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If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us. |  02-09-2006, 02:00 PM | #1 | | Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 4 | Choice of Media Player for MP3 in IE
I have selected Windows Media Player as the default application to play MP3 files on my system. If I double-click any MP3 file stored on my system, Windows Media player starts up and plays it. BUT... If I am browsing with IE and encounter an MP3 file on a web site, when I click on it, I always get the QuickTime Player! I can't find any properties in IE that would override my selection of application for playing MP3 files. Why does IE always pick Quicktime to play MP3 files when my system default setting is the Windows Media Player?
RenLeB |  |  | | 03-09-2007, 07:58 PM | #2 | | Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 54 | It happens to me as well even in firefox and what I do is right click and open in external application in firefox and in open new window in IE. | | | | | 03-10-2007, 02:21 PM | #3 | | Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 4 | I since learned that in addition to setting the Folder Options\File Types preference, from Windows Explorer, I also should go to the Start Menu->Set Program Access and Defaults->Custom and set my preference for Windows Media Player there. This worked... for a while. Then QuickTime began to intrude again. In disgust, I uninstalled everything about QuickTime. Then my system began operating as I desired. Only yesterday, when I updated Google Earth, it required QuickTime to be installed. With trepidation, I installed the newest version, requiring that I install the whole iTunes thing. This is a much newer version than the version of QuickTime I had been using. I am happy to report, that after I told the new QuickTime NO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE MY DEFAULT MEDIA PLAYER!!!!, it has behaved itself and not intruded upon my peace of mind. | | | | | 03-26-2007, 10:45 AM | #4 | | Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 27 | Quote: Originally Posted by RenLeB  I since learned that in addition to setting the Folder Options\File Types preference, from Windows Explorer, I also should go to the Start Menu->Set Program Access and Defaults->Custom and set my preference for Windows Media Player there. This worked... for a while. Then QuickTime began to intrude again. In disgust, I uninstalled everything about QuickTime. Then my system began operating as I desired. Only yesterday, when I updated Google Earth, it required QuickTime to be installed. With trepidation, I installed the newest version, requiring that I install the whole iTunes thing. This is a much newer version than the version of QuickTime I had been using. I am happy to report, that after I told the new QuickTime NO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE MY DEFAULT MEDIA PLAYER!!!!, it has behaved itself and not intruded upon my peace of mind. | This is a great solution. But personally, i don not use media player as a defult player for .mp3 it eats up a lot of memory space if your used to multitasking with a lot of applications open. Try winamp www.winamp.com a freeware .mp3 player you can DL.
| | | | | 03-26-2007, 11:02 AM | #5 | | Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 4 | MP3 Players
Thanks for the tip on WinAmp. It looks good. I've not been totally satisfied with Media Player. I have some MP3 files I recorded (on piano) with Audacity and exported as MP3 files. When I play them back with Windows Media Player, I am getting a bunch of distortion that isn't in the original recording. I found that QuickTime and iTunes can play these back cleanly. I will give WinAmp a try. | | | | | 03-26-2007, 11:05 AM | #6 | | Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 51 | Quote: Originally Posted by RenLeB Thanks for the tip on WinAmp. It looks good. I've not been totally satisfied with Media Player. I have some MP3 files I recorded (on piano) with Audacity and exported as MP3 files. When I play them back with Windows Media Player, I am getting a bunch of distortion that isn't in the original recording. I found that QuickTime and iTunes can play these back cleanly. I will give WinAmp a try. | It could also be that you have a problem with one of the settings in windows media player. I would check through the settings and make sure that everything looks how it is supposed to. I would just stick to iTunes if that is what works for you. -Joecool6101 | | | | | Thread Tools | | | | Rate This Thread | | |  Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
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