Multiple instances, each outputting to different sound card

[Spitfire1990]

I've been searching on Google and the forums here but have yet to find a way to do this.

I want a way to have, say, ten instances of WinAmp open, each instance outputting sound to one of ten different sound cards.

I'm pretty sure this is possible, but I'm not sure how to make it happen.

Any help is appreciated.

[laurent22300]

I don't know if that would work but you could try creating ten Winamp profiles with different sound card settings for each. Switch between the different profiles using the "/INIDIR" command line flag. Also make sure that "Allow multiple instances" is checked in the Preferences (General tab).

[Gooseduck]

I know this post is old but I'm in a situation where I'm trying to do this ..... is it possible?

[thinktink]

I usually just copy the Winamp folder inside the Program Files folder to a new folder. But before you do that you have to allow multiple instances before copying.

[DJ Egg]

The easiest way is to create shortcuts with CommandLine switches....

Shortcut 1:
Name: Winamp1
Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe" /INIDIR="%APPDATA%\Winamp"

Shortcut 2:
Name: Winamp2
Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe" /INIDIR="%APPDATA%\Winamp2"

Shortcut 3:
Name: Winamp3
Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe" /INIDIR="%APPDATA%\Winamp3"

etc etc etc

Or if you want all instances to use the same database (as the default installation of Winamp)
then you can use the /CONFIG= switch instead of /INIDIR=

/CONFIG= will just create & use the specified winamp.ini file instead (for separate settings)
whereas /INIDIR= will use the specified folder for all settings/database/etc.

eg.

Shortcut 1:
Name: Winamp1
Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe" /CONFIG="%APPDATA%\Winamp\winamp.ini"

Shortcut 2:
Name: Winamp2
Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe" /CONFIG="%APPDATA%\Winamp\winamp2.ini"

Shortcut 3:
Name: Winamp3
Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe" /CONFIG="%APPDATA%\Winamp\winamp3.ini"

Note that the Winamp1 shortcut in both of the above examples will produce the same behaviour as the default Winamp shortuct icon, which uses %appdata%\winamp & %appdata%\winamp\winamp.ini

Naturally, the path to winamp.exe must be correct, eg. on 64bit OS it will be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\winamp.exe"

And as also previously stated in the above posts, "Allow multiple instances" needs to be checkmarked in:
Winamp > Prefs (Ctrl+P) > General Preferences
(or minst=1 must be set in all the winamp*.ini files, not minst=0)

[MrSinatra]

do multiple instances work for other people? they haven't for me in a long time... i'll try to retest here soon.

[Aminifu]

Originally Posted by MrSinatra

do multiple instances work for other people? they haven't for me in a long time... i'll try to retest here soon.

They work for me, but sometimes I have a problem closing them and have to use the Win task manager to shutdown the separate WA processes. Of course any changes made in the affected process(es) are lost.