Playing ZIPPED Files...

Blue Dwarf · 28th November 2003, 15:31

This question may have been answered in the past, but I will ask anyway.

Is there anyway of getting Winamp to play a Zipped File (*.zip) without having to actually uncompress it seperatley first??

Why I hear you ask, well the answer is simple...

I run a karaoke and am sick and tired of carrying around hundreds of discs, so I have extracted them to MP3+G format.
While the MP3 file is a small enough file the graphics part is rather large.. But when compressed I get up 5% saving on the MP3 and over 75% on the graphics, hence why I want to zip the files..

So can anyone help me just add a zip file into the winamp playlist and have it play.....?

Thanx in advance for any help, anyone can give.

Lion King · 28th November 2003, 17:31

why don't you compress the image? png, jpeg, gif, ...

Blue Dwarf · 28th November 2003, 17:40

Unfortunatly, the graphics file is not a image.
It contains all the lyrics and when and where they should be displayed.

Nice thought tho.. if only it was that simple.

Lion King · 29th November 2003, 00:16

http://mypage.bluewin.ch/c.sundin/winamp/plugins.html
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~mmae/PHP/software.php

Blue Dwarf · 29th November 2003, 16:08

Cheers, Liion King...

Will give them a try..

Many Thanx

Tully · 29th December 2003, 07:08

I'm looking to do the same thing Blue Dwarf...just wondering if you ever got either of those to work??? I got the unpack plugin to play the song but w/out the +g...

toq3r · 6th January 2004, 19:32

I have an unfinished peice of software for that. It works... Check out this thread.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hlight=zip+mp3

28th November 2003, 15:31	#1
Blue Dwarf Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	Playing ZIPPED Files... This question may have been answered in the past, but I will ask anyway. Is there anyway of getting Winamp to play a Zipped File (*.zip) without having to actually uncompress it seperatley first?? Why I hear you ask, well the answer is simple... I run a karaoke and am sick and tired of carrying around hundreds of discs, so I have extracted them to MP3+G format. While the MP3 file is a small enough file the graphics part is rather large.. But when compressed I get up 5% saving on the MP3 and over 75% on the graphics, hence why I want to zip the files.. So can anyone help me just add a zip file into the winamp playlist and have it play.....? Thanx in advance for any help, anyone can give.

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28th November 2003, 17:31	#2
Lion King Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,668	why don't you compress the image? png, jpeg, gif, ...

28th November 2003, 17:40	#3
Blue Dwarf Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	Unfortunatly, the graphics file is not a image. It contains all the lyrics and when and where they should be displayed. Nice thought tho.. if only it was that simple.

29th November 2003, 00:16	#4
Lion King Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,668	http://mypage.bluewin.ch/c.sundin/winamp/plugins.html http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~mmae/PHP/software.php

29th November 2003, 16:08	#5
Blue Dwarf Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	Cheers, Liion King... Will give them a try.. Many Thanx

29th December 2003, 07:08	#6
Tully Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2	I'm looking to do the same thing Blue Dwarf...just wondering if you ever got either of those to work??? I got the unpack plugin to play the song but w/out the +g...

6th January 2004, 19:32	#7
toq3r Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 120	I have an unfinished peice of software for that. It works... Check out this thread. http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hlight=zip+mp3