Winamp incompatibility?

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Hi all. I use Winamp on my system pretty much constantly. I don't have any problem in any of my games except this one. If I have Winamp running, GalCiv crashes as soon as I get into the game (after race setup).
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmm...we've never had this reported before. Is it the newest build of winamp? I could download it and see what happens.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Here's my system specs:
Win98SE
768 SDRAM(333)
Athlon 1800+
Asus K7 motherboard
1600x1200 on a 21'' Sony monitor
nVidia GeForce 3 Ti500
Offworld Trading Company
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
hi fleshpile

just tested it on my system. Works fine, but i'm running xp pro. What sound card are you using?
also running mp3 at highest bit rate (cd quality)

xp-pro
512 ddr
asus p4pe motherboard (p4 3gz motherboard)
p4 1.6G
nvidia Geforce 4mmx 440
4 hard disks
dvd-r
dvd-rom
cdrw
8 usb 2.0
2 1384 i/o
lan
soundblaster live 5.1

running programs
winamp 3
galciv
objectbar
cursor xp
desktop x
norton running a scan on over 100,000 files
internet explorer
and all the regular tasks
galciv using 127 meg of ram, 124,000+page faults, 11 threads

ran with music and sfx on and off and both combinations, game still running

this computer had it's operating sytem re-installed in november.



Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
played a whole game listening to tota and mellencamp using winamp 3. no problem and these are high bit rate files. I actually have an ac3 dolby digital encoder on this computer and it's rendering in the background as i played this game.

rich

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmm, weird. I'm using a Soundblaster Live Value, updated the drivers recently. Perhaps it's a Win98SE issue? I'll play around with it some more and see if I can come up with a solution.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
i even had avs running before i launched galciv. Maybe a re-install of winamp might help. Also had Dee2 up on it.

ps meant toto and mellencamp :sniff!:
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Fleshpile,

I have the same problem while running the most recent version of winamp and Galciv on Win98SE. On my Win2000 Prof. machine there is no problem.

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Ah hah! So it must be a Win98SE thing then! Ooooh I can't wait to get that XP disk...
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
Talking about system drivers, you should be cautious about where you get them. There are a few PC manufacturers that modify the sound, display, modem, etc. drivers to "better fit" their PC. Check with your PC manufacturer first.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
did a big winamp test today, 5 hours of winamp 3 running at 128kbps (cd quality) did notice someting tho, when winamp3 pauses between songs it seems to stop galciv, at 128kbps on this 1.6g P4 it's running at 56 to 80% of cpu usage, this is avs and spectrum analyzer having windows open. Without them open it's at 11% cpu. So if you are going to use winamp 3 please make sure that the avs and other windows you don't really need are closed.

I don't have anything less than 128kbs mp3's on my system. (I.m spoiled, all the rooms at work are thx certified mixing rooms, and i've got a pro 5.1 system here on the computer) So if anybody else wants to try a lower kbs to see what happens great, if not i'll try it sometime next weekend.


Fleshpile did you try it with winamp 2?



Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
music match plus doesn't even hiccup at all, no audio stalls nothing, and tehe game is cranking away like hotcakes