Winamp 5.21 Released

[CraigF]

Winamp 5.21

Winamp 5.21 Full emusic plus
Winamp 5.21 Pro (asks for key during install)
Winamp 5.21 Lite

Whats new:
* New: [jnetlib] HTTP compression support
* Improved: [installer] multi-user profile migration
* Fixed: [ml_wire] memory leak
* Fixed: [pmp_p4s] DRMclien.dll error
* Fixed: [gen_ff] skin info display in preferences
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Wordwrap disabled in Info Editor Comments field
* Fixed: [in_wm] Minor bug fixes
* Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts don't work from video window
* Fixed: [in_vorbis] No Artist metadata in stream titles
* Fixed: [in_dshow] floating point audio
* Fixed: ml_ipod and pmp_ipod conflict
* Updated: Coding Technology AAC+ Decoder 7.2.5


Please do not post any issues in this thread which require Tech Support
(eg. unreproducable crashes, slow load times, strange error messages, etc).
Please post them in a new thread in the Tech Support forum,
and remember to include all relevant info.

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Old Winamp 5.2 Released thread

[CraigF]

If you are using ml_ipod, and still see pmp_ipod loaded in the portables config dialog, please re-download and reinstall Winamp. This should prevent the inferior itunes database code in ml_ipod from shredding your ipod database when used alongside pmp_ipod.

Note that the initial upload of 5.21 did not include this hotfix.

[DJ Egg]

Undocumented
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New Feature:
Year column in Local Media > Audio > Album pane (top right pane)

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Re: Fixed: [in_dshow] floating point audio

As referenced in the known bugs list, in_wave v3.0 still doesn't support embedded mp3 in riff-wav's, nor some codecs like dsp truespeech.

As from v5.21, in_dshow can now support all wav files, including 32-bit float point.
However, the automation process for this method has not yet been implemented, but should be finalized in a forthcoming release.

Sure, you can still use the old in_wave 2.x from 5.13 (see known bugs thread for link), but if you need support for 32-bit float point wav's and/or multi-user profile support (neither of which are supported by old in_wave), then for now you can manually setup Winamp as follows:

Prefs > Plugins > Input:

Waveform Decoder v3.0 (in_wave.dll) > config
Deselect WAV from the extension list

DirectShow Decoder (in_dshow.dll) > config
Add ;WAV to the end of the list of extensions

To make the library recognize WAV's as audio instead of video:

Note, the 2 steps below are no longer required as from 5.25

Right click Local Media > Audio
Select "Edit View"
Change the Query in the Advanced Editor tab as follows:
(type = 0) OR (filename ends wav)

Right click Local Media > Video
Select "Edit View"
Change the Query in the Advanced Editor tab as follows:
(type = 1) AND !(filename ends wav)


Again, I reiterate that this entire process should be automated in a forthcoming release (eg. 5.24), and when it is, you'll then be able to change the audio & video views back to the default queries.

Also note that kbps display in the main window shows as 0, and File Info in the DirectShow Info Viewer (Alt+3) doesn't show any relevant WAV info (samplerate/frequency/bitrate/etc). Again, all these issues will hopefully be addressed/resolved in a forthcoming release.


FAQ:

Q: What method does in_dshow use for WAV playback?
A: Wave Parser and ACM Wrapper


Of course, if you don't have any problems with WAV playback (ie. you don't need support for mp3-layered wav or dsp truespeech etc) then you can just ignore all this and continue to use in_wave v3.0 as before.

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Online Services

You may have noticed in 5.2 that 'bookmark' appeared in the right-click menu for sc-radio/tv items, but didn't work, ie. it just enqueued the streams instead. This is fixed in 5.21 and the new ml_online.dll now supports 'bookmark' from the right click menu. Yay!

5.21 now also supports http compression, which should help to speed up the 'loading' process.

There will be more serverside fixes/changes applied over the next few days, eg. Speeding up of the re-rendering process (on sort & resize), and Shift+click for multi-selection.

Please do not report that Shift+click is working like Ctrl+click and that Ctrl+click doesn't do anything. We know about this issue. The Media Library is somehow eating both the Del and Ctrl keys, so for now we've had to use Shift+click instead. Again, these issues will hopefully all be addressed in a forthcoming release.

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Re: Improved: [installer] multi-user profile migration

Installer Options > Screen 4 (multi-user settings)

In 5.2, if you selected "separate settings per user" then you weren't given an option to import the current user settings when upgrading.

If you selected this option in 5.2 then there will now be a paths.ini file in the Program Files\Winamp root folder, and the "use existing settings" installer option will be automatically selected. If there's no paths.ini then this option will be grayed-out.

If you are selecting the "separate settings per user" option for the first time,
then to import settings from a previous installation,
checkmark "copy settings to the new place".
By default, this will copy your settings & library database from
Program Files\Winamp to %appdata%\Winamp
though you can manually change the source & destination paths if needs be.

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Re: Portable Media Player support / iPod support

If you were previously using the 3rd-party ml_ipod plugin...
then if ml_ipod is still present, and you checkmark support for native pmp_ipod support in the installer, then pmp_ipod will not load, and winamp 5.21 will continue to use ml_ipod as before.

If you want to try/use the new pmp_ipod component, then you will need to delete/disable ml_ipod.dll BEFORE installing 5.21

The reasons for this are that if both ml_ipod and pmp_ipod plugins are present and active then there will certainly be conflicts (as was the case in 5.2).

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Oh, and there's initial support for ssl/https streams,
but only for ssl vorbis streams for now, heh.
mp3 support and other formats hopefully coming later.

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Other than that, 5.21 is mainly a bug fix release.

Build 5.2.1.497

[Trent187]

<space for lease>

Always good to see an update. Thanks!

Also, I've noticed since 5.2 was released, when I load my songs into my playlist all at once (2,100 or so), that it only takes 10 seconds to load all the data (I have it set to load all tags at once). Before 5.2, it took like 2 minutes. Was there some kind of fix for this that was done? Thanks again!

[George Worley]

What is still on the download servers is still 5.2.


George

[CraigF]

See the second post. new builds are incoming.

[CraigF]

new builds now posted.

[DualCORE]

thanks

[shakey_snake]

can't... download...

[Enzifer]

I can't download too...

[redeemer]

same here =/

[blo]

Try again....should be good to go from here on out.

[Maktaka]

I didn't see any mention of Shoutcast bookmarking making its return. Is this feature still MIA?

[DJ Egg]

Yes, as referenced in my post above, the bookmark feature is back in 5.21
(well, it actually appeared first in 5.2 a couple of days ago, but didn't work)

[JonnyMac]

5.12 ??
[edit] never-mind

[DJ Egg]

bleh

[SadEye]

still WA 5.2.0.473?

[cppman]

The station info gets messed up if playing a stream from a bookmark or playlist instead of station browser or whatever its called.

Reproduction:
Play a station from the ML.
Close winamp
Open winamp
Play the station from the playlist
Open the station info window
Its empty

[ujay]

@ ccpman - That's the expected behaviour.

If you notice, when you load a station from the ML it is first converted from a tunein_ID(how the ML references stations) to a URL(how the Playlist references stations) before being played.

If you later play it from a Playlist then the SI window no longer has the tune_inID available and nothing will show in the SI.

If you want to save a station and keep the tune_inID then use right click > Bookmark from the ML.

UJ

[BoyNG]

What's wrong with gen_ff.dll?
I translate Modern skin to Russian (tooltips), but now im get message (error in XML data: container closed but group still open, closing group)
In the previous version it was difficult enough to pick up Russian symbols, but now it is not so possible!

Please Help!

(sorry for ugly English)

[pEar 242]

Yes, there is such problem.
(I'm Russian BoyNG!!!!!!!!!!)

[gordol]

Does this fix the problems with pmp_ipod fracking up the syncing to an iPod?

[cppman]

Ah, ok. I don't really care about the station info that much actually, but from a user standpoint it seems like a big inconsistancy. It really shouldn't matter where you bookmark something from.

[acidash]

id tag unicode support?

[BoyNG]

Originally posted by pEar 242
Yes, there is such problem.
(I'm Russian BoyNG!!!!!!!!!!)

YESSSS!!!
Im found answer on this problem!
In XML use UTF encoding or add
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1251"?>
for WinCyr encoding!

[MrSinatra]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Undocumented

5.21 now also supports http compression, which should help to speed up the 'loading' process.

There will be more serverside fixes/changes applied over the next few days, eg. Speeding up of the re-rendering process (on sort & resize), and Shift+click for multi-selection.

does this feature only apply to video?

i stream my FM station using 5.2, and i want to know if this is areason for me to upgrade, or if there is another reason in the release to do so.

many thx, -mdw

[pEar 242]

Originally posted by BoyNG
YESSSS!!!
Im found answer on this problem!
In XML use UTF encoding or add
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1251"?>
for WinCyr encoding!

I wish to translate Nullsoft Media Player V3.1, but I cannot make it. I receive an error.
Whether require *.maki scripts changes or I that that not so I do.
In..... Skins\Skin Name\skin.xml

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8" standalone = "yes"?>
<WasabiXML version = "1.2">

It does not work.

Or...
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<?xml version = "1.0" encoding="windows-1251"?>
<WasabiXML version = "1.2">

This same does not work.
Whether everyone skin can it?

Please, explain on an example.

[DJ Egg]

@MrSinatra
http compression basically means that the pages for Online Services will now download and appear quicker than they did before we had http compression. It's got nothing to do with the actual audio/video streams, just the listings.

@acidash
Yes, id3v2 unicode support was implemented in 5.2

@gordol
Not sure what you meant, but I think the answer is yes.
There was some fix for duplicate files being uploaded when using sync/autofill.
The other fix was to make sure the native pmp_ipod plugin doesn't load if the old 3rd-party ml_ipod plugin is present, to avoid conflicts between the two plugins (ie. it's best to make sure only one of the two plugins is present first, not both).

@cppman
Station Info will only work properly if you load the stream via the shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls url, not if you load it via the direct ip:port url, because that's just the way that it works.

[gordol]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
@gordol
Not sure what you meant, but I think the answer is yes.

See the this thread:
forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=239011

There was some fix for duplicate files being uploaded when using sync/autofill.

I, for one, don't use autofill.

The other fix was to make sure the native pmp_ipod plugin doesn't load if the old 3rd-party ml_ipod plugin is present, to avoid conflicts between the two plugins (ie. it's best to make sure only one of the two plugins is present first, not both).

As shown in the linked thread, I did a wipe and reinstall of 5.2 without the native pmp plugin and installed ml_ipod, and it still didn't work.

[DJ Egg]

Sorry. No idea. 5.2 or ml_ipod aren't supported (5.21 and pmp_ipod are). Anyone else?

[ott598487]

Thanks for making the SC browser usable again!

[gordol]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Sorry. No idea. 5.2 or ml_ipod aren't supported (5.21 and pmp_ipod are). Anyone else?

You misinderstood. I don't care if it's ml_ipod or pmp_ipod. pmp_ipod is broken in 5.2 and I couldn't get ml_ipod to work in 5.2 instead so I reverted to 5.13.

Does pmp_ipod work right in 5.21 or not? IOW, can I upgrade, or do I stay with the older version of Winamp?

[stuckinasquare3]

heres a dumb question...which one to i d/l?

[bemymonkey]

Awesome, thanks for fixing the video-window keyboard shortcut bugs... Go Winamp!

[cruxial]

I'm very disappointed with the latest update of winamp. First of all I can't play wav files. It is not listed under associated file types. What happened?!? I had to manually enter it under in_wave.dll but even then it doesn't stay there. Also, my favorite dsp plug-in doesn't work with the new version! Pitch fork loads and then it produces error at 216 or something like that. Then I have to un-install the damn thing and and re-install it, which doesn't go very smoothly. Finally, the songs skip when I'm playing video games. What an awful update! From someone who has been using Winamp since day one, I can't comprehend how a new build with bug fixes can come out so bad. Is there a way I can download an older version?

[gordol]

Originally posted by cruxial
Is there a way I can download an older version?

This is exactly the reason why I archive everyting I download and keep, at least until settling into a new version. Never know when you might need it again.

[osmosis]

that's odd, i had no such problems with wav filetypes not being present in the list, etc. i suggest you uninstall winamp and reinstall 5.21

[bemymonkey]

Originally posted by cruxial
Is there a way I can download an older version?

Try Googling for "old winamp versions"... don't think we're allowed to post links to other winamp sites on here because that would fall under advertising ...

[martin.deimos]

gen_ff.dll error:

you cannot load xml/colorthemes/*.xml files anymore

<include file="xml/colorthemes/*.xml"> included all xml files in this directory! this doesn't work with winamp5.12

[hawke]

cruxial,I have the same problem with you.
Some of wav files not all can't play in Winamp 5.21.
All of wav files can play in Winamp 5.13.
so I don't like use Winamp 5.21.