Winamp problem?

Question

Since replacing my soundcard whenever I try to play an mp3 in Winamp it jumps/skips.
I can open the same mp3 in Media Player or in a different sound editor (I use Goldwave) and it works fine.
The weird thing is that sometimes, after successfully playing the file in Goldwave, it will successfully play in Winamp.
Whenever Winamp decides to play up I can 'fix' the problem by playing the file in Goldwave.

What's up with that?

I've tried installing the very latest version of Winamp, and the PC is virus-free (at the moment).

Answer 1

1) close winamp
http://www.blorp.com/~peter/zips/wa2update.exe
try this update first

if that doesn't work
switch to directsound

open winamp (press stop to make sure its not playing anything)

preferences (ctrl+p)--->plug-ins/output--->select "crossfading directsound output" --->close

if that still doesn't work

update your drivers....

if it still skips then it could be caused by some other means

2) If the problem persists:
http://www.friedbagels.com/tecaudprobdu.html (vgakills!)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=32363 (DirectSound tweaks)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=62586 (WaveOut tweaks)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=43231 (busthrottle/smooth scrolling)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=45994 (system.ini tweaks)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=66514 (Gen. fixes/Windows tweaks)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=29776 (Increasing buffer)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=30885 (videocard/resolution)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=31503 (WA tweaks/sound drivers)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=44757 (poor quality playback)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=31611 (distorted playback)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=29810 (CD related skips)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=37143 (DS tweaks/Network card)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=30389 (skipping: further tips?)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=33769 (typical user error!)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=81867 (IRQ conflicts)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=52709 (Win2k ACPI irq sharing)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=53599 (Win2k crackle+pop/NIC)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=53487 (IDE Controller driver)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=70893 (background apps)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/....asp#audio_hiss
http://alive.singnet.com.sg/tech/click.htm
Search results for - keyword: Smooth Scrolling

3) Get a proper soundcard