"Turn Off" Plugin

JmanA9 · 30th July 2003, 16:27

Is there a way to temporarily turn a plugin off?

DJ Egg · 30th July 2003, 16:37

Yes, but which type of plugin?
The procedure is different for each of input, output, dsp, general and vis plugins . . .

[edit -> 6 hours later]

Hello? Hmm . . . no reply...

A universal (but dirty) method of temporarily disabling any plugin is (with Winamp closed) to rename the corresponding DLL file with a different extension, eg. .OFF or .OLD

ie. to disable the WMA Input plugin,
go to the Winamp\Plugins dir
and rename in_wm.dll to in_wm.dll.off

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JmanA9 · 31st July 2003, 00:23

Sorry, I've been out most of the day. It's the listen-to.com plugin.

DJ Egg · 31st July 2003, 00:42

Well, I've never heard of it before, but I assume it's a General Purpose plugin, yes/no?
ie. it will have a filename something like gen_listen-to.dll ???

Where General Purpose plugins are concerned, unless there's an option in the plugin config (Prefs -> Plugins -> General -> Listen-to plugin -> config) to disable or not load it, then the only other solution is to use the method in my post above.

To re-enable the plugin, again, with Winamp closed, simply rename it back to its original filename by removing .OFF from the end, so it becomes gen_whatever.dll again.

All General Purpose (and Input) plugins are loaded at Winamp startup, whereas with Output, DSP, and Vis plugins, only the highlighted plugin is active (as in, highlighted in Prefs -> Plugins -> relevant subsection).

JmanA9 · 31st July 2003, 02:52

Thanks for the info. BTW it's a plugin that makes in image or text file saying what you are currently listening to. It's pretty cool.

30th July 2003, 16:27	#1
JmanA9 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My Computer Chair Posts: 30	"Turn Off" Plugin Is there a way to temporarily turn a plugin off?

30th July 2003, 16:37	#2
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Yes, but which type of plugin? The procedure is different for each of input, output, dsp, general and vis plugins . . . [edit -> 6 hours later] Hello? Hmm . . . no reply... A universal (but dirty) method of temporarily disabling any plugin is (with Winamp closed) to rename the corresponding DLL file with a different extension, eg. .OFF or .OLD ie. to disable the WMA Input plugin, go to the Winamp\Plugins dir and rename in_wm.dll to in_wm.dll.off [/edit] Playlist -\|- Twitter

31st July 2003, 00:42	#4
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Well, I've never heard of it before, but I assume it's a General Purpose plugin, yes/no? ie. it will have a filename something like gen_listen-to.dll ??? Where General Purpose plugins are concerned, unless there's an option in the plugin config (Prefs -> Plugins -> General -> Listen-to plugin -> config) to disable or not load it, then the only other solution is to use the method in my post above. To re-enable the plugin, again, with Winamp closed, simply rename it back to its original filename by removing .OFF from the end, so it becomes gen_whatever.dll again. All General Purpose (and Input) plugins are loaded at Winamp startup, whereas with Output, DSP, and Vis plugins, only the highlighted plugin is active (as in, highlighted in Prefs -> Plugins -> relevant subsection). Playlist -\|- Twitter

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31st July 2003, 00:23	#3
JmanA9 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My Computer Chair Posts: 30	Sorry, I've been out most of the day. It's the listen-to.com plugin.

31st July 2003, 02:52	#5
JmanA9 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My Computer Chair Posts: 30	Thanks for the info. BTW it's a plugin that makes in image or text file saying what you are currently listening to. It's pretty cool.