[GreenKeys] Using Windows Media Player

[Jerry]

You guys are working to hard if you are using 3rd party software to copy 
George's rtty stream.

Just open up windows media player normally, go up to the upper left hand 
corner and click on 'file'... When it drops down, click on 'open URL', 
and then type in the entire address including 'http://' in the open 
window.  Click ok and you are off and running.  I'm running windows 
media player 10 with all the upgrades by the way....

A nice little touch is if you go down to a blank spot on the task bar, 
right click, and then go up to 'toolbars' and then in the drop down 
menu, put a check mark beside 'windows media player'.  Then when you 
have windows media player open, and you get the stream from George 
coming through nicely, you just 'minimize' windows media player, and it 
will drop down to a miniture version down on the taskbar.  Then if you 
'play' with all the little buttons and things on it, you will find you 
have total control of everything.  One of the little buttons will even 
open up a tiny window and let you see whatever visualizations you have 
selected.  Its a neat effect, and allows you to continue to use your 
computer in a normal manner to do other things while at the same time 
continuing to listen/copy the rtty stream.  Of course it goes without 
saying your computer should have a good (i.e. faster clock) than say 
500Mhz or so.  For instance I'm running a 2.8Ghz master clock in the 
computer I using for copying rtty and the whole thing works perfect..

I know several people who are using windows media player this way and 
copying the rtty steam without having to resort to installing 3rd party 
software that tries to take over your 'other' music etc.  Of course if 
you like the 3rd party software better, then use it!

Jerry -n6jp-