Win XP system, Foobar2000 and Boom problem

[N101N]

In my Win XP system Foobar2000 and Boom do not work while all other similar applications do. Getting the error message for MP3: "Decoding failure at 0:00.000 (Unsupported format or corrupted file) Unrecoverable playback error: The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)"
Wrong codec?

 

[AllenB]

Thread moved

 

[N101N]

Thank you very much, Allen.

 

[nigelwright7557]

I wrote some DJ music player software for my PC.
Worked well for many years.
Then one day it started to fail.
Spent hours debugging software and couldnt find the problem.
I then noticed PC started going wrong with other programs.
I reinstalled Windows and it was no better.
I did hard drive and DRAM checks using debug software.
They said they were fine.

In desperation I removed one of my DRAM modules but still no better.
I replaced it and removed the other and suddenly everything was good again.

I wasn't convinced there was anything wrong with the DRAM module as I hadn't had it long.

So got the motherboard manual out.
Apparently if you fit two DRAM modules they must be in same colour slots.
So I put the "faulty" DRAM module back in to the right coloured slot and its been fine since.

Not saying that's your problem but problems can in one of many sources.

 

[N101N]

Thank you for responding. I use 100% reliable Micron memory modules.
Not a big issue, I was just a little bit curious about that unnecessary dependency. It can be a missing registry key. In my system, most unused items have been removed.

 

[N101N]

Probably my last question: why is Foobar2000 so popular?

 

[DRONE7]

@N101N

to quote Byron...

"Mediocrity is achievable... this may explain its popularity"

There, may be my last answer too...
shields up, takes cover... slopes off to a Linux box... lol folks... don't take life too seriously..

 

[N101N]

I have not expected such a philosophical explanation. I agree that popularity is a poor measure of quality.

 

[asuslover]

Spend 5$ for win10 key from eBay , let the xp rest.

 

[vinylkid58]

Yeah, I've been using Foobar2000 for many years, and that's running Win7-64. Can't believe someone's still using XP.

jeff

 

[N101N]

Why on Earth would I do that? As regards audio and software I prefer simplicity.

 

[HenrikEnquist]

Staying with a deprecated operating system is only simple until there is a problem. The only sensible thing to do is updating to something with active support before that happens.

 

[N101N]

I have checked some nondeprecated operating systems and found nothing of interest or value. The fundamental simplicity requirement is strongly violated.

 

[phofman]

What OSes specifically?

 

[N101N]

Windows 7, Windows 8

 

[LightBit]

Windows 7 is also unsupported.
Did you try Linux?

 

[HenrikEnquist]

You can of course continue using xp for as long as you want as long as you don't rely on it for anything really important. Playing music on a system not directly connected to the internet is acceptable. But I hope that you use something actively supported for stuff like accessing your internet bank.

 

[Michael Chua]

My working sysyem is XP. That's simply because my softwares only run on them.

If XP can't run certain programs, I dual boot to MX Linux.

 

[N101N]

Thank you everybody.
This version of Win XP is fast and safe without any antivirus and firewall, heavily downgraded and personalized for my needs, Bill Gates would hardly recognize it. Everything is working except Skype that has been ruined by Microsoft anyway and now the unimportant Foobar.exe.

Another academic question while we are at it: why is American programming so insanely bloated?

 

[HenrikEnquist]

So you guys actually still use XP as your daily OS? Doing online purchases with your credit card number, logging in to various sites like email services, and even banking?