What's new in Winamp 2.95
Feb 7, 2012
- startup with hung winamp process in background fixed (opens new instance)
- CD ripping support in media library (with OGG Vorbis encoding support)
- Preliminary AAC playback support added to in_mp3.dll
- ryan fixed shuffle again
- minibrowser ctrl+l fix
- media library: lots of bugfixes
- media library: listener count in internet tv/radio
- media library: query playback mode preferences
- media library: skinnable list/treeview selection colors
- nsv: subtitle bugfixes
- nsv: more buffering options
- nsv: shoutcast metadata support
- nsv: better invalid bitstream handling
- nsv: better display options
- nsv: new ASYN aux chunk handling.
- nsv: support for new extended TOC with frame-accurate seeking
- video: overlay fixes on 556 and other unusual modes
- video: drag&drop URL to video window now works.
- video: subtitle fixes.
- video: support for alt+enter and alt+f4 to leave fullscreen
- cdda: bugfixes
- avs: evallib | and & operator fixes
- in_vorbis fixes/updated libvorbis to post-1.0 cvs
- in_midi fixes
New in Winamp 2.91 (Feb 7, 2012)
- 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)
New in Winamp 2.90 (Feb 7, 2012)
- 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.)
New in Winamp 2.81 (Feb 7, 2012)
- 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)!
New in Winamp 2.80 (Feb 7, 2012)
- 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.
New in Winamp 2.79 (Feb 7, 2012)
- 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
New in Winamp 2.78 (Feb 7, 2012)
- minibrowser fixes
- cddb2 support
- updates to mod, midi, and wav support (from the wonderful PP)
New in Winamp 2.77 (Feb 7, 2012)
- 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.