Winamp- can anyone help

[batrico]

HI i am using sp1 on Win 7 for a little while now and everthings been ok apart from two programs Sopcast (problem has been solved) and Winamp.At the moment winamp is allowing me to use it as an audio player as video is playing with sound but no picture.
Audio files are working fine its video thats the problemThe videos im trying to play work fine on other players but im at the stage where i want to know why my old fav is not working.If its cause i need a paid licence and winamp pro then ill be saying no thanks and then use other players.

 

[Mike Connor]

I only tried Win-amp again for a short while after installing SP1, and then I uninstalled it. Too many problems.

Lots of other suggestions from other users here on the site.

Aimp is often mentioned;

http://www.aimp2.us/

I mainly use this for videos etc;

VideoLAN - VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS!

and I mainly use this for audio;

Spider Player - The Ultimate Music Player

I use other stuff as well, depends on what I want to do.

Regards...Mike Connor

 

[usernamename]

Winamp does not include many video codes by default. They did not design it for all media, primarily for audio. But for audio I would recommend it

 

[Stormkitty]

For video it's easier to just use Media Player Classic or VLC.

 

[batrico]

Winamp does not include many video codes by default. They did not design it for all media, primarily for audio. But for audio I would recommend it

I installed a codec pack(klite ) but that not only didnt work but screwed up other media players video.

I just installed Spider Player for audio and will use GOM or VLC for video in future.It was just handy before with winamp having a 2inone

 

[Mike Connor]

Some codec packs are very buggy, and some are vehicles for malware.

Run a scan to be certain;

Malwarebytes

Regards....Mike Connor

 

[batrico]

found a plugin VidAmp-v1.0 and now my videos work .sorted.wow go me.

well spoke to soon either plays with no sound or 5seconds at a time in ff mode.

 

[mickey megabyte]

have you tried shark007's codecs?

a lot of people on this site find them very good - and mr sharky himself is a regular forum poster.

although i've been a longtime winamp user and fan, i don't find it great for playing videos, so i've never tried sharks codecs - i only use winamp for music myself.

it's worth a try.

 

[batrico]

Have tried sharkys codecs but still videos have sound but no picture.sharkys codecs fixed the other media players problems with lack of picture though.so the onlyproblem left is winamp.

 

[mickey megabyte]

what skin are you using?

do you see the visualisations ok when music is playing?

 

[batrico]

when i play a file music or video the video is just blank.only visualisation options is plugin options

sorry skin doesnt matter ive tried classic and custom.

 

[batrico]

sorry didnt understand you about where the visualisation was.i see its under the timer on the classic winamp.that works fine.

 

[mickey megabyte]

when you installed winamp in the first place, what option did you chose?

the 'lite' option doesn't include video playback, nor any codecs unsurprisingly.



in fact, investigating further, you shouldn't need external codecs at all.

if you haven't tried already, do a complete uninstall, download it again, then reinstall using the 'full' option.

if it still fails to work, then i'm stumped, and all i can suggest then is to use another media player for your movies. vlc is very popular, and also doesn't need any external codecs.

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*edit* after reading your last post: for most skins, the visualisation window doubles up as the video playback area too.

 

[batrico]

reinstalled still same.except when i clicked on video options to visualisation options if i click on the start plugins i get directx or 3d adapter errors.Im not an expert on graphics cards but since the other players vlc and gom have no problems it cant be my graphics card can it(integrated gc) also crashes winamp.

 

[mickey megabyte]

in that case, i would stop using winamp.

really don't know what the problem is, sorry, except for are you sure you have the latest video/display drivers for your machine?

you could try windows update, and see if that finds any newer drivers in the 'optional' tab.

or maybe directx needs updating?

if other media players work fine, then i would stick with them - you know it makes sense!

 

[batrico]

i ran directx diagnostic got error cant find extra display info(but i think thats 32bit diag )cause i pressed the 64bit diagnostic and everything is fine and enabled.


Maybe winamp is frakked cause its 32bit and it doesnt like 64bit machines.

 

[mickey megabyte]

it runs happily on my x64.

oh well...

 

[Mike Connor]

Occasionally one finds software that runs badly or not at all on some setups. One can usually get it running eventually, but this can take a long time and a lot of effort. If other comparable software runs OK, then it is often better just to stick with that.

I had quite a few "glitches" with Win-Amp on my personal x64 machine, ( although it runs fine on others), so I uninstalled it.

Regards....Mike Connor

 

[batrico]

mickey megabyte: I checked my drivers are up to date and directx diag 64bit shows no problems.

Mike O Conner : Winamp had no problems as an audio player its the video im having problem.

I think ive come to the end have uninstalled Winamp fully.Gonna use Spider player for audio and Gom/VLC for video in future.

thanks guys for your help.