I have set up my packard bell winamp remote as outlined. I get the green button on com1, copied the dll file as needed, installed the plug in and configured the buttons as directed and restarted winamp. At this point I can press one button and it works, example I can press the 'right' button for Play and winamps starts to play, or press 'down' for next track....PROBLEM...the problem is once I do a single funtion like play and winamp starts playing my remote then is rendered useless, no green light, no ressponse from winamp. If I manually stop winamp with my mouse I can then again choose a single function with my remote, and it works fine but then once that single function is executed my remote is ignored. This doesn't do me any good and is not what I would need in a remote. Please advise.... thank you :)

Hi, I've never heard of this before. Have you tried on COM2?

yes, it only works on com1. before I launch winamp3, and watch the grey button, it turns green when ever I touch a key on the remote, if I go to serial watch under com1 it shows action when ever I touch key on the remote. if I open winamp3 I can do ONE function, the grey buton turns green and the function is preformed but after that one function my remote is useless untill I stop winamp3 manually with mouse. no green light or response from winamp3... once I stop it manually I then can execute on function such as next, back or play but then again am dead.

You should be able to use either COM1 or COM2. If you can't use COM2, the port or interrupt may be in contention with a modem or other device. You can try disabling it, and attempt on COM2.

I haven't used WinAmp3 in a long time, so I have nothing to say about that application. But I do recall you needed to use a Winamp 2.x Manager to load the WinLIRC / Winamp plugin. Perhaps that part of installation did not go well?

If WinLIRC isn't working for you, I can also recommend using IRAssistant or Girder.

Thanks.

will this work with winamp5?

it seems to work with winamp5 but same issue....

i have the win amp plugin manager, everything appears to go correctly. as long as win amp is not playing the remote functions. I can select up and down the list, once I it starts playing the file the remote is not active, no green sensor lite. works again when I manually stop it from playing.... it works like this in winamp3 and winamp5....

Hi brian, honestly I'm not sure. You can return it for a replacement (even if you didn't buy it from us). Or we can send you a Creative Remote (cimr100) instead. Let us know privately sales (at) tekgems.com

I bought two of them from you, I will try the other one. it sends the signal just fine until winamp actually starts playing.

I just tried the other one and it does the same thing... I can scroll up and down through the playlist as long as winamp is not playing... once it starts to play the remote quits... no sign of signal received...

Ironic that violent fems "kiss off" is playing as I struggle with this thing :(

One thing that did come to mind is the CPU processing priority of WinAmp. Try adjusting it to some thing lower. If it is set to real-time or normal, it may conflict with WinLIRC's need to poll the serial port.

Are you running any other plugins in WinAmp or any other background programs that may be conflicting with WinLIRC?

And why aren't you able to use COM2?

not sure, I dont have a modem but rather a nic card that I have hooked to my router/cable modem.... I am running zone alarm and notice that when I start up the WinLIRC it wants to act as a server.... (spyware?) I am allowing to but that seems odd... This is on a 98se box recently fdisked,formatted and installed so its pretty clean. Its a athlon 700, I chose win98se because all this box does is online gaming or play my music. I have gone in now and used the 'learn' function and maually set up the remote, and all went well without a hitch.... but same result when back at winamp.... I will reboot to make sure nothing else is running.... (win98 prevents me from changing priority level)(as far as i am aware)

1) Try running without Zone Alarm. WinLIRC takes over a high number TCP/IP port so it can communicate with other programs on that channel.

2) Disable NIC in Device Manager to see if it helps with WinAmp freezing.

still same, I am going to go over and install it on an older computer that is also running win98se but is not online. brb.

this is crazy.... I have two seperate remotes and sensors, two seperate computers, one win98se and one win2k, both computers are acting the same, same problem on both..... up to the point the winamp plays the remote(s) are funtional on both machines.... nice green lights... as soon as I tell it to play and winamp plays file at that point the remote is lost, no green light, no response, as soon as I manually stop the file the remote begins to work again with green sensor light. I can't believe with two tekgem units and two machines doing exactly the same problem I am the only one with this issue....

Have you tried using this on winamp 2.x just for kicks?

http://tekgems.com/Products/WinampRemote/InstallWinLIRC-WinAmp2.htm

yeah, I have installed winamp2.78, 3.0 and 5.0 all have same problem. I have been in contact with Jim Paris who appears to have written the code for this. On his site this seems to be a known issue when playing MP3's... i have followed his recomnedation, I closed all needed programs and services. I installed fire daemon and ran winLIRC as a service with the highest priority, still nothing once winamp starts. up to the point winamp plays all is well, I can use the remote just fine. once I click 'play' on the remote and the mp3 starts the remote is not functional until I manually stop the file.... I bought these items from TekGems via ebay that was advertised as a MP3 Winamp remote... they dont seem to be able to handle the job as advertised. I appreciate your very quick and late night messages. [edit - no bad mouthing us :) ] I will email you privately and talk about how to resolve this as you had mentioned above.

We can't guarantee this device will on all systems equally. System incompatibility can and will occur. This has always been the case with computer hardware. We replied to your suggestion in private and hope it works out. Thanks.

I had the same problem:
The solution is to use the direct sound output instead of wave out. There you have to activate some of the options

same problem here too (with a homemade receiver). works fine in my wife's pc. must be my serial ports. asus a7v133c mobo winxp.

I had the same issue as Brian. Has there been a solution for this problem? Which options must you activate in the direct sound output?

Sorry Joe - I don't of a solution to the problem Brian is having. You could try a different software package like pcremotecontrol.com which has better integration between software and hardware.