Oddity With MP3 Pro Plug-in was: Re: Computer freezes when listening to 256 bit streaming in 5.05
- From: "Ron Canazzi" <aa2vm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 02:51:16 -0400
Hi List,
While we're on the subject of the mp3 pro plug-in, I on occasion have had a
weird thing happen. I can be listening to a stream that is not MP3 Pro and
all of a sudden, the speed of the stream--and this can even be live
streaming--will slow down--just as if you had an old fashioned turn table
and you switched the speed from say 45 to 33 RPM. When I go to Winamp's
main window and check the title bar, it says something about mp3 pro plug-in
in the title of the stream--this--even though the stream is not MP3 pro. I
must exit the stream and then restart it.
This has happened about 4 times in the past 2 months or so. I listen to a
lot of streams, so this isn't a major problem at this time--unless it
increases in number of occurrences. Has anyone else experienced anything
like this?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Eickmeier" <va3ets@xxxxxxxx>
To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: Computer freezes when listening to 256 bit streaming in 5.05
Hi Robert, glad you could solve your problem, now as far as the MP3pro plug
in, one thing that I've never liked about it, is if there isn't a
broadcaster on the stream that you're connecting to, you'll get this
annoying dialog asking for a username and password, so that's why I don't
even have it installed. If this has been fixed in a later version, or if
there is a way to get rid of that dialog without totally uninstalling the
plugin, I'd like to know.
at 10:38 PM 9/6/2004, Robert Hebert wrote:
>Thanks to some help by a friend, I got this problem solved.
>The problem was that I had enabled the MP-3 pro plugin. I'm not exactly
>sure if
>it's because I enabled that plugin or if I didn't have it configured
>properly.
>I unchecked that plugin and all is working fine again.
>I am surprised by this as I understood that the MP-3 pro was one of the
>better
>for streaming radio so possibly I did not have it configured properly. Now
>that
>I have identified the source of the problem I may fool around with various
>config options to see if I can get going again. Also, I would try it on a
>slower
>bit rate stream--one more compatible with my isp connection. I am sure glad
>I
>can listen to the stream again though--it rates way up there with me.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Curtis Delzer" <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 3:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Computer freezes when listening to 256 bit streaming in 5.05
>
>
> > It seems to me that there is a problem maybe with the server since we're
> > buffering a lot, maybe they're not sending as rapidly as they usually do
> > because of net congestion? It's a beautiful stream!
> >
> > Curtis Delzer
> > On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:49:55 -0700, Robert Hebert wrote:
> >
> > The following problem was noted for the first time yesterday when
> listening to
> > Maxradio a 256 bit stream. Its url is http//195.228.156.38:8036
> > I am using a Dell Dimension 4600 and jaws 5.10. I have a dsl connection
> over a
> > phone line and the transfer bit rate is usually about 180 kbps. The
> thing is
> > that I was able to listen to this stream in prior versions of winamp
> with only
> > occasional brief buffering problems that cause a bit of breaking up in
> > the
> > stream.
> > In winamp 5.05, however, the break-up rate is like staccato bursts of a
> second
> > or two in duration and I loose my speech. In fact, I lose all control
> of the
> > machine--i.e. the machine freezes. Even narrator doesn't work. Alt-f-4
> fails
> > to
> > turn off the machine and a soft reboot also fails leaving no option but
> a hard
> > reboot. Even then there is a message on screen that says something like
> > programs
> > task manager, this program is not responding etc. click here to cancel
> or quit
> > to end now. Also, I was presented with a calendar on the screen which
> > was
> > impossible to leave.
> > Fixes: I reinstalled 5.05. Classic skins only were selected. Agent was
> > not
> > selected.
> > After the reinstall, I could open only 3 windows: library, equalizer
> and play
> > editor. Alt-w failed to open main window--main window closed and it did
> > not
> > appear in the control-tab rotation.
> > Finally, and here is the strangest--All I had to do was go to the
> > library
> > window
> > and bookmarks and even though I was at smooth jaz--the first in my list,
> > Maxradio -- the fourth in the list would begin playing even though I
> had not
> > touched any keys and of course everything was frozen again.
> > Only after going back to 5.04 is the problem solved.
> > Other streams do appear to work in 5.05--just this 256 bit stream but
> as I say
> > it works fine in 5.04.
> > Any ideas re this very strange behaviour would be appreciated. Maxradio
> is one
> > of my favs--both for its sound quality and music selection.
> >
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> >
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