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RE: [ECS] Lockups while Winamp is playing David Kindred Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:15:36 -0500

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Hmmm...WACTRL is locking every once in a while? I'm surprised. Not because
I'm some super programer, but because it doesn't do much. It just sends
messages over to WinAmp, and then terminates. Wonder what causes that?

As far as the volume goes, I just pass the volume up/down command to WinAmp,
and it choses how small an increment to use. (And it is a small one.)
Perhaps I could add a VOLUP5 command which would loop through the Volume Up
command 5 times. Is 5 times enough of a difference? Why don't you experiment
and tell me how many you need.

Thanks for the MP3 tool list. I didn't know of some of them, and they look
good! Anyone else have some favorite MP3 tools?

--David

-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Griglak [mailto:aj@griglak.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:59 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] Lockups while Winamp is playing


Yea, I like the way it works... I'll buy you a couple of Pepsis  ;-)

I'm wondering if uninstalling the new Winamp and going back to 2.5 will
help...  Will do that tomorrow and let you know.

As I said, though, I don't think the lockups are occurring because of
WACTRL - although sometimes (maybe 1 in 7) WACTRL does cause the system to
hang.

By the way, is there any way to change the VOLUP and VOLDOWN commands?  It
seems like the increment is only like 1 or 2% - it takes a significant
amount of button pressing to hear a volume difference.

Also, here are some essential tools that I use with my MP3's.

2 Plug-Ins for Winamp:
http://www.winamp.com/customize/detail.jhtml?componentId=175  Crossfading
Output - will start playing song 2 before song 1 is finished - so that there
is no silence between tracks (very nice)

http://www.winamp.com/customize/detail.jhtml?componentId=1099 Rock Steady -
volume equalizer - will soften loud MP3s and raise quiet ones.  Essential if
you have more than one MP3.

And a playlist manager:
http://www.volweb.cz/str/ MP3 Manager - Organize your playlists and ID3
information.  I tested probably a dozen playlist managers - this blows em
all away...

http://www.abc.se/~m9761/mp3tag_studio After managing all that ID3
information (Title, Artist, Genre, etc.) - Rename all the filenames in one
shot...  (be careful, though... use it on backups till you get the hang of
it)

-=A.J.

-----Original Message-----
WACTRL is a small Delphi app I wrote to control WinAmp with command line
parameters. It seems to work well with WinAmp 2.5, which is what I have.
Don't think I'm going to upgrade, based upon what I'm hearing.

If you'd like a copy of it, drop me a line. It's a freebie, or you can buy
me a Pepsi if you ever meet me. :-)

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