System slows when Winamp in pause mode

Tom Klepl · 4th November 2001, 22:24

Been noticing this for a while now.. not sure if it's a combination of Winamp and Windows XP or if it's purely a Winamp bug, or something else...

Basically what happens is that there are no problems while winamp is playing or stopped. But when a song is paused, the system crawls. Screen redraws are slower, flash animations stutter, and the loading of programs is considerably slower. This occurs in either DirectSound or Wave output mode.

Can anyone confirm?

Other than that, I love Winamp. It's excellent and there's no other music player I'd choose right now.

Winamp 2.77, no plugins running, no eq running
Celeron 500
256 MB RAM
Windows XP Pro
Midiman Delta66 sound card w/ latest WDM drivers

4th November 2001, 22:34

Sounds like a bad third party plug-in to me
MIRC ex maybe?

delete any third party plug-ins installed
Uninstall -> Reinstall procedure:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=50818

Troubleshooter Guides:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....827#post275827
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....166#post308166

Tom Klepl · 4th November 2001, 22:37

sawg,

Thing is.. it's a clean install. Just installed fresh the other day. I don't have any third party plugins.

4th November 2001, 22:39

Could be bad sound card drivers

Do other players behave in the same way (like WMP)?

Tom Klepl · 4th November 2001, 22:47

Ah... yes, good idea. I tested WMP and Quicktime. WMP experiences the same slowdown. Quicktime however, does not exhibit the problem. Interesting...

peter · 4th November 2001, 23:00

Quote:

Originally posted by Tom Klepl
Midiman Delta66 sound card w/ latest WDM drivers

well, everyone knows that creative's drivers suck, but drivers made by other sound card manufacturers are usually even worse (i remember someone complaining about out_ds2 crashing ol' system with some terratec card). go annoy your sound card manufacturer, they are to blame. also try switching Winamp's output plugin (waveOut / DirectSound) - might help.

4th November 2001, 22:24	#1
Tom Klepl Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 8	System slows when Winamp in pause mode Been noticing this for a while now.. not sure if it's a combination of Winamp and Windows XP or if it's purely a Winamp bug, or something else... Basically what happens is that there are no problems while winamp is playing or stopped. But when a song is paused, the system crawls. Screen redraws are slower, flash animations stutter, and the loading of programs is considerably slower. This occurs in either DirectSound or Wave output mode. Can anyone confirm? Other than that, I love Winamp. It's excellent and there's no other music player I'd choose right now. Winamp 2.77, no plugins running, no eq running Celeron 500 256 MB RAM Windows XP Pro Midiman Delta66 sound card w/ latest WDM drivers

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4th November 2001, 22:34	#2
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	Sounds like a bad third party plug-in to me MIRC ex maybe? delete any third party plug-ins installed Uninstall -> Reinstall procedure: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=50818 Troubleshooter Guides: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....827#post275827 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....166#post308166

4th November 2001, 22:37	#3
Tom Klepl Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 8	sawg, Thing is.. it's a clean install. Just installed fresh the other day. I don't have any third party plugins.

4th November 2001, 22:39	#4
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	Could be bad sound card drivers Do other players behave in the same way (like WMP)?

4th November 2001, 22:47	#5
Tom Klepl Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 8	Ah... yes, good idea. I tested WMP and Quicktime. WMP experiences the same slowdown. Quicktime however, does not exhibit the problem. Interesting...