Winamp 5.111
* Fixed: works with internet explorer 3.0 again (old win95/nt3.51)
* Fixed: Auto-Preset EQ crash (non-mp3 files)
* Fixed: $upper, $caps, $caps2 crash with foreign characters
* Fixed: Station Info crash (with http filtering program)
* Fixed: empty playlist bugs
* Fixed: [in_mp3] proxy ignored when ‘only port 80’ was checked
* Fixed: [in_midi] lyrics not working
Winamp 5.11
* Updated: LAME 3.96.1
* Fixed: playlist focus issue after adding files to playlist
* Fixed: crash on multichannel songs with EQ enabled
* Fixed: internet connection detection not working when set to "dial-up"
* Fixed: manual playlist advance with winamp videos
* Fixed: EQ text display glitch
* Fixed: video not filling up video window
* Fixed: black bars in fullscreen video
* Fixed: [gen_ml] crash with no write access
* Fixed: [gen_ml] CDDB Dialog Media Library drawing glitch
* Fixed: [in_dshow] seeking on files with no video or no audio
* Fixed: [in_cdda] aspi ripping crash
* Fixed: [ml_wire] "my music" folder creation
* Fixed: [ml_wire] Podcasts with dates before 1970 handled properly
* Fixed: [ml_wire] Downloading of podcasts with parameters in URL
* Fixed: [out_ds] fade-on-seek settings
* Fixed: [in_wm] pause glitch
* Fixed: [in_mp4] view-file-info filename not scrolling
* Coming Soon: Multi-user profile support (preliminary support enabled)
Winamp 5.1 Surround Edition
* New: CodingTechnologies AACPlus encoder!
Awesome at low bitrates!
* New: Grand Prize Winner of the Internet Surround Music Project!
KAJE - Hey Buddy (featuring Afrika Bambaataa)
* New: SHOUTcast Wire - A Media RSS Browser and Subscription Service
* New: Predixis Smart Playlist Generator
(Mix your tracks based on what they sound like!)
* New: AOL Radio featuring (((XM))) Free Sampler!
* New: CD Ripping now available at 8x in free version!
* New: Microsoft WMA encoder
* New: Over 200 new Milkdrop presets!
* Update: in_vorbis now returns bitrate in getextendedfileinfo
* Fixed: WMA stuttery playback
* Fixed: out_ds copy button on status tab now works all the time
* Fixed: Much improved ripping and playback with Sonic engine
* Fixed: Video window now resizable regardless of Sidecar
* Fixed: Length of long mp3's now reported properly
* Fixed: Silent install switch now works properly
* Fixed: Simultaneous CD Playback and Ripping
Winamp 5.094
* New: in_wm now handles bitrate and length extended info
* New: New random number generation for playlist shuffle
* Fixed: Security vulnerability in id3v2 tags
* Fixed: Winamp now shuffles playlists larger than 32,768 songs
* Fixed: Fade on start now behaves properly
* Fixed: separate directsound settings with multiple instances
* Fixed: Winamp now supports adding URLs longer than 260 characters.
* Fixed: Editing files created in iTunes no longer causes corruption.
* Fixed: Length of long mp3's now reported properly
* Fixed: gen_jumpex no longer crashes when DEP is enabled
* Fixed: Sort selections in media library are now remembered.
* Fixed: Album names with non-alphanumeric characters behave better
* Fixed: Fixed intermittent crash on seeking for some users
* Updated: ibmp4v2.dll
Winamp 5.093
* Fixed: OSD stays onscreen in DirectDraw Mode
* Fixed: Fullscreen video OSD doesn't reappear after using Pause
* Fixed: ML Playlist > Select all (no delete key)
* Fixed: Vis data for in_mod (and possibly other input plugins)
* Fixed: msvcp60.dll now linked static
* Fixed: Small intermittent bugs in gen_ml and gen_ff
* Fixed: Greater than 2 channel vis data now works
* Fixed: Media Library problems with parentheses/brackets in artist or album
names
* Fixed: Ripping CDs with trailing ellipses (...) in artist or album name
* Fixed: Better video flipping for YUV colorspace videos
* Fixed: Saved mute settings with modern skin.
* Fixed: Drag and Drop from external applications
* Fixed: Open File Dialog always-on-top
* Fixed: Crossfade on start
* Fixed: Freeze when switching audio tracks in a multi-audio stream.
* Fixed: Fullscreen switching with scaled video window.
* Update: Dynamic Online Media can now alert users to live events(can disable).
Winamp 5.092
* New: DRM WMA Playback supports out_wave
* New: Non-DRM WMA Playback allows any output plugin
* New: Community Picks AVS Preset Pack
* New: Deletes in the Media Library now move files to the Recycle Bin
* New: NSV Subtitles can be disabled on the fly
* Fixed: Long delay and high cpu on exit with many items in playlist
* Fixed: gen_ml shutdown bug
* Fixed: Easy Move of video window back to normal
* Fixed: Pause in WMA playback memory leak
* Fixed: Multi-monitor full screen video
* Fixed: Drag and Drop in playlist editor
* Fixed: Drag and Drop on Winamp
* Fixed: Now Playing update on song change
* Fixed: Media Library/Windows Media scanning errors
* Fixed: Stay in fullscreen/Config mismatch
* Fixed: Ctrl-B Crash
* Fixed: Authentication for OGG/Vorbis streams
* Fixed: Drag and Drop strange behavior in open file dialogs
* Fixed: Stuttering WMA On Start and Seek
* Fixed: NSV Video stall during buffering
* Fixed: Autosize of video to be accurate to the Video size not snap size
* Fixed: Short NSV Clips audio cutout
* Update: Online Media tree is now dynamic (Checking can now be disabled)
* Update: Sonic Install/Config flag mismatch
* Update: CD Ripping/Burning Library (possible cause of msvcrt.dll errors)
Winamp 5.091
* New: DRM WMA Playback supports out_wave
* New: Non-DRM WMA Playback allows any output plugin
* New: Community Picks AVS Preset Pack
* New: Deletes in the Media Library now move files to the Recycle Bin
* New: NSV Subtitles can be disabled on the fly
* Fixed: gen_ml shutdown bug
* Fixed: Easy Move of video window back to normal
* Fixed: Pause in WMA playback memory leak
* Fixed: Multi-monitor full screen video
* Fixed: Drag and Drop in playlist editor
* Fixed: Drag and Drop on Winamp
* Fixed: Now Playing update on song change
* Fixed: Media Library/Windows Media scanning errors
* Fixed: Stay in fullscreen/Config mismatch
* Fixed: Ctrl-B Crash
* Fixed: Authentication for OGG/Vorbis streams
* Fixed: Drag and Drop strange behavior in open file dialogs
* Fixed: Stuttering WMA On Start and Seek
* Fixed: NSV Video stall during buffering
* Fixed: Autosize of video to be accurate to the Video size not snap size
* Fixed: Short NSV Clips audio cutout
* Update: Online Media tree is now dynamic (Checking can now be disabled)
* Update: Sonic Install/Config flag mismatch
* Update: CD Ripping/Burning Library (possible cause of msvcrt.dll errors
Winamp 5.09
* New: By popular demand all "hTtP force to 'Now Playing'" support has been
removed
* New: Deletes in the Media Library now move files to the Recycle Bin
* New: WMA Playback now works with WaveOut plugin
* New: NSV Subtitles can be disabled on the fly
* Fixed: Authentication for OGG/Vorbis streams
* Fixed: Drag and Drop strange behavior in open file dialogs
* Fixed: Stuttering WMA On Start and Seek
* Fixed: NSV Video stall during buffering
* Fixed: Autosize of video to be accurate to the Video size not snap size
* Fixed: Short NSV Clips audio cutout
* Update: CD Ripping Library
* Update: Online Media tree is now dynamic (More free videos on the way!)
* Update: Sonic Install / Config flag mismatch
Winamp 5.08:
* Created new eMusic bundles
Winamp 5.07:
* Critical Security bug fixed in in_cdda.dll and .m3u handler
* in_mp3 & in_nsv should work on Win95 again
* Proxy settings work again
* Installer fixed so that read_file.dll is installed always with mod support
* Version number should be properly reported by IPC_GETVERSION for this build
Winamp 5.06:
* Fixed crashbug when clearing the playlist and then right clicking on the
songticker
* Security bug fixes
* Lots of small bugfixes
* JTFE v0.96ff
Winamp 5.05:
* Security bug fix
* Fix for upside down videos through DirectShow
* JTFE v0.96c
* Added prompt when loading a skin for the first time
Winamp 5.04:
* JTFE v0.96
* Added Coding Technologies' AACPlus decoder
* fixed deletion of temporary generated WAV files after a burning process on
some
computers
* fixed typo in some context menu shortcuts
* fixed slowness IPC bug caused by gen_hotkeys
* added "clear" button in internet radio/tv views
* added screenshots of classic/modern mode in installer
* fixed MP3 bitrate calculation (in_mp3 was reporting incorrect lengths on some
MP3s)
* fixed incorrect length reporting on long WMA files
* better fix for pledit/video windows showing up at startup when minimized
* fixed db text bug when moving EQ sliders
* upgraded MP3 encoding to LAME v3.96
* fixed crash in WMA playback when using WMA v8 codecs
* updated default streaming values in in_nsv
* added Winamp.com Audio&Video views in the Media Library
* fixed tiny memory leak in in_cdda
* added right click context menu on "Now Playing" item in Media Library
* added script/ActiveX disabling for Media Library's minibrowser (on by default)
* fixed memory leak on MP3 files with messed up ID3v2 tags
* fixed visualization when playing CD tracks
* fixed proxy user:pass@server:port string getting cut when playing Shoutcast
streams
* made in_dshow not to handle mms:// streams ending with .wma
* fixed %tracknumber% tag for CD tracks
* fixed some crash bugs in in_mp4
* fixed playlist generation when ripping full CDs
* added "import playlist from folder" in Media Library
* updated Media Library preferences screens
* added new SPS presets from Cockos, Inc. (pitch shifters, etc...)
* added basic streaming (download) support for M4A/MP4 HTTP streams
* added monitoring of fullscreen apps, disables always on top temporarilly
* added IPC_IS_WNDSHADE
* added gen_ml rating ipcs
* added ratings from playlist context menu (acts on selected entries)
* added ratings from song ticker context menu (acts on current track)
* added rating hotkeys in gen_hotkey
* fixed saving read-only playlists
* fixed double separator lines in gen_ml id3less item context menu
* fixed refresh of view losing query after removing dead files & background scan
* added escaping of ", ', [ and ] in ml queries : uses %HH where HH is the hex
char
code (uses %% for '%')
* added sdk support for multiple audio/video tracks in video input plugins (see
wa_ipc.h
for ITrackSelector class)
* added multiple audio avi support (right click video window, select "Audio
Tracks")
* fixed multimonitor problem when toggling a windowshade on one monitor while
playing
a fullscreen video on the other
* added ML_IPC_EDITQUERY and ML_IPC_EDITVIEW
* fixed pledit drawing bug under winxp/cleartype
* fixed crash in id3 reading of zero byte files
* fixed crash in sps when exiting winamp before closing the open/save dialog
* added IPC_PUSH_DISABLE_EXIT, IPC_POP_DISABLE_EXIT and IPC_IS_EXIT_ENABLED
* fixed gen_ml crash when inserting item with length -1
* made gen_ml much more resistant to databases that have been corrupted
* fixed ml nuke
* added disabling of "keep on screen" option when going into a different
resolution
because of a fullscreen application (ie: a game)
* made ui:preferences global hotkey open the prefs to the previously opened page
* fixed a few preferences cosmetic 'bugs'
* modern skin updates :
- fixed windowshade repeat-track button state
- fixed scaling docked toolbars
- fixed 5.03 assert on deletion of newGroupAsLayout()
- fixed floating video windows coordinates dropping to 0,0
- fixed auto opaque when layouts are loaded already docked as toolbars
- fixed fadein/fadeout not used on notification window when linking all normal
windows'
alpha
- fixed docked toolbars moving when some other window docked to them switches to
an
alternative layout
- fixed silent crash on shutdown when pledit is docked as toolbar and gen_ml
unloads
before gen_ff (would not remember settings from session to session)
- fixed snap points
- fixed click on +12db / 0db / -12db
- optimized text scrolling (a lot)
- fixed content of pledit not painting in some instances
- gen_hotkeys are now routed thru System.onKeyDown(name), where name is the name
of
the hotkey prefixed by "HOTKEY: " (ie: "HOTKEY: Playback: Play"). You may issue
a
complete; statement to prevent gen_hotkey from handling the hotkey
- fixed horizontal resize of main window with video/vis drawer closed
- added auto-height for next drawer opening when resizing main window with video/vis
drawer closed, this avoids having an unreasonably tall drawer open if you just
watched a video in a big window and then only resized the player back to its
horizontal minimum after the video had closed. auto-height resets to 4:3
proportions
- fixed docking bug when using snapadjustleft
- fixed buggy calculation of time display default width conflicting with right
text alignment
- fixed windows moving after changing screen resolution
- fixed rare always on top desync with classic skins
Winamp 5.03:
* added eMusic trial offer to installer. uninstaller included in Program Files\Winamp\eMusic
* made MP4 AAC the new default ripping encoder
* fixed a crash bug when playing some AVI files in in_dshow
* added multimedia keyboard keys in global hotkeys default configuration
* added "Manual playlist advance" in Repeat button popup menu in Classic mode
* improvements in MP3 encoder configuration (added --alt-preset standard, etc...)
* made the tabs in the preferences XP correctly themed under Windows XP
* revamped the Media Library preferences a bit
* new experimental WMA9 input plugin
* gen_jumpex updates from DrO
* added "Nuke library" action in Media Library
* more upside down videos fixes
* fixed crash if a plugin generated a pledit wm_windowposchanged on shutdown
* fixed crash exploit in in_mod (thanks Peter Winter-Smith)
* fixed various crashes in in_midi when playing invalid files
* made in_midi store its settings in winamp.ini instead of the registry
* fixed error during installation on computers with chinese/oriental regional
settings
* removed AOD from installer
* added Shift-R to toggle manual playlist advance
* updated VP6 video decoder to latest VP6.2 code
* fixed crash when launching winamp with very long filenames from explorer
* made registration dialog to appear in Explorer's taskbar when installing pro
version
* fixed pledit/video windows showing up at startup when minimized
* modern skins updates :
- winamp modern skin now uses a 3 state repeat button: no repeat/repeat all/repeat
track
- added appplication desktop toolbars capabilities for layouts, add
appbar="left|top|right|bottom" to use them
- upped maki binary version, improved stack protection
- current skin version number is 1.2 (this should not change for a long while
now, and
of course we continue to support 0.8 to 1.1)
- (very) limited maki debugger (for now you can bring it up with invokeDebugger();
in a
script then use 'x' to continue and 'i' to trace into)
- fixed obscure capture problem with dragging windows
- fixed rectrgn being forced to 1 in xml xuiobject buttons that are originally
imageless
- fixed hilited state not on after clicking on buttons while the mouse stays in
area
- fixed scripted onEnterArea/onLeaveArea not being always correctly called while
mouse
button stays down
- fixed getToken being passed NULL throwing guru
- fixed clipping of painting within the background's region of a group rather
than
within the composed region (the one you can change with sysregion)
- fixed image cache problem when using the same bitmap as a map and a button
image
parameter
Winamp 5.02:
* added a couple of gen_ml APIs
* fixed gen_ml radio/tv cache clearing after viewing prefs bug
* made gen_ml radio/tv keep old data when updating fails, made it not update
when no
internet is available
* made gen_ml support some new quicksearch syntaxes: "* beck radiohead"
will list all things matching beck OR radiohead, and:
radiohead "<lastplay > [3 days ago]>" will show all things matching radiohead
played in the last 3 days...
* gen_ml option for any/all guess modes
* made SPS support 24 bit samples
* added priority setting for CD ripping
* made CD ripping only support one rip at at time
* added send to -> add to library for playlist (and other) send to menus.
* better media library audio view support for no artist/no album
* fixed enter after info box and popup menus in library
* moved litestep options to be in classic skin prefs
* fixed playlist editor classic redraw bug, made playlist handle mousewheel
scrolling while
moving items better.
* made "EXE" filetype extension non registerable :)
* cleaned up "disable screensaver when video is playing" option
* latest SDKs available (AVS, Media library, new Winamp IPC calls, etc...)
* upgraded to Gracenote CDDB v2 DLLs
* improvements in gen_hotkeys
* upgraded MP3 encoding to LAME v3.95.1
* out_ds now uses winamp.ini instead of registry for settings
* new fix for upside down videos in in_dshow
* added OGM as supported extension in in_dshow
* modern skins updates :
- optimized region a bit
- fixed handling of global alpha for unparented layouts
- fixed tiny bug in keypress flow
- fixed potential layer capture cancellation issue
- fixed crash when quickly alternating alt+g and alt+w
- fixed player not coming up to front when playing a video via external URL
click
- fixed assertion when arial.ttf (or whatever fallback font has been set) is not
present in the font directory
- fixed faulty skin font unmapping sometimes conflicting with fallback to os
default gui font
- added date and version functions to maki
- added added timerhours="1" to text object to show 1:00:00 instead of 60:00
- added timeroffstyle 3 and 4 to text object to display "0:00:00" and " : : "
- upped skin version to 1.1 - you MUST use 1.1 if you recompile your scripts
- updated maki compiler (http://bluemars.org/maki) :
- added stack protection to maki binaries - upped the binaries version header
- added self version check in maki binaries
- non-existing (future) maki functions will not crash the maki runtime anymore,
YAY
- fixed unknown maki functions return values
- fixed winamp appearing on secondary taskbar with ultramon regardless of true
position
- fixed extraneous invalidations
* new extended jump file dialog (thanks to Darren Owen)
* added basic MP4 AAC encoding/decoding (thanks to Menno Bakker for the help)
* fixed unicode metadata in in_vorbis
* fixed crash in installer code
* removed generation of "badframes.stt" files in VP6 decoder
* <3 farewell Justin <3
Winamp 5.01:
* fixed gen_ml selection bug
* added gen_ml option for no guessing at all
* made AVS and SPS support loop() in user code
* made AVS support megabuf() in user code
* made pro installer not prompt for regkey if already valid
* improved font directory retrieval in gen_ff
* added content rating system in Internet TV's listing
* added bandwidth usage statistic in Internet Radio/TV listings
* made media library guess from filename only when NO metadata found
* added seperate recent items tracking options for files/streams
* made installer better handle installing wa5 directly over wa3.
* added milkdrop docs to installer
* made uninstaller not remove winamp directory if not empty (user is
now required to do so manually to avoid people going "oops")
* made installer check sonic px.dll versions and prompt for reboot
accordingly
* fixed nsv metadata querying bugs
* fixed gen_ml guessing bugs for files with metadata that are not in DB
Winamp 5.0:
* Support for classic Winamp 1.x/2.x/2.9x skins and Winamp 3 ("Modern") skins
* Fancy new modern skin:
- Integrated video, AVS, and Milkdrop support
- Many built-in colorthemes
* Same ol' classic skin for people who want the Winamp 2 feel
* Vastly more powerful media library:
- Automatic background directory scanning options
- Customizable views and columns, graphical view editor
- Internet Radio (SHOUTcast) and TV listings
- Context-sensitive item info viewer
* CD ripping support (AAC@2x in free version, MP3 at unlimited speeds in pro)
* CD burning support (limited to 2x in free version)
* Advanced title formatting logic for file types that support it
* Huge AVS updates:
- New effects, bundled some popular 3rd party APEs
- A much better selection of default presets
- Experimental SMP support
- Full AVS preset subdirectory support
- Extensions and optimizations to the AVS evaluation library
* Support for playback of AAC and VP6 in NSV files/streams
* Global hotkey support
* new Signal Processing Studio DSP plug-in
* Options to disable plugin exception handling for developers
* A ton of new plug-in API calls (SDK forthcoming)
* fixed changing-systray options while minimized bug
* new Winamp icon
* added XP Manifest.xml to winamp.exe
* made agent icon use configured winamp system tray icon
* optimized winamp's load titles on demand logic, made faster
* made winamp's internal submenu management more reliable
* added skin font override preferences
* added spacebar shows current playlist item in playlist editor
* fixed manual playlist advance w/ repeat
* made winamp's open directory recurse checkbox nicer looking
* big prefs overhaul to make steve happy
* huge thanks to Amir Szekely and the rest of the NSIS developers
for their help
3.0
- Everything. :)
3.0 Beta 3 days (02/08/02) build #466
- video playback! (still experimental)
- ogg vorbis, MIDI and MOD support!
- popup menus work better
- faster startup
- more config options
- color controls faster and better (any skin can now have color themes)
- all known skin reload issues resolved
- better desktopalpha support
- ns_database moved into component
- http proxy support
- xml errors handled better
- adding files to library and loading playlists MUCH faster now
- component code can now hook skin functions (see SDK for examples)
- many many bugs fixed, not so many added this time :)
- and lots more, so explore!
3.0 Beta 2.5 weirzbowski (12/18/01) build #455
- mostly bugfixes, and lots of em
- playlists:
- load somewhat faster
- directory entries loaded only when needed
- number column auto-resizes
- editor accepts dropped playlists
- popup menus don't stack up against the right side of the screen
- minibrowser works again (woo?)
- skin reloading crash fixed
- skin pieces scale amount linked among layouts
- internal NT aspi manager support in CDDA
3.0 Beta 2 cold (11/28/01) build #454
- lots of bugfixes!
- media playback:
- more accurate timekeeping
- CD audio playback! Uses digital extraction of audio so it works
with the crossfader and eq! Falls back to normal redbook audio
playback if ASPI layer not installed, see above
- long playback time crash bug fixed
- skinning improvements:
- superslow loading bug fixed
- zipped skin loading bug fixed
- per-pixel alpha blending against the desktop! (in win2k/xp only)
- subtractable region objects (good for rounded corners etc.)
- more objects can be made ghosted
- generic frame support, skin one layout and wrap it around anything
- antialiased font support
- upside-down fonts bug fixed
- vertical sliders fixed
- playlist editor:
- windowshade mode
- more robust m3u loading
- config!
- this is the very basic version so you can play. by beta3 we should
have more fully skinnable config screens
3.0 Beta 1 love (10/09/01) (developer's) build #448
- mostly finalized all interfaces so developers can get busy
- config file in sexy XML now
- crossfader switchable again
- crossfade on next/previous works
- playlist editor:
- faster, better, more stable
- shuffle on next now default behavior
- sorting by specific criteria, more general sorting to come later
- .pls loading
- no more "working playlist", now whatever playlist is showing is the
playlist being edited, always
- prioritizes ID3 reading for items you're looking at
- sexy skinned drop indicator
- playlist saving works again
- url selector remembers recent entries
- skinning:
- groups work better
- many components now scalable (not working 100% yet)
- skins start out centered on screen on first load
- gamma groups! tintastic!
- memory usage reduced
- finally, some better buttons than the ones I made in MS Paint on my laptop
with a touchpad (thanks Steve!)
- many many bugfixes, including the NT4 startup crash
- even better SDK
- lots more!
3.0 Alpha L8r (08/24/01) build #441
- apparently we still have jobs (some of us)
- so we fix the bugs
- fixed assert on playlist editor's "select dups" and "delete dups" options
- fixed the minimize bug
- added "open location" and "open dir" options
- re-enabled volume & eq settings saving (it's not a bug if it's just
commented out, right?)
- p.s. to use Mozilla you also have to set
"Use Mozilla instead of IE for minibrowser=1" in studio.xnf
3.0 Alpha L8 (08/22/01) build #440
- much faster startup time
- systray ASSERT should really really be fixed now
- 8-bit UTF-8 playlist names work, 16-bit ones still don't
- lots more text now translated through locales system
- improved component painting (more efficient, less wrong)
- faster skin loading (caches unpacked skins into temp directory)
- faster playlist loading
- can select mozilla to be used in the minibrowser
-> go to the mozilla folder and type "regsvr32 mozctlx.dll"
- ID3 tags read on a timer
- many and vast improvements to the UI subsystem
- hokey transparent context menus (under win2k, just 'cause they look cute)
- bugs fixed, added
3.0 Alpha 667 (06/28/01)
- autodetects MMX, no need for separate noMMX version any more
- immediate music stop on shutdown
- fixed systray ASSERT on WINE & litestep
- mouse wheel scrolling for list windows
- scripting:
- engine speedups
- mc.exe supports #include, #define, #undef, #ifdef, etc.
- skinning:
- fx objects (like dmove) work on subbitmaps
- faster blitting
- more options for various GUI objects
- F5 reloads current skin
- BMP files work again (bleh... use PNG)
- basic translation of strings, not everything is translated yet :)
- keyboard accelerator keys
- text scale up/down (use control-minus and control+equals)
- truetype font loading from skins works again (no need to install into OS)
- skin colors overriding in skins should work again
- new script included: MiniKick
- skin switcher! with preliminary wa2 skin loading support (not finished)
- skin version # checking
- select duplicates command in playlist editor
- memory usage cut down in general
- config screen almost ready (not in this alpha, tho :)
- lots and lots of other internals stuff you won't see until the SDK :)
3.0 Alpha 666 (05/21/01) build #429
- better http streaming
- more responsive interface
- better seeking
- image loading done by components
- faster startup
- preliminary support for winamp 2.x visualizations
- less memory usage
- better crossfading (no more clicks we hope)
- Shuffle on next added, edit your .xnf file to turn it on
- skin love:
- faster skin switching/loading
- faster gamma tweaking
- GDI resource usage cut way down
- faster MMX optimized blitting
- bilinear filtering for stretched skin pieces
- snap points for funky-shaped skin piece love
- more scripting amazingness:
- guru meditations slightly more helpful
- faster execution
- general purpose scripts
- script manager to add/remove general purpose scripts
- basic field editing in dbexplorer, which will probably go into the media lib
- sclist for shoutcast browsing pleasure
- bugs fixed, added
3.0 Alpha 6 e (4/20/01) build #420
- takes even less memory, smaller .exe, more stable (as usual ;)
- playlist editor ASSERT bug smushed
- working playlist thingy
- fixed bug where files dropped on bottom of playlist showed up on top
- faster window painting and resizing and shit
- new avs with overlay support!
- skinning:
- skin xml can include other skins' xml files for tinyness
- skin pieces can hold multiple components
- all-in-one skin ("Compact") included, takes up only about 5k
- added support for horizontal animations
- accurate animatedrects are back :)
- eq latency cut to 2 seconds instead of 7
- eq has sexy curves again!
- skin scripts can have user functions and user classes
- automatically updated build numbers to aid conspiracy theorists
- http status messages added
- more... much more... can't remember
3.0 Alpha 5 UX (03/16/01)
- working eq?!
- even smaller default skin
- fixed-width bitmap fonts
- logical font names for various text objects, yay for skinners
- playlists load now
- open/save file dialogs remember last dir opened from/saved to
- less AVS bugs
- even better skin switching
- did someone say scaling? =)
3.0 Alpha 4 n1c8 (02/13/01)
- speed and size optimizations (about 18k cut from exe+dll)
- far more functional playlist editor
- remembers last playlist open & vertical scroll position
- skins can now overlay default.wal, so you don't have to include one of every
single bitmap from it
- core playback bugs fixed
- min/max sizing for components implemented
- skin piece scaling!
- better skin switching
- component status bar now skinnable
- http streaming leaks less memory
- plus lots of little bugfixes & tweaks
3.0 Alpha 3.00ZX (02/01/01):
- uses WAY less cpu when playing files.
- packaged with latest SuperPimp.
- volume is now saved.
- optimized visual animations (sound analyzer, etc...)
- "Report bugs" option in system menu
- gamma component! (warning: does not actually tweak gamma)
- LOTS of bugfixes including:
- skin switching 99% works!
- crossfading fixed and can now crossfades mono streams
- avs fixes
- song name display fixed
- audio playback system fixed
- playlist editor time display fixed
- a lot more :) Check our bugzilla for more
3.0 Alpha 2 turbo (01/27/01):
- Fixed lots of bitmaps, scroll bars. Mostly cosmetic stuff.
3.0 Alpha 1 turbo (01/27/01):
- Everything. :)
Winamp 2.91:
* fixed an incorrect vis color
* fixed shuffle; now, when you start winamp w/shuffle on, it returns
you to the song you were at when you exited last time
* made winamp not crash if you close it while a file info dialog is open
* fixed jump dialogs when using language packs
* fixed tooltip in lightning bolt
* made video window on autoclose not stop if configured to do so
* made in_mp3 have options for adding tags from ml
* fixed a bug in in_wm
* library: made library refresh properly on add/compact/etc
* library: fixed a library win9x view issue
* library: fixed shift+enter in media library tree
* library: added "Explore item folder" in library's media view
* library: made internet radio/tv display msg when reload is blocked
* library: added "Physically delete file" in library's media view
* dshow: added config dialog (filetypes)
* dshow: added option to vertically flip WMV videos (for machines with old WMV
codec installed)
* dshow: added file info box
* dshow: fixed issues with widechars
* dshow: fixed bitrates displayed
* dshow: added 32 & 64-bit audio support
* nsv: fixed title updating (playlist flicker) bug
* nsv: made nsv info box show filename and basic info
* nsv: made nsv use less cpu on [p]rebuffering
* nsv: fixed mp3 decoder's eating of the end of nsv file
* nsv: added AAC decoding support
* nsv: fixed vis on audioless nsvs
;
* put AOD in all installers (opt-out always)
Winamp 2.90:
* hot new default skin, done by none other than the evil robot turned good,
Steve Gedikian
* added integrated full featured video support (NSV and DirectShow (AVI,ASf,MPEG,etc))
* added library (complete with media database, shoutcast listing, playlist
editing,
CD listing, mass tag editting, plugin API for portable devices, and more!)
* updated Winamp's window docking code to be more robust/extensible
- made AVS dock use this new API
* updated PCM equalizer with code from 4Front Technologies/George Yohng. Quality
is a lot better.
* updated equalizer default skin to show the true +12db/-12db range (the 20db
was a veeery old typo)
* a ton of new WM_WA_IPC API calls.
- general purpose plugin window support
- extended metadata system for getting more than just title/length of items.
- lots of exposed features via IPC
* updated to PP's latest input and output plugins
* focus/Z order change on window close related bugfixes
* added track numbers and song lengths in HTML generated playlists
* removed all ATL code, shoved EXE size by 20kb :)
* added digital audio extraction in in_cdda.dll
(needs WNASPI32.DLL under Windows 9x/ME)
* added Alt+M shortcut for minimizing Winamp
;
* added Ctrl+(Keypad +)/Ctrl+(Keypad -) shortcuts in playlist editor for
changing font size
* fixed stop after current menu item trash related bug
* added ultravox support for in_mp3
* made in_mp3 not display 'unknown X' for empty id3 tags
* installer uses leet new NSIS 2.0b3
* improvements to the setup process
;;
* made the keep on screen code multimonitor smart and better
* fixed & error in tooltips in winamp and winampa's systray icons
* and TONS more! (new SDKs will be posted soon.)
Winamp "Classic" 2.81:
* updated to PP's latest input and output plugins
* in_mp3 now doesnt continue to play on output plugin error.
* smaller installers because we use msvcrt.dll now
* fixed bugs relating to files with ~ in their names.
* doublerightclick in credits makes for fullscreen credits
* more bugfixes (including a fix in the version update notification checking)
* updated installer to have nicer error messages.
* made systray icon update if explorer restarts
* and more (muahaha)!
Winamp 2.80:
* fixed drag&drop from open file dialog related bugs
* made CDDB support better handle not-found CDs/lack of CDDB installed.
* update to CDDB ui (bugfix)
* new splash screen
* minibrowser security fix
* updated winamp agent to support both winamp 2.x and 3.x
* included PP's hacks for slightly better unicode filename support
* in_wave support for floating point .WAV files fixed
* better win9x compatibility for DirectSound
* waveOut made skip less
* some in_mod per-file fixes
* OGG Vorbis support for Standard and Full installs.
* CD support back in lite installer.
Winamp 2.79:
* upgraded unzip/decompress support to zlib 1.1.4, for big security fix
* improved multiple instance detection code/opening many files from explorer
issues
* winamp agent tooltip improvement
* fix to id3v2+unicode support
Winamp 2.78:
* minibrowser fixes
* cddb2 support
* updates to mod, midi, and wav support (from the wonderful PP)
Winamp 2.77:
* mb.ini skin support (Winamp/MBOpen)
* added page and slider for 'shuffle morph rate' to Preferences so you can
control how much the playlist morphs (mutates) each time it cycles
through.
* PP's ACM disk writer output plug-in instead of the classic one
* PP's WAV/VOC reader (Which is apparently so much better, but we will see)
* included new in_midi and in_mod (yay)
* made playlist editor automatically size down when necessary (on startup)
* made drag&drop playlist URLs work
* made alt+delete work again in playlist editor
* made winamp.exe and winampa.exe both much less likely to fudge HKCR/.
* fixed drag&drop in vis areas
* made Winamp handle language packs that lack strings and/or dialogs better
* made physical file remover ask you for every file, to prevent disasters
* fixed issues with using a large number of input plug-ins and extensions in
open box (I think)
* fixed a small "bug" in the id3 editor of in_mp3
* fixed the frame count bug in id3 editor of in_mp3
* made general purpose plug-in uninstall capability.
* new hyper-leet desktop icon on new installs of full version.
* removed Mjuice support from full version.
* tinyvis 2001 v2.04
* AVS includes experimental fullscreen overlay mode.
Winamp 2.76:
* ryan fixed shuffle!
* christophe added IE URL drag&drop capability
* faster FFTs for vis on WAV/CDDA playback
* fixes RealPlayer's .xpl association bug
* AVS 2.5 (new effects, speedups, smaller presets, etc)
* TinyVis 2001. Includes fast, highly trippy "Random Intelligent Visualization".
* Peter's latest and greatest MIDI plug-in
Winamp 2.75:
* avs 2.4.9 (interface improvements, speedups, new dynamic movement effect (yay!))
* made skin installing do better renaming (removes [1], etc)
* some new sample avs presets (thanks to Zen-X and Marco Muraca, Frank Nagel)
* MASSIVELY optimized directory scanning and removed multi-add bugs
* fixes to in_mod and in_midi.
* fixed some NT/2K uninstall issues.
* updated winamp agent with full color icon
* temporarily removed in_asfs from full distribution (security issue)
Winamp 2.74:
* fixed vis shutdown related bugs (message pump is run while waiting for safety)
* cleaned up some startup code
* fixed layer 2 i/s bug in in_mp3
* fixed HTTP/1.1 + Apache CGI issues in in_mp3.
* improved HTTP auth support in in_mp3
* updated to new in_midi version (go PP)
* new AVS with Overlay support
* made uninstall use NSIS's uninstaller
Winamp 2.73:
* smaller main winamp.EXE
* new AVS version with larger interface
* seeking for HTTP/1.1 streamed MP3 files
* improved minibrowser functionality
* updated versions of MOD and MIDI plug-ins (thanks Jake and PP)
* made out_wm smaller (32k->7k)
* updated to newer, more efficient installer (1.1o)
* fixed one cdda related bug
Winamp 2.72:
* stupid in_mp3 fix (for lame encoded files)
* updated directmusic/midiOut plug-in (Thanks to Peter Pawlowski)
* updated mikamp plug-in (Thanks to Jake Stine)
* made Winamp Agent smaller, use less memory, not interfere with ScanDisk, etc.
* fixed some skin related bugs (main.bmp is no longer ever reloaded)
* fixed cursor bugs - cursors are now loaded all at once (makes for slightly
slower skin switching, but should make things more responsive)
* made zip skin loading more reliable (and slightly slower)
* small avs updates
Winamp 2.71:
* new directmusic/midiOut plug-in (PP's)
* mikmod update (we love you Jake)
* avs: optimized fullscreen 32bpp->Xbpp (not full support yet)
better resizing code, multimonitor support
many stability improvements, opts to evaluation compiler
new effects, of bugfixes
avs minimize modes work right (mostly)
* in_cdda: reduced plug-in size by 30k.
* out_wave: made writeall logic better and less problematic
altvol mode in no longer fudges with global volume.
* in_mp3: improved mp3 decoder sync (byte level sync, better checking)
fixed id3v2 rare writing bug
fixed in_mp3 visualization bug
made highest the default text for in_mp3
* made shuffle not reinit shuffletable on add/remove, it adapts randomly
* got rid of http:// checking for file retreiving.. http is assumed
* made tooltips and hotkeys for demand/load/play in preferences
* made 12k fullscreen visualization plug-in for all installs (woo)
* fixed F5 redrawing stuff it shouldn't bug
* fixed moving a file in the playlist and then using shift to select
* fixed / in IPC issues (i.e. winamp.exe http://url now works all the time)
* fixed the generic eq slowdown on silence, made more accurate
* fixed vis plug-in installation issues
* made workaround for bug in in_mjf.dll
* a few other fixes I forgot to log
Winamp 2.7:
* mp3 decoder: better tag editor, bugfixes
* mod decoder: too much to list. much revised. www.divent.org for more info.
* much improved CDDA (Faster, less crashy)
* waveout output plug-in bug fixes
* new directsound output plug-in (very charming)
* many optimizations and bugfixes to AVS - this version is quite fast.
* faster playlist loading, faster playlist editting on large lists
* windowshade visualization now has spectrum analyzer instead of (crappy)
VU meter.
* improved that old issue of what happens when you delete the playing file
in the playlist.
* made credits less problematic (and more time based, less frame based, no more
crashing)
* made multiple-instance handling handle running with different command lines
better
* return of classic demo.mp3
* sped up exit process some
* many other small fixes and refinements
* nsis 1.0 installer (http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/ for more info)
Winamp 2.666:
* spiffier credits in about box
* new mp3 input plug-in
* streaming improvements (now much less intrusive)
* fully ISO compliant decoding
* ID3v2 support
* even more
* AVS 2.1 . New blitter/movement filtering, MMX optimized, new presets.
Winamp 2.65:
* fix to ex-m3u bug/security hole
* improved mp3 http streaming dialog (no longer upsets AVS, etc)
* optional aol icon in full version
Winamp 2.64:
* fix to proxy support for mp3 streaming
* dsp plugin fixes
* justin can't code
Winamp 2.63:
* language pack improvements/cleanups
* giant (2000+) skin archive bug fixed
* promotional offers on install
* streaming improvements (authentification, proxy authentification, dialogless
streaming when winamp is not active, content-disposition usage, etc).
* minibrowser start page now live if inet connected.
* return of out_wm (WMA writer) -- lets you transcode your WAV/MP3/MOD/etc
files into WMA!
Winamp 2.62:
* Generic dialog processing message loop so now TAB/etc... works in plugins
dialog windows
* Fix to Mjuice (memory leak that caused the full install to puke after many
hours)
* Winamp Visualization Studio updates.
* Installer bitmap updates
* Installer terminology changes
Winamp 2.61:
* In accordance with Microsoft's license agreement, we no longer allow you to
use DSP plug-ins or alternate output plug-ins when playing WMA files.
* Installation now gives you more options, cleaner.
* Some mixed block DCT and Antialiasing fixes to Nitrane.
* Support for .wsz files in your skin directory as well as .zip files.
* Fixed: gdi leak when switching skins
* Fixed: gdi object leak when using Winamp systray icon
* AVS 1.5a6 (coming soon, 1.50)
* fixed: make the mouseover on install listbox not, err, mess up at weird screen
locations
* fixed: the install screen that comes up always when no net connect available.
* fixed: bookmarking from explorer should be less nasty
* updated: uninstall should be more reliable
* attempted fix: bookmark add/prefs display corruption bug
Winamp 2.6:
* Massively improved CD audio support complete with menu option to play CD
* New splash screen (smaller) and about box effect.
* Removed unused links stuff in about box
* Improved Jump (to file) dialog (hit the J key)
* Bookmarking system
* Fix to mp3 plug-in. Now won't stop after failed shoutcast stream.
* Updates to URLs used in player for web site integration
* Winamp Agent (can monitor file types, and restore them)
* Better Netscape/IE integration
* Updated MJuice code
* Updated AudioSoft code
* Uninstall icon in start menu now has own icon
* New SuperPiMP installation system
Winamp 2.5d:
* New MJuice code
* Cleaned up CDDA plug-in and fixed a few bugs
Winamp 2.5c:
* Full version has MJF support
* Fixed icon assignment bug
* Added option for old-school playlist editor buttons
* Fixes EQ volume setting bug
* Removed playlist editor child options
* Vastly improved window stack positioning code
* Fixed some rare and strange docking bugs
Winamp 2.50:
* Winamp is now freeware! Thanks to all who have previously
registered, your support is really appreciated!
* Skin selection menu in main menu, browser in preferences
* Builtin visualization settings are now in preferences
* Two streaming-related bugfixes to in_mp3.dll
* Added streamed-file saving to in_mp3.dll (no shoutcast saving, sorry)
* Added extended-M3U/PLS support (files include title and length info)
* Improved in_mp3.dll's frame sync code
* Better multi-byte character set support
* Numerous playlist editor bugfixes, and refinements
* Fixed some default skin images
* Fixed some leak and GDI issues (thanks, BoundsChecker)
* Fixed some leaks in in_cdda.dll
* Restructured some internals of Winamp for bitrate reporting for speed
* Added recent stream list to open location box
* Automatic IE integration for SHOUTcast
* Fixed a bug in out_wave.dll
* Updated AudioSoft plug-in
* Final WMA support for full version
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Winamp 2.24:
* WSZ (Winamp Skin Zip) handling (simply open a .WSZ file in explorer
to have it installed)
* Two distributions (one with WMA and ASFS, one without)
* Better equalizer presets
* Better shuffle logic
* Better docking code
* Better support for invalid ID3v2 tags (for people putting invalid tags on)
* Minibrowser optimizations
* Fixed occasional random crashes from 2.23
Winamp 2.23:
* Nitrane 1.60 MPEG audio decoder with MMX and 3DNow! acceleration
* MikMod module decoder plug-in version 1.3
* Self-destructing streaming dialog boxes
* Equalizer presets included
* Cosmetic fixes
Winamp 2.22:
* AudioSoft ASFS Support
* SHOUTcast 1.1 (final, released) support
* WMA fixes
* Lots of bugfixes
Winamp 2.21:
* WMA support fixed
* MP3 decoder bugfixes
* Vastly better DirectSound output
* Other bugfixes
Winamp 2.20:
* Windows Media Technology 4.0 (WMT4) input/output support
* All new better sounding, industry standard Fraunhoffer MP3 decoder
* Generic PCM EQ that works on most formats (WAV/XM/MOD/IT/VQF/AAC/etc)
* Recursion in open directory dialog is now optional
* Windowshade mode for Equalizer
* Improved CDDA support
* Minibrowser improvements (new start page, etc)
* New version checking
* Fixed evil beeping bug
* Fixed vis/dsp plug-in directory bugs
* Fixed de-registration problem.
* Fixed a few small bugs
What's new in Winamp 2.10:
* New preference system (yay!)
* New install screen stuff (with easier configuration)
* Improved CDDA plug-in, with auto-play
* Improved MPEG audio decoding
* Blip reduction
* ID3v1 URL Comment support
* Shoutcast URL Browser support
* Shoutcast 1.1 title streaming
* Improved MOD/XM/IT rendering (64 bit mixing, sample declicking, etc)
* Totally new output driver (faster and more compatible)
* Language package support
* Windows font support w/ International characterset capability (optional)
* Better filetype registration (with options to register on start, etc)
* Desktop Icon and Quicklaunch adding
* Customizable DSP/Vis plug-in directories.
* Playlist editor has more intuitive moving
* Winamp Browser
* A TON of bugfixes (if you've been having GDI errors this should fix)
What's new in Winamp 2.09?
* Fixed stupid hanging bug in CDDA support
* Fixed retarded Windows-making-the-window-too-high-after-awhile bug.
* Fixed clear-playlist-then-seek bug.
* Fixed Nitrane's invalid-genre %6 bug.
* Added full Xing VBR support to Nitrane. Seeking and time estimation
work perfectly.
* Preliminary ID3v2 support (tag is skipped reliably)
* Improved Directsound output (Thanks to Leif Claesson)
What's new in Winamp 2.08?
* Stupid VC++ 6 screwed up my PropertySheets. Crashed on some systems.
Fixed (as far as I can tell, let me know =).
* Fixed a stupid CPU consuming bug in Nitrane
What's new in Winamp 2.06 (the final release of 1998!)?
* Built with VC++ 6 and VC++ 4.2. Faster and smaller (well, we hope)
* Installer now prompts to use old config/fresh config
* Uninstaller only will remove Plugins\ and Skins\ if they are in the
Winamp directory (i.e. if you have a giant skin directory in another
location it won't remove it)
* Added bar analyzer mode to built-in vis (woo!)
* Made .pls playlists streamable
* Info-reading on demand mode, supplements info-on-load
* Made http:// default in open location box
* Better directory and drive adding support (you can now do 'G:\' in
the open location box to play an audio CD, for instance)
* Fixed a slight alignment bug in playlist editor
* Nullsoft Visualization Library! (wVis 4.1+NS Fullscreen Vis)
* Included experimental gapless output driver (rocks the casbah)
* Improved DirectSound output driver
* Made some mods to the waveOut plug-in, should be more stable and more
compatible (might have sacrificed a teeny bit of vis accuracy tho)
* CDDB support now remembers if it hasn't worked recently to avoid
from keeping popping up.
* Fixed a dsp plug-in bug in Nitrane
* Added SHOUTcast title reading to Nitrane, improved Nitrane's HTTP
streaming (non-blocking connect, baby)
* Added better MPEG 2.5 support to Nitrane (still don't have the right
reordering tables, though, but an improvement nonetheless)
What's new in Winamp 2.05?
* Fixed some vis->plug-in interface bugs
* Fixed apply button in setup tab of prefs
* Rewrote some memory chunk allocation code.
* Added a buttload of IPC stuff (lots, baby!)
* wVis 4.0: New effects, higher quality rendering, and DirectDraw fullscreen
modes.
* Fixed a skin bug
* Fixed a few error-detection related bugs in Nitrane.
* Preliminary CDDB Support (CDDBP only, no HTTP)
* Much improved HTTP streaming. You can now psuedo-stream MOD,WAV,and MIDI
files.
* Improved MOD decoder (Thanks Jake!)
* Updated icons. Fixed a lot of little cosmetic bugs.
What's new in Winamp 2.04?
* Bugfixes. I had these logged but I lost the log file :(
* Better installer integration (/install and /uninstall switch)
* New, nicer, self checking installer. Uninstall too!
* Fixed vis starting before first track bug
* Added /CLASS="Winamp v1.y" switch
* Added .ZIP support for skins. Simply drop a zipped skin in your Winamp\Skins
directory!
* Nitrane 1.24 with better sound quality and corrupt MP3 handling,
two different EQ modes, and an experimental Aural Stimulation Mode.
* Better "browse for directory" boxes.
* More IPC stuff (EQ, Skins, etc -- see frontend.txt)
What's new in Winamp 2.03?
* Improved shift selection in playlist editor
* Better litestep support (litestep options in preferences/options, too)
* Fixed a number of midi/cdda related bugs
* Added WM_GETMINMAXINFO handler, to improve maximize handling and windowshade
* Fixed some stupid (but very annoying) window region related bugs.
* Nitrane 1.22, for better sounding MP3 playback
* New 'No Playlist Advance' option for DJs and people who like to jump
around in playlists.
* Snapping is now adjustable.
What's new in Winamp 2.02?
* massive improvements to audio output system. No more skips!
(be sure you set your audio output prefs to the recommended
settings :)
* Some dsp plug-in related enhancements.
* fixed eq preset reloading bug
* Optimized Nitrane's 3DNow! mode some more. About 10% faster.
(went from 11.5% to 10.2% or so)
* Ported some code to C in in_mod, for the upcoming 2.02 AXP build :)
What's new in Winamp 2.01?
* made playlist editor use windows font.. resizable and skinnable
* fixed a silly little hide-mainwindow-while-minimized-bug
* added up/down arrow (and mousewheel scroll) to plwindowshade
* fixed silly position bar moving bug
* made EQ's 0-lock more accurate
* made title-scroll option
* added width&height chex for pl
* fixed error with sorting in skin selection box
* fixed evil playlist editor 256 color bugs and alignment stuff
* Nitrane 1.20. Faster, fully functional layer 2 support. Optimizations.
Better sounding half and quarter rate modes. fixed decoder mode setting
* more... ! :)
What's new in Winamp 2.0?
* I wouldn't know where to start =) sorry, just play with it..
----------- Old 1.x What's New ---------------------------------------------
What's new in Winamp 1.92 SP?
* New Nitrane 1.0 MPEG audio decoder (mostly bugfixes)
* New MOD/XM/IT player (see readme.txt)
* New CDDA plug-in.
* Fixed WAV plug-in
* A few new plug-ins.
What's new in Winamp 1.92?
* Mousewheel support (controls volume, or seeks when pressed)
* Saves prefs even if you shut down while winamp is running
* Skins can now change the color of most of Winamp's dialogs
(see dialogs.txt in Skins\DColor)
* Shift-minimize minimizes to tray
* Plug-in name caching
* Modeless prefs box, skin selector, about box
* Better filetype registration. With unregistration, and individual
extension selection
* Win98/IE4 taskbar support
* added /config=file.ini (path optional) switch.
* fixed some region related bugs
* Apply works as expected in prefs now! :)
* Nitrane MP3: totally new decoding engine with support for MMX, 3DNow!
and more.
* Removed MIDI/CDDA plug-ins temporarily (coming back soon when we get
them working better)
What's new in Winamp 1.91 sp1?
* midi plugin: Fixed MIDI playback for files with spaces in their names
* midi plugin: Trying to reinitialize synth on playback
* wave plugin: fixed ACM problems on some systems with normal PCM files
(bypass ACM)
What's new in Winamp 1.91?
* better short-fn to lfn conversion
* added new remove options to playlist editor
* added /new switch, opens up a new winamp, always
* none option for taskbar/tray display setting
* Optimized prefs/plugins -- dsp plugins now must be named dsp_*.dll.
* Made playlist editor keep track of playlist file (again)
* Added SkinDir= and PluginDir= options for winamp.ini (add them manually
in [Winamp] in Winamp.ini to change)
* Fixed up some delete playlist-then-hit-stop bugs
* Fixed input-change bug in vis plugins
* added skin enhancement: region.txt region specifier
* added skin enhancement: balance.bmp is like volume.bmp but for
balance/panning bar
* added skin enhancement: nums_ex.bmp allows for - sign definition :)
* added 'playlist types' to open dialog
* made snap to viewport snap on move in stead of on drop
* added plug-in config hotkey/menu item
* made vis_fs.dll default visualization
* changed file type to 'winamp media file' from 'mpeg file'..
* added demo.mp3, and auto-play on first run
* fixed 2 digit bitrate/mixrate bug
* fixed IPC_JUMPTOTIME bug (works now)
* improved http m3u reading (error detection, yay)
* made doublesize mode not so screwupy in win95
* optimized title/length reading code
* auto-idle when not playing
* revised plug-in spec
* added 'default extension' option
* mp3 decoder: new time calculation code (all integer)
* mp3 decoder: added options for different extensions
(and additional extensions)
* mp3 decoder: added MMS streaming option
* mp3 decoder: optimized size-changing checking code (for indirect streaming)
* mp3 decoder: mixed-bitrate mp3s now display average bitrate
* mp3 decoder: more genres
* mp3 decoder: high genre bug fixed
* mp3 decoder: improved http and mms streaming (with error detection n stuff)
* mp3 decoder: fixed priority setting bug
* mp3 decoder: added error messages for id3 editor box
* mp3 decoder: new output system (optimized)
* mod decoder: fixed priority setting bug
* mod decoder: added better 8 bit support
* mod decoder: new 'if title is empty' logic..
* mod decoder: added support for windowshade vu
* mod decoder: added .669 support
* mod decoder: new output system (optimized)
* mod decoder: added waveform dsp plugin support
* wav decoder: .VOC support. Only mono, 8 bit files are supported.
* wav decoder: .VOC support supports silence blocks and changing samplerates
(all upsampled to 44.1kHz)
* wav decoder: .WAV support. Uses ACM so you can play any .WAV file.
* linein/cdda decoder: support for linein:// and .CDA cd tracks.
What's new in Winamp 1.90?
* Major release - Winamp is now a general purpose audio player
(.MODs are back baby!)
* Plug-in input sources. Included MP2/MP3 plug-in, MOD/XM/S3M/IT plug-in.
Coming soon: WAV/VOC/AU/AIFF, AAC, CD Audio, etc
* Lots of bugfixes
* New bugs (since we changed a *lot*)
* Included new beta nifty fullscreen visualization library (with a dot
fountain! :)
What's new in Winamp 1.82?
* Even more ID3 genres
* Decoder bug fixed (for corrupted mp3s)
* Better shell integration (both play and queue options)
What's new in Winamp 1.81?
* More ID3 genres
* Fixed dsp plug-in non-working thingy
* New 'alternate volume setting code' that works on all systems
* You can now set the buffering time to 0 seconds for low-latency
* No more integer mode (sucky)
* New quarter-sample-rate mode
* New 'agressive buffering' option
* Cosmetic improvements
* Winamp now remembers position in last playlist when starting
* Random skin option box (see skin selector)
What's new in Winamp 1.80?
* Skin support
* Plug-Ins now go in Plugins\ (move your old ones there)
* Experimental integer mode for 486s
* 64 bit mode for extra good sound
* Removed Extra-HQ switch (always HQ now)
* Removed bufferless playback mode (slower according to vtune, just set
buffer-size to around 0.3 seconds for faster EQ, etc)
* Playlist editor bugfixes and enhancements
* Many small bugfixes
* Optimized audio output code
* Hold down shift while seeking for some fun
What's new in Winamp 1.73?
* .WAV writing bug fixed (sorry! :)
What's new in Winamp 1.72?
* Winamp style dialogs are now an option
* Improved streaming, supports nearly all web servers (we hope), and HTTP
proxies.
* Fixed many little bugs, little improvements
What's new in Winamp 1.70?
* Redesigned playlist editor. Much more intuitive.
* Fixed a TON of 256 color issues (vis looks better, dialogs look better)
What's new in Winamp 1.69?
* Restyled playlist editor, graphical equalizer jump box, etc
- they look MUCH nicer
* 10 band graphical equalizer
(Makes your 1.666 and earlier presets incompatible.. sorry)
* Clutterbar now shows you the function of each button in the title
field (when the mouse is over them)
* Playlist editor's time calculation is better (uses ?'s if uncertain, and
shows hours/minutes/seconds if applicable)
* Playlist editor displays time for each track (if available)
* More optimization, mostly in lower quality mode.
* Plug-in related stability improvements (tries to tame badly behaved
plug-ins)
* Minor bugs fixed, including DSP selection, reverse stereo analyzer plug-in
* Fixed focus-main-winamp-window-on-open-of-eq-or-pe bug. (phew)
* Reverted the previous button back to the old way, of previous song, always
(I like it better this way too)
* New prebuffer after seek option
* HQ button is now single-click
* Sorry, this version changes the configuration format. You will need
to reconfigure Winamp to your liking if you are upgrading.
* A few new IPC calls
What's new in Winamp 1.666?
* The Clutterbar.
* Windowshade button
* Seek-in-windowshade mode
* Added desktop icon adding to preferences
* Added a nifty hq control on main interface. <br>
* New ID3 tags
* General purpose plug-in architecture (woohoo)
* Fixed mixed-mode layer 2 bug (yay)
* Fixed "blip" bug in low quality imdct
* Optimized huffman decoding and requantinization
* New high quality mode. Slower (but still quick), and sounds GREAT
* Vastly improved shell integration. Try selecting lots of files in explorer,
and hit "open" (doesn't work perfectly unless Winamp is already running)
* Added live web links.
* Changed format of seeking display status
* Added nifty "add to playlist from explorer" (more or less) option to
prefs/initial setup
* Better VU meter with peak detection in windowshade <
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