Google Talk Freezes with show music status using Winamp 5.5
Posted on 20. Jan, 2008 by Sankaranand in Tutorials
I am a die hard fan of Winamp and using it for more than 5 years. What I like about this music tool is its light and easy to use features. When you compare other media players like iTunes and Jet Audio, Winamp uses a very light and easy to use playlist organizer. If you just want to hear mp3 songs then you can go with Winamp lite version which is not filled with bloats and add-ons.
Coming to the point, we know very well about the famous Google talk’s “show my current music status” and might be using it without any problem in Winamp although WMP needs an in activation. But after installing the latest version of Winamp 5.5, I had a few problems with the Google talk Integration.
Whenever you select the Show my current music track, Google talk either freezes or stops responding. This is actually a technical issue with Google talk or Winamp which is yet to be discovered but many users who have upgraded to Winamp 5.5 are facing this problem, so one of a guy has posted a simple resolution for fixing this bug.
The solution is:
Step 1: Go to the root directory of Winamp which is usually in C:\Program Files\Winamp\
Step 2: Select Tools->Folder Options->View (Tab) and uncheck the hide extensions for known file types and click Ok.
Step 3: Now create an empty file (Right click the mouse -> New -> Text document), so the default file would be like “New Text Document.txt”.
Step4: Rename the above file to “winamp.m3u” and save.
Step5: Close Winamp and Google Talk. Now open again and Your Show Current music track status should work like a charm
Tip: Google Talk Help Group .
DaNiELiTo
Jul 1st, 2011
Thank you! great solution
Tulika Dubey
Sep 3rd, 2011
Thanks, It solved my problem. though I would suggest you add that the m3u file has to be placed in the winamp directory.. for dimwits like me
Volkan Sen
Oct 29th, 2011
Dude.. All I can say is.. You ROCK!
Thanks for the solution!
Asha
Nov 9th, 2011
Pretty good information about WINAMP! pretty much that’s the only music software i always used. Thanks for the article!
utpal
Nov 15th, 2011
excellent one…..thanks dear…
MaNang MayAye
Nov 20th, 2011
Thanks so much!
MaNang MayAye
Nov 20th, 2011
Thanks
Karthik Jayaram
Jan 28th, 2012
excellent