ZIP drives?

EnderGT · 8th February 2001, 13:27

Does WinAMP have the capability to play mp3s directly off a ZIP drive?

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 8th February 2001, 14:37

Sure.

Twilightseer · 8th February 2001, 14:46

Are you sure about that, Sarge ? If the mp3s are in compressed file on a ZIP disk, I doubt that Winamp can play them directly, you would have to restore the files first. Or am I wrong ?

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 8th February 2001, 14:49

As long as the mp3s aren't in zip files, you can play them directly off a zip disk. I wouldn't try playing a 256kbps mp3 from a parallel zip drive, though. The parallel connection is a little slow for that.

Twilightseer · 8th February 2001, 14:50

Yeah, I guess that if the MP3s are uncompressed, you can play them directly. Wouldn't do it though.

Jstalilwyrd · 8th February 2001, 15:11

Yes, you can play mp3s directly off a Zip drive. I noticed that as you are playing it, the song is buffered into the hard drive for the first few seconds (depending on how large the song is, so I would not recommend scanning through a song while it is buffering). The parallel port Zip sucks, it's really slow. I own two SCSI Zips and a USB one, most of my friends and our school offer internals and they all play mp3s perfectly.

Heck, you can play them off almost any kind of removable media (except maybe tape because it's so damn slow) so long as it's not under compression or anything that'll keep Winamp from playing it.

EnderGT · 9th February 2001, 13:39

Sorry about the cross-post, wasn't sure where to ask.

Thanks to everyone for the answers.

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EnderGT Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: N. VA Posts: 3	thanks Sorry about the cross-post, wasn't sure where to ask. Thanks to everyone for the answers.

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8th February 2001, 13:27	#1
EnderGT Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: N. VA Posts: 3	Does WinAMP have the capability to play mp3s directly off a ZIP drive?

8th February 2001, 14:37	#2
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,839	Sure.

8th February 2001, 14:46	#3
Twilightseer Frenchoderator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lavabo, fond du couloir, 3è porte à droite Posts: 6,309	Are you sure about that, Sarge ? If the mp3s are in compressed file on a ZIP disk, I doubt that Winamp can play them directly, you would have to restore the files first. Or am I wrong ?

8th February 2001, 14:49	#4
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,839	As long as the mp3s aren't in zip files, you can play them directly off a zip disk. I wouldn't try playing a 256kbps mp3 from a parallel zip drive, though. The parallel connection is a little slow for that.

8th February 2001, 14:50	#5
Twilightseer Frenchoderator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lavabo, fond du couloir, 3è porte à droite Posts: 6,309	Yeah, I guess that if the MP3s are uncompressed, you can play them directly. Wouldn't do it though.

8th February 2001, 15:11	#6
Jstalilwyrd Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 948	Yes, you can play mp3s directly off a Zip drive. I noticed that as you are playing it, the song is buffered into the hard drive for the first few seconds (depending on how large the song is, so I would not recommend scanning through a song while it is buffering). The parallel port Zip sucks, it's really slow. I own two SCSI Zips and a USB one, most of my friends and our school offer internals and they all play mp3s perfectly. Heck, you can play them off almost any kind of removable media (except maybe tape because it's so damn slow) so long as it's not under compression or anything that'll keep Winamp from playing it.