Severe WinAmp 3 problem...

Al B. Sure! · July 30, 2003, 17:00

i've had winamp 3 since it came out and it worked fine until recently when every time i try to open a file and play it, winamp crashes. gets one of those famous window's error messages where when you click details it just lists off computer junk.

what can i do to fix this problem? and what could have started it?

thanks

Al B. Sure! · July 30, 2003, 17:07

well some people here know a lot about technical ****...

STUDIO caused an exception 03H in module COMMON.DLL at 0177:00f86046.
Registers:
EAX=00f8603c CS=0177 EIP=00f86046 EFLGS=00000202
EBX=00000ff8 SS=017f ESP=0064b3c4 EBP=0064c3c4
ECX=c17aa440 DS=017f ESI=00788af8 FS=45c7
EDX=00000000 ES=017f EDI=00788af8 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
56 8d 85 00 f0 ff ff ff 75 10 c7 05 98 b3 02 01
Stack dump:
0064b688 00fcf40a 0064b638 00fc4818 00000000 00fcf47a 00fcf2a4 00fcf2b2 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

FrustratedPoet · July 30, 2003, 17:32

Most people are going to tell you that Winamp2.81 is much better than Winamp3.

BustaMike · July 30, 2003, 17:49

I'm not one of them... reinstall it. Reinstalling fixes everything (usually). Winamp 3 is better solely because of the media library capabilities.

Al B. Sure! · July 30, 2003, 17:54

BustaMike:

do you think i'm an idiot? of course i re-installed it but the problem persisted

DRoseDARs · July 30, 2003, 17:57

Quote:

Originally posted by Albert Speer
BustaMike:

do you think i'm an idiot? of course i re-installed it but the problem persisted

WELL, with an attitude like that...

Stefu · July 30, 2003, 17:59

I've gotta say that the problem is that you are using Winamp 3. Like FP said (well kinda), switch back to 2.81.

Nubclear · July 30, 2003, 18:02

Yes Speer, you are an idiot.

Hey, you asked!

BustaMike · July 30, 2003, 18:04

Hey, hey. Easy there Speer. I'm just saying I had a similar problem and when I reinstalled it worked.

The reinstall obviously didn't fix the problem, but it still sounds to me like you have a bad .dll file somewhere. Normally reinstalls fix those SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR ME TO TELL YOU TO REINSTALL.

Al B. Sure! · July 30, 2003, 18:06

i love you Busta

i went to the winamp site and saw winamp 2.91 but no 2.81

JCG · July 30, 2003, 18:09

Yeah, why 2.81 and not 2.91? Unless it's because the AOL stuff....? Hasn't bothered me any after I picked "no" during install.

SlowwHand · July 30, 2003, 18:11

I have 2.81 myself. All is well. Not going to mess with it.

Az · July 30, 2003, 18:27

I've had 3 for some time, but everytime I launched it, my PC would seem to be bogged down in mud or something. everything lagged unbelievably.

I am down to 2.91, and feeling great about it. Still have the other one, I just don't use it, despite the 1337 skins.

Inverse Icarus · July 30, 2003, 18:29

winamp3 has wicked skins, and good collection orginization. too bad it runs as slow as ass and crashes.

Az · July 30, 2003, 18:30

Do they plan to release a patch anytime soon?

Skanky Burns · July 30, 2003, 19:28

Weren't they rewriting winamp3 from scratch?

Az · July 30, 2003, 19:31

make sense.

Al B. Sure! · July 30, 2003, 19:37

oh my god... i completely forgot how much trash winamp 2 was... you can't even list to play more than one song at a time...

**** those fancy saved playlists... i just want to make a list of songs i want to hear right then for that one time... and you can't do that with winamp 2

Inverse Icarus · July 30, 2003, 19:43

blah blah blah i like to complain.

Al B. Sure! · July 30, 2003, 19:45

how are people saying winamp 2 is better? winamp 3 lets you list more than one song...

Az · July 30, 2003, 19:45

Then don't come crying with "severe problems", then .

Inverse Icarus · July 30, 2003, 19:46

boo f*cking hoo, you are crying over one feature.

Al B. Sure! · July 30, 2003, 19:50

haha... isnt this the main point of programs like winamp? to not have to go and click, the top bar then play then file everytime?

Inverse Icarus · July 30, 2003, 19:53

Quote:

Originally posted by Albert Speer
haha... isnt this the main point of programs like winamp? to not have to go and click, the top bar then play then file everytime?

the main point of winamp is to listen to your music you have backed up in mp2/3 format. it has playlist features. i don't see any reason to dumb those features down for the ignorant.

BustaMike · July 30, 2003, 20:31

I'm a little confused by your problem now. It sounds like you have manual playlist advanced checked on. Just like with Winamp 3, in Winamp 2 if you drag a bunch of files into the playlist and click play, all of them will play unless you have manual advance checked like I said.

DarthVeda · July 30, 2003, 20:32

Winamp3 is your problem obviously

Q Classic · July 30, 2003, 22:21

ditch winamp 3, which is slower and bloatier, and go with winamp 2.91. 2.91 plays all the media files that 3 does, but does so faster and smoother, especially on lower-end systems.

Dis · July 31, 2003, 02:42

delete and reinstall

BustaMike · July 31, 2003, 02:57

Quote:

Originally posted by Dissident
delete and reinstall

yeah did you try reinstalling... * ducks *

Al B. Sure! · July 31, 2003, 13:43

actually DELETING then re-installing did work

before i simply installed it over the old files.

now there appears to be no problems.

and busta, i'm not seeing how i attacked you... all i said was you think i'm an idiot that i didn't try that yet.

and wait so there is a way to use the winamp 3 style manual playlist for winamp 2?