Hi Vince:
              Thanks for the clarification. I was playing safe yesterday and
downloaded the std. version. Since I have not installed it, I might as well get the
full edition. I appreciate your prompt clarification.

Regards
Harsha Godavari

Vince Teachout wrote:

> At 05:48 PM 8/5/03 -0500, harsha godavari wrote:
> >Vince:
> >           there are three versions, light / standard & full. i cannot find an
> >explanation of the differences (I didnot understand their table - musically
> >challenged :-) ). Would you mind elaborating for newbies like me? Thank you.
>
> Lite has the bare necessities:
>          MP3 Audio - plays MP3s
>          Shoutcast Radio - Plays Shoutcast radio - a kind of streaming radio/tv
>          Skins and plugins - Skins let you change the look of your player,
> which can be fun, and plugins do various things, such as output to a
> different format, etc.  A plug-in        that I like boosts the bass and
> trebel.  Nice thing about plug-ins, is if you see something you want, you
> download it to the plugins folder, and it "plugs into" your   player - all
> of a sudden, its a new option you have.  If you don't like it, just delete it.
>
> Standard: Same as lite, plus:
>          Winamp visualization studio.  Can make kaleidoscopic designs while
> playing your music.  It's actually pretty cool, but unless you have time to
> just sit and watch the   pretty designs on your computer, kind of useless.
>          Proton video support - Beats me what that is
>          Improved media library - kind of crucial - don't know why it's not
> in Lite - let's you order, sort save and print your play lists.
>
> Full: Same as standard, plus windows media support.  Plays Big Bill's
> files, so you don't have to use the Windows Media player, which keeps
> insisting it needs to dial home to update itself, and would I please turn
> off my firewall so it can?  As if!
>
> Since the full version is only 2.2mb, and the lite is 673KB, I don't see
> any reason not to simply get the full version.  Better to have it and not
> need it, then need it and not have it, is my motto (Well, one of
> them.  "Rambling on too long in e-mails is good" is another)
>
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