How do you identify "background music?"

Mousekedude · Post by **Mousekedude** » Oct Sun 11, 2009 8:02 pm

Help! Sometimes when the stuff in the queue is not to my liking, I play the "Background music" stream instead. Well, there are some tracks on there that I would love to be able to identify. For example, there is one beautiful piece that I recognize as a rendition of the song, "Sunrise, Sunset" from the musical, "Fiddler on the Roof." It is gorgeous, and I would love to be able to request it on the regular request queue, but how can I find it? When you do the alternate streams like "Background Music," there is no way to see what a particular song is called or which park it came from. Can something be done about this?

Post by **Len90** » Oct Sun 11, 2009 10:34 pm

Hmm I always thought that it did display what was playing on the Background stream. I know that on itunes it does display the title of the track that is playing. If I may ask, which player are you using to listen to the stream?

MetalRage · Post by **MetalRage** » Oct Sun 11, 2009 10:59 pm

You should be able to see the name of it when it is playing. I know when I use Winamp it will say what track is currently playing.

Post by **rdeacon** » Oct Mon 12, 2009 8:18 am

The background stream just picks random tracks, so we have no set playlist. You can use winamp so you can see the track name, or come into chat when the track is playing and we can get you the track name.

Rich

MmeLeota · Post by **MmeLeota** » Oct Mon 12, 2009 9:05 am

I don't know about Mousekedude, but I use media player and I don't see the track names when I am on any of the other streams.

Mousekedude, I think I know which one you're talking about and I know I heard it on the request stream a couple of days ago...unfortunately, I don't remember which loop it was part of. If I do remember, I'll let you know.

Mousekedude · Post by **Mousekedude** » Oct Mon 12, 2009 9:58 am

Thanks, everyone for your responses. I normally use Media Player, so I guess that's the reason. I'll try using iTunes or winamp next time and see if that makes a difference.

Mousekedude · Post by **Mousekedude** » Oct Tue 13, 2009 8:44 pm

Len90, you were right. I tried using iTunes, and it worked! Thanks!
I don't have winamp on my computer, so iTunes will be my default player now when I'm listening to the "Background" stream.
Thanks again, everyone.

Post by **Len90** » Oct Tue 13, 2009 9:08 pm

Mousekedude wrote:Len90, you were right. I tried using iTunes, and it worked! Thanks!
I don't have winamp on my computer, so iTunes will be my default player now when I'm listening to the "Background" stream.
Thanks again, everyone.

Glad I was able to help you out. iTunes will display the track title playing for all the streams.

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Oct Tue 13, 2009 10:28 pm

Mousekedude wrote:Len90, you were right. I tried using iTunes, and it worked! Thanks!
I don't have winamp on my computer, so iTunes will be my default player now when I'm listening to the "Background" stream.
Thanks again, everyone.

Winamp is freeware and really easy to download. Go to this site:

http://www.winamp.com/

Post by **subsonic** » Oct Wed 14, 2009 11:32 am

It's always funny when people have issues like this and the result is just a lame Microsoft product. Once again, Microsoft makes a product that a little less good than other products.

I've been using Winamp forever! It's free, it's small, it's non-intrusive, and it works.

Mousekedude · Post by **Mousekedude** » Oct Wed 14, 2009 8:08 pm

Thanks, y'all, for the tip on winamp too. I'll download it and check it out.

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Oct Wed 14, 2009 8:31 pm

Microsoft S**KS I wish I knew how to use Linux!

Mousekedude · Post by **Mousekedude** » Oct Thu 15, 2009 8:40 pm

Jacca5660 wrote:Microsoft S**KS I wish I knew how to use Linux!

I know a guy who can hook you up with Linux. Well, he could if you lived in Houston.... which I doubt...
well.... never mind....
(hiding face in hands, hanging head...)

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Oct Thu 15, 2009 11:11 pm

Mousekedude wrote:
Jacca5660 wrote:Microsoft S**KS I wish I knew how to use Linux!
I know a guy who can hook you up with Linux. Well, he could if you lived in Houston.... which I doubt...
well.... never mind....
(hiding face in hands, hanging head...)

I have a buddy who has sent me a copy of unbuntu. I'm waiting till I get a hard drive to put it on. I'm really good with hardware (I built my computer and fix me friends machines), but I'm just not sure of myself.