if its possible, it would be sweet

30th April 2000, 04:16

i think there should be an option on winamp so it goes into basic mode. i mean basically all it does is VERY EFFICIENTLY play mp3 music... so instead of taking up %7 resources and like %25 processor power, it wouldnt hardly strain the computer at all...

this would be AWESOME for playing games while listening to mp3 music....

what do you think?

Kevin · 30th April 2000, 04:34

I dont think Winamp takes that much CPU / Memory at all, last time I checked it was like 2% CPU minimized, which is not too bad. What else scould you eliminate?

Shark · 30th April 2000, 09:09

I play MP3's and quake3 all the time on my PII-300

How much more stressfull could you get

All the detail up
All the Textures on high
80x600.

fluid baby..... the GeForce helps though

DigiTalk · 30th April 2000, 12:27

That's not very good possible.
Decoding MP3s takes a bit CPU-Time, if you want or not.
Switching to basic mode would mean then to disable all plugins (general, vis and DSP at the same time) which you an do yourself by not selecting them. Only general plugins are to be switched off then.

Digi

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30th April 2000, 04:16	#1
triton22 Guest Posts: n/a	i think there should be an option on winamp so it goes into basic mode. i mean basically all it does is VERY EFFICIENTLY play mp3 music... so instead of taking up %7 resources and like %25 processor power, it wouldnt hardly strain the computer at all... this would be AWESOME for playing games while listening to mp3 music.... what do you think?

30th April 2000, 04:34	#2
Kevin Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 582	I dont think Winamp takes that much CPU / Memory at all, last time I checked it was like 2% CPU minimized, which is not too bad. What else scould you eliminate?

30th April 2000, 09:09	#3
Shark Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Austin, Texas, USA Posts: 11	I play MP3's and quake3 all the time on my PII-300 How much more stressfull could you get All the detail up All the Textures on high 80x600. fluid baby..... the GeForce helps though

30th April 2000, 12:27	#4
DigiTalk Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Germany Posts: 22	That's not very good possible. Decoding MP3s takes a bit CPU-Time, if you want or not. Switching to basic mode would mean then to disable all plugins (general, vis and DSP at the same time) which you an do yourself by not selecting them. Only general plugins are to be switched off then. Digi