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Been using Winamp with the Sqrsoft crossfading plugin for years in my DJ business without any skipping problems. I'm now trying to use Winamp for Karaoke, and I'm getting some strange skipping problem.
It happens sometimes when a song is playing, and I try to load another song. The computer will hesitate, then skip for a few seconds while the new song loads....it doesn't happen all the time, just some of the time. I've tried to watch the resource load, and it don't even go up that high when it happens! It's like the computer is working too hard for a few seconds and it don't make sense. The computer don't have any problem like this just DJ'ing, it's only on Karaoke. It's an almost brand new Dell, w/ 1.4 dual core processors, and 2Gig of Ram, the machine should have PLENTY of muscle! I have an old P4, 1.5 with 512 Ram at home running the same version of Winamp, and I can't get it to skip like the new Dell does, so the Dell should have No Problem running the karaoke.
I though maybe it was having 2700 songs in the same folder, but I tried a smaller folder and it still does it from time to time.
I really want to use Winamp for Karaoke, just can't have this skipping going on.....anyone have any ideas?
I also just loaded a song on the old P4 computer, pulled the resource window, and while the song was playing yanked around the lyrics window back and forth. The useage went up to 100% and the song never skipped or hesitated at all! On the new Dell it'll sometimes skip with the useage at less than 50%......
I also know it's not a specific song, it has nothing to do with any one song.
JRS7
It happens sometimes when a song is playing, and I try to load another song. The computer will hesitate, then skip for a few seconds while the new song loads....it doesn't happen all the time, just some of the time. I've tried to watch the resource load, and it don't even go up that high when it happens! It's like the computer is working too hard for a few seconds and it don't make sense. The computer don't have any problem like this just DJ'ing, it's only on Karaoke. It's an almost brand new Dell, w/ 1.4 dual core processors, and 2Gig of Ram, the machine should have PLENTY of muscle! I have an old P4, 1.5 with 512 Ram at home running the same version of Winamp, and I can't get it to skip like the new Dell does, so the Dell should have No Problem running the karaoke.
I though maybe it was having 2700 songs in the same folder, but I tried a smaller folder and it still does it from time to time.
I really want to use Winamp for Karaoke, just can't have this skipping going on.....anyone have any ideas?
I also just loaded a song on the old P4 computer, pulled the resource window, and while the song was playing yanked around the lyrics window back and forth. The useage went up to 100% and the song never skipped or hesitated at all! On the new Dell it'll sometimes skip with the useage at less than 50%......
I also know it's not a specific song, it has nothing to do with any one song.
JRS7