changing song => balance reset

[lafrech]

when I set the balance to smthg else than center, it is reset to center when the song changes

[DJ Egg]

Which balance slider?
The one in Windows Volume Control?
Or the one in the Winamp main window?

[lafrech]

I'm talking about the bar on the right of the volume control bar (green if centered, red if not)

[lafrech]

sorry, that's winamp main window, precisely

[DJ Egg]

Hmm . . . that shouldn't be happening.

What file formats are you playing at the time?
mp3, wav, midi, wma, cda, other, any/all?

Installed any 3rd-party plugins?
(input, output, dsp/fx, general purpose)

Using WaveOut or DirectSound Output?
(Winamp -> Prefs -> Plugins -> Output)

Basic system specs?
Windows OS and soundcard?

[lafrech]

I'm playing mp3 and mp3/pro
=> plugin thomson mp3pro 1.0
it's my only plugin and I never add and removed any other

I use waveout output

config :
win2k sp2, soundblaster 128

I think the pb is likely to disappear if I reinstall winamp so tell me if there is smthg you want me to test before, to help find the source of it

[DJ Egg]

Tell me if the bug is in the 3rd-party MP3Pro plugin...

[lafrech]

hardware config :
my sound card is actually a creative sb audio pci (wdm) (I also have one included in my motherboard but don't use it)

first, the pb has nothing to do with mp3pro plugin (occurs before I even install it) (nor with shuffle mode)

this is how I install winamp :
my install : 2.91 lite
+ only "audio file support" & "Extra audio..."
no internet connexion


this is the explanation of the pb, I tried to make it clearer :
when the song changes, balance bar stays on the side but sound comes from both sides, until click on the bar as if to have winamp refresh its position

1 first tries :
deleting the ini file does not help
reinstalling without uninstalling neither

2
new install (uninstall + reinstall) => alright, problem solved
change skin => still OK (may be obvious, but...)
replace ini file with saved version that I keep to save config => pb appears
pb probably comes from the saved ini file (attached)

then :
leave on 100% right balance
uninstall

then all my wave output is affected, including all sounds softwares (like video player)
only sound from the right
hence if I reinstall winamp,
only sound on the right side
in other words:
balance position : left 100% => no sound
center => 50% right, 0% left
right 100% => 100% right, 0% left

until I click on the balance bar in the volume control panel (it is centered, but act as if it was not) and everything goes back to normal

conclusion :
pb is solved for me as long as I do not use my old ini file
maybe the answer is in it
it has nothing to do with the mp3pro plugin

[w291bug]

I just wanted to know if this had been already fixed.

DJ Egg, did you reproduce this bug?

[DJ Egg]

No, I couldn't reproduce it.

According to lafrech, the problem was with the old winamp.ini file.
Looking back at it, there's no [Nullsoft MPEG Decoder] section, because he was using the shabby 3rd-party mp3pro plugin, and he's using WaveOut Output on a Win2k system when he should be using DirectSound Output instead.