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For all the music addicts out there...

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:48 am
by ATI_7500
I found another way to listen to music while flying. Actually, it's a pretty simple way, but damned effective.
It's "just" a web-interface for Winamp located in FS's kneeboard.
This means you open the FS kneeboard, go to the 'keys' page and voil

Re: For all the music addicts out there...

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:21 am
by Deputy
Hmmm. Thank you, Bjorn.

Re: For all the music addicts out there...

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:35 am
by Jared
Yes, but does it automatically cut out when atc begins to give me directions?  ;D

Re: For all the music addicts out there...

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:41 am
by wji
or . . . run the Music Video

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"Yes, but does it automatically cut out when atc begins to give me directions?"

No. -- both sounds are heard simultaneously (just like PlaneSpotter in Ultimate Traffic) Try it!

Bill
P.S. anything which will run in Internet Explorer will run in the FS9 kneeboard provided the URL does use an Open New Window call; if it does, FS9 will minimize and IE will open (not nice)

More kneeboard fun at FSScreenshots.com
(this post of mine is a year-and-a-half old!)

Re: For all the music addicts out there...

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:41 pm
by ATI_7500
Windows Media Player...*cough* ::)

Re: For all the music addicts out there...

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:55 pm
by jknight8907
I just use iTunes running in the background. Tip: If you click Advanced/Switch to Mini Player, it seems to reduce the memory and CPU requirement, leaving more for FS.

Re: For all the music addicts out there...

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:57 pm
by ATI_7500
I'm neither using iTunes nor WMP. Winamp 5 (Lite) uses 1500KBytes of RAM,less than any other player I've tested.