Version history for Winamp Full

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Changes for v5.666 - v5.666 Build 3516

• - [Winamp] Added upd_mode=1 ini only option for pledit Shift+E editor to not also add new files when updated to the ml (default value = 0)
• - [Winamp] Added no_video=1 support to winamp.ini for force disabling all video support/features/menus/prefs
• - [Winamp] Fallback to out_ds then out_wave if specified output plugin can't be found. If no out_ds/wave present then show error msg and abort playback
• - [Winamp] Fixed bad 'Find more languages' link in Prefs
• - [Winamp] Fixed classic songticker not updating back to the current title (for short titles, or with auto-scroll disabled)
• - [Winamp] Ignore "ELEVATECREATEPROCESS" and "#" values for the "running in admin mode" checks
• - [Winamp/ml_local/pmp] Disable the Update button on Edit Metadata dialog until any changes are made
• - [gen_hotkeys] auto-resize the combobox widths of the hotkeys in config (helps with lengthier translations)
• - [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.32 b1213 - Fixed search delay setting not being saved
• - [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.32 b1214 - Added a few more string param checks to mirror winamp changes
• - [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.32 b1215 - Disabled skinned mode on lite / non-ml setups to quickly deal with reported skinning issues
• - [gen_ml/ml_*] Fixed ml play & enqueue actions not showing the correct default action on different menus
• - [gen_tray] Fixed bad 'Get icon packs' link in Prefs
• - [gif.w5s] Fixed crash with specific gif files and color table quirks
• - [in_mp3] Fixed crash on missing genre string with pledit shift+e dialog
• - [ml_disc] Fixed buffer size issue + null object crash fixes from crash reports
• - [ml_local] auto-resize the combobox widths on the add/edit view dialog
• - [ml_local/history/pmp] Added F8 to refresh current search
• - [ml_local] Fixed weird character display in EditQuery > Choose Time dialog menu
• - [ml_local] Fixed .vmd path handling incorrectly dropping the initial 'm'
• - [ml_online/omBrowser] Fixed lang pack issues with the custom online services support
• - [ml_playlists] Fixed issue with deleting playlists via ml tree
• - [ml_playlists] Fixed reported enqueue selection issues
• - [ml_playlists] Remove invalid characters from playlist name on export
• - [UnicodeTaskbarFix] v3.6 to fix display issues with some output plugins (e.g. out_burst.dll)
• - Misc: General buffer init tweaks
• - Misc: A plethora of extra param checks & various crash fixes from crash reports
• - Misc: Various other tweaks/fixes/optimizations
• - Lang Pack updates: General cleanups for all lang packs (removed unused hash sections, accelerator tables, dead plugins & png resources)
• - Spanish & French: Fixed Accelerator tables (e.g. zxcvb keys not working) & drag+drop to Local Media views
• - Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Romanian: Fixed Drag+drop from Explorer to Local Media views
• - German & Swedish: Fixed Drag+drop from Explorer to Local Media & PMP views
• - German, Japanese, Polish, Russian: General updates

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Changes for v5.66 - v5.666

• 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_nowplaying/wire] Added support to use alternative services
• Improved: [ml_playlists] Option to use source file instead of database-managed copy
• 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: Fallback issue with lang packs when loading accelerator tables
• 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_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: [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: [ml_local] Search filters with unicode characters not being remembered
• 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 v1.31
• Updated: [in_wave] libsndfile 1.0.25

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Changes for v5.64 - v5.65

• 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

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Changes for v5.63 - v5.64

• 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

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Changes for v5.63 - v5.70 Build 3315 Beta

• New: Winamp Cloud Beta
• New: Option to run Winamp in Safe Mode (also via /SAFE=1 commandline switch)
• Improved: Added tooltips for truncated text in Media Library listviews
• Improved: Bookmark menu handling now follows Winamp's Play/Enqueue setting
• Improved: Display album art source info in Artwork tab of File Info dialog
• Improved: Added 'Explore item folder' to context menu in playlists

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Changes for v5.623 - v5.63

• 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_flac] Producer metadata support
• 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: Video window reopening after being closed when editing mp4 tags
• 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

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Changes for v5.621 - v5.622

• 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

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Changes for v5.61 - v5.62

• 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

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Changes for v5.6 - v5.601

• 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

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Changes for v5.581 - v5.6

• 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

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Changes for v5.58 - v5.581

• 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

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Changes for v5.571 - v5.572

• 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

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Changes for v5.56 - v5.571

• 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

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Changes for v5.56 - v5.57

• 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

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Changes for v5.552 Build 2460 - v5.56

• 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

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Changes for v5.55 - v5.551

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Changes for v5.55 Build 2353 Beta - v5.55

• Improved iPod Sync Support
• New iTunesLibrary Import
• New Online Services Gallery
• New OurStage Radio Online Services
• New Spinner MP3 of the Day Online Service
• New Turkish, Romanian, and Portuguese Language Packs

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Changes for v5.541 - v5.55 Build 2345 Beta

• 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

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Changes for v5.54 - v5.541

• Improved: [pmp_ipod] Better auto-detection of newer iPod models
• Fixed: Filetype icons in Windows Explorer not updating when changed in Prefs
• Fixed: ML & Vis appear under other overlapping modern skin windows
• Fixed: No error message when trying to edit metadata for Read-Only files
• Fixed: Potential security vulnerability in NowPlaying
• Fixed: [gen_ff] Keyboard shortcuts in modern skin playlist windowshade mode
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Scrolling to bottom of AlbumArt pane & other misc scrollbar issues
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Broken '307 - Temporary Redirect' url's
• Fixed: [ml_local] AlbumArt icon selection glitch
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Play and Enqueue actions reversed if Enqueue is set as default
• Fixed: [ml_rg] ReplayGain analysis of 20bit files
• Misc: Double-click Modern pledit songticker now toggles windowshade mode again
• Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations

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Changes for v5.54 Build 2124 Beta Preview - v5.54

• 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] Autoscroll broken when dragging items in large playlists
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Enter/Shift+Enter broken for selected ML Playlist items
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Not respecting overlapping external windows on item drag+drop
• 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

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Changes for v5.531 - v5.54 Build 2124 Beta Preview

• 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)
• 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

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Changes for v5.53 - v5.531

• Fixed: Bento browser redirecting some url's to Winamp Search
• Fixed: Bento collapse/expand button bug
• Fixed: Recent URL's not saving (5.53-specific)
• Fixed: Total time display of selected tracks in Classic playlist (5.53-specific)
• Fixed: [jnetlib] AOL Radio skipping/buffer issue
• Fixed: [ml_local] Right-click Play/Enqueue all items issue in 3-pane views
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Broken right-click context menu items (5.53-specific)

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Changes for v5.52 - v5.53

• 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

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Changes for v5.52 - v5.53 Build 1898 Beta

• Improved: Different shell descriptions for different associated filetypes
• 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

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Changes for v5.51 - v5.52

• Improved: Better Unicode filename support for enc_*.dll audio encoders
• Improved: [ml_transcode] Unicode filename support
• Improved: [in_mp3] APEv2 tag support
• Improved: [in_flac] Support for reading/writing BPM metadata
• Improved: [nde] Optimized for faster mldb query results
• Improved: [vis_milk2] Pixel shaders now work on onboard Intel graphics chips
• Fixed: Comment field character limitation in Basic Info tab of File Editor
• Fixed: Playback Thread Priority middle setting resets to Lowest
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Ultravox streaming metadata stack overflow (Thanks: Secunia)
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Crash when attempting to play non-existent files
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] Crash when clearing existing metadata fields in File Info
• Fixed: [in_wave] Transcoding of floating point WAV files
• Fixed: [ml_transcode] Memory leaks
• Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks and improvements
• Updated: Bento skin #118

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Changes for v5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) - v5.51

• 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
• Improved: [in_mp3] Better optimization for older Pentium Pro/2/3 cpu's
• Improved: [in_mp3] Support for reading ALBUM ARTIST field if TPE2 not present
• Improved: [in_mp4] Better Unicode support and metadata read optimizations
• Improved: [in_mp4] Optimized disk caching/reading
• Improved: [in_vorbis] Support for reading YEAR field if DATE not present
• Improved: [ml_disc/in_cdda] Disc reading tweaks and other general optimizations
• Improved: [ml_history] New tracking control options
• Improved: [ml_local] Added column for BPM
• Improved: [ml_local] Album column sorting order logic
• Improved: [ml_local] Better playlist handling
• Improved: [ml_local] Bumped track# metadata guessing limit from 130 to 999
• Improved: [ml_local] Database query and memory optimizations
• Improved: [ml_pmp] Support for drag&drop from Explorer into portable device view
• Improved: [ml_transcode] Prompt to delete aborted transcodes
• Fixed: Artwork not found if .nfo filename contains a period
• Fixed: ASX Parser converting all stream links in .asx playlists to upper case
• Fixed: Classic songticker wraparound glitchiness
• Fixed: Dragging/scrolling of songticker text after resize
• Fixed: Global Hotkeys list destroyed when changing language packs
• Fixed: Gracenote CDDB Editor genre selection glitches
• Fixed: Gracenote/MusicID not using Winamp's proxy setting
• Fixed: Parsing of ansi ASX playlists containing non-standard characters
• Fixed: Restore from System Tray if previously closed in a minimized state
• Fixed: Setup resetting desktop icons :-o
• Fixed: Spectrum vis incompatibility crash with some 3rd-party input plugins
• Fixed: Truetype replacement font alignment in Winamp Modern winshade songticker
• Fixed: Various miscellaneous keyboard shortcut issues
• Fixed: Winamp Agent registry entry typo (wianmpa.exe)
• Fixed: [Bento] Collapse/Expand Playlist not respecting 'Show Album Art' setting
• Fixed: [gen_ff] Potential high CPU usage of songticker object
• Fixed: [gen_ff] TrueType replacement font change not updating in real-time
• Fixed: [gen_hotkeys] Restore from minimized state whilst About dialog is open
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Blank ML when restarting Winamp from a minimized state
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Cancelling Online Media password prompt clears password & filters
• Fixed: [in_dshow] Miscalculation of some mpeg video lengths
• Fixed: [in_flac] Divide-by-zero crash on corrupt files
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Deleting Lyrics3 tag in Alt+3 Editor also deletes ID3v1 tag
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Handling of ID3v2 with bad version/revision #'s
• Fixed: [in_mp3] ID3v2 parsing crash with some mp3's
• Fixed: [in_mp3] ID3v2 tag not showing when ID3v1 tag reading is disabled in config
• Fixed: [in_mp3] MPEG Info not showing in Alt+3 for files with large ID3v2 tags
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Now only reads first ID3v2 tag if more than one is present
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Winamp UI freezes when loading certain corrupt mp3's
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Playback of mp3 in mp4 container
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Seeking when paused
• Fixed: [in_mp4/jpeg.w5s] Crash when Art field is in metadata with no embedded art
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] UTF8->UTF16 optimized (fixes File Info delay bug)
• Fixed: [libmp4v2] Corrupt m4a's not playing, better handling of ones beyond repair
• Fixed: [ml_autotag] Crash when track isn't part of a disc, eg. internet-only releases
• Fixed: [ml_autotag] Stops processing when switching to another ml view
• Fixed: [ml_disc] CD view/titles not refreshing when ejecting old/inserting new CD
• Fixed: [ml_disc] Crash when using invalid strings in playlist filename generation
• Fixed: [ml_disc] No Burn button under some system configurations
• Fixed: [ml_disc/ml_pmp/ml_transcode] Processing of # in Destination Folder path
• Fixed: [ml_local] Artist column in descending order when sorting by Year
• Fixed: [ml_local] Down key in Search field not focusing the Simple View list
• Fixed: [ml_local] Last Updated, Album Gain & Podcast column sorting orders
• Fixed: [ml_local] Two filters always checkmarked in Edit View for Simple views
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Shift+Enter hotkey to Enqueue playlist
• Fixed: [ml_plg] Crash when stopping Playlist Generator scan or resetting database
• Fixed: [ml_pmp] Column sorting orders
• Fixed: [ml_rg] Restore from minimized state whilst rg results dialog is open
• Fixed: [ml_transcode] Restore from minimized state whilst config dialog is open
• Fixed: [ml_wire] Podcasts not being downloaded if