Insert CD, crash Winamp

[gordol]

Winamp 5.3 on XP Pro sp2. I have installed the update pack.

When I start Winamp and then insert a CD, it goes wonky and then crashes.

The wonkyness consists of the library view of the CD info going white-on-white, playing the first second or two of the first few tracks, and then it crashes. No attempt is being made to contact Microsoft, though a Dr. Watson log is created.

This is 100% repeatable. The crash log is attached.

[siebe83]

see if the suggestions here help:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1223065#post1223065

[gordol]

Originally posted by siebe83
see if the suggestions here help:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....65#post1223065

That seems to have worked around the bug, thank you.

[gordol]

I spoke too soon. Making those changes did not help. It's still crashing the same way when inserting a CD. Also, it now pauses in the middle of track playback.

So if anything, it's now worse.

[gordol]

Just a followup: Upgrading to Winamp 5.31 did not resolve this problem. It still crashes in the same way when I insert a CD while Winamp is running.

[siebe83]

Please provide more info (read this!). Include a my_plugins_list and HijackThis log.

[gordol]

How can I clear Winamp of its cache of CD info? The last time it crashed was on inserting a CD it's never seen before. I just tried with one it has seen and it didn't crash.

So I want to clear this data. (Also, I have no need, normally, for Winamp to maintain this data.)

[DJ Egg]

That suggests a problem with the installation of the gracenote cddb libraries.

You can disable cddb via: prefs > plugins > input > in_cdda > config.

The local cd database is stored in Winamp\Plugins\cdinfo.db3

Other than that, I have absolutely no idea why the problem is occuring (see siebe83's last post above).

[gordol]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
[B]That suggests a problem with the installation of the gracenote cddb libraries.

You can disable cddb via: prefs > plugins > input > in_cdda > config.

I do not want to disable cddb, unless I can replace it with something else that provides the same functionality. Since I use Winamp to rip newly purchased CDs, it's a lot more convenient to have Winamp autofill the track info.

The local cd database is stored in Winamp\Plugins\cdinfo.db3

Thank you.

Hmm... I deleted that, started Winamp and popped in a CD. It found the info online. No crash. It also prompted me to select the found info, even though it only found one match. Looks like more testing is needed.

[gordol]

It's definitely intermittent. It crashed again, in exactly the same way, on inserting a new CD. So I uninstalled Winamp and all plugins listed in Add/Remove Software, deleted the program directory and rebooted. I then reinstalled Winamp, started it, configured the UI and media library, then inserted the same new CD.

It crashed in exactly the same way.

I only installed the included plugins I needed and only the "ML_lite" 3rd party plugin, so the Media Library items will remember their expanded/collapsed state.

[jph6t]

Does Winamp crash or freeze?

I have a problem with Winamp and reading CDs that could be similar to yours. I haven't had a chance to debug it as of yet. However, it's more a freeze than a crash. If I leave Winamp alone ... it will return to working order after about 45-60 seconds.

[gordol]

Originally posted by jph6t
Does Winamp crash or freeze?

Crash. As in a crash log is generated (see the thread-starter for one of them) and Winamp vanishes from my desktop. It crashes, it does not freeze.

[ujay]

@ jph6t - Sounds like a corrupt database.

Is 'cdinfo.db3' write-protected, try disbling it as suggested by Egg above. Rename the file to 'cdinfo.db3.off'.

UJ

[gordol]

Originally posted by ujay
@ jph6t - Sounds like a corrupt database.

(sigh)

What part of "uninstalled, deleted the directory, rebooted, reinstalled" did you not understand? Also, if you read the thread you'll see that I had previously deleted that file and it made no difference to this problem.

I appreciate the attempt to help, but the answers to these questions have previously been provided upthread.

[ujay]

@ gordol - @ jph6t

UJ