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MP3 Gain

I've used MP3 Gain once with good results.  However, the next time I tried to launch it, I got a pop-up saying "There is not enough memory to run this program".  When I checked the task list (Alt/Ctrl/Del), I found that MP3 Gain was listed twice.  I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled it, but that didn't help.  I even tried installing from a new download, but I get the same results.  Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks!

MP3 Gain

Reply #1 –
I've never had this problem but I presume that if you reboot it will not be in your tasks list (Ctrl-Alt-Del) any more and you can run it OK?

If you find that it appears there, you could use the End Task to kill the rogue instances rahter crudely (which is OK as they won't exit normally).

MP3 Gain

Reply #2 –
Actually, when I had 128mb, MP3Gain would hang the computer (with Hard drive light permenently* on)... sometimes for up to 10 minutes per 7 minute song.  Sometimes I was absolutely convinced it had died and I ended up with a file half loud, half quiet

(and my mate had the same prob when he had 128mb)

MP3 Gain

Reply #3 –
Try Options/Advanced and set:
Thread Priority: Idle
Check: Do NOT show file progress

I think you also reduce the risk of a hang causing a half-quiet, half-loud file if you also check: Use Temp Files
I think it then copies your mp3 to a temporary file, applying the gain changes as it goes, then deletes the original and renames the temporary file to the original name only once it is completely adjusted.

I used all the above options except Temp files. I don't use MP3Gain so much since converting to mostly MPC encoding and Foobar2000 as my audio player (where gain is stored in a simple tag).

Regards,

DickD.
 

MP3 Gain

Reply #4 –
It's interesting that some of you are experiencing problems with just 128 MB of RAM installed.  The last thing I did before I noticed that MP3 Gain was crashing on me was to add 512 MB of RAM for a total of 704 MB.  This made me suspicious, so I removed all of my RAM chips except 128 MB.  I then ran MP3 Gain, and it worked find.  Feeling adventurous, I added the 512 chip back in (for a total of 640 MB.  When I launched MP3 Gain, it still worked fine.  My conclusion, MP3 Gain did not like the combination and/or location of my RAM chips when I had 704 MB.  So, problem solved, at least for now.

MP3 Gain

Reply #5 –
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I've used MP3 Gain once with good results.  However, the next time I tried to launch it, I got a pop-up saying "There is not enough memory to run this program".  When I checked the task list (Alt/Ctrl/Del), I found that MP3 Gain was listed twice.  I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled it, but that didn't help.  I even tried installing from a new download, but I get the same results.  Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks!

Over the past two years I have had exactly two other people report a bug like this. I tried hard to track it down, but the problem magically fixed itself for one person, and the other person never responded to my e-mails.

My best guess is that the pipe communication between MP3GainGUI.exe and mp3gain.exe is getting broken, leaving the back end (mp3gain.exe) spinning its wheels without ever getting a signal to stop. But WHY and HOW the pipe is getting broken in these rare cases still eludes me.
If you can get the problem to start showing up again, e-mail me (mp3gain at hotmail) and I'll see if I can finally get this bug squished.

-Glen