Winamp plays choppy.

dtas4 · 27th December 2000, 00:27

I have a AMD 3-450 with 192 Megs Ram and a SB 128 sound Card. I am running WindowsME.
When I try and play a mpeg I get small skips in the music.
All the other apps I have play the files just fine. The program seems to act as if my comp is too slow.

Any body have any ideas?

DT

Matt · 27th December 2000, 00:42

I got something like that after the comp had been on for a bit. WinME is the problem (for me anyway). I got rid of all the system restore and PC Health stuff cause it was always backing up files and slowing everything down.

Does this happen anytime you play an mp3 in Winamp? Do you hav emany other programs running?

Go to the preferences (control + P) and then select plugins > output and select the Nullsoft WaveOut plugin. Press configure and change some of the settings there. e.g. buffer
length.

Also try the directsound plugin instead of waveOut. although I don't think that'll change much.

magnezium · 27th December 2000, 05:12

with your system specs you shouldn't having no skips at all. do this:

hit ctrl+p. under plugins>output, select waveout and hit configure. use the following settings:

buffer length: 7000ms
priority: time critical
max blks: 28
max blksize: 56k
min blkszie: 4k

that should do the trick.

blacky2000 · 29th December 2000, 07:28

if all else fails... just use the directsound plugin ... yes, I know waveout is better... but I've noticed WinAmp choppiness on my PIII-500, 256mb RAM, 82gigs, SB Live Platinum .. (only when running plugins.. like Geiss) ... so I switched to DirectSound.... no more problems...

wish they'd put the old WaveOut plugin back on..

29th December 2000, 07:28	#4
blacky2000 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 40	... if all else fails... just use the directsound plugin ... yes, I know waveout is better... but I've noticed WinAmp choppiness on my PIII-500, 256mb RAM, 82gigs, SB Live Platinum .. (only when running plugins.. like Geiss) ... so I switched to DirectSound.... no more problems... wish they'd put the old WaveOut plugin back on..

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27th December 2000, 00:27	#1
dtas4 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1	I have a AMD 3-450 with 192 Megs Ram and a SB 128 sound Card. I am running WindowsME. When I try and play a mpeg I get small skips in the music. All the other apps I have play the files just fine. The program seems to act as if my comp is too slow. Any body have any ideas? DT

27th December 2000, 00:42	#2
Matt Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: England Posts: 3,396	I got something like that after the comp had been on for a bit. WinME is the problem (for me anyway). I got rid of all the system restore and PC Health stuff cause it was always backing up files and slowing everything down. Does this happen anytime you play an mp3 in Winamp? Do you hav emany other programs running? Go to the preferences (control + P) and then select plugins > output and select the Nullsoft WaveOut plugin. Press configure and change some of the settings there. e.g. buffer length. Also try the directsound plugin instead of waveOut. although I don't think that'll change much.

27th December 2000, 05:12	#3
magnezium Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 306	with your system specs you shouldn't having no skips at all. do this: hit ctrl+p. under plugins>output, select waveout and hit configure. use the following settings: buffer length: 7000ms priority: time critical max blks: 28 max blksize: 56k min blkszie: 4k that should do the trick.