Is there anyway to make Winamp not "hiccup" between tracks?

[johnjohn320]

When it's continuous music over more than 1 track, it's really annoying to hear that pause, break, hiccup, whatever you wanna call it.

 

[MovingTarget]

what version are you using? 3? 2.xx? 5?

 

[Lager]

Get more RAM.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

If you're using 3, have it fade into the next song. Its in the settings...

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: MovingTarget
what version are you using? 3? 2.xx? 5?

2.91

 

[MovingTarget]

good choice then...I had some issues with three kinda like that, but I'm a former user of 2.91 who liked it very much. I currently use 5 though and i'm just as pleased with it as 2.91. But as coldcut said, if your hardware is a bit on the low side, that may be causing it.

 

[Bootprint]

Have you tried a crossfade plug-in yet?

 

[Ronstang]

I have never heard of or seen this version 5 you speak of....please fill me in.

 

[ethebubbeth]

reduce the buffer length... songs will load faster then. i know exactly what you're talking about , but reducing the buffer helped in my situation. However you might get occasional hiccups if you defrag while you're playing music or something

 

[MovingTarget]

It was posted in a link here on OT. It wasnt the final version, just a leaked one...I'll see if I can find the link, but no promises.

 

[mugs]

I think there are cross-fading plugins for 2.x. You can probably set the length of the cross-fading to 0. Should have the desired effect.

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: MovingTarget
good choice then...I had some issues with three kinda like that, but I'm a former user of 2.91 who liked it very much. I currently use 5 though and i'm just as pleased with it as 2.91. But as coldcut said, if your hardware is a bit on the low side, that may be causing it.

I have 512 MB of RAM, 2.0 GHz P4...Winamp really needn't be using more than that.

Anyway, as for the "fade" plugins...i don't want it to fade...that would be just as bad as the problem I'm having. I wan't it to go straight through, they way it does on any actual cd player.

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
I have never heard of or seen this version 5 you speak of....please fill me in.

 

[MovingTarget]

Winamp 5 Linky

edit: the link for the mirror site is a bit old, but its still buried in that site if you wanna look for it

 

[MovingTarget]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320

Originally posted by: MovingTarget
good choice then...I had some issues with three kinda like that, but I'm a former user of 2.91 who liked it very much. I currently use 5 though and i'm just as pleased with it as 2.91. But as coldcut said, if your hardware is a bit on the low side, that may be causing it.

I have 512 MB of RAM, 2.0 GHz P4...Winamp really needn't be using more than that.

Anyway, as for the "fade" plugins...i don't want it to fade...that would be just as bad as the problem I'm having. I wan't it to go straight through, they way it does on any actual cd player.

Hmmm....that should definitely be more than what you need to run it. I mean, mine will "hiccup" when I try to load a large program, but it hardly ever happens. I dont know what to say here. Good Luck, though...

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I know what you mean, I've tried to figure this out with 2.91 also I hate it when there's a pause in between tracks of my radiohead shows.

 

[FearoftheNight]

yea it makes my counterstrike skip betw songs -_o

 

[Eli]

Winamp sucks.

Sonique!

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

MP3s by design can not be gapless. Give up now; it's impossible.
Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, and lossless formats on the other hand.....
http://www.foobar2000.org

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
MP3s by design can not be gapless. Give up now; it's impossible.
Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, and lossless formats on the other hand.....
http://www.foobar2000.org

It's not Mp3s, it's a CD.

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
MP3s by design can not be gapless. Give up now; it's impossible.
Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, and lossless formats on the other hand.....
http://www.foobar2000.org

It's not Mp3s, it's a CD.

Yes it is MP3's. Gapless is one reason I use Ogg Vorbis. I don't like having to merge let's say the Abbey Road Medley into one track because there's a hiccup in-between mp3's. Ogg Vorbis lets me keep them all as seperate tracks.

 

[DOSfan]

No fanerman91,

what johnjohn320 means is that the hiccup happens when he is playing a cd.

I am aware of the problem as well. One of the reasons I do not use Winamp. I cannot tell you any fixes.... Sorry about that.

 

[Rovastar]

Have a look here and follow eggs suggestions:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php&threadid=141136&highlight=mix+cd

That covers most of the things. Well Winamp 5 should only be a month or so off now anyway and I think things improve there.

Ummh now I have forgot what I came to these forums for.......I always seem to get involved on Tech Support problems for WInamp and MilKDrop when I pop up on forums like these.

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: DOSfan
No fanerman91,

what johnjohn320 means is that the hiccup happens when he is playing a cd.

I am aware of the problem as well. One of the reasons I do not use Winamp. I cannot tell you any fixes.... Sorry about that.

Oh my bad. Sorry

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: DOSfan
No fanerman91,

what johnjohn320 means is that the hiccup happens when he is playing a cd.

I am aware of the problem as well. One of the reasons I do not use Winamp. I cannot tell you any fixes.... Sorry about that.

bingo.