Winamp 5.2 Beta - build 449 - get it here!

[fisher819]

just downloaded it, and will try it out as soon as i get back home in the afternoon.

but i noticed a couple of things:
1-every time i start winamp it gives me this (check pic)
2-in the what's new text, it says winamp 5.13

[Benski]

Originally posted by SadEye
The fonts and icons on the classic skin is so ugly until now(double size).

hope..............

SadEye - I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Are you trying to say that the classic skin fonts are ugly in 5.2? Or were classic skin fonts ugly in 5.12?

[STanger]

can't change settings for both high bitrate encoders
that's all I've found so far I'll post if I find more

<edit>ml_pmp can't transfer pictures to the 5th gen iPod can it? if not it should be able to transfer all the formats picture and audio both that the players can handle, also is ml_pmp capable of transcoding incompatible files like in ml_ipod?</edit>

2nd bug:
can't add custom media views
Filename ends with .m4a is the query I used and it's not getting added to the local media tree
can't play m4a at all for some reason .. I added all my music to the ML and I only have one album in m4a.. the extension isn't listed in prefs but it's playable.

[martin.deimos]

a few questions:
what has changed with:
[gen_ff] GDI Object leak with Current Skin prefs page
Updated: [gen_ff] FreeType 2.1.10 ?
Improved: new ATF functions and tags

@Benski: I'll send you the first beta of <Wasabi:AlbumArt> tomorrow, so you could include it in this beta, so it can be tested!

[amano]

WOW. Such a ****load of nice fixes. And such important ones

* New: [in_mp3] gapless MP3 playback

Who thought, this would ever happen. Now tick off the Fast layer EQ by default and in_MP3 is perfect.

* Fixed: [in_wave] 32bit floating point WAV playback distortion

That might make some users switch back. Spread the word.

* New: [enc_aacplus] AAC+ in MP4 container

Is streaming with MP4 containers technically now possible? I will have to search for AAC+ streams first.

* Fixed: [vis_milk] missing files from distro (you can stop bugging us now, Rovastar

*LOL*, hasta la vista per siempre, rova

TNX Benski and Co.

[doodle2]

Don't know if I'm the only one having this problem, but ID3v2 recognition for foreign languages seems b0rked.

My language, for example, is Hebrew. Until this beta version, Winamp read both the ID3v1 and v2 tags perfectly fine, in both English and Hebrew. Now it only reads the v1 tag properly, while showing gibberish for v2 tags.

I know this isn't a problem with the tags:
1) Because other programs have shown and still show those tags without any problem (even winamp itself, up to and including v5.12, as I said)
2) Because Winamp handles the same text in ID3v1 without any problem. By the way, if only a v1 tag is present, Hebrew is shown fine.

I've included a couple of pictures to demonstrate the problem. Notice the tag editor dialog - on the left the text is shown correctly, on the right (v2) it shows gibberish.

Oh, and another thing. Copying the ID3v1 tag to v2, and then saving the tags, makes it appear correctly in Winamp. However, you can't expect users to go through and resave hundreds or even thousands of songs. Besides, I don't even know why it behaves like this, and why resaving is needed... There wasn't a problem with the tags until now - what has changed?





(BTW, kudos for adding an option to choose an alignment for the playlist... And for fixing the winshade mode gibberish-showing non-foreign-supporting thingy :P)

[STanger]

I also have one album's worth of .aac that aren't being added to the ML when scanned.

[SadEye]

can't open the box of ogg vorbit info again when playing ogg_file.

(sorry my poor english)

[SadEye]

Originally posted by Benski
SadEye - I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Are you trying to say that the classic skin fonts are ugly in 5.2? Or were classic skin fonts ugly in 5.12?

just like *mono,stereo,kbps,khz,winamp* etc.

[amano]

@SadEye: For me the fonts look as they used to look since Winamp 2. Try a fresh install.


The options to create AAC encodes now really kick the llama's ass:

plain AAC-LC from Dolby
plain AAC-LC from CT
plain AAC-HE from CT
MP4 AAC-LC from Dolby
MP4 AAC-LC from CT
MP4 AAC-HE from CT

Is this overkill?

[GhostMouse]

Originally posted by doodle2
Don't know if I'm the only one having this problem, but ID3v2 recognition for foreign languages seems b0rked.

My language, for example, is Hebrew. Until this beta version, Winamp read both the ID3v1 and v2 tags perfectly fine, in both English and Hebrew. Now it only reads the v1 tag properly, while showing gibberish for v2 tags.

I know this isn't a problem with the tags:
1) Because other programs have shown and still show those tags without any problem (even winamp itself, up to and including v5.12, as I said)
2) Because Winamp handles the same text in ID3v1 without any problem. By the way, if only a v1 tag is present, Hebrew is shown fine.

I've included a couple of pictures to demonstrate the problem. Notice the tag editor dialog - on the left the text is shown correctly, on the right (v2) it shows gibberish.

Oh, and another thing. Copying the ID3v1 tag to v2, and then saving the tags, makes it appear correctly in Winamp. However, you can't expect users to go through and resave hundreds or even thousands of songs. Besides, I don't even know why it behaves like this, and why resaving is needed... There wasn't a problem with the tags until now - what has changed?

(BTW, kudos for adding an option to choose an alignment for the playlist... And for fixing the winshade mode gibberish-showing non-foreign-supporting thingy :P)

I'm not upgrate my Winamp if going to be hebrew problem (in final version) :O

[DrO]

GhostMouse: the idea of this beta is to test things out so it can be fixed for the final version (the best way is to install into a separate folder and test it from there). if it's not tested to find bugs, how can bugs be fixed

-daz

[gaekwad2]

Originally posted by amano
@SadEye: For me the fonts look as they used to look since Winamp 2. Try a fresh install.


The options to create AAC encodes now really kick the llama's ass:

plain AAC-LC from Dolby
plain AAC-LC from CT
plain AAC-HE from CT
MP4 AAC-LC from Dolby
MP4 AAC-LC from CT
MP4 AAC-HE from CT

Is this overkill?

It's
LC-AAC
low bitrate HE-AAC
and high bitrate HE-AAC (whatever that's good for, but unlike the low bitrate encoder it uses LC-AAC at full sample rate)

[SailorMax]

classic playlist

(b359)
Why now in "line-mode" (dbl-click on title of window) playlist-window (classic skin) output title of current melody in upcase? Is it bug? If not, where switch? ^_^

[SailorMax]

+1: from previous version milkdrop wan't save settings... Why it can be?