I have Borland C++ at home and on campus I use Borland C++ 5.5 Commandline so I can't
step through the
program.
Duc
"Mark B. Elrod" wrote:
> do you have vc++? could you step through the application and see where it is taking
>the most time?
>
> elrod
>
> Duc Tang wrote:
>
> > No, I do not have it (check for updates) selected in the prefs. It just takes a
>long time for me to
> > load it. I think the important part of the problem is, it seems like it is just
>sitting around waiting
> > to start, after the hourglasss come off, the computer is not doing anything, then
>it loads up 20
> > seconds later. WinAmp on the other hand as soon as the hourglass comes off which
>is about 1 second it
> > shows up right away. Mozilla (Netscape Open Source Browser) also takes a long time
>to load, almost as
> > long as FreeAmp though it just might seem shorter because I can hear the hard
>drive whirling away. Any
> > suggesstions guys?
> >
> > Duc
> >
> > Mark Elrod wrote:
> >
> > > that is a thread... should not make a difference... but you never know... do you
>have update
> > > notification checked in the prefs?
> > >
> > > elrod
> > >
> > > "Brett A . Thomas" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is it maybe the DNS lookup on the automatic upgrade, or something?
> > > >
> > > > Brett
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 03:07:00PM -0500, Duc Tang wrote:
> > > > > Guys,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've removed all of the mp3's from the my music thing and it takes about 20
>seconds to load up
> > > > > completely, I counted. Maybe I'm counting too fast, but I know for a fact
>that WinAmp loads up
> > > > > much faster. Is this true for everyone's machine or is it just me. I am
>running Win98 with
> > > > > 2partitions one for programs and stuff and one for music, my documents stuff
>like that. Both of
> > > > > the partitions are on FAT32. My computer is an eMachine eOne (it looks like
>an iMac).
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark, what does BTW mean, yeah I go to UNC. Did you happen to major in
>computer science and now
> > > > > are working for freeamp? Is the money good since FreeAmp is an OpenSource
>thing? Or are you
> > > > > doing this for a hobby? Also I'm new to opensource, when I download the
>source to study from
> > > > > it, I get mightily confused, is their anything like a tutorial or anything
>describing the
> > > > > program like an 'SDK' or anything? I mean there are so many files.
> > > > >
> > > > > Duc
> > > > >
> > > > > "Mark B. Elrod" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > BTW Duc, Go Heels! I went to UNC as well... <grin>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > elrod
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Duc Tang wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mark B Elrod,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have around 100 and something. I am on a network(School), but I am not
>sharing any
> > > > > > > files so that should not be a problem. Its similar to loading up
>Netscape, it just takes
> > > > > > > a long time, but freeamp takes an even longer time to load. How long
>does it take for you
> > > > > > > guys to load up FreeAmp. I don't use FreeAmp as my default player
>because of the long
> > > > > > > loading time. But I still like it, and would like for it to succeed,
>because open source
> > > > > > > rocks!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > DUC
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Mark B. Elrod" wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > how many mp3s did you say you had? are there any networked drives in
>use?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > elrod
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Duc Tang wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Sorry to bother you guys again about this bothersome issue of
>loading time for
> > > > > > > > > freeamp. But since all these new versions are coming out I would
>definitely like to
> > > > > > > > > see FreeAmp load up in a reasonable amount of time. I have very
>little programming
> > > > > > > > > skills so I will not be able to do any coding to cut down the
>loading time, and I
> > > > > > > > > certaintly don't understand why it takes so long to load. WinAmp
>loads up quickly
> > > > > > > > > and so does RealJukeBox, and Real Player.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > When I load freeamp the "hourglass" shows on the mouse cursor for a
>little bit but
> > > > > > > > > then it goes normal, but FreeAmp will not be on yet, it generally
>takes 30 seconds
> > > > > > > > > after the hourglass disappears before free amp is up. I have a 433
>MHz celeron
> > > > > > > > > processor, 64MB ram.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If I knew how to program really well, then I would try to code it
>myself.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > > > > DUC
> > > > > > > > >
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