Skipping due to too much memory

8th May 2000, 00:19

I don't know if it makes sense but since I use 256 MB RAM, Winamp is annoying me with skipping sounds and irritating clicks. Guess what: I removed 128 MB and no problems anymore!
Since machines are using more and more memory I think this is a bug that should be fixed.

Tom · 8th May 2000, 00:30

That is odd. What happens if you only put in the new 128 MB stick (i.e. Take out the old 128 and put in the new stuff in it's place), does it skip then?

Tom
http://players.shoutclub.net

8th May 2000, 17:38

Hey! I get the same problem! I have 256Mb of RAM and hear that annoying clicking. I never tried removing some of it to see if it still happens though. I'm also running Win 2000 and thought it had something to do with it. Anyone come up with any solutions?

9th May 2000, 07:01

I have 256 megs also, but mine just hangs the system after playing for about 10 seconds.. no crackling.... I have a very powerful system, and I can't figure out what's doing it. Maybe I'll take your advice and remove a stick.

10th May 2000, 17:46

Got 256 MB also on Win2K, but it is ECC. No probs. What kind of clicks? A regular clicking sound (nail-tapping), or something that may sound like a decoding error? (like a zippy-blurp sound)

10th May 2000, 22:25

I have 64MB but get it 2. It goes away after moving or clicking on the time bar. dont know if it is the same prob, its a stuttering, clicking type, not regular. Seems to B a big prob though, loads are commenting on it. Think something should B done soon

11th May 2000, 02:01

In addition: I have the same problem on TWO different machines (different mobo, memory, HD, etc.). So toggling with memory cards does not help.
I now have a separate machine (win98se, 128MB) for Winamp and another with win2000pro (256MB).
Playing Winamp 2.62 on Windows2000 is a disaster...

11th May 2000, 11:12

Using 2.62 on win2k pro with 256 MB ram (tried removing first one DIMM then the other, no joy there). Music plays fine until I do anything that uses explorer/IE. So if I'm using an app like word, I can play mp3s fine with winamp, but as soon as I load IE or open a folder on my desktop the music starts skipping badly. Incidentally I noticed that it doesn't just tap it skiptracks forward in the song so in 2 seconds of skipping I've missed 4-8 seconds of song. IF I pause and then unpause the problem goes away until I do something in IE or a folder or whatever then happens again. I'm thinking sonique is looking real good until this is fixed...

Extremely
annoyed

12th May 2000, 00:34

I have the same problem w/ w2k
It is a win2k problem
it works fine on all other os
contact Winamp and get them to fix it
by the way, what type of sound card do you guys have? mine is HT1869 chipset CM8330 embedded in the m/b

prodangle · 22nd November 2000, 02:52

Not a win 2k problem - depends on which drivers you use - if only 1 sets available - buy a new soundcard

22nd November 2000, 03:43

hye guys... i have a 200 MMX with 32 meg RAM and guess what? my winamp works absolutely fine!!

22nd November 2000, 07:48

Hey, I'm running Win2k and have 384 meg o ram and it doesn't happen (ram is cas3 133mhz) when I had 256mb o ram it didn't happen either (100mhz cas3) so umm yeah...

trparky2 · 22nd November 2000, 15:35

Well, I had that stuttering and clicking problem also.

I don't know if what I did actually made a difference, but, the stuttering and clicking has gone away.

I right-clicked on the main WinAmp window, selected Options, and then Preferences. I went to the Output Plugins area, selected the NullSoft DirectSound plug-in v2.0 and pressed Configure. Once I got into the configuration of the NullSoft DirectSound plug-in v2.0, I went into the DirectSound compatability area, and checked the box next to "Play primary buffer."

That should fix it, at least, for me it did.

[This message has been edited by trparky2 (edited November 22, 2000).]

fuzbox · 8th January 2001, 04:15

I had the stuttering problem in win98 and the problem was that my graphic card was hogging memory bandwidth so whenever I scrolled on any app it would stutter. All I had to do was take my graphic card out and put it in a different slot and the problem was gone (don't ask me why that works).
However, now I have windows 2000 and I'm experiencing the stuttering problem except I can't switch slots because I now have an agp card. Any suggestions?

fuzbox · 8th January 2001, 04:22

A little more info about my trouble...
Now with windows 2000 it only starts stuttering when I open, close, minimize or maximise somthing, not scrolling like in win98. I have 256 megs of memory, 900mhz athlon.
For example, I was doing some pretty intensive work in photoshop and it didn't stutter once until I opened or closed an image. Then, when I minimize photoshop it stutters for about 3-5 seconds. It does the same thing with IE or any other program for that matter.

Thanks in advance

UCF_MethodTical · 8th January 2001, 07:23

I went into Tools/Internet Options and turned off smooth scrolling in IE 5.5 and it stopped the stuttering. I think smooth scrolling takes alot of overhead, and it doesn't do anything usefull. It worked on my Pentium III 500, 256mb, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, 13.7 gig hd ATA/66

Heero_Yuy_RXZ · 9th January 2001, 22:41

I was just wondering, what are the bitrates of the files you are trying to play?

(PS where is the smooth scrolling option, arg, i kan't find it...)

- #33®0 ¥µ¥

headbubba · 25th October 2007, 04:32

I thought I was going mad until I saw this thread. I've been using Winamp on a series of different desktops and then laptops for many years. Until a couple of months ago (I can't remember which version of Winamp), I never had any playback problems. However, I started noticing annoying (especially through headphones) clicks, scratches, static, etc. during normal playback (with a stable playlist, with or without any other programs, disk activity, web browsers, etc., happening at the same time). The problems occurred on all types of files, but I mainly have 128kHz mp3s or the critters that the Winamp ripper produces. (My setup is Dell Lattitude D620, 1.8 GHz Intel dual-core, 4GB of 667MHz RAM, and two reasonably fast, non-fragmented internal hard disks, one dedicated just to my music collection. The sound hardware is whatever comes standard with the D620 (maybe some kind of on-board thing, or maybe the CPU does it - the Device Manager talks about a Sigma Tel High Definition Audio CODEC). I have Windows XP-Pro with all of the updates and I consider myself to run a "clean ship" as I am a commercial software developer myself. I use the full commercial version of Winamp Pro 5.5 but I was getting the problem with other Pro 5.X versions.) At first I thought the clicks were those that one sometimes gets from imperfect source media, so I would drag the slider back just behind the point where a particularly nasty scratch had occurred and play it back again, and was incredulous that it would play perfectly but then click somewhere else later. I even thought that this was some kind of bizarre virus sent out by the record companies to put people off listening to digital music, or a ghost in the machine. Anyway, a clean install seems to have fixed it (touch wood). I would say that this seems to be prevalent enough to be listed as a common technical problem (feature?), since there seem to be a few others here who've experienced it (and probably many people out there scratching their heads like I did for weeks). And frankly, I think that users should be notified of the potential problem when they upgrade and told to do a clean install if they experience it.

8th January 2001, 04:15	#14
fuzbox Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ, 85022 Posts: 8	stuttering fix I had the stuttering problem in win98 and the problem was that my graphic card was hogging memory bandwidth so whenever I scrolled on any app it would stutter. All I had to do was take my graphic card out and put it in a different slot and the problem was gone (don't ask me why that works). However, now I have windows 2000 and I'm experiencing the stuttering problem except I can't switch slots because I now have an agp card. Any suggestions?

8th January 2001, 04:22	#15
fuzbox Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ, 85022 Posts: 8	addendum A little more info about my trouble... Now with windows 2000 it only starts stuttering when I open, close, minimize or maximise somthing, not scrolling like in win98. I have 256 megs of memory, 900mhz athlon. For example, I was doing some pretty intensive work in photoshop and it didn't stutter once until I opened or closed an image. Then, when I minimize photoshop it stutters for about 3-5 seconds. It does the same thing with IE or any other program for that matter. Thanks in advance

8th January 2001, 07:23	#16
UCF_MethodTical Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 4	Try removing smooth scrolling I went into Tools/Internet Options and turned off smooth scrolling in IE 5.5 and it stopped the stuttering. I think smooth scrolling takes alot of overhead, and it doesn't do anything usefull. It worked on my Pentium III 500, 256mb, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, 13.7 gig hd ATA/66

9th January 2001, 22:41	#17
Heero_Yuy_RXZ Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 7	BTW I was just wondering, what are the bitrates of the files you are trying to play? (PS where is the smooth scrolling option, arg, i kan't find it...) - #33®0 ¥µ¥

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8th May 2000, 00:19	#1
AVDG Guest Posts: n/a	I don't know if it makes sense but since I use 256 MB RAM, Winamp is annoying me with skipping sounds and irritating clicks. Guess what: I removed 128 MB and no problems anymore! Since machines are using more and more memory I think this is a bug that should be fixed.

8th May 2000, 00:30	#2
Tom Moderator Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 4,491	That is odd. What happens if you only put in the new 128 MB stick (i.e. Take out the old 128 and put in the new stuff in it's place), does it skip then? Tom http://players.shoutclub.net

8th May 2000, 17:38	#3
wayne Guest Posts: n/a	Hey! I get the same problem! I have 256Mb of RAM and hear that annoying clicking. I never tried removing some of it to see if it still happens though. I'm also running Win 2000 and thought it had something to do with it. Anyone come up with any solutions?

9th May 2000, 07:01	#4
Bret Guest Posts: n/a	I have 256 megs also, but mine just hangs the system after playing for about 10 seconds.. no crackling.... I have a very powerful system, and I can't figure out what's doing it. Maybe I'll take your advice and remove a stick.

10th May 2000, 17:46	#5
Adrian Shaw Guest Posts: n/a	Got 256 MB also on Win2K, but it is ECC. No probs. What kind of clicks? A regular clicking sound (nail-tapping), or something that may sound like a decoding error? (like a zippy-blurp sound)

10th May 2000, 22:25	#6
Mecanik Guest Posts: n/a	I have 64MB but get it 2. It goes away after moving or clicking on the time bar. dont know if it is the same prob, its a stuttering, clicking type, not regular. Seems to B a big prob though, loads are commenting on it. Think something should B done soon

11th May 2000, 02:01	#7
AVDG Guest Posts: n/a	In addition: I have the same problem on TWO different machines (different mobo, memory, HD, etc.). So toggling with memory cards does not help. I now have a separate machine (win98se, 128MB) for Winamp and another with win2000pro (256MB). Playing Winamp 2.62 on Windows2000 is a disaster...

11th May 2000, 11:12	#8
Extremely Guest Posts: n/a	Using 2.62 on win2k pro with 256 MB ram (tried removing first one DIMM then the other, no joy there). Music plays fine until I do anything that uses explorer/IE. So if I'm using an app like word, I can play mp3s fine with winamp, but as soon as I load IE or open a folder on my desktop the music starts skipping badly. Incidentally I noticed that it doesn't just tap it skiptracks forward in the song so in 2 seconds of skipping I've missed 4-8 seconds of song. IF I pause and then unpause the problem goes away until I do something in IE or a folder or whatever then happens again. I'm thinking sonique is looking real good until this is fixed... Extremely annoyed

12th May 2000, 00:34	#9
fatherbob Guest Posts: n/a	I have the same problem w/ w2k It is a win2k problem it works fine on all other os contact Winamp and get them to fix it by the way, what type of sound card do you guys have? mine is HT1869 chipset CM8330 embedded in the m/b

22nd November 2000, 02:52	#10
prodangle Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Scotland Posts: 718	Not a win 2k problem - depends on which drivers you use - if only 1 sets available - buy a new soundcard

22nd November 2000, 03:43	#11
magnezium Guest Posts: n/a	hye guys... i have a 200 MMX with 32 meg RAM and guess what? my winamp works absolutely fine!!

22nd November 2000, 07:48	#12
Mag Guest Posts: n/a	Hey, I'm running Win2k and have 384 meg o ram and it doesn't happen (ram is cas3 133mhz) when I had 256mb o ram it didn't happen either (100mhz cas3) so umm yeah...

22nd November 2000, 15:35	#13
trparky2 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cleveland, OH, USA Posts: 11	Well, I had that stuttering and clicking problem also. I don't know if what I did actually made a difference, but, the stuttering and clicking has gone away. I right-clicked on the main WinAmp window, selected Options, and then Preferences. I went to the Output Plugins area, selected the NullSoft DirectSound plug-in v2.0 and pressed Configure. Once I got into the configuration of the NullSoft DirectSound plug-in v2.0, I went into the DirectSound compatability area, and checked the box next to "Play primary buffer." That should fix it, at least, for me it did. [This message has been edited by trparky2 (edited November 22, 2000).]

25th October 2007, 04:32	#18
headbubba Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1	I thought I was going mad until I saw this thread. I've been using Winamp on a series of different desktops and then laptops for many years. Until a couple of months ago (I can't remember which version of Winamp), I never had any playback problems. However, I started noticing annoying (especially through headphones) clicks, scratches, static, etc. during normal playback (with a stable playlist, with or without any other programs, disk activity, web browsers, etc., happening at the same time). The problems occurred on all types of files, but I mainly have 128kHz mp3s or the critters that the Winamp ripper produces. (My setup is Dell Lattitude D620, 1.8 GHz Intel dual-core, 4GB of 667MHz RAM, and two reasonably fast, non-fragmented internal hard disks, one dedicated just to my music collection. The sound hardware is whatever comes standard with the D620 (maybe some kind of on-board thing, or maybe the CPU does it - the Device Manager talks about a Sigma Tel High Definition Audio CODEC). I have Windows XP-Pro with all of the updates and I consider myself to run a "clean ship" as I am a commercial software developer myself. I use the full commercial version of Winamp Pro 5.5 but I was getting the problem with other Pro 5.X versions.) At first I thought the clicks were those that one sometimes gets from imperfect source media, so I would drag the slider back just behind the point where a particularly nasty scratch had occurred and play it back again, and was incredulous that it would play perfectly but then click somewhere else later. I even thought that this was some kind of bizarre virus sent out by the record companies to put people off listening to digital music, or a ghost in the machine. Anyway, a clean install seems to have fixed it (touch wood). I would say that this seems to be prevalent enough to be listed as a common technical problem (feature?), since there seem to be a few others here who've experienced it (and probably many people out there scratching their heads like I did for weeks). And frankly, I think that users should be notified of the potential problem when they upgrade and told to do a clean install if they experience it.