OS thread priority

John Paterson · 19th September 2007, 05:20

Good day WinAmp programmers.

I actually have two items for this list...

The more achievable would be to be able to adjust the thread priority of WinAmp, so that when it starts it is at a HIGH priority. This would best be controlled in "Winamp Preferences" as far as I can see.

I ask this due to the steadily increasing intrusion of anti-virus software. It used to be that almost any computer, and even music player, could cope with the "Near Real Time" needs of the analogue part of the audio circuits... this is sadly no longer the case. In the future this issue can only get worse no matter how fast the underlying hardware.

This, I hasten to add, is not by any means your fault. Nor will the changing of the priority fix the intermittent breaks in playing music that I now suffer. But it will (and does) help. Being able to set a higher priority in your preferences would save me, and perhaps many others, from having to enter task manager to manually set it each time your application starts.

I do understand that many users would not understand this issue; but then Winamp can be tailed for, nearly, all needs and this would solve an increasing problem.

The second wish is a bit of a double header at your end... for the music players available for Apple Macs or Linux/BSD are not (in my opinion) wonderful. Or maybe I am just so used to using your product in "no skin" mode that I am frustrated by their lack as I contemplate a mixed OS future. Is there any possibility that you may extend your application to one or both of these platforms?

All my thanks whatever you decide.
John. :-)

Sawg · 19th September 2007, 05:33

Thread priority used to be in there, I guess it was removed for some reason.

Winamp won't be ported to OSX or Linux, ever. See the sticky thread.

DrO · 19th September 2007, 07:43

the main player thread priority should be on preferences->general preferences and prior to the 5.36/5.5 betas each input plugin would have it's own option to change priority as applicable. this is now on preferences->playback as a global option (at least for those native input plugins which support the new common settings feature).

-daz

John Paterson · 19th September 2007, 07:52

Thank you.

Silly me not seeing that setting for the priority, DrO. I think I was expecting a text setting rather than the (better) slider bar you have used. It has been set now.

Pity about the OSX/Linux version; but that is life. I will just have to cope with inferior players for those environments (that is an accolade for all of you). :-)

John.

19th September 2007, 05:20	#1
John Paterson Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Jetty, New South Wales Posts: 2	OS thread priority Good day WinAmp programmers. I actually have two items for this list... The more achievable would be to be able to adjust the thread priority of WinAmp, so that when it starts it is at a HIGH priority. This would best be controlled in "Winamp Preferences" as far as I can see. I ask this due to the steadily increasing intrusion of anti-virus software. It used to be that almost any computer, and even music player, could cope with the "Near Real Time" needs of the analogue part of the audio circuits... this is sadly no longer the case. In the future this issue can only get worse no matter how fast the underlying hardware. This, I hasten to add, is not by any means your fault. Nor will the changing of the priority fix the intermittent breaks in playing music that I now suffer. But it will (and does) help. Being able to set a higher priority in your preferences would save me, and perhaps many others, from having to enter task manager to manually set it each time your application starts. I do understand that many users would not understand this issue; but then Winamp can be tailed for, nearly, all needs and this would solve an increasing problem. The second wish is a bit of a double header at your end... for the music players available for Apple Macs or Linux/BSD are not (in my opinion) wonderful. Or maybe I am just so used to using your product in "no skin" mode that I am frustrated by their lack as I contemplate a mixed OS future. Is there any possibility that you may extend your application to one or both of these platforms? All my thanks whatever you decide. John. :-)

19th September 2007, 05:33	#2
Sawg Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,451	Thread priority used to be in there, I guess it was removed for some reason. Winamp won't be ported to OSX or Linux, ever. See the sticky thread. \| Brought to you by ^V ^C \|

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19th September 2007, 07:43	#3
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,265	the main player thread priority should be on preferences->general preferences and prior to the 5.36/5.5 betas each input plugin would have it's own option to change priority as applicable. this is now on preferences->playback as a global option (at least for those native input plugins which support the new common settings feature). -daz

19th September 2007, 07:52	#4
John Paterson Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Jetty, New South Wales Posts: 2	Thank you. Silly me not seeing that setting for the priority, DrO. I think I was expecting a text setting rather than the (better) slider bar you have used. It has been set now. Pity about the OSX/Linux version; but that is life. I will just have to cope with inferior players for those environments (that is an accolade for all of you). :-) John.