Winamp 3 Alpha 5 UX is out

Brennan · 17th March 2001, 02:45

In the usual places: http://genghis.winamp.com/~brennan/wa3/

--Brennan

Dr Snark · 17th March 2001, 03:20

Alpha 5 creashes more than alpha 4

i keep getting this Skin error

on background.png

and it won't open up the playlist and the media player at the same time, it makes it crash

afro moe · 17th March 2001, 04:00

Yeee Haw... the eq works... but no presets

/me hopes it is a new feature
/me can't remember if it did work before

[edit] checked the read-me and it is new [/edit]

Rocker · 17th March 2001, 04:05

COOL

THANX Brennan

halo99 · 17th March 2001, 05:02

Sweet...liking it so far

Thanks!

Rocker · 17th March 2001, 05:04

just wishing the Equalizer opened

vcvrfus · 17th March 2001, 05:07

Is anyone else having a problem with only half their EQ showing? My EQ window's bottom is right in the middle of the EQ sliders. Here's a screenshot. Thanks for giving us another alpha to play with!

[edit] I've got the whole EQ now. After deleting the studio.xnf file (for the 3rd? time), the EQ window appeared the way it should. I don't know why it didn't the first time I deleted it. [/edit]

[Edited by vcvrfus on 03-17-2001 at 01:52 AM]

D&B · 17th March 2001, 05:42

No, I see the whole EQ. The auto feature doesnt work, and of course there are no presets, and it doesnt show the changes in the cool little graph, but its there AND IT WORKS!

boxor skin is broken though, but it does appear that the memory footprint has been quite reduced. Its only taking like 10 megs of ram now. Alpha 4 took 40, but that was with boxor, so I cant truly compare now am I.

Hmm..I wonder if shoutcast servers work? Im gonna run and check.

bass4ms · 17th March 2001, 06:33

Quote:

Originally posted by vcvrfus
Is anyone else having a problem with only half their EQ showing? My EQ window's bottom is right in the middle of the EQ sliders. Here's a screenshot. Thanks for giving us another alpha to play with!

If you want to see the whole equalizer with the default skin (without losing all the playlists) and not crash when you change skins, the do this:

In the studoi.xnf file (open with notepad) scroll down till you find:

Default_Equalizer_eq_X=

Change that value to 93 and then change the values on the next 3 lines to: 165, 275 and 116.

This will make the whole equalizer appear in the default skin.

Next, find the lines that correspond to the lines that you just changed for every skin (they are just a little farther down) and change the four values to 0, 0, 2 and 2. This will allow you to change skins.

Also, if you get an error when it starts up, then change the line:

container_Equalizer_visible=1

to

container_Equalizer_visible=0

This should fix the problems.

Rocker · 17th March 2001, 06:41

eqilizer fixed by uninstalling and reintalling winamp
minibrowser won't work now
(I can't win)

bass4ms · 17th March 2001, 06:49

I guess to see the whole equalizer, you just have to change the line:

Default_Equalizer_eq_h=72

to

Default_Equalizer_eq_h=116

Also, when I moved the sliders on the EQ and then restarted Winamp to save the info, it reset the value to 72. So if this happens, just change it again. The change seems to be sticking now.

[edit] Hey I'm a member now [/edit]

D&B · 17th March 2001, 06:53

No, cant load other Shoutcast streams yet. Oh well. I would use winamp3 fully if and when this gets employed. I like it that much, even in Alpha.

All though 2 new bugs have popped up. The boxor skin, at least the latest one I have found, is broken now. Probably due to the fact that the program is still in construction so changes to the structure of the skin systems may have been made, but, whatever.

That and I have had it crash several times when I am resorting my playlist. I realise now I should write down what is says, meh, Ill do it next time it happens.

Keep up the good work Brennan!

Bax · 17th March 2001, 08:56

i've been waiting for this !

Thor · 17th March 2001, 09:00

THANKS Brennan, Francis, Christophe, Justin & Steve !

[DR]Lord Prometheus · 17th March 2001, 10:23

For me it seems to be very bugy, compared against Alpha 4.

greetz

lordprom

Kaboon · 17th March 2001, 10:56

This is such a good day. I'm very happy. Thanks guys.

Only too bad that it chrashes a lot.

will · 17th March 2001, 11:41

wow.

As soon as we have preferances, it will be to the recycle bin with 2.72!

Thankyou!

will

after reading other posts, i am not finding so it buggy on my win98 box. Apart from the half-size eq bug, but i just deleted studio.xnf.

[Edited by willfisher on 03-17-2001 at 08:54 AM]

s1138 · 17th March 2001, 11:52

yes yes yes yes yes!!!!

AH! damn, froze

why are the playlist files saved in *.bpl? why not .pls?

TheLastOne · 17th March 2001, 14:29

Wow. Its great, but it crashes a TON! Mostly when I right click though...

Majin_Tost · 17th March 2001, 15:17

It's an alpha version people, thats like pre-test stuff.Imay be a new member here but I know softwear and everyone is much better off just waiting for betas release it won't have asd many bugs...or any with some luck.

Grijns · 17th March 2001, 15:31

it took some time to load my playlist ( 1989 songs ... 8.46 gig ) but the next time i loaded up it was quite speedy .. i like it !!

i ran it for just 5 mins now so i haven't had any crashes yet but i am glad taht the playlist loading finnaly works.

hope the feature to add full dirs will folow soon. ok great stuff !!

semifamous · 17th March 2001, 16:41

I've got 9200 mp3s at work....

Try loading *that* into winamp, and expect to not listen to anything for quite a while....

But that doesn't make it rock any less... =)

Later,
Mike

bass4ms · 17th March 2001, 17:03

Quote:

Originally posted by badrad
No, cant load other Shoutcast streams yet.

If you open them with Winamp 2.7x and save them as .m3u playlists then Winamp3a5 can open them.

Grijns · 17th March 2001, 17:21

Quote:

Originally posted by semifamous
I've got 9200 mp3s at work....

does your work happen to have a fat pipe ?

we might set up a little trade

Anacific · 17th March 2001, 19:07

Yay! seems to work much better on my P200 than a4

wazzupthevorta · 17th March 2001, 20:19

I had a few problems with it, but I erased the entire winamp3 folder, and then made a clean install, it works perfect now.

Russ · 17th March 2001, 21:18

Alpha 5 is less stable if it is using a studio.xnf file from a previous alpha. Delete that file, and it should regain stability.

Assmaster · 17th March 2001, 21:30

Yey! A new alpha! This is turning out to be a good day after all! Didn't seem that way when I woke up!

Thanks Brennan! Keep up the good work!

Real Candicious · 17th March 2001, 22:02

Brennan, I...I love you!

D&B · 19th March 2001, 04:34

YES! YES! SHOUTCAST STREAMING!

Thanks Bass4ms for telling how!

carlito_au · 19th March 2001, 06:16

is there a new boxor skin to go with it?

MerkurMan · 19th March 2001, 07:33

Quote:

Originally posted by carlito_au
is there a new boxor skin to go with it?

http://www2.deskmod.com/wa3/boxor-install8.exe

From:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=44816

Ryan.

17th March 2001, 03:20	#2
Dr Snark Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 80	Crash More Often Alpha 5 creashes more than alpha 4 i keep getting this Skin error on background.png and it won't open up the playlist and the media player at the same time, it makes it crash

17th March 2001, 05:02	#5
halo99 Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 51	:) Sweet...liking it so far Thanks!

17th March 2001, 09:00	#14
Thor Major Dude Join Date: May 2000 Location: Gent, Belgium (Europe) Posts: 968	THANKS Brennan, Francis, Christophe, Justin & Steve ! http://www.blorp.com/~thor

17th March 2001, 10:56	#16
Kaboon Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,494	This is such a good day. I'm very happy. Thanks guys. Only too bad that it chrashes a lot. berkenpi.es

17th March 2001, 11:41	#17
will Nullsoft Newbie (Moderator) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 5,569	wow. As soon as we have preferances, it will be to the recycle bin with 2.72! Thankyou! will after reading other posts, i am not finding so it buggy on my win98 box. Apart from the half-size eq bug, but i just deleted studio.xnf. [Edited by willfisher on 03-17-2001 at 08:54 AM] DO NOT PM ME WITH TECH SUPPORT QUESTIONS

17th March 2001, 02:45	#1
Brennan Monkey Hump Master Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 782	In the usual places: http://genghis.winamp.com/~brennan/wa3/ --Brennan

17th March 2001, 04:00	#3
afro moe Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 81	Yeee Haw... the eq works... but no presets /me hopes it is a new feature /me can't remember if it did work before [edit] checked the read-me and it is new [/edit]

17th March 2001, 04:05	#4
Rocker Hiding in plain sight (mod) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,910	COOL THANX Brennan

17th March 2001, 05:04	#6
Rocker Hiding in plain sight (mod) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,910	just wishing the Equalizer opened

17th March 2001, 05:07	#7
vcvrfus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 7	Is anyone else having a problem with only half their EQ showing? My EQ window's bottom is right in the middle of the EQ sliders. Here's a screenshot. Thanks for giving us another alpha to play with! [edit] I've got the whole EQ now. After deleting the studio.xnf file (for the 3rd? time), the EQ window appeared the way it should. I don't know why it didn't the first time I deleted it. [/edit] [Edited by vcvrfus on 03-17-2001 at 01:52 AM]

17th March 2001, 05:42	#8
D&B Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,027	No, I see the whole EQ. The auto feature doesnt work, and of course there are no presets, and it doesnt show the changes in the cool little graph, but its there AND IT WORKS! boxor skin is broken though, but it does appear that the memory footprint has been quite reduced. Its only taking like 10 megs of ram now. Alpha 4 took 40, but that was with boxor, so I cant truly compare now am I. Hmm..I wonder if shoutcast servers work? Im gonna run and check.

17th March 2001, 06:41	#10
Rocker Hiding in plain sight (mod) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,910	eqilizer fixed by uninstalling and reintalling winamp minibrowser won't work now (I can't win)

17th March 2001, 06:49	#11
bass4ms Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Southern CA Posts: 268	I guess to see the whole equalizer, you just have to change the line: Default_Equalizer_eq_h=72 to Default_Equalizer_eq_h=116 Also, when I moved the sliders on the EQ and then restarted Winamp to save the info, it reset the value to 72. So if this happens, just change it again. The change seems to be sticking now. [edit] Hey I'm a member now [/edit]

17th March 2001, 06:53	#12
D&B Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,027	No, cant load other Shoutcast streams yet. Oh well. I would use winamp3 fully if and when this gets employed. I like it that much, even in Alpha. All though 2 new bugs have popped up. The boxor skin, at least the latest one I have found, is broken now. Probably due to the fact that the program is still in construction so changes to the structure of the skin systems may have been made, but, whatever. That and I have had it crash several times when I am resorting my playlist. I realise now I should write down what is says, meh, Ill do it next time it happens. Keep up the good work Brennan!

17th March 2001, 08:56	#13
Bax Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 24	i've been waiting for this !

17th March 2001, 10:23	#15
[DR]Lord Prometheus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 2	For me it seems to be very bugy, compared against Alpha 4. greetz lordprom

17th March 2001, 11:52	#18
s1138 Alumni? Join Date: May 2000 Location: joja Posts: 6,936	yes yes yes yes yes!!!! AH! damn, froze why are the playlist files saved in *.bpl? why not .pls?

17th March 2001, 14:29	#19
TheLastOne Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 21	Wow. Its great, but it crashes a TON! Mostly when I right click though...

17th March 2001, 15:17	#20
Majin_Tost Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 164	Alpha........Alpha It's an alpha version people, thats like pre-test stuff.Imay be a new member here but I know softwear and everyone is much better off just waiting for betas release it won't have asd many bugs...or any with some luck.

17th March 2001, 15:31	#21
Grijns Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 63	seems quite nice it took some time to load my playlist ( 1989 songs ... 8.46 gig ) but the next time i loaded up it was quite speedy .. i like it !! i ran it for just 5 mins now so i haven't had any crashes yet but i am glad taht the playlist loading finnaly works. hope the feature to add full dirs will folow soon. ok great stuff !!

17th March 2001, 16:41	#22
semifamous Junior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ Posts: 11	You think 9 gigs takes a while... I've got 9200 mp3s at work.... Try loading that into winamp, and expect to not listen to anything for quite a while.... But that doesn't make it rock any less... =) Later, Mike

17th March 2001, 19:07	#25
Anacific Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,744	Yay! seems to work much better on my P200 than a4 "He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence." - William Blake WSPA \| WWF \| RSPCA \| AAPA \| Green Peace - Know and help... The Rainforest Site \| The Animal Rescue Site - Click and help...

17th March 2001, 20:19	#26
wazzupthevorta Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 72	I had a few problems with it, but I erased the entire winamp3 folder, and then made a clean install, it works perfect now.

17th March 2001, 21:18	#27
Russ Mostly Harmless (Alumni) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: UK Posts: 2,319	Alpha 5.... Alpha 5 is less stable if it is using a studio.xnf file from a previous alpha. Delete that file, and it should regain stability.

17th March 2001, 21:30	#28
Assmaster Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Gjøvik - Norway Posts: 74	Yey! A new alpha! This is turning out to be a good day after all! Didn't seem that way when I woke up! Thanks Brennan! Keep up the good work!

17th March 2001, 22:02	#29
Real Candicious Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 65	Brennan, I...I love you!

19th March 2001, 04:34	#30
D&B Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,027	YES! YES! SHOUTCAST STREAMING! Thanks Bass4ms for telling how!

19th March 2001, 06:16	#31
carlito_au Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia, Earth Posts: 462	is there a new boxor skin to go with it? [ Check Out My Site! - & My Forums ]

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