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apparently i fail @ file management (UPDATED, SOLVED, LOCKABLE)
ascannerlightly
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(for the record, version 5.552)
winamp is driving me crazy. i've been using it for years and have never had any problems with it, aside from it crashing/freezing when i would try to que a bunch of files at once. i built a new computer 2 weeks ago and had to go through the normal hassle of installing/configuring ff/winamp/media player/pidgin/games/etc. i downloaded the latest winamp and have had what i can only describe as "whacky shit" ever since.
issue # 1 (probably the most irritating/confusing): i enque a list of files, be it one at a time as a drag/select group or by directory. if i try to sort on the playlist by title, filename, or path and filename the playlist window will double and in some cases triple some entries. i thought it might be running down the list and 1 corrupt file is derailing the whole train, but it is not always the same files.
issue # 2: sometimes when the song changes (saved playlist, on random) winamp will decide to skip the next song as if it were a corrupt file or the file has been renamed/moved. manually scrolling the playlist and trying to play that song produces the same result. however, when opened manually through windows explorer (into winamp) it plays just fine.
i have mp3s wmas flacs and wavs. i have tried making a playlist of only mp3's and have had the same results. i posted on winamp's bug forum and go absolutely zero response.
help me, penny arcade, you're my only hope! *bzzzt*
tl;dr winamp v 5.552 doing crazy shit when i try to que/sort files
winamp is driving me crazy. i've been using it for years and have never had any problems with it, aside from it crashing/freezing when i would try to que a bunch of files at once. i built a new computer 2 weeks ago and had to go through the normal hassle of installing/configuring ff/winamp/media player/pidgin/games/etc. i downloaded the latest winamp and have had what i can only describe as "whacky shit" ever since.
issue # 1 (probably the most irritating/confusing): i enque a list of files, be it one at a time as a drag/select group or by directory. if i try to sort on the playlist by title, filename, or path and filename the playlist window will double and in some cases triple some entries. i thought it might be running down the list and 1 corrupt file is derailing the whole train, but it is not always the same files.
issue # 2: sometimes when the song changes (saved playlist, on random) winamp will decide to skip the next song as if it were a corrupt file or the file has been renamed/moved. manually scrolling the playlist and trying to play that song produces the same result. however, when opened manually through windows explorer (into winamp) it plays just fine.
i have mp3s wmas flacs and wavs. i have tried making a playlist of only mp3's and have had the same results. i posted on winamp's bug forum and go absolutely zero response.
help me, penny arcade, you're my only hope! *bzzzt*
tl;dr winamp v 5.552 doing crazy shit when i try to que/sort files
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i'm checking your profile to make sure you aren't a bot :P
Also, are you re-using your old hard drive? Even by reformatting and reinstalling and restoring your backups? File tables are crazy shit, and a format doesn't actually erase the data. Winamp might be intuituve enough to read both the active data on the drive (from when you may have re-copied your music collection) and the inactive data left over from the format. I know I've have passwords and such automatically appear in Firefox after a reformat... it's a long shot, but it's possible.
Try a complete uninstallation. Once you've used the uninstaller, go to C:/Program Files/WinAmp and delete the Winamp folder after it's uninstalled (Or I think it's by Neversoft and may be in the company folder? Or was that the company that made Tony Hawk games...). Make sure it's completely uninstalled before you reinstall it.
If you still have the same problems, uninstall and try rolling back to an older version that you know works and see if you still have issues.
IE Some playlists would have the file as C:\Music\whatever.mp3 and unless the mp3 is actually in that folder, it bungs everything up.
This'd also explain the double entries.
i am not using the same hard drive. the old machine was cleaned, formatted, and gifted to a co-worker. i transferred all my music/pictures/etc chunk by chunk via a thumb drive.
i keep my m3u files in a separate folder. i take a minimalist approach to computer tidiness so my desktop consists of my computer, my network places, recycle bin, 1 folder named mp3s (containing mp3s, wmas, etc as previously stated) but ONLY audio files and the folders/subfolders they reside in, and 1 folder named stuff for notes/pictures/m3us/photoshop-in-progress files/etc.
i'll most likely just roll back to 2.something.something. i generally use my computer in place of a stereo, so i don't give a rat's ass about visualizations and skins and all that stuff. i just want a stable, functional player.
Upgrading beyond that is just going to end in tears and threads like this.
This. For playing back music, Winamp 2.x is my preferred player.
Get 2.95, it was the last version. I've never downloaded another mp3 player for windows. I even use it to play videos.
i don't know how i managed to miss it before, but there was an avi lurking inside one of the sub-sub folders (it was inside a folder for a rush album, although not moving pictures - that would have been TOO ironic). in my mad dash to copy/delete files from one machine to another i guess i got sloppy with the drag & drop. this has solved (at least) two of two issues: sorting no longer doubles & triples entries, and queing a folder now adds all files. i cannot yet confirm that it was the cause of winamp skipping playlist entries like they are corrupt/moved/renamed, however.