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Winamp 5 Lite Changelog

What's new in Winamp 5 Lite 5.8 Build 3660 Beta

Oct 19, 2018
  • Nеw: Wіndоwѕ Аudіо (WАЅАРІ) Оutрut рlug-іn (w.і.р.)
  • Іmрrоvеd: Аddеd аn орtіоn tо соmрlеtеlу dіѕаblе Wіnаmр’ѕ vіdео ѕuрроrt
  • Іmрrоvеd: Аddеd аn аutо-fullѕсrееn орtіоn tо vіdео рrеfѕ
  • Іmрrоvеd: Аddеd /ЕNUМРLАYLІЅТЅ tо thе соmmаnd-lіnе ѕuрроrt
  • Іmрrоvеd: Wіndоwѕ 8.1 аnd 10 соmраtіbіlіtу
  • Іmрrоvеd: [іn_mоd] ОреnМРТ-bаѕеd Моdulе Рlауеr (rерlасеѕ оld МіkМоd рlауеr)
  • Іmрrоvеd: [ml_рlауlіѕtѕ] Аddеd brоwѕе раth & еdіt tіtlе funсtіоnѕ іn Сtrl+Е еdіtоr
  • Іmрrоvеd: [Веntо] Uрdаtеd ѕсrоllbаrѕ аnd buttоnѕ аnd оthеr twеаkѕ (thаnkѕ Маrtіn)
  • Іmрrоvеd: [Веntо & Моdеrn ѕkіnѕ] Аddеd а Рlауlіѕt Ѕеаrсh fеаturе (thаnkѕ Vісtоr)
  • Fіхеd: Nеw URLѕ nоt bеіng rеmеmbеrеd аftеr uѕіng Rеѕеt hіѕtоrу іn Ореn URL dіаlоg
  • Fіхеd: Vаrіоuѕ mеmоrу lеаkѕ
  • Fіхеd: [gеn_trау] Nоt ѕhоwіng соrrесt сurrеnt ісоn расk іn рrеfеrеnсеѕ
  • Fіхеd: [іn_аvі] Dіvіdе-bу-zеrо сrаѕh wіth bаdlу fоrmеd fіlеѕ (thаnkѕ ІТDеfеnѕоr)
  • Fіхеd: [іn_mр3] Сrаѕhіng wіth ѕоmе ІD3v2 tаgѕ
  • Fіхеd: [ml_wіrе] Ѕlоw lоаdіng іѕѕuе
  • Fіхеd: [ѕѕdр] Сrаѕh оn lоаd іf јnеtlіb wаѕ nоt соrrесtlу іnіtіаlіzеd
  • Міѕс: Міnіmum rеquіrеd ОЅ іѕ nоw Wіn ХР ѕр3 (Wіndоwѕ 7 оr hіghеr rесоmmеndеd)
  • Міѕс: Моrе gеnеrаl twеаkѕ, іmрrоvеmеntѕ, fіхеѕ аnd орtіmіzаtіоnѕ
  • Міѕс: Моvеd ѕhаrеd DLLѕ tо WіnаmрЅhаrеd fоldеr
  • Rеmоvеd: Аll fоrmеr „Рrо“ lісеnѕеd funсtіоnѕ (Wіnаmр іѕ nоw 100% frееwаrе аgаіn)
  • Rеmоvеd: gеn_јumрех & UnісоdеТаѕkbаrFіх (mаkіng wау fоr nаtіvе іmрlеmеntаtіоnѕ)
  • Rеmоvеd: [іn_wm] DRМ ѕuрроrt
  • Rерlасеd: СD рlауbасk аnd rірріng nоw uѕіng nаtіvе Wіndоwѕ АРІ (іnѕtеаd оf Ѕоnіс)
  • Rерlасеd: МР3 Dесоdеr nоw mрg123 bаѕеd (іnѕtеаd оf Frаunhоfеr)
  • Rерlасеd: ААС Dесоdеr nоw uѕіng Меdіа Fоundаtіоn (Vіѕtа аnd hіghеr)
  • Rерlасеd: Н.264 Dесоdеr nоw uѕіng Меdіа Fоundаtіоn (Vіѕtа аnd hіghеr)
  • Rерlасеd: МРЕG-4 Рt.2 Dесоdеr nоw uѕіng Меdіа Fоundаtіоn (Vіѕtа аnd hіghеr)
  • Uрdаtеd: [іn_vоrbіѕ] lіbоgg 1.3.3 & lіbvоrbіѕ 1.3.6
  • Uрdаtеd: [lіbFLАС] FLАС 1.3.2
  • Uрdаtеd: [lіbуајl] lіbуајl v2.1.0
  • Uрdаtеd: [ОреnЅЅL] ОреnЅЅL v1.0.1і
  • Uрdаtеd: [рng] lіbрng v1.5.24

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.666 Build 3512 (Nov 27, 2013)

  • [in_mp3] adts (mpeg-2 aac) crash fix from crash reports
  • [Pt-Br.wlz] Updated Portuguese lang pack
  • [tagz] Fixed reported crash with some of the ATF methods (info)
  • [whatsnew.txt] 5.666 changelog properly alphabetized
  • [Winamp] Fixed classic vis oscilloscope line mode being incorrectly drawn in dot mode

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.666 Build 3510 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • Improved: [ml_nowplaying/wire] Added support to use alternative services
  • Improved: [ml_playlists] Option to use source file instead of database-managed copy
  • Fixed: Fallback issue with lang packs when loading accelerator tables
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Docking to bottom/right when windowframe scale is anything but 1.0
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Broken 'Add to Library' shell menu item
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] 'Jump to File' window not always visible when pressing 'J' or 'F3'
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Search filters with unicode characters not being remembered
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.31

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.66 Build 3507 (Nov 21, 2013)

  • Improved: Added a Reset button to clear history in the Open/Add URL dialog
  • Improved: Added an option to disable the mouse wheel from altering the volume
  • Improved: Added more commandline switches (run: winamp.exe /? to see full list)
  • Improved: All menus now use the skinned style when option is enabled in ML settings
  • Improved: Disable all online features when no internet connection selected in Prefs
  • Improved: High DPI & text scaling compatibility fixes for dialogs & library views
  • Improved: Increased notification area tooltips up to 128 chars (instead of 64)
  • Improved: Library views now optionally group the 'Play' and 'Enqueue' buttons
  • Improved: Mass metadata editor from library now also available in Playlist Editor
  • Improved: Retry UAC prompt if user previously selected "No" (for relevant settings)
  • Improved: Speed-up of Winamp shutdown process
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Added a setting to control show/hide time for docked toolbars
  • Improved: [gen_ml] Drag & drop handling tweaks
  • Improved: [ml_downloads] Added 'Size' column
  • Improved: [ml_history] New options for resuming playback (for podcasts or all files)
  • Improved: [ml_history] Added a 'Play Offset' column with right-click option to clear
  • Improved: [ml_local] Added Podcast, BPM & Rating fields to Ctrl+E metadata editor
  • Improved: [ml_playlists] Option to use source file instead of database-managed copy
  • Improved: [ml_nowplaying/wire] Added support to use alternative services
  • Improved: [ml_pmp] Added a simple view to match Local library support
  • Improved: [pmp_android/usb] Added support to File Name Formatting
  • Fixed: Agent not using Winamp window if a clone is already running (eg. KMPlayer)
  • Fixed: Length not being read when set to read titles on load
  • Fixed: Ratings-related freeze on right-clicking large selections in playlist editor
  • Fixed: Saving to wrong extension for the 'Save As' action in the Alt+3 Artwork tab
  • Fixed: Unicode characters not displaying in taskbar when some old plugins are present
  • Fixed: Various issues with aero-peek and docking of freeform skins as an appbar
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] 'Jump to File' window not always visible when pressing 'J' or 'F3'
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Docking to bottom/right when windowframe scale is anything but 1.0
  • Fixed: [gen_tray] Lockup/double-start issues when using the 'Prev' action
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Removal of embedded artwork
  • Fixed: [in_midi] Memory comparison crash with badly formed .kar files
  • Fixed: [libmp4v2] Crash due to invalid pointer check on corrupt files
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Crash on bad path
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Use filename if no metadata available to generate filepath
  • Misc: [installer] Added a "Winamp (Safe Mode)" option to start menu icons
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations (lots of them!)
  • Updated: [enc_fhgaac] Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.02.16
  • Updated: [enc/in_vorbis] libogg 1.3.1
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.3
  • Updated: [in_wave] libsndfile 1.0.25

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.65 Build 3438 (Jul 24, 2013)

  • Improved: Memory allocation optimizations & fixes
  • Improved: [ml_playlists] Show currently playing song
  • Fixed: Some radio streams no longer playing as a result of the Icecast fix in 5.64
  • Fixed: Crash when pasting artwork into File Info dialog in 5.64
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] PIC frame rendering in ID3v2.2 tags
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Enter key not working correctly for ml views
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Sporadic crashes when importing library in 5.64
  • Fixed: [ml_plg] Broken 'View tracks similar to' menu item in main window songticker
  • Fixed: [npwachk] Winamp Detector plugin not working with latest Firefox
  • Fixed: [wasabi] Quirks with color theme list handling
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Updated: [enc_fhgaac] Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.02.15
  • Updated: [png] libpng v1.5.17
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.7

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.64 Build 3415 (Jun 20, 2013)

  • New: Option to run Winamp in Safe Mode (also via /SAFE=1 commandline switch)
  • New: XSPF playlist support (read only support, write support to follow)
  • Improved: Added tooltips for truncated text in Media Library listviews
  • Improved: Added 'Explore item folder' to context menu in playlists
  • Improved: Bookmark menu handling now follows Winamp's Play/Enqueue setting
  • Improved: D3D vsync mode (should fix reported video tearing issues)
  • Improved: Display album art source info in Artwork tab of File Info dialog
  • Improved: Remember last position of dialogs
  • Improved: Show rating from tags if file is not in Local Media Library
  • Improved: Use new style dialog for folder browser
  • Improved: Windows 8 filetype association compatibility
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Multi-monitor support for Bento/Modern skin notifier
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Windows 8 multi-monitor/taskbar mode compatibility
  • Improved: [in_flac] FLAC streaming support
  • Improved: [in_mp3] Shoutcast v2 in-stream artwork support (and other misc fixes)
  • Improved: [in_mp3] Use MIME to determine decoder before assuming ext. is correct
  • Improved: [in_mp4] Native ALAC playback support
  • Improved: [in_mp4] Optimize MP4 Raw Reader by using chunks instead of samples
  • Improved: [in_mp4] Write ratings to tags (using the "rate" atom)
  • Improved: [ml_local/history] Friendlier error message if nde/database fails to load
  • Improved: [ml_local] New 'Date Added' column (smart views adjusted accordingly)
  • Improved: [ml_playlists] Now with Generate HTML Playlist support
  • Improved: [ml_playlists] Save playlists to custom m3udir, if specified in paths.ini
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Save (and backup) database files on updates instead of on exit
  • Improved: [pmp_ipod] Added BPM, TotalTracks, Disc# & TotalDiscs metadata support
  • Improved: [pmp_wifi] SSDP support and other optimizations
  • Fixed: Failing to load on some Windows 8 (and earlier) installs (thanks Nanner)
  • Fixed: Not playing the first song next when clearing then adding items to playlist
  • Fixed: Bento/Modern skin notifier sometimes no longer appearing (thanks pjn123)
  • Fixed: Deletion of 0-byte wdl*.tmp & wht*.tmp files
  • Fixed: Issues with re-embedding of vis plug-ins in Bento skin when exiting fullscreen
  • Fixed: Issues with some Icecast servers providing invalid stream links (v2.x bug!)
  • Fixed: Potential crashes when rapidly switching between DSP plug-ins
  • Fixed: [Bento Browser] Potential security vulnerabilities (thanks Julien Ahrens, inshell.net)
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Potential security vulnerabilities (thanks Julien Ahrens, inshell.net)
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Mapping of POPM ratings scale
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Bug where too-small passed-in buffer size resulted in loss of data
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Seeking files/podcasts which use a single video frame as artwork
  • Fixed: [in_vorbis] Not reading Disc# (plus other general Vorbis Comments fixes)
  • Fixed: [in_wave] mldb info for .wav files being wiped after viewing Alt+3 dialog
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] Blocking of context menu items in ml tree for History & Bookmarks
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] Creation of 0-byte trk*.tmp files & associated crash on some systems
  • Fixed: [ml_impex] UI lockups on import/export of large databases
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] Subscriptions to podcast channels with the same name
  • Fixed: [ombrowser] Alt Gr keys broken in Online Services text input fields
  • Fixed: [pmp_android] Albumart-related crash when transferring ogg files
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Transfers fail if contains illegal characters
  • Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Crash/hang on exit after transferring files to MTP/P4S devices
  • Misc: All default plug-ins now include file description & version info properties
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Removed: [gen_orgler] The end of Winamp Charts & Music Usage Database
  • Updated: [libFLAC] FLAC 1.3.0
  • Updated: [png] libpng v1.5.16
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.6
  • Updated: [zlib.dll] zlib 1.2.8

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.63 Build 3234 (Jun 21, 2012)

  • New: Hungarian and Indonesian installer translations and language packs
  • New: [enc_vorbis] Ogg Vorbis Encoder (based on aoTuV)
  • Improved: Shift+F10 app key support in the Media Library
  • Improved: [enc_fhgaac] Added VBR mode 6, plus other minor quality improvements
  • Improved: [in_mod] Refactored, simplified and threadsafe memory allocation
  • Improved: [ml_history] Save playcounts when updated instead of only on exit
  • Improved: [ml_local] Increased search query buffers from 512 or 1024 to 2048 bytes
  • Improved: [gen_hotkeys] Added manual advance and visualization specific actions
  • Fixed: Embedded album art not working in some scenarios
  • Fixed: [aacdec] Memory leak when re-syncing to AAC stream
  • Fixed: [bmp] Bounds checking in TSCC decoder
  • Fixed: [bmp] Heap overflow issues (thanks: Secunia)
  • Fixed: [in_avi] Divide-by-zero and NULL pointer issues (thanks: FuzzMyApp)
  • Fixed: [in_mod] .IT memory & heap corruption issues (thanks: Jeremy Brown, MSVR)
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Crash in MLDBAPI::SetField cache
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Genre and Year metadata edits writing to Disc# field
  • Fixed: [vis_milk2] Presets not reacting to music in localized installs (Milkdrop v2.25)
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Updated: [aacdec] Fraunhofer AAC Decoder v1.762.208
  • Updated: [in_vorbis] libogg 1.3.0 & libvorbis 1.3.3
  • Updated: [lame_enc] LAME 3.99.5
  • Updated: [png] libpng v1.5.10
  • Updated: [vp8] libvpx v1.1.0
  • Updated: [xml] expat v2.1.0
  • Updated: [zlib.dll] zlib 1.2.7

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.623 Build 3199 (Dec 10, 2011)

  • Fixed: mp3 decoding errors at end of file (should fix reported CD burning errors)
  • Fixed: [aacdec] Detection of parametric stereo for AAC files made with older encoders
  • Fixed: [enc_fhgaac] MP4 encoder not always closing on errors or aborted transfers
  • Fixed: [in_avi] Crashing with certain malformed AVI files
  • Fixed: [in_flac & in_mp4] Memory leaks
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Bounds check for comments parsing
  • Fixed: [pmp] Multithreaded race condition (now supports thread-safe transfers)
  • Fixed: [pmp_android] Embedded album art being deleted on transfers
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Updated: [enc_fhgaac] Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.2.4
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.5

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.622 Build 3188 (Oct 26, 2011)

  • Improved: [in_mp3] Support TXXX/Band as an alternative id3v2 frame for Album Artist
  • Fixed: [bmp/in_avi] Integer overflow issues in TSCC, RGB & YUV decoders
  • Fixed: [enc_fhgaac] High bitrate upsampling bug
  • Fixed: [in_midi] Underrun in CMF files when music offset is greater than the filesize
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Made sure AMF is limited to maximum of 32 channels
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on hitting Alt+3 for currently playing file with an APEv2 tag
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Reading of id3v2.4-only TDRC (Year) frame
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Don't delete TCMP & PRIV id3v2 frames when updating tags
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Gapless playback
  • Fixed: [in_nsv] Potential integer overflow issue
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: [ml_local] Added an explanatory error page if database gets corrupted
  • Updated: [enc_fhgaac] Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.2.3
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.4
  • Updated: [lame_enc] LAME 3.99

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.621 Build 3173 (Jul 12, 2011)

  • Improved: [in_nsv] New API to allow video decoder to signal codec width & height
  • Fixed: [enc_fhgaac] Default ADTS bitrate; Writing of gapless data
  • Fixed: [enc_fhgaac] HE-AAC compatibility with iTunes
  • Fixed: [in_midi] Various integer overflow issues
  • Fixed: [libsndfile] PAF integer heap-overflow bug
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Illegal instruction crash on non-SSE machines
  • Fixed: [ml_rg] Some files incorrectly returning 0 gain values
  • Fixed: [nsvdec_vp3, nsvdec_vp5, vp6] Rescaling buffer overflow vulnerabilities
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.62 Build 3161 (Jul 11, 2011)

  • New: Fraunhofer AAC Codec with VBR encoding support
  • New: [theora.w5s] Theora decoder for MKV
  • Improved: [ml_local] New extra large albumart and option to hide album title
  • Improved: [in_mp3/jnetlib/ml_wire] http status code 303 & 307 redirection support
  • Fixed: [in_midi] Added a buffer overflow check for malformed Controller Change messages
  • Fixed: [in_midi] SysEx message processing integer underflow vulnerability
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Crash on .IT files with 0 channels
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Crash on truncated files
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Distortion on MP4 files with malformed stts data
  • Fixed: [jnetlib] Memory leak when connecting to https streams
  • Fixed: [ml_impex] Importing playcount data
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Advanced Query Builder
  • Fixed: [nsvdec_vp5] Integer underrun
  • Fixed: [pmp_wifi] Playlist syncing
  • Fixed: [vis_milk2] Some presets not reacting to music (Milkdrop v2.24)
  • Fixed: [vp6] Crash on rescaling with irregular video sizes
  • Fixed: [vp6] Integer underrun in Deblocking filter when picture size is 0,0
  • Misc: Default "Restore file associations at Winamp start" setting to "off" on Vista+
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: Redesigned SHOUTcast Radio online service view (new school & classic options)
  • Misc: Replaced CT aacPlusDecoder.w5s with new FhG aacdec.w5s
  • Misc: Replaced CT enc_aacplus.dll with new FhG enc_fhgaac.dll
  • Misc: Toolbar now compatible with Firefox 5

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.61 Build 3133 (Mar 18, 2011)

  • Improved: [ml_local] Search & View load speed optimizations (~20% faster!)
  • Improved: [ml_impex] Date parsing on import
  • Improved: [ml_plg] Direct mouse wheel support for generated playlist view
  • Improved: [ml_plg/gracenote] Database query, backup & recovery enhancements
  • Improved: [ml_rg] Raised maximum sample rate from 96000 to 192000
  • Improved: [nsutil] Added 64bit float IIR support
  • Improved: [Installer] Launch Winamp as regular user from elevated installer
  • Improved: Support for freely-rotating wheel mouse
  • Fixed: Added parameters sanity check to prevent JSAPI2 from crashing
  • Fixed: Known IE9 compatibility issues
  • Fixed: [Bento browser] Freeze when search string is all spaces
  • Fixed: [Bento/Modern skins] Crash when clicking Notifier if ml_nowplaying missing
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Album art view and scrollbar listview UI issues
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Crash when trying to write metadata to non-existent files
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] APEv2 memory leak
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Wrong bitmask for calculating AAC framelength
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Incorrectly reported approximate frames
  • Fixed: [jnetlib] Potential integer overflow in http header parsing code
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Category not being written to file when editing metadata
  • Fixed: [ml_plg] Force rebuild logic for non-English locales
  • Fixed: [nde] Saving the mldb up to 3 times on Winamp exit (v2.95/5.0x bug)
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Use for folder name if missing
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Database corruption on Eject with some iPod models
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Nano & Shuffle 4G sync issues
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: Online Help Docs moved to AOL Help site
  • Misc: SHOUTcast2 support tweaks for in_mp3 & Bento file info
  • Misc: [in_flac/in_vorbis] Changed internal rating scale from 0-5 to 0-100
  • Misc: [ml_local] Right-click menu tweaks (Display tracks in this view)
  • Reverted: Milkdrop from v2.23 to v2.2 and AVS from v2.83 to v2.81d (for now)
  • Updated: Sonic PrimoSDK Burning Engine v4.28.06.0
  • Updated: [installer] OpenCandy SDK (fixes some AV’s reporting it as malware)
  • Updated: [libpng] libpng v1.5.1

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.601 Build 3091 Final (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Improved: [in_wave/libsndfile] Added AIF to default extension list
  • Improved: [ml_plg] Localization of playlist names & various other tweaks
  • Fixed: Win2k compatibility (caused by 5.6-specific DLL load vuln fix)
  • Fixed: [in_midi] Security vulnerability (thanks: Morten @ kryptoslogic)
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Querying endoffset metadata for iTunes gapless playback
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Sync and Eject issues
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Compilation flag when Album Artist is "Various Artists"
  • Fixed: [pmp_wifi] Crash when devices.w5s missing
  • Misc: Made installer disable incompatible 3rd-party gen_lyrics plugin
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.6.0 Build 3080 Final (Nov 30, 2010)

  • New: [pmp_wifi] Android Wi-Fi support
  • New: Direct mouse wheel support
  • New: Option to write ratings to tags (for mp3, wma/wmv, ogg & flac)
  • Improved: Redesigned Devices/Portables view in Media Library
  • Improved: New on-the-fly "Vertically flip (Shift+F)" option in Video context menu
  • Improved: [dlmgr/jnetlib] Handling of http status codes 100 & 201-206
  • Improved: [ml_plg] Playlist Generator: context menu dialog & other features
  • Improved: [ml_pmp] More user-friendly Transcoding options for portable devices
  • Improved: [ml_transcode] Added support for & in naming scheme
  • Improved: [nsutil] Optimized video flip modes
  • Improved: [pmp_android/ipod] Added encoder blacklist
  • Improved: [ReplayGainAnalysis] Support for more sample rates
  • Fixed: DLL load security vulnerability
  • Fixed: [enc_lame] Memory leak
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Bookmark corruption via Send To menu in main window songticker
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Empty/Grey ML when restarting Winamp from a minimized state
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Scrolling lag in nav panel with large amount of items
  • Fixed: [in_midi] Buffer/Integer overflow issues (thanks: Joakim @ nsense)
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Buffer overflow in comment box (MTM security vulnerability)
  • Fixed: [in_mkv] Crash when reading a string that was exactly SIZE_MAX bytes
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] ID3v1 UI glitch, APEv2 + Lyrics3 tag combo bug, APEv2 tag removal
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Potential crash on getting metadata/albumart from invalid MP4 files
  • Fixed: [in_nsv] Integer overflow in allocating memory for metadata
  • Fixed: [in_nsv] Integer overflow when parsing TOC (thanks to: C. Eiram, Secunia)
  • Fixed: [in_nsv] Video flip mode detection quirks
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Arrow direction and sort inconsistencies in 3-pane views
  • Fixed: [ml_plg] Playlist Generator crashes and database corruption issues
  • Fixed: [ml_pmp] Autofill crash on empty libraries
  • Fixed: [ml_playlists] Crash on drag+drop items from one playlist to another
  • Fixed: [ml_transcode] Freeze transcoding .cda when using in scheme
  • Fixed: [playlist] Relative pathnames when filename is already relative
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Playlist sync & loading issues
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/ipod/usb] Issue with forward slashes in playlist paths
  • Fixed: [pmp_usb] Bug when multiple usb devices are connected
  • Fixed: [vis_milk2] Unicode issues with fonts & presets editor (5.58-specific)
  • Fixed: [vis_milk2] sprites.ini file lookup
  • Fixed: [vp6.w5s] Buffer overflow issue
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: Portables/Devices support now also adds ml_devices.dll & devices.w5s
  • Misc: Prompt user whether to move skins/langpacks when changing location
  • Misc: Removed Winamp Remote from installer
  • Misc: [ml_pmp] Moved 'Podcast Sync' to new tab in portable device options
  • Misc: [out_ds] Config now displays 7.1 speakers as '7.1' instead of 'Unknown'
  • Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.206
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.3
  • Updated: [in_vorbis] libogg v1.2.1 & libvorbis v1.3.2
  • Updated: [vp8] libvpx v0.9.5

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.59 Build 3033 Beta (Oct 26, 2010)

  • New: [pmp_wifi] Android Wi-Fi support
  • New: Direct mouse wheel support
  • Improved: Redesigned Devices/Portables view in Media Library (w.i.p.)
  • Improved: [dlmgr/jnetlib] Handling of http status codes: 201-206
  • Improved: [ml_pmp] More user-friendly Transcoding options for Portables
  • Improved: [pmp_android/ipod] Added encoder blacklist
  • Improved: [ReplayGainAnalysis] Support for more sample rates
  • Fixed: DLL load security vulnerability fix
  • Fixed: [enc_lame] Memory leak
  • Fixed: [in_midi] Potential integer overflow issue
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Buffer overflow in comment box (MTM security vulnerability)
  • Fixed: [in_mkv] Crash when reading a string that was exactly SIZE_MAX bytes
  • Fixed: [in_nsv] Integer overflow in allocating memory for metadata
  • Fixed: [ml_plg] Playlist Generator crashes and database corruption issues
  • Fixed: [ml_pmp] Autofill crash on empty libraries
  • Fixed: [ml_playlists] Crash on drag+drop items from one playlist to another
  • Fixed: [playlist] Relative pathnames when filename is already relative
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Playlist sync & loading issues
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/ipod/usb] Issue with forward slashes in playlist paths
  • Fixed: [pmp_usb] Bug when multiple usb devices are connected
  • Fixed: [vis_milk2] Unicode issues with presets editor (5.58-specific)
  • Fixed: [vis_milk2] sprites.ini file lookup fix
  • Fixed: [vp6.w5s] Buffer overflow issue
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: Portables/Devices support now also adds ml_devices.dll & devices.w5s
  • Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.206
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.3

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.581 Build 2985 (Jul 15, 2010)

  • Improved: [pmp_android/usb] Disk-performance of metadata cache
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Minor resource leak fix, plus other optimizations
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Tooltip issue causing dialog windows to vanish underneath Winamp
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] CD drives not appearing in ML tree when ML starts not-visible
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] Sort by date before auto-downloading podcasts
  • Fixed: [pmp_android] Settings not being saved
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Manage with Winamp prompt always reappearing
  • Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Transcoding on USB and Android devices
  • Misc: Lang Pack updates (de, ro, tr, fr, ru, se, ja)
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.1.1

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.58 Build 2975 (Jun 30, 2010)

  • New: [pmp_android] Android device support
  • Improved: New 256x256 icons for Win7/Vista (with filetypes support via gen_jumpex)
  • Improved: New Previous/Play/Pause/Stop/Next toolbar buttons for Win7 taskbar
  • Improved: New 'Vertically flip videos' option for compatibility with old drivers
  • Improved: Video OSD positioning & design improvements
  • Improved: [D3D video renderer] Overlay support for Win7
  • Improved: [in_flv] StreamTitle metadata support
  • Improved: [in_avi/in_mp3] Support for MPEG Layer 2 (mp2) audio in AVI
  • Improved: [in_mp4] MP4 http streaming improvements
  • Improved: [ml_bookmarks] Unicode bookmarks support (winamp.bm8)
  • Improved: [ml_history] Added option for resume playback position of podcasts
  • Improved: [ml_impex] Import/Export 'Publisher', 'Producer' & 'Director' fields
  • Improved: [ml_local/in_mp3] Write ratings to POPM frame in id3v2 tags (w.i.p.)
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Various tweaks to Subscriptions view
  • Improved: [pmp_ipod] Support for newer gen Classic models
  • Fixed: External language folder always looking in a 'en-US' folder
  • Fixed: Handling of global keyboard accelerator table (fixes: Ctrl+Alt+N, Ctrl+T, etc)
  • Fixed: Scrolling issues with high resolution mice
  • Fixed: Stackoverflow issue when loading a malformed whatsnew.txt
  • Fixed: [enc_flac] Compression Factor config setting (always outputting at level 5)
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Default fallback font always same as TTF replacement font in Prefs
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Elevation on Win7/Vista for Shell Options
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Tree not focused when opening ML in modern skins
  • Fixed: [in_cdda] CD info edits not being remembered
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Integer type coersion bug which caused certain MP4 files to crash
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Playback of video-only files
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Some vis plugins/presets not working with mp4
  • Fixed: [libmp4v2] Lockup when attempting to play malformed iTMS M4V videos
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Rating lost when updating mp3 file info (5.57-specific)
  • Fixed: [ml_pmp] pmp_*.dll plugins not being removed via: Prefs -> Uninstall
  • Fixed: [pmp_usb] No disk in drive error with card readers
  • Fixed: [pmp_usb] xml cache losing metadata (now using NDE instead)
  • Fixed: [vis_milk2] Some presets not loading under locales other than English
  • Misc: Added more genres to File Info dialog
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: More translation fixes, localization updates & unicode support improvements
  • Misc: Moved ml_rg config settings to Prefs -> Playback -> Replay Gain
  • Misc: Improved uninstaller with options to remove bundled apps and user settings
  • Misc: Redesigned "Winamp Pro" prefs page
  • Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.205
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.1
  • Updated: [in_vorbis] libogg 1.2.0 & libvorbis 1.3.1
  • Updated: [lame_enc] LAME 3.98.4

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.572 Build 2830 (Jan 19, 2010)

  • Improved: [h264.w5s] H.264 decoder optimizations
  • Improved: [in_avi/bmp.w5s] Support for RGB bitmap AVI
  • Improved: [ml_disc] Support for Disc# in CD Ripping naming convention
  • Fixed: Crash when using Alt+3 editor during mldb background scan
  • Fixed: EasyMove for classic video window
  • Fixed: Spectrum analyzer and beat vis for 32bit PCM files
  • Fixed: [bmp.w5s] Memory leaks with BMP AVI codecs (tscc, rle, yuv, rgb)
  • Fixed: [D3D] Crash when changing height but not width on back-to-back videos
  • Fixed: [gen_tray] Compact mode in Win7 popout tray
  • Fixed: [in_avi] Crash on files with missing RIFF header (including 0-byte files)
  • Fixed: [in_avi] Crash when ix## seektables aren't where they are supposed to be...
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Out of memory error with some older .mod files
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] ADTS header unicode/ansi issues (for .aac files)
  • Fixed: [ml_impex] UTF-8 writing
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Info editor erasing mldb fields not supported by input plugin
  • Misc: Further attempts to fix reported elevation/registration issues on Vista & Win7
  • Misc: Installer: Only install Gracenote alongside dependent components
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: Various translation updates (note: French lang pack now updated to 5.57x)
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.7.3
  • Updated: libpng 1.4.0
  • Updated: libsndfile 1.0.21

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.571 Build 2810 (Dec 22, 2009)

  • New: MPEG-4 video support for in_mp4 & in_flv (Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [in_avi] Native AVI video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [in_mkv] Matroska MKV video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [ml_addons] Browser for discovering new skins & plugins
  • New: Winamp detection browser plugins for IE & Firefox
  • Improved: Direct3D video rendering
  • Improved: Filetype association handling on Vista & Windows 7
  • Improved: New fullscreen video OSD
  • Improved: Added ReplayGain Preamp control to Prefs (previously .ini only)
  • Improved: VU meter (beat vis) optimizations
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Multithreaded object
  • Improved: [in_flac/in_vorbis] Tag support for Organization field as Publisher
  • Improved: [in_flv] AAC, aacPlus & ADPCM audio support in FLV files
  • Improved: [in_mp4] Support for aacPlus parametric stereo in mp4 container
  • Improved: [in_nsv] Native h.264 decoding (Winamp Pro only)
  • Improved: [in_wave] Unicode filename handling
  • Improved: [ml_history] Play Offset feature for resuming playback of podcasts
  • Improved: [ml_local] Director & Producer fields & columns for videos
  • Improved: [ml_local] Row cache for NDE to vastly speed up queries
  • Improved: [ml_online] Right-click option to open service in new window
  • Improved: [ml_wire] feed:// pcast:// and winamp:// protocol support
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Option to automatically download 'x' most recent episodes
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Redesigned Podcast Directory view
  • Improved: [pmp_usb] Option to set paths in saved playlists
  • Improved: [vis_milk2] Milkdrop2 updated to use ns-eel2 (thanks Justin)
  • Fixed: Custom mldb info reverts to filename on Alt+3 for in_dshow, flv & swf
  • Fixed: Elevator installation and Aero compatibility issues in 5.57 on Windows Vista
  • Fixed: HeapSetInformation not located in kernel32 error under Win2k
  • Fixed: Shuffle feature broken under limited user profiles
  • Fixed: Various other reported issues/bugs/crashes with 5.57
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Bold text in Local Media views on some systems
  • Fixed: [gen_tray] Compact mode not working on 64-bit OS
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Playback freezing before end of some corrupted files
  • Fixed: [in_flv] Sync issue where video lags behind audio on some flv files
  • Fixed: [in_flv] Various h.263-related crash issues
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Heap overflow security vulnerability (thanks Dyon Balding, Secunia)
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Some s3m files crashing on load
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Various transcoding issues
  • Fixed: [in_wm] Main window & taskbar menu blocked after closing DRM browser
  • Fixed: [jpeg.w5s/png.w5s] Security vulnerability fixes (thanks Nicolas Joly, VUPEN)
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Remove missing files broken in full rescan
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] feeds.xml sometimes being destroyed
  • Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Crashing with certain devices
  • Fixed: [vis_avs] Compile issues causing some presets to not load properly or crash
  • Misc: Improved Windows 7 compatibility, incl. aero thumbnail & taskbar integration
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: New info page for lang pack developers in About Winamp dialog
  • Misc: New MPEG-4 video support adds h264.w5s & mp4v.w5s
  • Misc: Renamed nsvdec_vp6.dll to vp6.w5s
  • Misc: Removed gen_dropbox from the installer, for now.
  • Misc: Right-click to close Notifier in Bento skin
  • Misc: Some keyboard accelerator fixes (new Ctrl+Alt+B for Add current to bookmarks)
  • Misc: Various installer improvements (including new DirectX version checker)
  • Updated: aacPlus decoder 8.2.2, encoder 8.2.0
  • Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.101
  • Updated: libpng 1.2.40
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.7.1
  • Updated: [in_vorbis] libvorbis 1.2.3 & libogg 1.1.4

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.57 Build 2789 Final (Dec 17, 2009)

  • New: MPEG-4 video support for in_mp4 & in_flv (Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [in_avi] Native AVI video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [in_mkv] Matroska MKV video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [ml_addons] Browser for discovering new skins & plugins
  • New: Winamp detection browser plugins for IE & Firefox
  • Improved: Direct3D video rendering
  • Improved: Filetype association handling on Vista & Windows 7
  • Improved: New fullscreen video OSD
  • Improved: Added ReplayGain Preamp control to Prefs (previously .ini only)
  • Improved: VU meter (beat vis) optimizations
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Multithreaded object
  • Improved: [in_flac/in_vorbis] Tag support for Organization field as Publisher
  • Improved: [in_flv] AAC, aacPlus & ADPCM audio support in FLV files
  • Improved: [in_mp4] Support for aacPlus parametric stereo in mp4 container
  • Improved: [in_nsv] Native h.264 decoding (Winamp Pro only)
  • Improved: [in_wave] Unicode filename handling
  • Improved: [ml_history] Play Offset feature for resuming playback of podcasts
  • Improved: [ml_local] Director & Producer fields & columns for videos
  • Improved: [ml_local] Row cache for NDE to vastly speed up queries
  • Improved: [ml_online] Right-click option to open service in new window
  • Improved: [ml_wire] feed:// pcast:// and winamp:// protocol support
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Option to automatically download 'x' most recent episodes
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Redesigned Podcast Directory view
  • Improved: [pmp_usb] Option to set paths in saved playlists
  • Improved: [vis_milk2] Milkdrop2 updated to use ns-eel2 (thanks Justin)
  • Fixed: Custom mldb info reverts to filename on Alt+3 for in_dshow, flv & swf
  • Fixed: HeapSetInformation not located in kernel32 error under Win2k
  • Fixed: Shuffle feature broken under limited user profiles
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Bold text in Local Media views on some systems
  • Fixed: [gen_tray] Compact mode not working on 64-bit OS
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Playback freezing before end of some corrupted files
  • Fixed: [in_flv] Sync issue where video lags behind audio on some flv files
  • Fixed: [in_flv] Various h.263-related crash issues
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Heap overflow security vulnerability (thanks Dyon Balding, Secunia)
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Some s3m files crashing on load
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Various transcoding issues
  • Fixed: [in_wm] Main window & taskbar menu blocked after closing DRM browser
  • Fixed: [jpeg.w5s/png.w5s] Security vulnerability fixes (thanks Nicolas Joly, VUPEN)
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Remove missing files broken in full rescan
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] feeds.xml sometimes being destroyed
  • Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Crashing with certain devices
  • Fixed: [vis_avs] Compile issues causing some presets to not load properly or crash
  • Misc: Improved Windows 7 compatibility, incl. aero thumbnail & taskbar integration
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: New info page for lang pack developers in About Winamp dialog
  • Misc: New MPEG-4 video support adds h264.w5s & mp4v.w5s
  • Misc: Renamed nsvdec_vp6.dll to vp6.w5s
  • Misc: Removed gen_dropbox from the installer, for now...
  • Misc: Right-click to close Notifier in Bento skin
  • Misc: Some keyboard accelerator fixes (new Ctrl+Alt+B for Add current to bookmarks)
  • Misc: Various installer improvements (including new DirectX version checker)
  • Updated: aacPlus decoder 8.2.2, encoder 8.2.0
  • Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.101
  • Updated: libpng 1.2.40
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.7
  • Updated: [in_vorbis] libvorbis 1.2.3 & libogg 1.1.4

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.57 Build 2765 Beta (Dec 9, 2009)

  • New: MPEG-4 video support for in_mp4 & in_flv (Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [in_avi] Native AVI video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [in_mkv] Matroska MKV video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
  • New: [ml_addons] Browser for discovering new skins & plugins
  • New: Winamp detection browser plugins for IE & FF
  • Improved: Direct3D video rendering
  • Improved: Filetype association handling on Vista & Windows 7
  • Improved: New fullscreen video OSD
  • Improved: Preamp adjustment for files with ReplayGain (previously .ini only)
  • Improved: VU meter optimizations
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Multithreaded object
  • Improved: [in_flac/in_vorbis] Tag support for Organization field as Publisher
  • Improved: [in_flv] AAC, aacPlus & ADPCM audio support in FLV files
  • Improved: [in_mp4] Support for aacPlus parametric stereo in mp4 container
  • Improved: [in_nsv] Native h.264 decoding (Winamp Pro only)
  • Improved: [in_wave] Unicode filename handling
  • Improved: [ml_history] Play Offset feature for resuming playback of podcasts
  • Improved: [ml_local] Director & Producer fields & columns for videos
  • Improved: [ml_local] Row cache for NDE to vastly speed up queries
  • Improved: [ml_online] Right-click option to open service in new window
  • Improved: [ml_wire] feed:// pcast:// and winamp:// protocol support
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Option to automatically download 'x' most recent episodes
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Redesigned Podcast Directory view
  • Improved: [vis_milk2] Milkdrop2 updated to use ns-eel2 (thanks Justin)
  • Fixed: Custom mldb info reverts to filename on Alt+3 for in_dshow, flv & swf
  • Fixed: HeapSetInformation not located in kernel32 error under Win2k
  • Fixed: Shuffle feature broken under limited user profiles
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Bold text in Local Media views on some systems
  • Fixed: [gen_tray] Compact mode not working on 64-bit OS
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Playback freezing before end of some corrupted files
  • Fixed: [in_flv] Sync issue where video lags behind audio on some flv files
  • Fixed: [in_flv] Various h.263-related crash issues
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Heap overflow security vulnerability (thanks Dyon Balding, Secunia)
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Some s3m files crashing on load
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Various transcoding issues
  • Fixed: [in_wm] Main window & taskbar menu blocked after closing DRM browser
  • Fixed: [jpeg.w5s/png.w5s] Security vulnerability fixes (thanks Nicolas Joly, VUPEN)
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Remove missing files broken in full rescan
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] feeds.xml sometimes being destroyed
  • Fixed: [vis_avs] Compile issues causing some presets to not load properly or crash
  • Misc: Improved Windows 7 compatibility, including alt+tab & taskbar icon integration
  • Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: New info page for lang pack developers in About Winamp dialog
  • Misc: New MPEG-4 video support adds h263.w5s, h264.w5s & mp4v.w5s
  • Misc: Renamed nsvdec_vp6.dll to vp6.w5s
  • Misc: Removed gen_dropbox from the installer, for now...
  • Misc: Right-click to close Notifier in Bento skin
  • Misc: Some keyboard accelerator fixes (new Ctrl+Alt+B for Add current to bookmarks)
  • Misc: Various installer improvements (including new DirectX version checker)
  • Updated: aacPlus decoder 8.2.2, encoder 8.2.0
  • Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.101
  • Updated: libpng 1.2.40
  • Updated: [in_vorbis] libvorbis 1.2.3 & libogg 1.1.4

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.56 Build 2512 (Jul 2, 2009)

  • New: Winamp Orgler plugin - Let's you track, chart & share your listening history
  • Improved: [jnetlib] New SSL support for playback of https:// streams
  • Improved: [ml_autotag] Fuzzy matches now unchecked by default & marked 'Unsure'
  • Improved: [ml_local] New background scanner
  • Improved: [ml_online] Various tweaks, fixes & enhancements
  • Improved: [ml_pmp] Added support for drag+drop from Explorer to device playlists
  • Fixed: iexplore process not ending when browser closed after opened via Winamp
  • Fixed: Save EQ preset name duplication bug
  • Fixed: [Bento skin] SHOUTcast homepage url's redirecting to Winamp search
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Up/down buttons reversed, 'stop after current' & other issues
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Crash on some .s3m modules (w.i.p.)
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Playback glitch during background transcoding
  • Fixed: [in_wm] Decimal point issues in Alt+3 format info
  • Fixed: [in_wm] Embedded IE browser for DRM license acquisition
  • Fixed: [in_wm] Loading of URLs in WPL playlist files
  • Fixed: [in_mp4/libmp4v2] Integer overflow bug with MP4 sample size
  • Fixed: [libsndfile] VOC buffer overflow vulnerability
  • Fixed: [ml_impex] Read "has video" field from iTunes XML (and write on export)
  • Fixed: [tagz.w5s] Hang with $right function in ATF when specified field is empty
  • Fixed: [vis_avs] msvcp71.dll dependency
  • Misc: Added front.jpg/gif/etc to album art criteria
  • Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: New omBrowser.w5s shared component for ml_nowplaying, wire & online
  • Misc: Removed dashboard (ml_dash) from distribution
  • Misc: ml_orb now only installed as part of separate Winamp Remote package
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.5
  • Updated: libsndfile 1.0.20

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.551 Build 2419 (Mar 10, 2009)

  • Fixed: [libsndfile] CAF Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
  • Updated: libsndfile 1.0.19

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.55 Build 2405 (Feb 26, 2009)

  • New: Turkish, Portuguese-BR & Romanian installer translations and language packs
  • New: WBM system for lazy-loading of *.w5s files
  • New: [Bento skin] Playlist tab (optional)
  • New: [ml_impex] iTunes-compatible Media Library database import/export plugin
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Faster & no flicker when loading/switching skins
  • Improved: [gen_jumpex] New 'Add to Library' shell menu item & other tweaks
  • Improved: [gen_jumpex] True unicode search support
  • Improved: [gen_ml] Optional alternating row colors for list views
  • Improved: [gen_ml] Optional skinned menus
  • Improved: [in_mod] Experimental ExtendedRead support (transcoding, burning, etc)
  • Improved: [in_mod] Now uses global Playback config for thread priority
  • Improved: [in_mp3] APEv2 tag editing/creating tweaks
  • Improved: [in_mp3] Show instantaneous bitrates for AAC VBR
  • Improved: [ml_local] Media Library searches now ignore diacritics
  • Improved: [ml_local] New 'Category' and 'Lossless' database fields
  • Improved: [ml_local] New playcount Tracking Control options
  • Improved: [ml_local] New 'Play/Enqueue random' item for top level filters
  • Improved: [ml_online] New toolbar and various other tweaks & optimizations
  • Improved: [ml_online] Support for 3rd-party Services
  • Improved: [vis_milk2] Pixel Shader 2.0 & 3.0 support tweaks
  • Improved: [vis_nsfs] Unicode title display for currently playing track
  • Improved: [Winamp Agent] Localization support
  • Improved: [Winamp Modern skin] New spectrum vis options
  • Fixed: Accessibility fixup for Format Info string in Alt+3 dialog
  • Fixed: Genre not being saved with Autotag feature in Alt+3 dialog
  • Fixed: Memory leaks in in_mp3, in_wm, gen_dropbox, ml_local, ml_pmp & tagz.w5s
  • Fixed: New version check can't be disabled when anon statistics is enabled
  • Fixed: Rare crash when closing vis window
  • Fixed: Various issues when starting/stopping/switching vis plugins
  • Fixed: [Agent] Systray icon not showing if 'Play in Winamp' removed in Shell Options
  • Fixed: [enc_flac] 24-bit FLAC encoding
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Shell Options, B Hotkey, Send To menus & other misc bugs
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Library button resize glitch
  • Fixed: [in_cdda] Potential cddb Disc null pointer crash
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Albumartist & Ensemble fields not cleared when deleting Album Artist
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Track restarts when updating metadata
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Potential ID3v2.0/2.1 crash issue
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Empty genre metadata field (eg. when transcoding from flac to m4a)
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Long hangs on slow network drives
  • Fixed: [libsndfile] AIFF buffer overflow vulnerabilty (thanks milw0rm/secunia)
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] Potential crash on exit
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] 'Use uppercase file extensions' ripping option not being respected
  • Fixed: [ml_history] Tracking still updates if playback stopped before specified time
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Broken 'Create Playlist' button functionality in local media
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Remove missing files broken with some older/corrupt databases
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] Columns sometimes hidden in Downloads view
  • Fixed: [ml_plg] Multiple 'Failed to initialize' error messages
  • Fixed: [ml_pmp] Crash when deleting playlists/files from a P4S portable device
  • Fixed: [ml_pmp] Metadata hooking, transcoder, autofill and other bug fixes
  • Fixed: [nde] Albums with % in title not displaying tracklist in local media views
  • Fixed: [out_ds] Logarithmic volume control dB display glitch
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Deletion of non-existent files from database
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Reading of Play Count statistics
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Various database, albumart, playback & disconnection issues
  • Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: New "Send Feedback" item in the Help menu
  • Misc: Note that changes made to the ml database are not backwards compatible!
  • Misc: Removed some older Milkdrop presets and added some newer ones
  • Misc: Separated vlb.w5s and nsvdec_vp3.dll decoders from in_mp3 and in_nsv
  • Misc: Separated timer from gen_ff into timer.w5s
  • Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.0.6
  • Updated: libpng 1.2.35
  • Updated: Sonic Burning Engine v4.10.32.502
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.4
  • Updated: [in_mp3] Fraunhofer Decoder v4.3
  • Updated: [lame_enc] LAME 3.98.2
  • Updated: [vis_avs] AVS v2.82

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.55 Build 2353 Beta (Jan 28, 2009)

  • [browser] Fixed search queries w/ spaces ended up with + in search field
  • [core] Fixed genre not being saved with Autotag feature in Alt+3 dialog
  • [enc_flac] Fixed 24 bit FLAC encoding
  • [gen_dropbox] misc updates (w.i.p.)
  • [gen_ff] Fixed songticker titles not displaying correctly at startup***
  • [gen_jumpex] Fixed text on groupbox on skinned JTF dialog looking out of place
  • [gen_jumpex] Fixed buttons on JTF dialog changing to uppercase (related to 1.0.2 fix)
  • [gen_jumpex] Fixed resizing of skinned JTF dialog not always hiding buttons correctly
  • [gen_ml] Fixed using keyboard cursors with skinned menus
  • [gen_ml] Fixed skinned menu glitches (conflict with Windows scroll effect, etc)
  • [gen_ml] Fixed skinned menus on some fonts & sizes truncating part of first character
  • [gen_ml] Fixed data cd view not respecting skinned menu config
  • [in_flac] Fixed track restarting when updating metadata
  • [in_mp3] Category mldb field now written to ID3FID_CONTENTGROUP ID3v2 field
  • [ml_impex] Added BPM field to import/export
  • [ml_local] Added Category & Lossless to documentation in Advanced mode of Smart View Editor
  • [ml_online] Fixed infinite loop bug with manually created omService_.ini files (as reported by Ujay)
  • [ml_plg] Fixed multiple 'Failed to initialize' error messages
  • [ml_wire] Fixed columns sometimes hidden in Downloads view
  • [pmp_ipod] Fixed some 'variable not initialized' errors
  • [pmp_ipod] Fixed some iPod playback issues
  • [timer.w5s] Script controller fix for Timer maki object
  • Various translation updates
  • Various misc minor tweaks/fixes etc.

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.55 Build 2345 Beta (Jan 23, 2009)

  • New: Turkish, Portuguese & Romanian installer translations and language packs
  • New: WBM system for lazy-loading of *.w5s files
  • New: [Bento skin] Playlist tab (optional)
  • New: [ml_impex] iTunes-compatible Media Library database import/export plugin
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Faster & no flicker when loading/switching skins
  • Improved: [gen_jumpex] New 'Add to Library' shell menu item & other tweaks
  • Improved: [gen_ml] Optional alternating row colors for list views
  • Improved: [gen_ml] Optional skinned menus
  • Improved: [in_mod] Experimental ExtendedRead support (transcoding, burning, etc)
  • Improved: [in_mod] Now uses global Playback config for thread priority
  • Improved: [in_mp3] APEv2 tag editing/creating tweaks
  • Improved: [ml_local] Media Library searches now ignore diacritics
  • Improved: [ml_local] New 'Category' and 'Lossless' database fields
  • Improved: [ml_online] New toolbar and various other tweaks & optimizations
  • Improved: [ml_online] Support for 3rd-party Services
  • Improved: [vis_milk2] Pixel Shader 2.0 & 3.0 support tweaks
  • Improved: [vis_nsfs] Unicode title display for currently playing track
  • Fixed: Accessibility fixup for Format Info string in Alt+3 dialog
  • Fixed: New version check can't be disabled when anon statistics is enabled
  • Fixed: Rare crash when closing vis window
  • Fixed: Small memory leaks in in_wm, gen_dropbox, ml_local, ml_pmp and tagz.w5s
  • Fixed: Various issues when starting/stopping/switching vis plugins
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Shell Options, B Hotkey, Send To menus & other misc bugs
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Library button resize glitch
  • Fixed: [in_cdda] Potential cddb Disc null pointer crash
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Empty genre metadata field (eg. when transcoding from flac to m4a)
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Long hangs on slow network drives
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] Potential crash on exit
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Broken 'Create Playlist' button functionality in local media
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Remove missing files broken with some older/corrupt databases
  • Fixed: [out_ds] Logarithmic volume control dB display glitch
  • Fixed: [ml_pmp] Crash when deleting playlists/files from a P4S portable device
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Deletion of non-existent files from database
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Reading of Play Count statistics
  • Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: New "Send Feedback" item in the Help menu
  • Misc: Note that changes made to the ml database are not backwards compatible!
  • Misc: Removed some older Milkdrop presets and added some newer ones
  • Misc: Separated vlb.w5s and nsvdec_vp3.dll decoders from in_mp3 and in_nsv
  • Misc: Separated timer from gen_ff into timer.w5s
  • Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.0.6
  • Updated: Sonic Burning Engine v4.10.32.502
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.2
  • Updated: [in_mp3] Fraunhofer Decoder v4.3
  • Updated: [lame_enc] LAME 3.98.2
  • Updated: [vis_avs] AVS v2.82

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.54 (Jul 9, 2008)

  • New: Chinese, Japanese & Korean installer translations and language packs
  • New: [in_swf] Adobe Shockwave Flash (SWF, RTMP) playback support
  • New: [gen_dropbox] Winamp DropBox alpha (use: Ctrl-Shift-D)
  • New: [Online Services] AOL Radio featuring CBS Radio (requires in_flv)
  • Improved: Background reading option for playlist metadata
  • Improved: Classic songticker scrolling for Winamp Modern skin pledit winshade
  • Improved: Vista elevation (fixes: installing skins, filetype reg, Pro reg)
  • Improved: Zero padding option for playlist item numbers
  • Improved: [in_flv] Better streaming support and other improvements
  • Improved: [in_mp3] Added APEv2 tag options to configuration
  • Improved: [in_mp3] Optional retention of existing APEv2 headers
  • Improved: [ml_disc] Artwork support for Data CD Reader
  • Improved: [ml_disc] Better detection of any copy operations in progress
  • Improved: [ml_disc] Improved start times if ml_disc view is active
  • Improved: [ml_local] Redesigned 'Show Info' panel
  • Improved: [ml_nowplaying] Redesigned 'Now Playing' artist experience
  • Improved: [ml_playlists] Right-click option to sort list of playlists alphabetically
  • Improved: [pmp_usb] Connect/Disconnect/Blacklist config options
  • Fixed: Alt F4 closing Winamp instead of individual dialogs
  • Fixed: Bento browser redirecting network drive url's to Winamp Search
  • Fixed: Blank playlist when in docked toolbar mode and Winamp is minimized
  • Fixed: Modern skin component windows appearing individually in Alt Tab
  • Fixed: Multi-flashing on startup when previously closed whilst minimized to systray
  • Fixed: Pure Virtual Function Call runtime crash errors
  • Fixed: Redraw issue when built-in classic vis is disabled
  • Fixed: Various multi-monitor docking issues
  • Fixed: Various other 5.53-specific keyboard accelerator issues
  • Fixed: [Bento] Drag Drop into Playlist from Open Files dialog
  • Fixed: [burnlib] 'CD Drive locked by another Winamp process' on 2nd burn attempt
  • Fixed: [burnlib] 'Burner releasing failed' error
  • Fixed: [dsp_sps] Crash on close when config Help dialog is still open
  • Fixed: [enc_flac] MD5 checksum generation
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Attached vis plugin crash on winshade to normal mode in Modern skin
  • Fixed: [gen_hotkeys] Assigning Winkey with already used Ctrl combinations
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Enter/Shift Enter broken for ML treeview items (5.53-specific)
  • Fixed: [in_cdda] Composer/Conductor logic bug when saving CDDB data to database
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Minor metadata writing bugs
  • Fixed: [in_midi] Seeking with 'DM/MS Synth' device in Streamed playback mode
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on files with invalid/corrupt gapless data
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Create new ID3v1/v2 tags configuration setting
  • Fixed: [in_vorbis] Huge lag on files with large embedded cover art
  • Fixed: [in_vorbis] Metadata & Format Info display for streams in View File Info
  • Fixed: [in_vorbis] Potential unicode-related crash on open/close issue
  • Fixed: [jpeg.w5s] Saving corrupt album art
  • Fixed: [ml_autotag] Results dialog hidden under Winamp when AOT is enabled
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] Small resource leak
  • Fixed: [ml_playlists] Enter/Shift Enter broken for selected ML Playlist items
  • Fixed: [ml_playlists / ml_transcode] Sending playlists from ML tree to Transcoder
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] 404/timeout with valid rss feeds on Vista
  • Misc: Miscellaneous localization tweaks, fixes & updates
  • Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
  • Misc: Setup fixes (Agent not always starting, WLZ filetype not registering, etc)
  • Misc: Various other 'Winamp Modern' & 'Bento' skin updates
  • Misc: [enc_flac] Now encodes using libFLAC instead of Flake
  • Updated: Bento skin v1.2
  • Updated: freetype 2.3.7
  • Updated: libpng 1.2.28
  • Updated: [enc_lame] LAME 3.98

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.53 Build 1924 (Mar 27, 2008)

  • Improved: Different shell descriptions for different associated filetypes
  • Improved: New 'Refine Search' feature in Cover Art Downloader dialog
  • Improved: Unicode support for Language Packs incompatible with system locale
  • Improved: [in_cdda] Now reads & writes CD data to an NDE database
  • Improved: [in_cdda/ml_disc] Reimplementation of simple offline CD Info Editor
  • Improved: [in_flac] Faster FLAC metadata gathering
  • Improved: [in_mp3] More accurate .AAC length calculation
  • Improved: [in_wav/in_mp4] Support for http streaming of files larger than 2GB
  • Improved: [ml_disc] Added support for Data CD reading (w.i.p.)
  • Improved: [ml_local/nde] Background scanning & database optimizations
  • Improved: [ml_local] Unicode compliant filename-based metadata guessing
  • Improved: [ml_transcode] Remove trailing periods from destination filepath
  • Improved: [pmp_usb] Added AlbumArtist support to Naming Convention
  • Fixed: Classic EQ appearing with Modern skins after switch->minimize->restore
  • Fixed: Various miscellaneous Album Art related issues
  • Fixed: [enc_lame] Now rejects multi-channel and above 48KHz source files
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Translated skin image loading
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Header sort arrow and Rating column display under Windows 2000
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Various drawing glitches when changing views
  • Fixed: [in_cdda] CDDB crash under limited connectivity conditions
  • Fixed: [in_cdda] Spectrum vis in analog MCI playback mode
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Small memory leak when writing FLAC metadata
  • Fixed: [in_flv] Last two seconds of flv videos being cut off
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on encountering a bad ID3v2 version (e.g. ID3v2.F)
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] Crash on file-not-found during background decode
  • Fixed: [in_wave] Infinite loop on attempted repeat playback of dead files
  • Fixed: [in_wm] ASX v2 loading
  • Fixed: [in_wm] Crash on files & streams with a huge discontinuity jump
  • Fixed: [in_wm / out_ds] Copy 'Status' to clipboard Unicode bug
  • Fixed: [ml_autotag] Crash with certain tracks
  • Fixed: [ml_history] Crash on drag drop all history items to playlist
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Rating of items with Unicode filenames
  • Fixed: [ml_online/orb] Nodes dropping to bottom of ML tree on Lang Pack change
  • Fixed: [ml_playlists] Play playlist from Media Library main menu item
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Filename length incompatibility with iPod Music Quiz v2
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Missing 'Advanced' button in Edit Query dialog
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Physical deletion of playing file
  • Misc: Added Russian installer translation and language pack
  • Misc: In2TV removed from Online Services
  • Misc: Installer now built with NSIS Unicode version [thanks Jim Park]
  • Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements and optimizations
  • Misc: Moved shared zlib.dll compression library out of winamp.exe
  • Updated: Bento skin v1.1 #120

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.51 (Dec 21, 2007)

  • New: Autoplay Handlers for Audio, MP3 and Video CD's on WinXP & Vista
  • New: Default Programs registration for installations on Windows Vista
  • New: Optional Constant-Q Equalizer and optional ISO Standard frequency bands
  • New: [in_flv] Flash Video decoder (vp6 only, not h.263)
  • Improved: Browser download manager now uses CD Ripping destination folder
  • Improved: Deletion of embedded album art via Artwork tab in File Info
  • Improved: More accurately translated Language Packs
  • Improved: More miscellaneous UI/dialog tweaks & improvements
  • Improved: Option to set the number of pixels to scroll for modern songticker
  • Improved: [Gracenote/MusicID] Better error checking & memory cache optimizations
  • Improved: [gen_ff] More miscellaneous freeform skinning engine optimizations
  • Improved: [gen_hotkeys] Added optional WM_APPCOMMAND support for media keys
  • Improved: [gen_hotkeys] Added increase decrease rating on current track
  • Improved: [in_dshow] Reading of length and bitrate for non-default video formats
  • Improved: [in_flac] Optimized disk caching for increased performance

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.50 Build 1550 Beta Preview 1 (Sep 13, 2007)

  • New: Winamp Bento (SingleUI Skin)
  • New: Unified File Editor, with Album Art tab (for mp3, m4a, wma, ogg, flac)
  • New: Album Art window for Winamp Modern skin
  • New: Global 'playback thread priority' setting for decoders
  • New: Option to not show playlist item number in classic songticker
  • New: Version History drop-down selector and Search (in About dialog)
  • New: [in_mp3] Multi-channel mp3surround support
  • New: [gen_ml] Tree Options tab in Media Library Preferences
  • New: [ml_local] 3 pane view options in 'Add/Edit View' dialog
  • New: [ml_local] Smart View Presets
  • New: [ml_local] Album Art support/pane and retrieval service
  • New: [ml_local] Toolbar buttons to control view options
  • New: [ml_plg] Winamp Playlist Generator (powered by Gracenote MusicID)
  • New: [ml_pmp] New fields, configurable filter panes & columns, 3 pane view
  • New: [ml_pmp] Album Art view & support for iPod and P4S Devices
  • New: [ml_pmp] Separate view for video files
  • Improved: General misc dialog/ui tweaks & improvements
  • Improved: Re-tuned and optimized classic Spectrum Analyzer
  • Improved: Surround indicator in Winamp Modern skin for multi-channel files
  • Improved: Classic Songticker option for Winamp Modern skin (via Config drawer)
  • Improved: [in_cdda] Conductor metadata support
  • Improved: [in_cdda] Handling of multiple discs
  • Improved: [in_flac/in_vorbis] ALBUM ARTIST & ENSEMBLE read support
  • Improved: [in_flac] Advanced Editor mode
  • Improved: [in_mod] Added support for more than 256 samples
  • Improved: [in_mp3] Faster metadata gathering (also improves ReplayGain scan speed)
  • Improved: [in_wm] Faster WMA/WMV metadata gathering
  • Improved: [gen_ff] General freeform skinning engine optimizations
  • Improved: [gen_ml] Collapsed/expanded state of treeview items now remembered
  • Improved: [gen_ml] Skinned scrollbars for Media Library with Modern skins
  • Improved: [gen_ml] Reordering of treeview items (via drag drop)
  • Improved: [ml_disc] Better Unicode support & other misc tweaks
  • Improved: [ml_history] Unicode support
  • Improved: [ml_local] Customize Columns menu for top filter panes
  • Improved: [ml_local] Option to show horizontal scrollbar for top panes
  • Improved: [ml_local] New 'Podcasts' view (appears after downloading a podcast)
  • Improved: [ml_local] Added ISPODCAST and PODCASTCHANNEL field names
  • Improved: [ml_local] Added BEGINSLIKE comparison operator
  • Improved: [ml_local] Dragging of headers to sort column order
  • Improved: [ml_local] Redesigned Smart View Editor
  • Improved: [ml_local] Star Rating display and selection
  • Improved: [ml_pmp] 'Copy to Local Media' config separated from CD Ripping settings
  • Improved: [ml_pmp] Portables "Sync" can now keep podcasts updated
  • Improved: [ml_rg] ReplayGain calculation support for 64, 88.2 & 96 KHz samplerates
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Optional automatic downloading of new podcast episodes
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Multi-select, 'Send To' menu and other general enhancements
  • Improved: [ml_wire] Podcast downloads now saved in channel subfolders
  • Improved: [pmp_ipod] Now uses the iPod's podcast menu for podcasts
  • Fixed: DWM Thumbnails & Flip3D for Modern skins in Vista
  • Fixed: Long filepaths corrupted when opening Winamp via Explorer context menu
  • Fixed: Oversized preference pages with large DPI setting
  • Fixed: Recurrence of multiple instances bug (previously fixed in 5.3)
  • Fixed: Selecting 'No' for 'Physically Remove' prompt removes playlist/mldb item
  • Fixed: TV button in video window not working
  • Fixed: Windows showing if switching from modern to classic skin in minimized state
  • Fixed: [ASX Loader] Recursive playlist loading & case-insensitive element matching
  • Fixed: [ASX Loader] Handling of entries embedded within a REPEAT tag
  • Fixed: [dsp_sps] DEP incompatibility
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] "Can't unload script while in script" error when switching skins
  • Fixed: [gen_ff] Transparent docked toolbars for skins using alpha-blending
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Crash when loading multiple files via Explorer context menu
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Enter key not working when JTFE dialog is skinned
  • Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Remove Duplicate Entries action broken in pledit
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] %playcount% returning Comment on drag drop from ML to pledit
  • Fixed: [in_cdda] CDDB crash when attempting to rip a CD in a 2nd instance of Winamp
  • Fixed: [in_flac] General FLAC Editor quirks (Comments field, Enter key, etc)
  • Fixed: [in_flac] 24bit files don't play when 'Allow 24bit' setting is disabled
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Fadeout value goes below 0.0 sec in in_mod config
  • Fixed: [in_mod] Interpolator 'division by zero' crash bug
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on some mp3's with corrupt ID3v2 extended headers (rare)
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on loading corrupt id3v2.3 tags of a later revision
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] Negative bitrate in File Info for long mp3's
  • Fixed: [in_wave/libsndfile] Crash on invalid .au files
  • Fixed: [in_wm] Garbage characters when editing filetypes in config
  • Fixed: [in_mp4/libmp4v2] Memory leaks
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] 0 byte temp files not deleted after ripping
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] Double-click drive icon in Rip & Burn not selecting tree item
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] Crash when using in playlist filename generation
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] Drag drop from Audio CD view to Playlist Editor
  • Fixed: [ml_local] (no album) items adding to Album count in Artist pane
  • Fixed: [ml_local] isempty and =0 queries now return same results
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Add dir to 'Watch Folders' path truncated to 64 characters
  • Fixed: [ml_pmp] Inserting extra period in filename when transcoding to mp4/aac
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] Subscription Updates setting always resets to 'Never'
  • Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Potential incompatability issue with latest version of iTunes
  • Fixed: [pmp_p4s] 'Error In Insert' when transferring to some P4S devices
  • Fixed: [vis_milk] Milkdrop DEP incompatibility
  • Misc: Winamp Remote is now an installer option (ml_orb.dll)
  • Misc: Moved drawing engine out of gen_ff to tataki.dll
  • Misc: Moved freetype font renderer out of gen_ff to freetype.wac
  • Misc: Removed db.w5s (replaced by new Gracenote database system)
  • Misc: Removed unicows.lib/dll as we have officially dropped support for Win9x
  • Updated: Gracenote MusicID/CDDB v2.5
  • Updated: libpng 1.2.20
  • Updated: [enc_aacplus] Coding Technologies aacPlus Encoder v8.1.0
  • Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v0.99.1c b420 'dev'
  • Updated: [in_flac] FLAC 1.2.0
  • Updated: [in_mp3] FhG Decoder v4.10
  • Updated: [in_vorbis] libvorbis 1.2.0

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.36 Build 1504 Beta (Aug 28, 2007)

  • New: [in_mp3] Multi-channel mp3surround support
  • New: [ml_local] 3 pane view options in 'Add/Edit View' dialog
  • New: [ml_local] Smart View Presets
  • New: [ml_local] Album Art support/pane
  • New: [ml_local] Toolbar buttons to control view options
  • New: [ml_plg] Winamp Playlist Generator (powered by Gracenote MusicID)
  • New: [ml_pmp] New fields, configurable filter panes & columns, 3 pane view
  • New: [ml_pmp] Album Art view & support for iPod and P4S Devices
  • New: [ml_pmp] Separate view for video files
  • New: Global 'playback thread priority' setting for decoders
  • New: Version History drop-down selector and Search (in About dialog)
  • Improved: General misc dialog/ui tweaks & improvements
  • Improved: Re-tuned and optimized classic Spectrum Analyzer
  • Improved: Surround indicator in Winamp Modern skin for multi-channel files
  • Improved: [in_cdda] Conductor metadata support

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.36 Build 1500 Beta (Aug 22, 2007)

  • New: [in_mp3] Multi-channel mp3surround support
  • New: [ml_local] 3 pane view options in 'Add/Edit View' dialog
  • New: [ml_local] Smart View Presets
  • New: [ml_local] Album Art support/pane
  • New: [ml_local] Toolbar buttons to control view options
  • New: [ml_plg] Winamp Playlist Generator (powered by Gracenote MusicID)
  • New: [ml_pmp] New fields, configurable filter panes & columns, 3 pane view
  • New: [ml_pmp] Album Art view & support for iPod and P4S Devices
  • New: [ml_pmp] Separate view for video files
  • New: Global 'playback thread priority' setting for decoders
  • New: Version History drop-down selector and Search (in About dialog)
  • Improved: General misc dialog/ui tweaks & improvements
  • Improved: Re-tuned and optimized classic Spectrum Analyzer
  • Improved: Surround indicator in Winamp Modern skin for multi-channel files
  • Improved: [in_cdda] Conductor metadata support

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.34 Build 1239 Beta (Apr 5, 2007)

  • Improved: Various Media Library resize flicker fixes
  • Improved: GDI video rendering for Windows Vista
  • Improved: [gen_ff] Better handling of invalid XML during skin load
  • Improved: [ml_local] Unicode drag drop and Send-To support
  • Improved: [pmp_ipod] Better gapless playback handling of ipod nano
  • Improved/Fixed: [enc_wav] Implemented acm options / minor bug fixes*
  • Fixed: CD Burning on Windows Vista
  • Fixed: [jnetlib] Memory leak (manifested itself when eg. pmp devices are connected)*
  • Fixed: [in_cdda] CD-Text adds to end of cddb fields instead of clearing first
  • Fixed: [in_flac] Distortion with some files without rg info when using dB preamp*
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] Node alignment bug :-)
  • Fixed: [ml_local] (no album) shows no results*
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Smart View query character limit (256->1024)*
  • Fixed: [ml_local] Reindexer tweaks/improvements*
  • Fixed: [ml_playlists] drag drop playlists to main & pledit windows*
  • Fixed: [ml_transcode] Now prevents same source and destination filename
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] Crash when encountering certain non-xml feeds
  • Misc: 2007 copyright updates; more fields for tagz; faster DNS lookups for streams (a single cached JNL_AsyncDNS object is now used for all connections); various other misc tweaks

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.33 Build 1079 Beta (Feb 6, 2007)

  • Improved: [gen_ml] unicode tree item title support
  • Improved: [NDE] speed optimizations
  • Improved: [ml_history] localized dates
  • Improved: [ml_local] Unicode media library support
  • Improved: [ml_playlists] now uses m3u8 to retain unicode file info
  • Improved: [ml_playlists] playlists in send-to submenu
  • Improved: [ml_pmp] playback-from-device of unicode filenames
  • Improved: [ml_wire] moved discover page to main page
  • Improved: [pmp_p4s] auto-detection of supported file formats
  • Fixed: playlist directory loading fix (again)
  • Fixed: recursive playlist loading
  • Fixed: video lockup when switching video display settings
  • Fixed: HTML playlist generation
  • Fixed: temp file cleanup after burning
  • Fixed: Alt L from video window

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.3.2 (Nov 21, 2006)

  • New: [ml_local] new filters for three pane view (album artist, genre, publisher)
  • New: [ml_local] option to rescan metadata for selected files
  • New: [ml_transcode] Transcoding tool. Convert your files from one format to another.
  • New: [pmp_activesync] Support for Windows Mobile devices
  • Improved: send-to in songticker right-click menu
  • Improved: [ml_local] album artist, disc, replaygain, composer, full path columns
  • Improved: [ml_local] localized dates
  • Improved: [ml_local] folder browsing dialog
  • Improved: [ml_rg] lower thread priority to prevent system slowdowns
  • Fixed: classic skin playlist time drawing glitch
  • Fixed: slow load-time with playlist of network share files
  • Fixed: CD burning with Windows 98/ME
  • Fixed: flickering with non-overlay video display
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] treeview icons on Windows 98/ME
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] modern skin docked toolbar mode not remembered
  • Fixed: [gen_ml] listview flicker reduction
  • Fixed: [in_flac] crash when viewing info (alt 3) on non-existent files
  • Fixed: [in_mp3] incorrect length reported with Easy CDDA Extractor encodes
  • Fixed: [in_mp4] unable to play truncated M4A files
  • Fixed: [in_vorbis] crash with very short files
  • Fixed: [jnetlib] HTTP timeouts on streams with character 255 in HTTP headers
  • Fixed: [ml_disc] CD View sometimes causing flickering of all open windows
  • Fixed: [ml_history] crash when disabling & re-enabling view
  • Fixed: [ml_playlists] corrupt display when scrolling
  • Fixed: [ml_wire] crash when parsing podcasts with badly formed dates

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.25 Build 834 Beta (Aug 18, 2006)

  • Fixed: [in_mp4] detection of HE AAC in file info box (Alt 3)
  • Fixed: [enc_aacplus] more compatible HE AAC MP4 file creation
  • New: "Close Winamp" option after installation (after clicking 'Send')

New in Winamp 5 Lite 5.24 (Jun 21, 2006)

  • Fixed: [in_midi] crash bug & potential security vulnerability