A Way to fix A skipping prob on SM?

[CoolDude100323]

I have like 75 files on step mania and everytime i play a song, it ends up skipping!!
Is it that i just put to much files on it or is it just my computer system?

btw, im using stepmania 3.9

[cpubasic13]

Too many files?
That is definitely NOT the case. I have over 2000 files and the only time it skips is when something is going on in the background.

Check to make sure that there aren't any programs in the background that are unecessary. That should help a bit... maybe.

[TougaKiryuu]

computer specs?

[DarkSkyDragon]

Originally Posted by TougaKiryuu

computer specs?

yea comp specs would help us all to know what could happen.

[Akira]

Some music files (especially MP3 encoding) that has a sampling rate of 48000 kHz or more tends to skip a lot, especially with old sound cards, regardless of their specifications.

Solution: Open your music file in your favorite sound editor, change the sampling rate from <OMGHIGHFREQUENCY> to 44100 kHz. It will solve things.

[CoolDude100323]

So do i have to install something to make it work?

[neothe0ne]

I get occasional skipping in my StepMania too, and I'm running an Athlon X2 3800+ with 1.75gb PC3200 RAM, a Radeon X800PRO, and an Audigy 2 ZS. The sound files in question are also 44.1KHz mp3s and/or oggs, but I also have random background videos on. I would think that skipping would have more to do with the hard drive and the fragmentation of it rather than your computer specs.

[Akira]

Originally Posted by CoolDude100323

So do i have to install something to make it work?

Google for Goldwave or Audacity. Goldwave is free as a trial but it's good. Audacity, however is free and fully functional. Refer to their manuals for resampling or adjusting the sample rate.