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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Shrike on January 02, 2003, 08:00:51 am
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My computer is playing MP3s without me having an MP3 player running, or indeed any sign of an active process in my task manager. It's taking up no processor cycles or anything. It's like the MP3s were loaded into my sound card and are playing from there. In fact, I can't stop them from playing.
Not the first time this has happened, either. The only way to fix it is to reboot. What the hell is going on with my computer?
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Told you, it's haunted.
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That's creepy if anything! :eek:
I have no idea what's going on in your puter... :nervous:
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It's not haunted.. just part of The Plan™...
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What, the People's Liberation Army Navy? What do the Chinese have to do with my computer?
Damned reds, they get into everything!
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What OS? And post a screenshot (GIF, not JPG!!!!) of your task manager's process viewer.
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(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/shrike/manager.gif)
This was taken during the middle of one of the songs. Running Win2k. The high memory usage is because I have MAX running as well.
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Sounds like another episode from the X-Files ;)
Well, if you don't see any stuff running there it's gotta be the sound card. These things sometimes just blow up.
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:wtf:
What mp3 files are these? Does it play the same one(s) every time?
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Originally posted by Shrike
[image removed by the space conservation society]
This was taken during the middle of one of the songs. Running Win2k. The high memory usage is because I have MAX running as well.
This has happened to me too. I think its something to do with the way the windows hardware abstraction layer deals with audio, tho I can't be more specific 'cos I don't know.
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If you can isolate them to certain mp3 files or at least a certain folder....try renaming it. It's a **** way to fix it... but any port in a storm eh ?
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Originally posted by CP5670
:wtf:
What mp3 files are these? Does it play the same one(s) every time?
Yeah, it plays the list I had in winamp when I closed it earlier.
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Only one thing you can do - grab the nearest priest and get him to perform an exorcism on your sound card :nod:
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Virus?:wtf:
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Originally posted by SKYNET-011
Virus?:wtf:
Don't think so personally.
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That's not the computer. Turn it off, get out of the house. Run. Avoid security cameras. And cats. Keep away from any cats. Now!
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You think its the computer, but its really not. Check the big crate to your left. It's really those SM gurlies that were sent to ya. Their singin' your favorite tune :nod:
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Ok guys, don't tell me you haven't heard about the MP3 playing condoms...
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
Ok guys, don't tell me you haven't heard about the MP3 playing condoms...
I'm not going to ask where the hell do you get those things.
I'm placing my bet on the SM girlies
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What kind of tune does it play? Crazy Train by Black Sabbath? ;7
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Originally posted by StrykeIX
That's not the computer. Turn it off, get out of the house. Run. Avoid security cameras. And cats. Keep away from any cats. Now!
also make sure that no ducks are watching
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Originally posted by Stunaep
I'm not going to ask where the hell do you get those things.
I'm placing my bet on the SM girlies
:wtf: the SM girlies?
What kind of tune does it play? Crazy Train by Black Sabbath?
No. If it isn't moving it plays Frank Sinatra "Srangers in the night" When moving there are two options: One is "Row the boat", other is "**** the millennium" by Scooter. :D
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
:wtf: the SM girlies?
See KT's post.
mmm. "row the boat". I like that song.
Jxl could make a remix of that.
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Same thing's happened to me with WinAmp, the newest version - I switched back to the old one (forget version number). I think it happens when you close it by right-clicking on the system-tray icon and say "exit" or something. Try closing it by maximizing and pressing the "X" (top-right) instead.
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*Hates winamp3*
It's worse than the original.. it has the movie player, but it is crap. Not to mention Winamp3 makes the music quieter for some reason.. and stutter and takes up more space and bleh..
*Hugs winamps original*
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Yeah, I still use Winamp original....mostly because it loads faster and not for those other reasons.
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By the way, does anyone know if there is a way to disable that "update available" message? I am also using an older version of Winamp (2.78) but it pops up a window every day (when I start it) saying that there is a new version out.
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This is so weird. I was about to post saying how I have that same version (2.78) and it had never displayed any message to me. Before that, I opened it to check if that was the actual version, and for the first time it displayed that update message. Probably will display it every day from now on.
And it's all your fault! :D
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SHODAN...
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
Not to mention Winamp3 makes the music quieter for some reason..
Turn off the DirectSound if you don't like that.
Never had any problems with it at all myself. I like Winamp 3.
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Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
Never had any problems with it at all myself. I like Winamp 3.
That means you've never tried other Winamps...
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Winamp3 was updated last month, it's better now. But not still quite up to winamp2. :)
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
That means you've never tried other Winamps...
False.
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Well, as others already said, Winamp 3 sucks.
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<-- uses media player due to sheer laziness.
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Originally posted by Styxx
<-- uses media player due to sheer laziness.
Really? Cool, me too. :)
Media Player 9 series is A1-SUPAR. It's pretty fast, cool but easy to use interface, WOW effects which basically adds TruBass plus dozens of plugins of course...
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Originally posted by Styxx
<-- uses media player due to sheer laziness.
I'm even lazier, I'm quoting him. :D
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What is this Media Player 9 like? I have 7 and I think it kind of sucks simply because it is an incredible resource hog compared to version 6 and is also much slower. Too flashy for my tastes, too; 6 was far superior.
This is so weird. I was about to post saying how I have that same version (2.78) and it had never displayed any message to me. Before that, I opened it to check if that was the actual version, and for the first time it displayed that update message. Probably will display it every day from now on.
And it's all your fault! :D
:lol:
I think Winamp has a mind of its own; it's doing strange things to people's computers... :nervous:
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*sighs in relief*
It didn't display any messages today!
Originally posted by Setekh
SHODAN...
Just 67 years and 363 days to go!
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Originally posted by CP5670
What is this Media Player 9 like?
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/3rdtwilight/stuff/mplayerdesktop.jpg)
And the reason why it really rules is the WOW effects. :)
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Mmm, Shakira.....
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Originally posted by Shrike
Mmm, Shakira.....
Yeah *makes Tim taylor voice*
I screwed errr...kicked NP to hell. And since then...
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/3rdtwilight/stuff/shakira1.jpg)
:D
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[points and laughs at song list]
Mmm... that's not really the best picture of her ever, though. Mostly, you just notice the great extents she went through to look "white", when she looks much hotter the way she is normally... if there is such a thing as looking normally for a pop star.
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Originally posted by StrykeIX
[points and laughs at song list]
Don't ask :D
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Originally posted by StrykeIX
Mmm... that's not really the best picture of her ever, though. Mostly, you just notice the great extents she went through to look "white", when she looks much hotter the way she is normally... if there is such a thing as looking normally for a pop star.
And the best thig is that I have/know a chick who looks pretty much like her. :D
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She's hott. A lot better than portman. Portman is nice in movies, but thats about it IMO.
How's this pic of Shakira? ;7
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
She's hott. A lot better than portman. Portman is nice in movies, but thats about it IMO.
How's this pic of Shakira? ;7
*starts to cry*
*calls to his own "Shakira"*
;7
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haha Mines better than yours :p ;) :D
BTW: Does anyone know a good way of killing an ever resiliant fly without a fly swater? He seems to like my light.. so I turn it off and he buzzes my face and goes for my computer screen. I've tried smacking the ****er, blinding it with a laser pointer, throwing a book at i, ***** slapping it, blowing dust on it.. nothing works :(
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
haha Mines better than yours :p ;) :D
Wrong answer :p
*goes to find some pics*
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You've piqued my interest with this T.A.T.U so i'm gonna take a listen. If it's crap however I shall do many unspeakable things to you, symptoms may include severe internal bleeding and a ruptured sense of self esteem.
Also MP9 is Satan himself's media player. If you check the about box it laughs at you demonically.
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Originally posted by 01010
You've piqued my interest with this T.A.T.U so i'm gonna take a listen. If it's crap however I shall do many unspeakable things to you, symptoms may include severe internal bleeding and a ruptured sense of self esteem.
Also MP9 is Satan himself's media player. If you check the about box it laughs at you demonically.
No it doesen't... :)
And I have this TATU because chicks like it, not me ;) well, maybe a little....
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TATU = two seventeen year old russian lesbians. Amazingly catchy songs too.
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that TATU!
I know them now. They were on oprah or something... mightave been MTV's "Up and Coming" too.
;7
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Originally posted by Shrike
TATU = two seventeen year old russian lesbians.
Lesbians are baaad. They sometimes won't even notice you're there.
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wait are they lesbian or bisexual?
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Originally posted by CP5670
What is this Media Player 9 like? I have 7 and I think it kind of sucks simply because it is an incredible resource hog compared to version 6 and is also much slower. Too flashy for my tastes, too; 6 was far superior.
WMP9 uses about 8mb of RAM, and is about the same speed as 7. I don't remember 6 though, all I remember is 6.4; which was nice, but it could never detect my video codecs properly. :blah:
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As for the fly- try sniping it with a rubber band. What was an irritating housefly can become hours of entertainment. Don't even bother trying to hit it in midair- I'm pretty sure it's next to impossible, and odds are you'd just knock it around a bit, instead of knocking it out or killing it (depending on the range, you can do either. I didn't even know flies COULD be knocked out until one particularly slow day).:D
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I've hit a couple in midair, it's pretty easy actually. :D
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Originally posted by Stryke
As for the fly- try sniping it with a rubber band. What was an irritating housefly can become hours of entertainment. Don't even bother trying to hit it in midair- I'm pretty sure it's next to impossible, and odds are you'd just knock it around a bit, instead of knocking it out or killing it (depending on the range, you can do either. I didn't even know flies COULD be knocked out until one particularly slow day):D .
Well it either left or went to sleep. I hit it a few tiems with my tv remote, but it didn't kill it. I finally pulled out my laser pointer (that I bought for $.50 at the local Ghetto Bowling alley mind you) and beither blinded the ****er or gave it a headache.. I turned on the bath room light hoping he'd go in there, I'll go turn the fan on when i brush my teeth, hopefully dice him up a bit ;7
Couldn't find any rubber bands :(
And I think he meant hit them with rubber bands teno ;)
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
wait are they lesbian or bisexual?
I don't know but I hope they are bisexuals... :D
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Originally posted by Shrike
TATU = two seventeen year old russian lesbians. Amazingly catchy songs too.
Ok, so maybe all of a sudden I'm a LOT more interested. Wonder how that happened.
Something tells me that maybe the music isn't really all that much of their appeal.
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(http://www.tatugirls.com/gallery/images/tatu01.jpg)
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
(http://www.tatugirls.com/gallery/images/tatu01.jpg)
Pah, seventeen going on twelve. I thought there were laws against that kind of thing.
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
haha Mines better than yours :p ;) :D
BTW: Does anyone know a good way of killing an ever resiliant fly without a fly swater? He seems to like my light.. so I turn it off and he buzzes my face and goes for my computer screen. I've tried smacking the ****er, blinding it with a laser pointer, throwing a book at i, ***** slapping it, blowing dust on it.. nothing works :(
In the army on long guard shifts I'd turn on the big spotlight, which generates a ton of heat as well. I'd then place it pointing directly up, and wait until a fly landed on it. Once it did, just place a glass over it and let it start to twitch and writhe in the increasingly unbearable heat... it was hilarious - at one point the fly's brain I think would start misfiring all its neurons, and the fly would start going into violent convulsions, buzzing around on its back like mad... only lasted a few seconds, though.
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
Lesbians are baaad. They sometimes won't even notice you're there.
hey, quit mentally harassing lesbians. They have feelings too you know.
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Originally posted by Sandwich
In the army on long guard shifts I'd turn on the big spotlight, which generates a ton of heat as well. I'd then place it pointing directly up, and wait until a fly landed on it. Once it did, just place a glass over it and let it start to twitch and writhe in the increasingly unbearable heat... it was hilarious - at one point the fly's brain I think would start misfiring all its neurons, and the fly would start going into violent convulsions, buzzing around on its back like mad... only lasted a few seconds, though.
What a mean person you are...
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Originally posted by Styxx
What a mean person you are...
Hey, those flies should have known better than to harrass a Guy With A Gun™. :D
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Hey, those flies should have known better than to harrass a Guy With A Gun™. :D
True, true.
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Originally posted by 01010
Pah, seventeen going on twelve. I thought there were laws against that kind of thing.
Actually, one of them is 15, other is 16.
hey, quit mentally harassing lesbians. They have feelings too you know.
:wtf:
dude, that was a joke...
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so I'm a pro-lesbian. sue me.
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
And I have this TATU because chicks like it, not me ;) well, maybe a little....
I never even heard of it.
[edit] no... wait. Yes I have. Two slutty *****es singing europop that has been out of fashion since the Backstreet Boys.
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Originally posted by Stunaep
I never even heard of it.
[edit] no... wait. Yes I have. Two slutty *****es singing europop that has been out of fashion since the Backstreet Boys.
Hey, there are differences between lesbians and slutty *****es!
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one doesn't prevent the other.
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OK, maybe the pic was just bad. Here, better ones...
Viewpoint 1:
(http://www.tatu.ru/p/f/1.jpg)
Viewpoint 2:
(http://www.tatu.ru/p/f/13.jpg)
*runs*
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Originally posted by Stunaep
one doesn't prevent the other.
Someone's busy making lots of assumptions today, aren't they?
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
OK, maybe the pic was just bad. Here, better ones...
ok, so they're music sucks big time, and they're lesbians.
I like'em.
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Originally posted by Stunaep
ok, so they're music sucks big time, and they're lesbians.
I like'em.
see. that's my point. :)
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(http://www.picturevillage.com/photo/data/freakachuu/466_p34677.jpg)
Ta DAAAAA
:drevil:
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:lol:
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I'm not entirely sure whether they really are lesbians for real, or if it's just a put-on to sell more records or something. like that they say they've been together for five years. right...
oh, another thing... europop aint bad. eastern europe going western is.
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You have a CD in the CD drive, don't you...
because occasionally it will play CDs without a program, and the only way to change tracks is press the ">>" button on the CD drive, if you know what i mean. also if you have CDs set to play (autorun) then they start automatically at startup
also, what do you have as your default MP3 player... are you sure these are MP3s?
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Originally posted by Stealth
are you sure these are MP3s?
No, they only have .mp3 as a file type for fun. :rolleyes:
I don't use my MP3 player for CDs.
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Originally posted by kode
I'm not entirely sure whether they really are lesbians for real, or if it's just a put-on to sell more records or something. like that they say they've been together for five years. right...
yeah, sure... :rolleyes:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/3rdtwilight/stuff/kiss.jpg)
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Originally posted by Shrike
No, they only have .mp3 as a file type for fun. :rolleyes:
I don't use my MP3 player for CDs.
don't make me look like a fool Shrike, that's not nice when someone's trying to help you. I'm not the one that's asking for help. When someone helps you, you don't act sarcastic.
you said:
My computer is playing MP3s without me having an MP3 player running, or indeed any sign of an active process in my task manager.
My question was how do you know they're MP3s!? For all you know they could be OGG, WMA, MP1s, anything. If it doesn't show you what's playing, you don't know what it could be.
I'll ignore your sarcasm and keep trying to help.
1) Is it playing songs you have on your computer? or music you've never heard before.
2) Do you have a CD in your drive
3) What program is set to play Mp3s by default? what program do you use to play Mp3s (if different from default)
4) What OS
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Originally posted by Stealth
My question was how do you know they're MP3s!? For all you know they could be OGG, WMA, MP1s, anything. If it doesn't show you what's playing, you don't know what it could be.
I'll ignore your sarcasm and keep trying to help.
1) Is it playing songs you have on your computer? or music you've never heard before.
2) Do you have a CD in your drive
3) What program is set to play Mp3s by default? what program do you use to play Mp3s (if different from default)
4) What OS
And about a dozen posts down, when asked if it was repeating the same songs, I said:
Originally posted by Shrike
Yeah, it plays the list I had in winamp when I closed it earlier.
I know they were MP3s because I had been listening to them earlier. I turned off Winamp and the speakers, left, then when I came back (a couple hours later) and turned on the speaker, ready to play more music, the MP3s I had been listening to before were playing.
You're the one who's assuming I'm ignorant and that I wouldn't know what they were. I specifically said MP3s because it was MP3s I have. If it had just been random stuff I'd have said sound or music.
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Originally posted by Shrike
And about a dozen posts down, when asked if it was repeating the same songs, I said:
I know they were MP3s because I had been listening to them earlier. I turned off Winamp and the speakers, left, then when I came back (a couple hours later) and turned on the speaker, ready to play more music, the MP3s I had been listening to before were playing.
You're the one who's assuming I'm ignorant and that I wouldn't know what they were. I specifically said MP3s because it was MP3s I have. If it had just been random stuff I'd have said sound or music.
ok, i stand corrected on the part about not knowing the winamp playlist (on a thread 3 pages long at the time, which has moved from helping you (for about 10 posts) to lesbians, i just looked at the first post, and tried to help from there)... but nonetheless, you should try to appreciate people who're trying to help you.
one sec, let me try some stuff.
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Well, it's been rebooted, so it's sort of irrelevant now..... just a weird event in my life. One of many.
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don't lock the thread yet, i'm going to post the answer here in a few minutes or hours anyway, so if this ever comes up again you can look here.
so it's gone permanently? it disappeared? i hope the problem didn't just happen once, and disappeared when you rebooted once
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It's happened twice in the last..... oh, 4-5 months.
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oh, i thought it happens all the time
how often do you reboot, and what version of winamp do you run. do you have the 'agent' enabled?
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Stealth you are such a dork :p
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but Shrike, you admit that by looking at only the first post in this thread, my questions ARE justified (in my first post), right?
:p :cool:
but i admit i should've read further
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Originally posted by Stealth
how often do you reboot, and what version of winamp do you run. do you have the 'agent' enabled?
How often do I reboot? Good question. Not too often actually. 'Weekly' level I'd say. Winamp is V3.0. And I don't remember what the agent is.
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
yeah, sure... :rolleyes:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/3rdtwilight/stuff/kiss.jpg)
Woah, new years flashback.
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Originally posted by Shrike
How often do I reboot? Good question. Not too often actually. 'Weekly' level I'd say. Winamp is V3.0. And I don't remember what the agent is.
ahhhh Winamp 3.0... interesting
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Originally posted by Stealth
(on a thread 3 pages long at the time, which has moved from helping you (for about 10 posts) to lesbians, i just looked at the first post, and tried to help from there)
Er...how do you know the topic(s) of the other pages if you only looked at the first post? :p ;)
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Originally posted by Ten of Twelve
yeah, sure... :rolleyes:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/3rdtwilight/stuff/kiss.jpg)
:yes:
I like that piccy...
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Er...how do you know the topic(s) of the other pages if you only looked at the first post? :p ;)
i don't, i know it EVOLVED into a talk about lesbians, because the post above mine is about lesbians. who knows what took place during page 1 and 2 ;)
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Shrike:
System specs please!
(including: Windows OS, sound card/chip details, DirectX version)
Does the problem exist with both WaveOut and DirectSound Output plugins?
(Winamp -> Prefs -> Plugins -> Output)
Have you installed the official wa2update patch for all latest versions of the default input/output plugins?
:)
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Originally posted by Stealth
Shrike:
System specs please!
(including: Windows OS, sound card/chip details, DirectX version)
Does the problem exist with both WaveOut and DirectSound Output plugins?
(Winamp -> Prefs -> Plugins -> Output)
Have you installed the official wa2update patch for all latest versions of the default input/output plugins?
:)
:wtf: Are you workin' for Nullsoft or somethin'? :confused:
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Originally posted by Stealth
Shrike:
System specs please!
(including: Windows OS, sound card/chip details, DirectX version)
Does the problem exist with both WaveOut and DirectSound Output plugins?
(Winamp -> Prefs -> Plugins -> Output)
Have you installed the official wa2update patch for all latest versions of the default input/output plugins?
:)
It's not that important.... just something weird that happened.