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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