work,
> unless we specified exact file types for Winamp to associate with.  In
> fact,
> we couldn't get the "associate with all file types" option to work either.
>
> So, the work-around I finally decided on was to create a shortcut for
> winamp, and then use the "open file" option to select the file I want to
> play, and then have it play through Winamp.
>
> This sure seems harder than it really should be, but it appears to be  the
> easiest thing to do right now, rather than possibly creating other
> unanticipated problems.
>
> Thanks to you and everyone on the list for tolerating this off topic
> thread.
>
> Hopefully, others will benefit from this discussion as well by learning
> about what I couldn't get to work for me, and what I figured out as a
> doable
> workaround.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>