stop playing after 2 seconds

winampaddic · 30th October 2004, 03:31

my winamp stops playing after 2 seconds of a song or movie.

can some one help????

winampaddic · 30th October 2004, 03:46

my winamp is really fuked i need help

Nunzio390 · 30th October 2004, 05:26

How can you expect anybody here to try and help you when you tell us nothing that will even begin to allow us to help you?

1. When you say "song or movie", then what TYPES of songs and movies are they? We need to know the 3-letter files extensions of each of them, and we need to know if all formats quit playing after 2 seconds or if some formats will play in Winamp with no problem (without quitting after 2 seconds). And if so, which file-types do play without quitting?

2. You told us absolutely nothing re: your system and you did not tell us what version of Winamp you are running...

a) What are your system specs?
b) Do you have any third party plug-ins or skins installed? If so which ones?
c) What is your Winamp version (2.xx, 5.xx)?

3. When you say Winamp stops playing after 2 seconds, what exactly happens? Does it just stop playing as if you had clicked the stop button? And then can it be restarted by hitting the play button? Does it actually freeze/crash? Does the sound stop but meters and progress bar keep going?
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Bottom line: a helpful and problem-solving reply to anyone's problem/question depends entirely on what information they provide us with. Including all relevant info (most of which you've left out) will make it easier for us to give you a helpful answer. Just saying something like, "my winamp is really fuked i need help" will not get you the answer(s) you need to solve your problem.

Reply back here again, but when you do, answer all my questions. Then we'll take it from there.

valjok · 30th October 2004, 09:52

I have got the same problemm after MonkeyAudio's in_ape.dll plug-in installation I think. If I click any audio file in Windows Explorer Winamp opens and plays the whole song. But it stalls when I drag a song into the playlist and doubleclick it to start. Neither reinstallation of Winamp nor removal of the plugin helps.

Before halting, the winamp shows decoded samples in the spectrum analyzer for 2 seconds but no sound is heard. The 2 second period comes from the output buffer size. I've used both default waveout and KB5.1Channel output plugins. It seems that winamp starts by decoding input to fill the buffer but the feedback fails to keep it full and as a result the buffer gets exhaused stalling winamp.

DJ Egg · 30th October 2004, 15:47

Quote:

Originally posted by Nunzio390
a) What are your system specs?
b) Do you have any third party plug-ins or skins installed? If so which ones?
c) What is your Winamp version?

If the problem persists after a clean install, include a HijackThis log with your system specs (see "system specs" link in Nunzio's post/quote for details).

valjok · 30th October 2004, 19:41

Solved. It is NVMixer that halts winamp independently of the output plug-in. Winamp resumes when I close the mixer. I use the latest Winamp (as follows from "reinstallation does not help") and Win2000, NVMixer reports Realtek ALC650 Single AC'97 6 channel sound codec embedded into nForce2 MCP. But it did not halt before I installed APE input plug-in.

valjok · 31st October 2004, 21:02

But the problem is still existing. Closing NVMixer just lets Winamp to play next song. Right now I've discovered the winamp sometimes gets frozen (the same symptoms) on using mouse for jumping at a position in song.

Andreas E. · 31st October 2004, 22:50

*please delete this one*

Andreas E. · 31st October 2004, 22:53

*and this one too*
(btw admin, why do you give the people a way to delete their posts in edit mode when they actually aren't allowed to do that?

Would be very handy as the server speed is down to a crawl here atm.)

Andreas E. · 31st October 2004, 22:54

Quote:

Originally posted by valjok
Solved. It is NVMixer that halts winamp independently of the output plug-in.

True, same here on my box (Win98SE).
I've never seen such UTTER SHIT as those NVidia nForce drivers. They made my system unstable and couldn't for the life of them co-operate with a bog-stable program like Winamp 5. Sometimes I have those issues of playing 2 seconds then stopping, sometimes longer-length audio books would immediately stop without me doing anything, then I close Winamp, but it's still in Task Manager!

With one Windows session, it's about 2-3 times possible to kill the task in Task Manager, beyond that IT MIGHT ENTIRELY FREEZE THE SYSTEM with only the reset button working.
One thing is clear: NVidia shitheads cannot program stable drivers. Another thing is clear too: my next hardware will be a mainboard WITHOUT nForce chipset.
So I'm not longer (n)force'd to use those drivers.
Those haven't brought me anything but big trouble so far.

-ae-

valjok · 1st November 2004, 06:00

I'm using the nForce for two years (it was the fastest for Athlon CPU in transferring huge memory arrays running java enterprise apps) and never experienced the problem. Recently, I've updated the drivers and Winapm2 -> Winamp5. As Media Player works smoosely, I think the bug is somewhere in Winamp5. On the other hand, the PC was once almost frozen (ALT+TAB to switch between apps was operating but CTRL+ALT+DEL was not) which is unprecedented Win2000 situation.

30th October 2004, 03:31	#1
winampaddic Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2	stop playing after 2 seconds my winamp stops playing after 2 seconds of a song or movie. can some one help????

30th October 2004, 05:26	#3
Nunzio390 Nugatory Aluminator Look it up Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tharsis Ridge (Martian lowlands) Posts: 8,588	How can you expect anybody here to try and help you when you tell us nothing that will even begin to allow us to help you? 1. When you say "song or movie", then what TYPES of songs and movies are they? We need to know the 3-letter files extensions of each of them, and we need to know if all formats quit playing after 2 seconds or if some formats will play in Winamp with no problem (without quitting after 2 seconds). And if so, which file-types do play without quitting? 2. You told us absolutely nothing re: your system and you did not tell us what version of Winamp you are running... a) What are your system specs? b) Do you have any third party plug-ins or skins installed? If so which ones? c) What is your Winamp version (2.xx, 5.xx)? 3. When you say Winamp stops playing after 2 seconds, what exactly happens? Does it just stop playing as if you had clicked the stop button? And then can it be restarted by hitting the play button? Does it actually freeze/crash? Does the sound stop but meters and progress bar keep going? __________________________________ Bottom line: a helpful and problem-solving reply to anyone's problem/question depends entirely on what information they provide us with. Including all relevant info (most of which you've left out) will make it easier for us to give you a helpful answer. Just saying something like, "my winamp is really fuked i need help" will not get you the answer(s) you need to solve your problem. Reply back here again, but when you do, answer all my questions. Then we'll take it from there. Don't email or PM me concerning Winamp. Instead, either start a NEW TOPIC or post a REPLY in the appropriate thread in these forums. This will also benefit others who may have a similar question or problem. But before posting, please first Search the forums and read all FAQs and all Sticky threads. ORB Remote Broadcast [ Automated Jukebox \| Nunzio's Home \| Wacky Videos \| Solve the Prunella Puzzle! ] [ LINE RIDER! \| My Resume \| Virtual Chess \| Composite Sketch \| My Niece's Band ] [ Plugins by Joonas \| DrO's Winamp Plugins and Extras \| K-JÃ¶fol ]

31st October 2004, 22:50	#8
Andreas E. Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 135	please delete this one Last edited by Andreas E.; 31st October 2004 at 23:08.

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Andreas E. Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 135	and this one too (btw admin, why do you give the people a way to delete their posts in edit mode when they actually aren't allowed to do that? Would be very handy as the server speed is down to a crawl here atm.) Last edited by Andreas E.; 31st October 2004 at 23:16.

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30th October 2004, 03:46	#2
winampaddic Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2	my winamp is really fuked i need help

30th October 2004, 09:52	#4
valjok Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7	I have got the same problemm after MonkeyAudio's in_ape.dll plug-in installation I think. If I click any audio file in Windows Explorer Winamp opens and plays the whole song. But it stalls when I drag a song into the playlist and doubleclick it to start. Neither reinstallation of Winamp nor removal of the plugin helps. Before halting, the winamp shows decoded samples in the spectrum analyzer for 2 seconds but no sound is heard. The 2 second period comes from the output buffer size. I've used both default waveout and KB5.1Channel output plugins. It seems that winamp starts by decoding input to fill the buffer but the feedback fails to keep it full and as a result the buffer gets exhaused stalling winamp.

30th October 2004, 19:41	#6
valjok Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7	Solved. It is NVMixer that halts winamp independently of the output plug-in. Winamp resumes when I close the mixer. I use the latest Winamp (as follows from "reinstallation does not help") and Win2000, NVMixer reports Realtek ALC650 Single AC'97 6 channel sound codec embedded into nForce2 MCP. But it did not halt before I installed APE input plug-in.

31st October 2004, 21:02	#7
valjok Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7	But the problem is still existing. Closing NVMixer just lets Winamp to play next song. Right now I've discovered the winamp sometimes gets frozen (the same symptoms) on using mouse for jumping at a position in song.

1st November 2004, 06:00	#11
valjok Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7	I'm using the nForce for two years (it was the fastest for Athlon CPU in transferring huge memory arrays running java enterprise apps) and never experienced the problem. Recently, I've updated the drivers and Winapm2 -> Winamp5. As Media Player works smoosely, I think the bug is somewhere in Winamp5. On the other hand, the PC was once almost frozen (ALT+TAB to switch between apps was operating but CTRL+ALT+DEL was not) which is unprecedented Win2000 situation.