running two winamps at the same time??

i AM the 80's · 2nd July 2002, 15:11

Hi folks. I've used winamp for a long time but recently I've wanted to try something but have hit a "snag". I have our computer running to two seperate stereo systems in our house - one to the living room, and one to the playroom. I've been running winamp to one and sonique to the other, but the sonique just doesn't have the quality that the winamp does so I tried to run two winamps at the same time.....won't work. I copied the program to another folder, skins, plugins, you name it, and tried to run it seperately from the other winamp. When I would try to open the second winamp, the first one would pop back open. I need two different ones because my wife and I have different tastes in music so we keep two different playlists running to the two locations.

Is there any way to run two winamps at the same time with different playlists??? And yes, I do have two soundcards

James

. - .... .- -. .... · 2nd July 2002, 16:37

Have you tried the Winamp Profiler plugin?? Set the first winamp instance to use one soundcard (preferences (CTRL-P) -> plugins -> waveout -> configure -> Output Device) and set the second winamp instance to use the second soundcard. The profiler plugin should save each of these settings.

i AM the 80's · 2nd July 2002, 17:26

<<Have you tried the Winamp Profiler plugin??>>

No I haven't. Thanks. I'll give it a try this afternoon.

James

DJ Egg · 2nd July 2002, 19:23

Have you tried checkmarking "enable multiple instances" in Prefs -> Options?

Further help/info:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=86963
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=89960

And yes, the Profiler plugin will also be very useful for what you want

. - .... .- -. .... · 3rd July 2002, 00:35

Quote:

Originally posted by DJEgg
Have you tried checkmarking "enable multiple instances" in Prefs -> Options?

But the multiple instances option won't allow the use of two soundcards at the same time, without changing the configuation settings each time, or maybe I'm wrong.

The only solution I can see is the profiler plugin or installing two winamp instances into different folders. yes? no?

DJ Egg · 3rd July 2002, 01:00

Yeah, but as from 2.78/9 (not sure which), multiple instances only works with two (or more) separate installs if this option is checkmarked in the config for all installations (and obviously it needs to be checkmarked in the original install in order to initially open a second winamp.exe).
It's something to do with the bugfix for "safety of multi-instance detection". (also referenced in those links I posted).

. - .... .- -. .... · 3rd July 2002, 01:03

Point noted - thanks for the info

ElectricFox · 8th August 2013, 00:29

Hi !
Is it possible to run 2 different Winamp vizs at the same time on the same computer with just one sound card (radeon 5850)? I'd like to have an old skin with a small visualization (Milkdrop) in a corner & the rest of the screen filled with G-Force from Soundspectrum !
Am I dreaming??
Thanks for your advice.
Stephen.

2nd July 2002, 15:11	#1
i AM the 80's Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3	running two winamps at the same time?? Hi folks. I've used winamp for a long time but recently I've wanted to try something but have hit a "snag". I have our computer running to two seperate stereo systems in our house - one to the living room, and one to the playroom. I've been running winamp to one and sonique to the other, but the sonique just doesn't have the quality that the winamp does so I tried to run two winamps at the same time.....won't work. I copied the program to another folder, skins, plugins, you name it, and tried to run it seperately from the other winamp. When I would try to open the second winamp, the first one would pop back open. I need two different ones because my wife and I have different tastes in music so we keep two different playlists running to the two locations. Is there any way to run two winamps at the same time with different playlists??? And yes, I do have two soundcards James

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DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,899	Have you tried checkmarking "enable multiple instances" in Prefs -> Options? Further help/info: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=86963 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=89960 And yes, the Profiler plugin will also be very useful for what you want Playlist -\|- Twitter

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DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,899	Yeah, but as from 2.78/9 (not sure which), multiple instances only works with two (or more) separate installs if this option is checkmarked in the config for all installations (and obviously it needs to be checkmarked in the original install in order to initially open a second winamp.exe). It's something to do with the bugfix for "safety of multi-instance detection". (also referenced in those links I posted). Playlist -\|- Twitter

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i AM the 80's Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3	<<Have you tried the Winamp Profiler plugin??>> No I haven't. Thanks. I'll give it a try this afternoon. James

8th August 2013, 00:29	#8
ElectricFox Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 48	2 Winamp vizs at the same time on one computer? Hi ! Is it possible to run 2 different Winamp vizs at the same time on the same computer with just one sound card (radeon 5850)? I'd like to have an old skin with a small visualization (Milkdrop) in a corner & the rest of the screen filled with G-Force from Soundspectrum ! Am I dreaming?? Thanks for your advice. Stephen.

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