Winamp makes Matrix sound
 

I've recently reformatted my c: drive, reinstalled 2000, got my service packs & DirectX and all that set up, and am reinstalling programs one-at-a-time as I need them. Winamp was one of the first I reinstalled.

This time around I decided on a bare-bones installation to see how it affected load time. I unchecked video, modern skins, cddb, cd burning & extraction.

Plugins are
in_mp3.dll
in_wave.dll
out_ds.dll
out_wave.dll

Gen: Close After Current, Find File On Disk, N'soft Hotkeys, N'soft Library, Playlist File Remover, and Wincue. PlayFileRem is currently disabled.

Playback on Winamp has become rough and jumpy. When I rewind 10 seconds and check the file the pop or jump isn't there, so I'm thinking the file isn't damaged. I increased the DirectX buffer by a second by that hasn't helped much.

Here's the real stinker. When I minimize Winamp playback makes a sound like the one you hear in the Matrix when Neo takes the pill and goes zooming down his own throat into the real world. Any suggestions?

aha! My soundcard wasn't set as the primary device in DirectSound. I went ahead and allowed hardware acceleration, too. Maybe that'll fix it.

----I tried to delete this thread, since I find it's covered elsewhere but I waited too long or don't have the authority.