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- The Unofficial Winamp FAQ (for version 1.55): by Justin Frankel
- ...in no particular order
-
- Q: Winamp's output is jumpy.
- A1: Do you have a Pentium? :)
- A2: Try increasing the priority in the preferences
- A3: Increase the buffering to ~8 seconds in the preferences
- A3: See the next question.
-
- Q: Why does Winamp skip when I scroll a window down in Netscape or Word,
- even though I have a P2-300?
- A: Your video card is taking bus bandwidth from your soundcard, there is
- nothing that Winamp can do or could do. However, if your video card supports
- it, you can play with the "PCI Bus Retries" setting which will likely fix
- this problem.
-
- Q: Why is Winamp so small?
- A1: MFC stands for Microsoft Foundation Classes, and is a system that eases
- development of Windows applications. MFC is used by many Windows
- applications. We see MFC as a product with benefits and downsides.
- Winamp doesn't use MFC.
- A2: Winamp is designed to not take up much space on the screen.
- Try the double-size option if you want it to.
-
- Q: Why does Winamp make some little "blips" on some really low bitrate MP3s?
- A: these are usually MPEG 2.5 mp3s, and since no public information on this
- format is available, we are just trying to get it right. We'll fix this
- eventually
-
- Q: What is the point of the option "Allow multiple instances"
- A1: I, unlike most people, have two soundcards, and enjoy playing multiple
- MPEGs at once.
- A2: My GUS PnP can play 4 outputs at once, and I enjoy playing multiple MPEGs
- at once.
-
- Q: Why doesn't the volume control work on my system?
- A: Your soundcard's driver is broken. Talk to your hardware vendor about
- having them fix it. It seems that MANY soundcard drivers are broken these
- days, leading us to believe that it might be our code. PLEASE, DO NOT EMAIL
- US WITH THIS "BUG".
-
- Q: What are the little green and red dots next to the play icon?
- A: They are supposed to be two lights, a green one and a red one. The green
- one is lit when synchronization is normal, and the red one lights up when
- synchronization is lost, i.e. when you are fast-forwarding or rewinding or
- when you have a corrupted MPEG. Also, this lights up at the end of the MPEG.
- When streaming, the green light is lit while reading, red while stalled.
-
- Q: Why does Winamp's memory usage appears to grow as an MPEG is played?
- A: This is because Winamp uses memory mapped files to ease the decode process.
- Don't worry- Winamp isn't actually taking memory away from other
- applications, it's just using free memory, and will release memory to the
- system when another program needs it.
-
- Q: Why doesn't Winamp load filenames with spaces from the Windows Shell
- correctly?
- A: You need to register file types using the option in the preferences
-
- Q: How can I find out about some of the little tips and tricks that make
- my use of Winamp more pleasurable?
- A: Go to the about box (by clicking on the lightning-bolt or hitting F1), and
- go to the "Tips n bugs" section.
-
- Q: I emailed a bug report to "nullsoft@nullsoft.com" and haven't heard back,
- should I try again?
- A: No! We hear you the first time, but we don't have time to reply to all
- emails. So just look for a fix in a future release.
-
- Q: Why doesn't Winamp show international fonts (i.e. "ⁿ') in the songname field?
- A: Winamp uses it's own bitmapped font, and we're too lazy to make all the
- entries by hand.
- A2: Seriously, we're going to add that soon.
-
- Q: What does EasyMove do?
- A: EasyMove allows you to move the Winamp window around by clicking in any area
- not occupied by a button/slider.
-
- Q: (From Wawb): If I shake Winamp around, will it answer my important life questions, like
- the Magic 8 Ball[tm]?
- A: Maybe.
-