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My music or my Heroes?

Unread postby Babri » 05 Jun 2006, 06:01

I'm used to listening to MP3s, no matter what game I play - I just can't do without my music. However, while playing HOMM5 I am unable to do so. A song will start to play on Winamp, but then break up terribly while I'm playing.
I'm very sure that this is not my system's doing. I'm running an AMD 3200+ with 1GB of memory and GeForce 6200 256MB Video card.

Any advice or explanation? No other games have this issue.
Should I maybe switch to another MP3-player?
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Unread postby serguma » 05 Jun 2006, 11:12

i listen to my music while I play heroes and I have no problem ;)

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Unread postby Babri » 05 Jun 2006, 11:15

serguma wrote:i listen to my music while I play heroes and I have no problem ;)
Okay, that's great, but tell me the following:
1) System specs
2) You running HOMM5?
3) Are you listening to MP3s or another format?
4) Which player are you using?
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Unread postby innokenti » 05 Jun 2006, 11:21

Open up your Winamp

Preferences > Options > General Preferences

Slider on the right 'Priority'. Set that to something higher and see if plays okay, if not, increase it one more notch etc. (Should be okay with 'high' or 'normal')

EDIT: If you have to go to 'realtime'... don't. Because that would almost certainly make Heroes run slower and other apps/games too.
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Unread postby serguma » 05 Jun 2006, 11:24

Babri wrote:
serguma wrote:i listen to my music while I play heroes and I have no problem ;)
Okay, that's great, but tell me the following:
1) System specs
2) You running HOMM5?
3) Are you listening to MP3s or another format?
4) Which player are you using?
Well, let's go :lol:

1) Pentium D 3Ghz, Geforce 6600GT, 1GB of Kingston DDR2 (don't remember de frequency, perhaps 533 or something like this?), 200 GB SATA2 Maxtor HDD, and other things don't matter I suppose.
2) Yes, I'm running HOMM5 :P
3) I'm listening to MP3.
4) I'm not using winamp, using windows media player, srry xD.

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Unread postby Babri » 05 Jun 2006, 11:35

serguma wrote:
Babri wrote:
serguma wrote:i listen to my music while I play heroes and I have no problem ;)
Okay, that's great, but tell me the following:
1) System specs
2) You running HOMM5?
3) Are you listening to MP3s or another format?
4) Which player are you using?
Well, let's go :lol:

1) Pentium D 3Ghz, Geforce 6600GT, 1GB of Kingston DDR2 (don't remember de frequency, perhaps 533 or something like this?), 200 GB SATA2 Maxtor HDD, and other things don't matter I suppose.
2) Yes, I'm running HOMM5 :P
3) I'm listening to MP3.
4) I'm not using winamp, using windows media player, srry xD.
Thanks for the info, I'll try my luck with Media Player tonight...
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 05 Jun 2006, 11:38

I didn't have any problems playing Winamp while HoMM5 was running. Of course on Very Low settings, otherwise both programs lag like hell.

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Unread postby Babri » 05 Jun 2006, 11:53

ThunderTitan wrote:I didn't have any problems playing Winamp while HoMM5 was running. Of course on Very Low settings, otherwise both programs lag like hell.

P4 2.6; 512 RAM; 6600 GT;
Well this is just dumbfounding me. I just upgraded my system, I've installed a brand new HDD and installed just HOMM5 and still, this issue. My system runs the game on Ultra High Quality without a single glitch - smooth. What could be causing this, you think?
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 05 Jun 2006, 12:10

Try it on Low settings, see if it works better. Winamp does seem to slow down the computer alot when you play a game at the same time. If it doesn't work try another player, see if it's just Winamp, or the game.
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Unread postby Purple Sky » 05 Jun 2006, 12:14

Maybe you cant have everything. Ever thought of that?

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Unread postby Babri » 05 Jun 2006, 12:20

ThunderTitan wrote:Try it on Low settings, see if it works better. Winamp does seem to slow down the computer alot when you play a game at the same time. If it doesn't work try another player, see if it's just Winamp, or the game.
I've tried the game on all settings. Funnily enough only Winamp breaks up, the game seems to run smoothly all the way through.
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 05 Jun 2006, 12:25

Try a new player then.
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Unread postby Babri » 05 Jun 2006, 12:29

I will - I've just downloaded some new stuff and I hate to have to choose between my music and the game!
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Unread postby innokenti » 05 Jun 2006, 13:55

innokenti wrote:Open up your Winamp

Preferences > Options > General Preferences

Slider on the right 'Priority'. Set that to something higher and see if plays okay, if not, increase it one more notch etc. (Should be okay with 'high' or 'normal')

EDIT: If you have to go to 'realtime'... don't. Because that would almost certainly make Heroes run slower and other apps/games too.
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Unread postby Babri » 05 Jun 2006, 14:01

innokenti wrote:
innokenti wrote:Open up your Winamp

Preferences > Options > General Preferences

Slider on the right 'Priority'. Set that to something higher and see if plays okay, if not, increase it one more notch etc. (Should be okay with 'high' or 'normal')

EDIT: If you have to go to 'realtime'... don't. Because that would almost certainly make Heroes run slower and other apps/games too.
*points up*
Well, thank you! I'll definitely look into that.
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Unread postby 5il3nc3r » 05 Jun 2006, 14:26

Babri wrote:Okay, that's great, but tell me the following:
1) System specs
2) You running HOMM5?
3) Are you listening to MP3s or another format?
4) Which player are you using?
1) P4 - 3.2 GHz; 1Gb DDR; ATI Radeon 9800se
2) Yup
3) MP3s and OGGs
4) WinAmp

I'm also listening to my music and playing Heroes 5 at the same time, without having a single problem.

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