WMA Plugin freezes and crashes Winamp (fix inside)

[Skytrooper]

hmm...stupid, it wasn't such a clean install after all! well...I have uninstalled the mp3cue, and has got a little better now, it only crashes after a couple of WMA-files! :s
Also I switched back from the 'DivX WMA Audio Compressor' to the Microsoft one, but it still crashes after a couple of WMA's..:s It's not even a set number and even seems like the more times I try, the longer it doesn't crash! :s
But it still crashes..

[prodangle]

I'm getting the this error too, with a few protected wma files I downloaded from http://mycokemusic.com.

code:
Unhandled exception in winamp.exe (wmvcore.dll): 0xC0000005: Access Violation.

Winamp sometimes works, but sometimes crashes, it's behaviour appears to be random. I'm using Windows XP and a completely fresh installation of Winamp 5.03.

When the error message pops up, Winamp continues to play in the background, but is unavailable. When I press either 'Send' or 'Don't send' on the message reporting dialog, Winamp then closes. The files always play fine in Windows Media Player.

[Skytrooper]

jupz, same here but now I have upgraded my WMP to 9.0 and the error disappears...
But I am still curious why it did not work with the old WMP installed!

[prodangle]

Originally posted by prodangle
[B]I'm getting the this error too, with a few protected wma files I downloaded from http://mycokemusic.com.

The problem occurs with the following setup.

Windows XP Pro
Athlon 1200
SB Live! Value
Winamp version 5.03a
in_wm.dll Nullsoft WAM plugin v2.00
wmvcore.dll version 8.0.0.4487
Windows Media Player version 8.00.00.4487



Upgrading wmvcore.dll to version 9.0.0.2980 seems to have fixed the problem.

[Christophe]

This updated in_wm.dll (v2.02) should fix this crash bug:

http://ronwarez.com/in_wm.dll

-Christophe


[edit] please use v2.03 as included in the update patch [/edit]

[drake0013]

where can you find wmvcore.dll version 9.0.0.2980 to DL?

[DJ Egg]

wmvcore.dll v9.0.0.2980 comes with Windows Media Player v9

However, you should no longer need to upgrade to WiMP9.
The above fix posted by Christophe should resolve all issues.
Please test the new in_wm.dll and report back here
(with Winamp closed, save in_wm.dll to the winamp\plugins dir).

Thank you.

[thecameleon]

The new plugin fixes this for me. Thanks!

[Calanan]

FYI, I used the plugin referred to above (in_wm.dll) on my XP Pro machine (fully-patched) and I still have problems with Winamp 5.03a (Mar 26 2004) crashing. In some cases I will see the XP debug dialog and in others Winamp just disappears completely. Here are the two events I see in these cases:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 4/21/2004
Time: 4:55:39 PM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
Faulting application winamp.exe, version 5.0.0.3, faulting module wmvcore.dll, version 8.0.0.4487, fault address 0x0001ef59.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 77 69 6e ure win
0018: 61 6d 70 2e 65 78 65 20 amp.exe
0020: 35 2e 30 2e 30 2e 33 20 5.0.0.3
0028: 69 6e 20 77 6d 76 63 6f in wmvco
0030: 72 65 2e 64 6c 6c 20 38 re.dll 8
0038: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 34 34 38 .0.0.448
0040: 37 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 7 at off
0048: 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 31 set 0001
0050: 65 66 35 39 0d 0a ef59..


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 4/21/2004
Time: 5:08:58 PM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
Faulting application winamp.exe, version 5.0.0.3, faulting module msvcrt.dll, version 7.0.2600.1106, fault address 0x00033a89.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 77 69 6e ure win
0018: 61 6d 70 2e 65 78 65 20 amp.exe
0020: 35 2e 30 2e 30 2e 33 20 5.0.0.3
0028: 69 6e 20 6d 73 76 63 72 in msvcr
0030: 74 2e 64 6c 6c 20 37 2e t.dll 7.
0038: 30 2e 32 36 30 30 2e 31 0.2600.1
0040: 31 30 36 20 61 74 20 6f 106 at o
0048: 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 ffset 00
0050: 30 33 33 61 38 39 0d 0a 033a89..

- mike

[Calanan]

Just to clarify, I receive the errors whether I use in_wm.dll 2.00 that came with Winamp 5.03a or the one downloaded from ronwarez.com, version 2.02.


Also, Windows Media player 8.00.00.4487 is installed.

- mike

[Calanan]

I gave up on this and reverted back to Winamp 2.95 (found at http://www.oldversion.com/) and have had no problems playing WMA files since. The input plugin I'm now using is in_wm.dll v1.13 (x86). If I have time today I'll save that .dll, install 5.x again, copy the old .dll into the Plugins folder and try playing WMAs.

- mike

[welcomerain]

concerning the tracklength bug with 5.03, i reinstalled 5.03 with the 5.01 version of in_wm.dll (33kbs) and nuked the library. after doing so, all the ID3 tags and meta data for .wma formats with song lengths over 7 minutes are being reported accurately in the playlist and library.

[DJ Egg]

The new in_wm.dll posted by Christophe above also fixes the tracklength issue.

[xdc33]

I had a similar problem with wa291, wma plugin1 &113 and wmp9 on win98se (wa didn't crash, but showed an error message [NO CODEC INSTAL] in the input-plugins box). For me the plugin posted by christophe worked fine, but i wonder if there is an official site where i can always get the latest wa-plugins, because i gotta admit that i first had doubts about downloadin a file that might contain 'bad code' from a domain that includes the word warez

[DJ Egg]

ronwarez.com is Christophe's personal site/domain
and is therefore as official as you are going to get.