Winamp Using 98% Cpu

ZaggyZaggy NullPointerExceptionThe Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">didn't know my PC liked music :P</div> Scenario:

I downloaded Winamp full, copied all my music to my hdd in my usb hdd case.

I Selected my music folder and clicked Play with Winamp.

Then my CPU usage rises to 98% while the durations appears next to the songs in the playlist very slowly.


What can I do against the CPU usage? I already set the priority of the Winamp process a little lower, so I can at least do whatever I want outside Winamp, but Winamp itself is very slow now (duh).
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  • JimmehJimmeh Join Date: 2003-08-24 Member: 20173Members, Constellation
    Although it won't fix your Winamp problem, I recommend you use <a href='http://www.foobar2000.org/' target='_blank'>Foobar2000</a> instead.
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  • TheDestroyerTheDestroyer Tooobah Join Date: 2003-07-12 Member: 18123Members, Constellation
    Do you have all the cutesy things set high (like alpha blending, etc....that sorta stuff)?

    I dont remember how much it used, but on my laptop, when I had all the cutesy options working, it would cause everything else to slow down.
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  • SizerSizer Join Date: 2003-10-08 Member: 21531Members
    If you have a slow processor, then having alpha blending enabled and timer resolution set high will slow down your system. I went from a 1ghz Thunderbird to a 2ghz Clawhammer and it isn't an issue these days.

    WMP10 is all I use unless I want to play something that demands a Winamp plugin. The sound quality is noticably better than Winamp 5's.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    Where could I find said options?
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    I switched to Winamp Lite, bye bye problem...
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  • RustySpoonRustySpoon Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18069Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I Selected my music folder and clicked Play with Winamp.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->¨

    That's most probably the problem. Your music folder must be pretty big, and making winamp play all of it is pretty intensive, since it has to check the tags and add them all into the library.

    Try manually adding your music folder from the music library screen. Give it a few moments to add it all. Should solve it.
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  • UnCriticalUnCritical Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 73Members, Constellation
    I don't use winamp anymore, but there used to be an option to read id3 tags either a) all at once, b) when the song appears on the playlist or c) when the song is played.
    My guess is you're using option a.
    Change to b or c.
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  • coriscoris Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18034Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Jimmeh+May 7 2005, 12:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jimmeh @ May 7 2005, 12:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Although it won't fix your Winamp problem, I recommend you use <a href='http://www.foobar2000.org/' target='_blank'>Foobar2000</a> instead. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What is so good about foobar? I use it too, but I fail to see why its so much better than winamp.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    Foobar plays about everything, I haven't poked around with it a lot, I should though.

    And indeed my music folder is large:10GB
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  • Mad_ManMad_Man Join Date: 2003-06-13 Member: 17359Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Zaggy+May 7 2005, 11:37 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zaggy @ May 7 2005, 11:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Foobar plays about everything, I haven't poked around with it a lot, I should though.

    And indeed my music folder is large:10GB <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thats not too big =/
    Im at 43 gigs and foobar runs it all at once with hardly any slow down
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    I know I know <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> it's not gargantuan.

    I'm going to try foobar now <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    <!--QuoteBegin-coris+May 7 2005, 11:35 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coris @ May 7 2005, 11:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Jimmeh+May 7 2005, 12:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jimmeh @ May 7 2005, 12:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Although it won't fix your Winamp problem, I recommend you use <a href='http://www.foobar2000.org/' target='_blank'>Foobar2000</a> instead. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What is so good about foobar? I use it too, but I fail to see why its so much better than winamp. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It supports every audio format known to man for one.
    Personally, the masstagger is my favorite feature. Native Replaygain support is also a big plus. And the fact that I can script the interface to look like <a href='http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rmoulton/foobar-col.jpg' target='_blank'>This</a> just tops it off.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    Anybody got a winamp skin? the interface is rather...ugly imho
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  • CyndaneCyndane Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22913Members
    Hehe.. I'm running winamp 1.91.

    No issues here. :-)
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  • CMEastCMEast Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 632Members
    Zaggy: Have a look out for MMD3, it has enough options that you can get it to match most desktop themes and in winshade mode with transparency turned on you can leave it on and never notice it till its needed.

    Well it works for me anyway <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    <!--QuoteBegin-Zaggy+May 7 2005, 12:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zaggy @ May 7 2005, 12:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Anybody got a winamp skin? the interface is rather...ugly imho <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    download the columns ui plugin
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  • OrganoXOrganoX Join Date: 2004-03-21 Member: 27473Members
    Zaggy:
    Do you use Modern skin when you used WinAmp?
    If so, try to change skin to classic one.

    By the way, what version do you use?
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    edited May 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Zaggy:
    Do you use Modern skin when you used WinAmp?
    If so, try to change skin to classic one.

    By the way, what version do you use?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I used the classic skin on the full & latest version.

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->download the columns ui plugin<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Thanks, that's (at least) a little better.
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    Protip: Get MMD3. It's by far the best Winamp skin out there.
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  • Private_ColemanPrivate_Coleman PhD in Video Games Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7510Members
    link.
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=122902' target='_blank'><!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--></a>
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  • Private_ColemanPrivate_Coleman PhD in Video Games Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7510Members
    Hmm ... cant decide between MMD3 and my ironically called "goth amp"
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    MMD3 can be configured to look like a goth skin!
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  • NeonSpyderNeonSpyder &quot;Das est NTLDR?&quot; Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
    agreed wholeheartedly, MMD3 is by far the best winamp skin ever created by man. bar none. go get it right now or i shall eviscerate you. messily.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    Well I got foo_look working now, yay at skins <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I have read about a winamp 2.x skin emulator for foobar2000, can't find a working link/mirror anymore though :/
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  • MintmanMintman Join Date: 2003-05-30 Member: 16866Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-UnCritical+May 7 2005, 04:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UnCritical @ May 7 2005, 04:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't use winamp anymore, but there used to be an option to read id3 tags either a) all at once, b) when the song appears on the playlist or c) when the song is played.
    My guess is you're using option a.
    Change to b or c. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I reckon this is your problem.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    Why should you care what it looks like? It plays music, so unless you get a kick out of staring at your audio player while listening to music, I see no point to say that fb2k is ugly.

    Seriously, how often do you find yourself with the media player (be that winamp, fb2k, rhythmbox or whatever)?

    Me, I minimize Rhythmbox as soon as I start my playlist, then continue doing whatever it was I happened to be doing.
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  • theclamtheclam Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30290Members
    Is there anyone out there besides me, who uses a classic skin? Personally, I don't see a reason to pretty up Winamp, considering how awful Win2K looks. Plus, 0% CPU usage and 5MB of RAM usage is always nice.
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    edited May 2005
    0% cpu usage and 8mb of RAM (when playing everything in my 8gb music folder) is fine. Windowshade mode is more than worth the extra 3mb.
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