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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, Stev
e Gedikian
* added integrated full featured video support (NSV and DirectShow (AVI,ASf,MPEG
,etc))
* added library (complete with media database, shoutcast listing, playlist editi
ng,
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 wa
s 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 changin
g 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 iss
ues
* 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 mor
e 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 di
alog windows
* Fix to Mjuice (memory leak that caused the full install to puke after many h
ours)
* 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 scre
en 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)