Unable to make streaming buffer change apply

[Galmok]

Well, I am listening to an audio station and wonder why winamp 5.04 won't use the larger streaming data buffer I have set (960kB):

Preferences->Input->Nullsoft MPEG Audio Decoder 3.04

I can set it to 10MB but winamp still only gets approx 100k or so (difficult to determine, just watching DU Meter).

I am listening to

http://82.196.2.4:8000/

over a high latency line (400ms in average). Drop-outs can be avoided by increasing the directsound buffer to about 20 seconds (which is max), but I would rather buffer the compressed music because of memory considerations and because I don't need 20 seconds buffering for local playback.

I assume the above broadcast gives mp3 sound but in case it was Vorbis sound, I changed that buffer as well, but to no avail. Still only gets approx 100k before starting playback. The slider are set to buffer at least 50% (almost 500k) before begining playback. Doesn't happen, though.

Is changing the directsound buffer my only choice? And why does the MPEG/Vorbus streaming buffer not apply in this situation?

[Galmok]

DOH! (really)

Sometimes one should make a more thorough search for the cause of problems one gets. Now, my problem was that the Nullsoft MPEG Audio Decoder wasn't even being used, but I couldn't see that. I had the MAD plugin installed and it was enabled. I found the connection only by searching all files in the winamp installation folder for files containing the string: in_mp3

Disabling the MAD plugin cause the Nullsoft MPEG Audio Decoder to be used and everything is great once again.


This does bring me to a different point:

Wouldn't it be great it Winamp allowed the user to see when plugins were actually being used? It would have saved my a couple of hours of searching.