Winamp crashes on ratings sync

[abu]

I had a similar problem after upgrading to 5.23. With 5.21, all went well. So I suspect it's Winamp that is buggy.

It seems that there is a problem with the ML database, perhaps some kind of incompatibility. The crash happens whenever ml_ipod tries to alter some data in the ML database, like setting a rating or a timestamp for a ML item.

To cure this, I removed all my songs from the library, and then added them newly (scan directories). After that, the error was gone. So I guess that 5.23 can not handle a database written with earlier versions of Winamp correctly.
I used the ml_impex (ML Import/Export) plugin to save my ratings etc. first, so I lost nothing in the process.

Edit:
5.22 did NOT work, either. So it is some incompatibility between 5.21 and 5.22, that carries on to 5.23