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Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

I recently installed Foobar 2000 to copy my CD collection to FLAC format and I have installed a 300GBhard disc to house the collection.  My knowledge of the program is rudimentary, but I have fumbled to the point that it serves my immediate purpose.  However, there appears to be some sort of memory leak problem because after I copy 10 CDs or so the whole computers suddenly breaks down and locks up.  Sometimes I have to turn the computer off manually because I cannot manage a proper system shutdown otherwise.  I have found XP to be extremely stable until I started using Foobar.  Can someone give me any advice re this problem?

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #1 –
- does it happen with random songs, or with specific ones?
- soundcard drivers?
- try different output-method?
- overclocking?
- not really "locked up" but just busy rewriting whole files because of tag-issues?
- XP?
I am arrogant and I can afford it because I deliver.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #2 –
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- does it happen with random songs, or with specific ones?
- soundcard drivers?
- try different output-method?
- overclocking?
- not really "locked up" but just busy rewriting whole files because of tag-issues?
- XP?
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This is not a playback or output problem.  Foobar locks up as I continue to convert additional CDs to FLAC, even if I shut down Foobar and restart it after each disc, after an hour or so the whole computer goes south.  My soundcard and driver are whatever came with my Hewlett Packard Pavilion Desktop.  I think sound is integrated onto the motherboard.  The program seems to function fine, except that it eventually overruns my computer.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #3 –
Have you set the diskwriter encoding priority correctly in the preferences?

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #4 –
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Have you set the diskwriter encoding priority correctly in the preferences?
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Sorry:  I'm not sure what you mean.  Only priority I see when I click on Diskwriter is thread priority.  I have no idea what thread priority is, but the slider is set at about 25 percent up from minimum.  I'm pretty much in the dark and haven't yet found anything resembling a user's manual.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #5 –
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I recently installed Foobar 2000 to copy my CD collection to FLAC format and I have installed a 300GBhard disc to house the collection.  My knowledge of the program is rudimentary, but I have fumbled to the point that it serves my immediate purpose.  However, there appears to be some sort of memory leak problem because after I copy 10 CDs or so the whole computers suddenly breaks down and locks up.  Sometimes I have to turn the computer off manually because I cannot manage a proper system shutdown otherwise.  I have found XP to be extremely stable until I started using Foobar.  Can someone give me any advice re this problem?
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Thank you for what I'm sure is good advice, but I don't know how to find diskreiter encoding priority settings.  I don't know what output methods are, or tag-issues.  Can somebody tell me where to find some general instructions and explanations of how to use this program?  I just want a reliable program to create, catalog, and play back FLAC files for several hundred CDs through a decent audio system without having to reboot my computer approximately once per hour in the FLAC file creation process.  Maybe the problem persists into the playback phase, but I'm not there yet.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #6 –
It would certainly help if you could state in detail the exact procedure that you used to create FLAC files. Every little bit of information counts, and the more precise your explanation is, the better.

If not, it all crumbles down into a game of twenty questions, and we don't want that to happen.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #7 –
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It would certainly help if you could state in detail the exact procedure that you used to create FLAC files. Every little bit of information counts, and the more precise your explanation is, the better.

If not, it all crumbles down into a game of twenty questions, and we don't want that to happen.
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I am using XP SP2 and I close/reopen Foobar 2000 regularly to try to guard against a crash.  I left click on components and left click on  play audio cd.  Then I left click on my cd drive and then I left click on add to playlist. freedb then provides me with data.  I select the whole slate of tracks and right click to get the menu to select properties.  I left click on properties and usually edit the genre and add a metadata category ALPHA and update the files.  Then I right click on the entire selected slate and click on convert and click on run conversion.  My output preset is FLAC : compression level 7, 4096 bytes padding.  My output file name formatting is %genre%\%alpha%\%album%\$num(%discnumber%,1)$num(%tracknumber%,2) %artist% - %title%  My output directory is F:\CDs  My thread priority is about 25% up from minimum.  Preferred bit depth is 16, no dithering, no buffering,  no active DSPs.  My output device is primary sound driver.  Kernel streaming shows REaltek AC97 Audio with buffer length 1000 ms.  Waveout is MS sound mapper with buffer 1000 ms.  I counted 67 loaded component libraries and can list them if necessary, but it is rather laborious to type them all in. 

As I recall, the only add-in that I have is for freedb.  I also had to do something to make XP FLAC compatible, as I recall.  The foobar package that I downloaded from the official website was standard, not some beta version.  It included the FLAC capability without modification.

This morning the computer is still running after I went to bed during a FLAC conversion session.  I suspect that it might help to close FOOBAR between conversion sessions, but this does not always prevent an unexpected crash.  A crash usually manifests itself  by FOOBAR not making any progress.  When I try to shut down, I usually get a message that Bill Gates would like a report, which I usually don't send.  Often I have to shut down by holding the on-off switch for 5 seconds even though the mouse is still functional but software shutdown won't work at all.  Sometimes it gets to the final screen 'Windows is Shutting Down'.  I have left it there for at least 15 minutes to no avail.

I hope I have provided some useful hints.  I appreciate your help.  Let me know if there is any other info I can provide.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #8 –
I think I would recommend a dedicated ripping program, if you care about quality. (I think you would, judging from your use of FLAC. ) You could use foobar2000 to load the resulting wav files, and then you can "copy" the metadata over from the CD to the wav files, by arranging the files like this:

CD track 1
CD track 2
CD track 3
wav file 1
wav file 2
wav file 3

Then you select all six files, and right-click, Masstagger, Copy tags. You can then run the conversion from wav to FLAC as you used to.

Other than that, I can't spot anything weird. I have no problems with thread priority at 50%.

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Could you give us a list of your components, please?

Click on your Start button.
Choose Run.
Type "cmd" (without the quotes) and press enter.
Type the following, including the quotes.
Quote
dir "c:\program files\foobar2000\components" > c:\foobar2000_list.txt

You can open the resulting file and show us the contents through cut-and-paste.

edit: edited for spelling corrections

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #10 –
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I think I would recommend a dedicated ripping program, if you care about quality. (I think you would, judging from your use of FLAC. ) You could use foobar2000 to load the resulting wav files, and then you can "copy" the metadata over from the CD to the wav files, by arranging the files like this:

CD track 1
CD track 2
CD track 3
wav file 1
wav file 2
wav file 3

Then you select all six files, and right-click, Masstagger, Copy tags. You can then run the conversion from wav to FLAC as you used to.

Other than that, I can't spot anything weird. I have no problems with thread priority at 50%.

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Could you give us a list of your components, please?

Click on your Start button.
Choose Run.
Type "cmd" (without the quotes) and press enter.
Type the following, including the quotes.
Quote
dir "c:\program files\foobar2000\components" > c:\foobar2000_list.txt

You can open the resulting file and show us the contents through cut-and-paste.

edit: edited for spelling corrections
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Volume in drive C is Maxtor 150 GB
Volume Serial Number is 9C74-663B

Directory of c:\program files\foobar2000\components

08/07/2005  07:13 PM    <DIR>          .
08/07/2005  07:13 PM    <DIR>          ..
06/27/2004  05:30 PM            32,768 foo_abx.dll
04/24/2004  09:25 AM            69,632 foo_ac3.dll
01/08/2005  12:38 PM            63,488 foo_adpcm.dll
07/21/2004  06:00 PM            34,304 foo_albumlist.dll
06/29/2004  10:11 AM          114,688 foo_ape.dll
02/25/2004  01:29 PM            24,576 foo_apl.dll
06/27/2004  05:30 PM            19,968 foo_bitcompare.dll
01/22/2004  03:46 PM            36,864 foo_burninate.dll
06/27/2004  05:30 PM            33,792 foo_cdda.dll
10/15/2004  11:01 AM            31,232 foo_clienc.dll
06/27/2004  05:30 PM            14,336 foo_console.dll
04/14/2004  03:33 AM          302,080 foo_convolve.dll
10/27/2004  05:06 PM            95,744 foo_dbsearch.dll
06/13/2004  06:59 AM            8,868 foo_dbsearch_help.html
06/27/2004  05:30 PM            59,904 foo_diskwriter.dll
02/25/2004  01:29 PM            10,240 foo_dsp_crossfade.dll
01/17/2005  11:19 AM            94,208 foo_dsp_crossfeed.dll
06/27/2004  05:31 PM            76,800 foo_dsp_extra.dll
02/25/2004  01:29 PM            12,288 foo_dsp_nogaps.dll
04/24/2004  09:28 AM            9,728 foo_dsp_pause.dll
02/25/2004  01:29 PM            9,216 foo_dsp_skip_silence.dll
02/11/2005  08:34 PM            33,792 foo_dsp_soundtouch.dll
03/28/2005  10:14 AM          155,136 foo_dts.dll
01/27/2005  06:03 AM          161,792 foo_dumb.dll
02/25/2004  01:29 PM            13,824 foo_dynamics.dll
05/16/2004  04:21 AM          192,000 foo_faac.dll
03/27/2005  10:45 AM          109,568 foo_flac.dll
04/08/2005  04:42 PM            90,112 foo_flaccer.dll
12/08/2004  10:00 AM          104,448 foo_freedb.dll
04/15/2005  09:20 AM          141,824 foo_gep.dll
01/28/2005  05:31 AM            69,632 foo_history.dll
01/28/2005  05:36 AM            22,219 foo_history_help.html
03/31/2005  11:54 AM          188,928 foo_id3v2.dll
11/14/2004  11:11 AM            57,344 foo_infobox.dll
10/03/2004  03:18 AM          552,448 foo_input_std.dll
02/25/2004  01:31 PM            16,896 foo_lpac.dll
06/30/2004  10:58 PM            63,488 foo_masstag.dll
03/26/2005  07:48 AM          240,640 foo_matroska.dll
10/03/2004  03:26 AM          153,088 foo_midi.dll
09/05/2004  05:11 AM          100,352 foo_monkey.dll
03/18/2004  04:58 PM          157,184 foo_mpeg4u.dll
02/25/2004  01:31 PM            10,240 foo_null.dll
05/01/2004  01:28 PM            12,800 foo_ofr.dll
10/02/2004  07:23 PM        1,111,040 foo_oggpreview.dll
06/27/2004  05:32 PM            20,480 foo_output_std.dll
06/27/2004  05:32 PM            20,480 foo_out_dsound_ex.dll
06/27/2004  05:31 PM            31,232 foo_out_ks.dll
05/17/2004  04:16 AM            61,440 foo_playlistgen_ex.dll
05/23/2004  11:04 AM            47,104 foo_pphsresample.dll
08/23/2004  03:38 AM          145,408 foo_psf.dll
06/27/2004  05:32 PM            24,064 foo_read_http.dll
06/14/2004  08:51 PM            42,496 foo_rgscan.dll
12/18/2004  12:45 PM            12,800 foo_scroll.dll
06/27/2004  05:32 PM            16,896 foo_search_ex.dll
06/06/2004  11:08 AM            49,152 foo_shn.dll
07/22/2004  05:18 AM            30,720 foo_shuffle.dll
01/12/2005  05:33 AM          281,600 foo_sid.dll
03/27/2005  02:00 PM            90,112 foo_speex.dll
08/30/2004  11:33 AM            20,480 foo_tta.dll
08/30/2004  11:37 AM            19,968 foo_tta_old.dll
12/28/2004  12:32 PM          209,408 foo_ui_columns.dll
06/27/2004  05:32 PM            83,968 foo_ui_std.dll
06/27/2004  05:32 PM          164,864 foo_unpack.dll
08/23/2004  03:29 PM            57,856 foo_utils.dll
06/27/2004  05:32 PM            15,360 foo_vis_manager.dll
11/01/2004  06:07 PM            34,304 foo_vis_simple_spectrum.dll
03/20/2005  10:38 AM        1,094,656 foo_vorbisenc.dll
04/02/2005  04:00 AM            70,144 foo_wavpack.dll
11/07/2004  04:18 AM            90,112 foo_wma.dll
              69 File(s)      7,648,623 bytes
              2 Dir(s)  108,331,020,288 bytes free

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #11 –
Quote
I think I would recommend a dedicated ripping program, if you care about quality. (I think you would, judging from your use of FLAC. ) You could use foobar2000 to load the resulting wav files, and then you can "copy" the metadata over from the CD to the wav files, by arranging the files like this:

CD track 1
CD track 2
CD track 3
wav file 1
wav file 2
wav file 3

Then you select all six files, and right-click, Masstagger, Copy tags. You can then run the conversion from wav to FLAC as you used to.

Other than that, I can't spot anything weird. I have no problems with thread priority at 50%.

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Could you give us a list of your components, please?

Click on your Start button.
Choose Run.
Type "cmd" (without the quotes) and press enter.
Type the following, including the quotes.
Quote
dir "c:\program files\foobar2000\components" > c:\foobar2000_list.txt

You can open the resulting file and show us the contents through cut-and-paste.

edit: edited for spelling corrections
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I'm a little fuzzy about what you're saying.  I tried and failed to follow your suggestion and encountered a few problems.  First, as soon as I enter Foobar and read my disc it automatically attaches the freedb metadata to my tracks (which I can then edit) so I never see track 1, track 2, etc without the metadata.  When I run the conversion I get wav files with the edited metadata already attached, which seems ok, since I don't have to go through the masstagger exercise.  Then I can convert the wav files to flac files.  But why go through the double conversion??  Why is this better than going straight from the CD to flac via Foobar?  It certainly takes a lot longer (approx twice as long), and I've already spent the better part of the last two weeks converting approx 1/3 of my 600 CDs.

Second, can you elaborate on what you mean by a dedicated ripping program and what would you suggest and why would this approach give me better results than Foobar?  I'm a retired mechanical engineer and I don't have ripping experience outside Foobar which I discovered a couple weeks ago, so I don't know what's available and why other s/w is better.

Thanks for your patience.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #12 –
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Oh, and by the way, I use the latest version of foo_flaccer, which is available at:

http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/foobar2000/
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I have gone to the url and hav now installed this version of foo_flaccer, which is one day newer than the version I had installed.  This may be important.  Perhaps there was a bug in the earlier version.  Thanks.

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Reply #13 –
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Oh, and by the way, I use the latest version of foo_flaccer, which is available at:

http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/foobar2000/
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At 11:30 Foobar crashed for the first time today.  I hit Start - Shut down- Turn off computer and after responding to Foobar not responding and CD Traypal not responding and refusing to send details to Bill Gates and fighting with the mouse I finally got to the final Windows is shutting down screen which I watched for 5 minutes and went to lunch.  After lunch the computer had indeed shut down.  I rebooted and started Foobar and thankfully my data are still there for a CD that had not come up from freedb and which I had filled in all the metadata.  So the new version of foo_flaccer did not solve the problem.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #14 –
Consider eliminating all components other than those that came with the original installer and foo_flaccer.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #15 –
You could try using the command line encoder with flac.exe instead of foo_flaccer and see if the problem still exists.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #16 –
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Consider eliminating all components other than those that came with the original installer and foo_flaccer.
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As I recollect, the only components that I added were foo_flaccer and foo_freedb.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #17 –
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I think I would recommend a dedicated ripping program, if you care about quality. (I think you would, judging from your use of FLAC. ) You could use foobar2000 to load the resulting wav files, and then you can "copy" the metadata over from the CD to the wav files, by arranging the files like this:

CD track 1
CD track 2
CD track 3
wav file 1
wav file 2
wav file 3

Then you select all six files, and right-click, Masstagger, Copy tags. You can then run the conversion from wav to FLAC as you used to.

Other than that, I can't spot anything weird. I have no problems with thread priority at 50%.

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Could you give us a list of your components, please?

Click on your Start button.
Choose Run.
Type "cmd" (without the quotes) and press enter.
Type the following, including the quotes.
Quote
dir "c:\program files\foobar2000\components" > c:\foobar2000_list.txt

You can open the resulting file and show us the contents through cut-and-paste.

edit: edited for spelling corrections
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Here's my second try.  The first try got truncated.

foo_abx.dll foo_ac3.dll foo_adpcm.dll foo_albumlist.dll foo_ape.dll foo_apl.dll foo_bitcompare.dll foo_burninate.dll foo_cdda.dll

foo_clienc.dll foo_console.dll foo_convolve.dll foo_dbsearch.dll foo_dbsearch_help.html foo_diskwriter.dll foo_dsp_crossfade.dll

foo_dsp_crossfeed.dll foo_dsp_extra.dll foo_dsp_nogaps.dll foo_dsp_pause.dll foo_dsp_skip_silence.dll foo_dsp_soundtouch.dll

foo_dts.dll foo_dumb.dll foo_dynamics.dll foo_faac.dll foo_flac.dll foo_flaccer.dll foo_freedb.dll foo_gep.dll foo_history.dll

foo_history_help.html foo_id3v2.dll foo_infobox.dll foo_masstag.dll foo_matroska.dll foo_midi.dll foo_monkey.dll foo_mpeg4u.dll

foo_null.dll foo_ofr.dll foo_oggpreview.dll foo_output_std.dll foo_out_dsound_ex.dll foo_out_ks.dll foo_playlistgen_ex.dll

foo_pphsresample.dll foo_psf.dll foo_read_http.dll foo_rgscan.dll foo_scroll.dll foo_search_ex.dll foo_shn.dll foo_shuffle.dll

foo_sid.dll foo_speex.dll foo_tta.dll foo_tta_old.dll foo_ui_columns.dll foo_ui_std.dll foo_unpack.dll foo_utils.dll

foo_vis_manager.dll foo_vis_simple_spectrum.dll foo_vorbisenc.dll foo_wavpack.dll foo_wma.dll

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #18 –
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You could try using the command line encoder with flac.exe instead of foo_flaccer and see if the problem still exists.
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I might try that, but so far I haven't been able to find foobar.exe anywhere and I don't know the syntax for options.  Can you point me toward a url?

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Reply #19 –
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You could try using the command line encoder with flac.exe instead of foo_flaccer and see if the problem still exists.
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I might try that, but so far I haven't been able to find foobar.exe anywhere and I don't know the syntax for options.  Can you point me toward a url?
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What (I think) he meant is that you should convert using foobar, but instead of the flaccer-plugin, you should use a flac commandline encoder.
During Foobar install, you can select to install cli-encoder, if you didnt', it should be in the 3rd party plugins section of foobar2000.org, otherwise, just do a reinstall (as far as I know all settings shouldn't be reset if you do a reinstall).

Then in the diskwriter options, select commandline encoder, in preferences, browse to the flac.exe, or whatever file you got from the commandline encoder (get it from flac.sourceforge.com), specificy commandline-switches (someone else should help you with this, as I've never used the commandline flac), then just convert the same way.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #20 –
geraldisaacs, which installer did you download when you installed foobar2000? Did you do a “Full” install? You have very many plugins installed, and I doubt if you're currently making use of them all. I recommend you delete any you don't need, to avoid current/potential problems.

What do you plan to use foobar2000 for, and what kind of files do you have? You might not need shn, ofr, tta, or kernel streaming support.

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http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=30719
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=17872

Please see the topics linked above to see a list of unrecommended plugins.

edit: further candidates for deletion: adpcm, convolve, dsp_nogaps, dsp_pause, dsp_skipsilence, dsp_soundtouch, dts, dumb, dynamics, gep, matroska, midi, sid, speex, wavpack, wma

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #21 –
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geraldisaacs, which installer did you download when you installed foobar2000? Did you do a “Full” install? You have very many plugins installed, and I doubt if you're currently making use of them all. I recommend you delete any you don't need, to avoid current/potential problems.

What do you plan to use foobar2000 for, and what kind of files do you have? You might not need shn, ofr, tta, or kernel streaming support.

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http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=30719
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=17872

Please see the topics linked above to see a list of unrecommended plugins.

edit: further candidates for deletion: adpcm, convolve, dsp_nogaps, dsp_pause, dsp_skipsilence, dsp_soundtouch, dts, dumb, dynamics, gep, matroska, midi, sid, speex, wavpack, wma
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I downloaded the special installer of Foobar originally, per a suggestion somewhere I don't remember.  Obviously, I don't know which pulgins are really needed. My sole intention is to convert about 600 mostly-classical CDs to flac format so I can play them directly from my computer through my audio system.  I also have a lot of MP3s that I would like to play through Foobar.  I like the way the program sorts and columnizes the selections and am happy with the functionality I now have.  My only problem is the instability.  I haven't been in playback mode long enough to know if the instability extends to that mode.

I have now isolated all of your suggested files into a separate 'Isolate' folder and will proceed.  Earlier today, by religiously closing Foobar after each CD conversion and reopening it for the next one, I was able to work about 4 hour without a crash.  But I left Foobar open and idle at the end of 4 hours, and when I returned to the computer another 4 hours later it was unstable and crashed (Again, this was before I had removed the suspect files).  I had to do about 3 consecutive 'pull the plug' reboots to reattain stability and Foobar functionality.

Should I continue to remove plugins to see how far I can strip the program?  Can you tell me the ones that are absolutely vital to save me some time?

Again, I really appreciate your help.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #22 –
foobar2000 only needs three plugins to play MP3/FLAC files and show up on the screen.

1. foo_ui_std.dll and/or foo_ui_columns.dll
2. foo_input_std.dll and/or foo_flac.dll
3. foo_output_std.dll and/or foo_out_dsound_ex.dll and/or foo_out_ks.dll

I'd recommend deleting/isolating foo_out_ks.dll and foo_shuffle.dll, just in case you haven't already.

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If the problem persists after removing the plugins, there might be a problem with your computer's RAM, which might be being triggered by the FLAC compression. You might want to test your RAM for errors, using tools such as memtest86. http://www.memtest86.com/

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I think you should keep the first six plugins listed above, and albumlist, clienc, console, and dbsearch, which are useful, and also cdda, diskwriter, flaccer, and flac, which you'll need.

I don't use history or infobox, but you might like them.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #23 –
If you created your "Isolates" directory underneath "foobar2000", like this: c:\progam files\foobar2000\Isolates, then the components will still be used. You have to move components completely outside the foobar2000 directory to stop them from getting loaded.

Why does Foobar 2000 lock up Windows XP?

Reply #24 –
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If you created your "Isolates" directory underneath "foobar2000", like this: c:\progam files\foobar2000\Isolates, then the components will still be used. You have to move components completely outside the foobar2000 directory to stop them from getting loaded.
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Thanks for the tip.  I will move them immediately.