Winamp stops playing. Timer is 0:00

[zape]

Hi!
I know this topic has been posted several times but in most of them there is no clear in which configurations crashes so i want to get information about the same crashes triyng to solve the problem.
When Winamp is playing, it could have been playing for hours (And not crashed in lot of days),abrutly silences in the middle of an mp3 (or at the end) and player timer is in 0:00. I can´t play another song nor close the program so i have to kill the process using ctrl+alt+del.
While shuting Winamp, if i launch it again i am not able to play any songs with it, or with Windows media Player or other programs.
Excepting sound windows seems to work properly, but i have problems shuting the system down, so many times i have to use the reset button.

I´m triyng to know what is the cause of the problem (I have heard it happens with onboard Audio Cards...) so i want to know where do you run winamp.
My PC is:
-ASUS a7v8x-x
-AMD xp 2600+
-512 Mb DDR400
-SoundMax AD1980 onboard audio card
-Ati Radeon 9200 128Mb
-Windows 98 Second Edition
-Winamp 5.05 (But had same problem with 5.02)
Thanks for answering.
P.D: I have read there is some kind of patch for win98SE so i am going to try it and i´ll tell you it solves the problem or not.
P.D 2: Sorry for my awful english, i try to write as better as i can.

[DJ Egg]

As there is no method of reproduction, I'm moving this from Bug Reports to Tech Support.

Yes, there is a (K-Mixer) patch for Win98SE, but only if you're using WDM drivers (Win98SE/ME/2k/XP) instead of VxD drivers (Win95/98FE):

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=88459

Information excluded, but ALL required:
Got all the latest motherboard/chipset drivers (including onboard audio)?
DirectX version?
Using WaveOut or DirectSound Output in Winamp?
Happens with both? (if only out_ds, then try these tweaks).
Was this a clean install of Winamp?
Any 3rd-party plugins installed?
What other processes are concurrently running when the problem occurs?
(ie. provide a HiJackThis log)

[zape]

Hi.
I use DirectSound Output because i need crossfading.
Directx is 9.0
And i have the latest MB and Audio drivers installed.
I have a clean install, and i have tried installing twice.
I have installed the win98Se patch and got same result.
I have installed two volume Normalizers, i use zyrax volume normalizer, but it happened before using it.
Thanks for answering.

[fear|nothing]

I have an identical problem. Although some sounds do play, mp3s certainly don't. Info from dxdiag after the WA crash (dunno what else to call it) happened:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/22/2004, 01:50:32
Machine name: EMPEROR-SCROOGE
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) (2600.xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+, ~1.8GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 256MB used, 1437MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode

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Sound Devices
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Description: NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: NFORCE_VAD
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: nvapu.sys
Driver Version: 6.14.0442.0030 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 5/25/2004 15:58:04, 396032 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: NVIDIA Corporation
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 200, 100000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 256, 252
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 64
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Failure at step 19 (User verification of software): HRESULT = 0x00000000 (error code)

Sound is from the onboard sound in my motherboard, which is an Abit NF7-S v2.0. You can have the whole dxdiag file if you need it.

Running processes: apart from the standard WinXP processes, I have:

Firefox
mIRC
GAIM
Steam
MSN Messenger
Gmail notifier
ATI desktop manager

Winamp version 5.05. This problem ocurred with version 2.91 as well. No 3rd party plugins. Also after further tests in the dxdiag music section I have found that:

NVIDIA Kernel Synthesizer - works
NVIDIA nForce Audio - does not work
Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated - works
NVIDIA DLS Synthesizer [Emulated] - works
Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emulated] - does not work

[zape]

I can´t hijack the log now because i´m not writing from then computer that crashes, but it only loads at memory win98se programs, PC-cillin 2002 antivirus with po3trap enabled an winzip 8.1

[fear|nothing]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
As there is no method of reproduction, I'm moving this from Bug Reports to Tech Support.

Yes, there is a (K-Mixer) patch for Win98SE, but only if you're using WDM drivers (Win98SE/ME/2k/XP) instead of VxD drivers (Win95/98FE):

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=88459

Information excluded, but ALL required:
Got all the latest motherboard/chipset drivers (including onboard audio)?
DirectX version?
Using WaveOut or DirectSound Output in Winamp?
Happens with both? (if only out_ds, then try these tweaks).
Was this a clean install of Winamp?
Any 3rd-party plugins installed?
What other processes are concurrently running when the problem occurs? (ie. provide a HiJackThis log)

tried with DirectSound and WaveOut. Problem occurrs with both. It also prevents flash movies and .avi files from playing, though .avi does work in Media Player.

[zape]

Hi fear|nothing.
Are you using onboard audio?
Which are the specs of your computer and O.S?
Have you problems for rebboting the system?

[fear|nothing]

I posted my computer's specs a couple of posts back with some info from dxdiag, look up a bit. No problems rebooting other than winamp has to be shut down through task manager before the system will shut down.

[zape]

Oops.. Sorry i tought you were another user. I asked that because i think problems come from the onboard audio cards.
I have the same problem. I have to kill the process from the task manager, but somotimes i have problems to reboot the computer and i have to use the reset button.
I´ll keep trying things.
Bye.

[jtlowrey]

I have the same problem.

Using onboard sound, Nvidia NForce m/b

It just wont play any more mp3, has to be closed through task manager and opens multiple copies in task manager

James

[jtlowrey]

I am wondering if its the motherboard as we all have the Asus A7N8X, using on board sound, the nForce.

Hmmm....

[zape]

No I´m using an Asus A7v8x-x with Soundmax Ad1980 onboard audio. Perhaps it is the chipset type?

[fear|nothing]

POSSIBLE SOLUTION

Originally posted by jtlowrey
I am wondering if its the motherboard as we all have the Asus A7N8X, using on board sound, the nForce.

Hmmm....

actually I'm using the abit NF7S, but it is an NF2 motherboard.

However, I have found a solution which seems to work now. The problem appears to be not with winamp but with my audio drivers, which started to crash independantly of Winamp; the reason I thought Winamp caused it was because I always have Winamp open ^_^. If you're using the same board as me, you have the Soundstorm onboard audio; first locate the latest drivers, version 4.31, and download them. Then uninstall your old ones, reboot, and install the new ones. I've had no problems for a couple of days.

Note that downloading your motherboard's latest drivers will NOT necessarily give you the latest onboard soundcard drivers.

[zape]

I solved the problem. I posts this beacuse perhaps people with the same problem could try this.
I uninstalled winamp an re-installed it unchecking the sonic audio ripping option. I have been using the computer for a month that way without crashes. I think it was an incompatibilty problem with the sonic ripping engine and Audio catalyst or Cdex, both of them installed in the pc.
Good luck.
Bye.

[DJ Egg]

Unlikely to be a conflict with another ripping app (I've got CDex and EAC installed and don't have any problems), but more than likely it's a conflict with some other burning app, eg. Roxio / EZ CD Creator, or Sonic RecordNow / MyDVD. If any of these apps are installed, you should uncheck "Sonic CD Burning/Ripping" in the Winamp installer (under "Audio File Support"). More info here.

There's no known problems/conflicts with Nero or Windows/WMP CD burning software, but I suspect Roxio to be the problem - because it's generally a proper p.o.s. (though alas, the Sonic engine isn't much better) :/

However, I wouldn't need to guess if only you'd all provided a HijackThis log as I requested in my first reply in this thread. I could've then seen a list of all running processes and startup items, and would've hopefully been able to determine the cause/conflict.

Hmm, just noticed that fear|nothing (4th post in thread) says that it also happened with WA 2.91 . . . but there wasn't any Sonic Engine included with 2.91, so it looks like that was a different problem - probably related to bad onboard sound drivers ? :/