Winamp 5.623 Released

[DJ Egg]

Winamp 5.623, Build 3199 (5.6.2.3199) - 9 Dec 2011

Winamp 5.623 Full (US English version)
Winamp 5.623 Full (Multi-national installer)*
Winamp 5.623 Pro (Multi-national version, asks for key during install)*
Winamp 5.623 Lite (basic 2.x-style mp3/cd player)
More installers (mp3 bundle & other languages - site update expected on Monday 12 Dec)
* (French, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese & Romanian)

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Winamp 5.623
* Fixed: mp3 decoding errors at end of file (should fix reported CD burning errors)
* Fixed: [aacdec] Detection of parametric stereo for AAC files made with older encoders
* Fixed: [enc_fhgaac] MP4 encoder not always closing on errors or aborted transfers
* Fixed: [in_avi] Crashing with certain malformed AVI files
* Fixed: [in_flac & in_mp4] Memory leaks
* Fixed: [in_mod] Bounds check for comments parsing
* Fixed: [pmp] Multithreaded race condition (now supports thread-safe transfers)
* Fixed: [pmp_android] Embedded album art being deleted on transfers
* Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
* Updated: [enc_fhgaac] Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.2.4
* Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.5


Winamp 5.622, Build 3189 (5.6.2.3189) - 26 Oct 2011

Winamp 5.622
* 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
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Reading of id3v2.4-only TDRC (Year) frame
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Don't delete TCMP & PRIV id3v2 frames when updating tags
* Fixed: [in_mp4] Gapless playback
* Fixed: [in_nsv] Potential integer overflow issue
* Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
* Misc: [ml_local] Added an explanatory error page if database gets corrupted
* Updated: [enc_fhgaac] Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.2.3
* Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.4
* Updated: [lame_enc] LAME 3.99


Winamp 5.621, Build 3173 (5.6.2.3173) - 11 July 2011

Winamp 5.621
* Improved: [in_nsv] New API to allow video decoder to signal codec width & height
* Fixed: [enc_fhgaac] Default ADTS bitrate; Writing of gapless data
* Fixed: [enc_fhgaac] HE-AAC compatibility with iTunes
* Fixed: [in_midi] Various integer overflow issues (thanks: Luigi Auriemma)
* Fixed: [libsndfile] PAF integer heap-overflow bug (thanks: Hossein Lotfi/Secunia)
* Fixed: [ml_local] Illegal instruction crash on non-SSE machines
* Fixed: [ml_rg] Some files incorrectly returning 0 gain values
* Fixed: [nsvdec_vp3, nsvdec_vp5, vp6] Rescaling buffer overflow vulnerabilities
* Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations


Winamp 5.62, Build 3161 (5.6.2.3161) - 30 June 2011

Winamp 5.62
* 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] Add buffer overflow check for malformed Controller Change messages
* Fixed: [in_midi] SysEx message processing integer underflow vulnerability
* Fixed: [in_mod] Crash on .IT files with 0 channels (thanks: Luigi Auriemma)
* Fixed: [in_mp4] Crash on truncated files
* Fixed: [in_mp4] Distortion on MP4 files with malformed stts data
* Fixed: [jnetlib] Memory leak when connecting to https streams
* Fixed: [ml_impex] Importing playcount data
* Fixed: [ml_local] Advanced Query Builder
* Fixed: [nsvdec_vp5] Integer underrun (thanks: Luigi Auriemma)
* Fixed: [pmp_wifi] Playlist syncing
* Fixed: [vis_milk2] Some presets not reacting to music (Milkdrop v2.24)
* Fixed: [vp6] Crash on rescaling with irregular video sizes (thanks: Luigi Auriemma)
* Fixed: [vp6] Integer underrun in Deblocking filter when picture size is 0,0
* Misc: Default "Restore file associations at Winamp start" setting to "off" on Vista+
* Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
* Misc: Redesigned SHOUTcast Radio online service view (new school & classic options)
* Misc: Replaced CT aacPlusDecoder.w5s with new FhG aacdec.w5s
* Misc: Replaced CT enc_aacplus.dll with new FhG enc_fhgaac.dll
* Misc: Toolbar now compatible with Firefox 5

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Notes:

Re: New Fraunhofer AAC Codec
HD-AAC Encoding is not included in this release but is still planned for a future release.

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Reporting Bugs:

Please report all bugs in the Bug Reports forum!
Make sure your report is complete, according to the sticky threads in Bug Reports, ie.
Clean install, no 3rd-party plugins, list of plugins, full step-by-step method of reproduction, relevant system specs,
exact error messages, screenshots, which skin (one of Classic, Modern, or Bento only, or all three), links to sample files, etc.
If error reports, screenshots, sample files, etc are smaller than 200kb, then please attach them to your post. Otherwise, please upload to one of stashbox.org, mediafire.com, dropbox.com or sendspace.com and post the url here (no rapidshare or imageshack or similar links please).

Note that incomplete/lame bug reports may be totally ignored.

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Known Issues:

See Known Bugs thread

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Updates & Extras:

Winamp 5.623 Essentials Pack (includes h.263 decoder security fix)

Winamp Icon Packs

Winamp Color Themes Pack

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[Koopa]

Winamp Essentials Pack v5.62

Download | mirror

Full Changelog | Latest Changes:

* Updated: [f263.w5s] to v1.4 (h)
- adds protection against a potential integer overflow vulnerability*
* Misc: [Installer] increased minimal required Winamp Version to v5.62**

Notes:

* Update your Essentials Pack!:

Because of the secuirity fix, it's highly recommended that you upgrade to latest Essentials Pack!

** Winamp Version Check for Essentials Pack & Color Editor:

- Due the bunch of security fixes, the minimum Winamp version for installation is Winamp 5.62
- Installer provides a message and will abort, if minimum Winamp version isn't installed on the system
- if Winamp couldn't be detected on the system in general, installer provides an info message and will abort

Localization:

- example language file v1.17 available
- incomplete translations were disabled due to compatibility issues

You can find more info & the example language file in the Essentials Pack Localization Thread

--
Enjoy,
Chris

[MrSinatra]

cool.

are there ever beta threads so we can DL a beta and report on it prior to official release?

[DrO]

there has been in the past (is usually indicated in the thread title like with 5.59 Beta), otherwise it's all done by beta team / QA.

and remove that 'Broken Smart View maker' link from your sig plzkthx

-daz

[MrSinatra]

ok, well keep me in mind.

btw, the new album art featues are AWESOME. bigger art, and NO TITLES! just like in the home page! well done! still digging into this...

will remove my sig link, but what happened to eggs post?

EDIT: smartviews are still broken!

[Juanus]

INDEPENDENCE DAY EDITION!

Nice job devs... thanks!

[DrO]

Originally Posted by MrSinatra

but what happened to eggs post?

there was no post

Originally Posted by MrSinatra

EDIT: smartviews are still broken!

i can't reproduce a failure (as mentioned in the other thread) and Egg's just re-confirmed it's ok as well with the public 5.6.2.3161 builds.

-daz

[DJ Egg]

@MrSinatra

Please confirm you downloaded build 3161 and not 3159
3159 was up briefly, but we replaced it with 3161 which has the ml_local fix and a few aac-related fixes.

Oh and yeah, I did make a post about the beta builds, but I deleted it because DrO had beaten me to it, lol.

[MrSinatra]

i have 3159, so i imagine thats it. i will try it all later, have to get on the road and offline for a few hours...

ps. i liked your post, wish it had stayed!

[ujay]

Not seeing the Classic option on the Shoutcast Radio page anymore, seems to be a new design ???

There is something that approximates it now but doesn't remember previous search/genre selections, not what's wanted at all. Fixed colours and small text size are not good for these old eyes. And no direct bookmarking. And no bookmarking via the Station ID anymore, just when it was getting really useful, we'll be back to constantly chasing servers around. ***

[additional] Good work on the Album Art Icon views, but could we go back to scrolling by block rather than text lines in the Album Art Details view ???

UJ

*** Sorry Egg, you could almost predict the usual outcry

[MrSinatra]

i have tried from this thread and the home page, and i keep getting 3159. how do i get 3161?

EDIT: i used remote desktop to a machine i hadn't tried to DL any winamp stuff on for months just now, and it got 3159 too!

[DrO]

no idea why you're getting 3159 served up - must be a caching issue somewhere down the line from the servers to you (not unheard of to happen sometimes). might take a few days for it to update or see if one of the (safe) external sites who tend to mirror the downloads has the correct version on to grab (as there's other fixes between 3159 and 3161).

-daz

[MrSinatra]

right on Doc, went to cnet, got 3161, all is well! thx.

[DrO]

said it was fixed

-daz

[MrSinatra]

unfortunately, can't find lite that way though. does winamp have public ftp?

[DrO]

there's the lite option on the components selection page when using one of the full installers.

-daz

[MrSinatra]

brilliant! have to remember that!

[mynameisnobody]

cool new albumarts! Thanks!
An option to see also the Artist under the cover would be nice!
Think that would be very helpfull for smartviews with singles or generally for big collections.

[Sabine Klare]

Hello everyone,
cool new albumarts sounds very nice...
I will wait some days, maybe one week, to get 3161 and not 3159. I will clear the cookies before I download it again (maybe in Firefox 5 instead of Internet Explorer directly from this thread). For me as a German user I have to decide between German from the main page or English or Multi-Language from this thread (it must be full-version). I will prepare something before doing it with many thanks to the instructions...
I will take a look here in these days and then I will be back...
Winamp is really nice...
Greetings from Sabine Klare Aka Sternenmaschinebine

[Pbirv]

I just read that AOL is teaming up with Slacker. Does that mean that their stations will no longer be available on Winamp after they're added on there?

[ujay]

I see the problem with the wrong build here too.

Right click the installer file > Properties > Details to check you have the correct build (3161)

If you are getting build 3159 then try downloading the multi language version instead,
or use this link

http://download.cnet.com/Winamp/3000...-10251792.html

UJ

[Sabine Klare]

Right clicked the installer file > Properties > Details for all the 3 downloaded setups (all the 3 from here and the main page):
English: 5.6.2.3159
German: 5.6.2.3161
Multi Language: 5.6.2.3161
I think, I will take the third version with Multi Language to switch between the two languages English and German...
But thank Your also for the link.
I am curently running Luke Firewalker of Avira AntiVir Personal (4-5 hours) and I need to make a second running, so it will last a little bit longer now for me (I hate such problems). I can make the install so many hours later now...
Greetings again

[DJ Egg]

Hi Sabine

Glad to hear you finally got hold of build 3161
Yes, it will have been a cache issue.
Usual fix is to empty browser cache and then wait a bit before redownloaing.

Please let us know if everything is working ok with Milkdrop v2.24

@Ujay
I hear you about SHOUTcast Radio view. I did warn the team about the high potential of a backlash...
Hopefully, we can get the right-click menu (play, enqueue, bookmark) reinstated at some point.
At least there's an option to switch to a classic-style view and 100 stations per page.
The genre search works better in this version, but yes, it would be nice also if there was an option to remember your selection.
Any such updates can be made serverside....

[ujay]

A few observations on the new Shoutcast Radio page.

The 'Classic' view is gone and has been replaced by an alternative listing. (3 line icon in VIEW).

So I guess we have to make the best of it.

PROs -

Can be set to list 100 staions per page, maybe not as good as one whole list, but not so bad.
Remembers column settings - Hooray.

CONs -

Does not remember selections from refresh to refresh, let alone session to session.

No direct bookmarking. Useful for selecting a few stations to play later.

As bookmarking now has to be done in Winamp, this means by Server only. This is far from satisfactory as broadcasters often get moved around by their service suppliers and the boookmark goes dead. This is back to the old days of chasing around to keep the list maintained all the time.
With the introduction of static Station ID's Winamp was able to make bookmarks that took this into account. If a bookmark was dead you could usually be sure it was off air, rather than a broken link. Any chance we can get back to this ?

Design -

I'd like to see the Genres Selection box above the 'Popular Tags', not below.

Anything that can be done to vary text size or colour would be welcome.


Note. This is serverside code running in Winamp's browser, so going back to an earlier Winamp version will not change anything.
Also, it could have been worked on as we speak, updating would be silent. Check the site page for latest features.


UJ

[lostinsound]

Sweet. The new album art features are awesome. Would it be possible, when it's set to not show album title under the art, to have it so the title always pops up in a text box when you mouse over the album art? Right now it only pops up when the title is too long to fit under the art (which makes sense when you have the titles displayed).

[iron2000]

Nice!
The separate Winamp volume slider reappeared in Win7's mixer after I updated!

EDIT:
Spoke too soon.
The slider disappeared after enqueuing 5 folders with Winamp still opened and suddnly finding in 5 copies of Winamps (not sure what caused the copies).
Then the slider refuse to show up again.

[evolution76]

Winamp just rules!!!!!

[Pbirv]

Originally Posted by ujay

A few observations on the new Shoutcast Radio page.

The 'Classic' view is gone and has been replaced by an alternative listing. (3 line icon in VIEW).

So I guess we have to make the best of it.

PROs -

Can be set to list 100 staions per page, maybe not as good as one whole list, but not so bad.
Remembers column settings - Hooray.

CONs -

Does not remember selections from refresh to refresh, let alone session to session.

No direct bookmarking. Useful for selecting a few stations to play later.

As bookmarking now has to be done in Winamp, this means by Server only. This is far from satisfactory as broadcasters often get moved around by their service suppliers and the boookmark goes dead. This is back to the old days of chasing around to keep the list maintained all the time.
With the introduction of static Station ID's Winamp was able to make bookmarks that took this into account. If a bookmark was dead you could usually be sure it was off air, rather than a broken link. Any chance we can get back to this ?

Design -

I'd like to see the Genres Selection box above the 'Popular Tags', not below.

Anything that can be done to vary text size or colour would be welcome.


Note. This is serverside code running in Winamp's browser, so going back to an earlier Winamp version will not change anything.
Also, it could have been worked on as we speak, updating would be silent. Check the site page for latest features.


UJ

Actually according to this description DJEgg gave for the new Winamp; "Misc: Redesigned SHOUTcast Radio online service view (new school & classic options)" So I'm guessing that the 5.62 was at least supposed to still have the classic Shoutcast radio option.

Please Winamp, don't tell me that the classic view got cut out of the new version at the last minute. I really prefer scrolling down the list of stations to flipping pages over.

[DJ Egg]

@Pbirv

No, the new classic-style option is on the same page, along with the option to show 100 stations per page
http://meggamusic.co.uk/shup/1309578030/sc-radio.png

[Pbirv]

Originally Posted by DJ Egg

@Pbirv

No, the new classic-style option is on the same page, along with the option to show 100 stations per page
http://meggamusic.co.uk/shup/1309578030/sc-radio.png

I just saw that. The problem is, you still have to flip pages over. That might not be quite so bad if the page numbers were laid out on the screen so that, for example, one could go from page 1 to page 4 without having to go thru 2 and 3. As it is, I'm going back to Winamp 5.58. Sorry, don't take this personally, but I prefer being able to see what's offered without having to flip pages.

[ujay]

Did you even read the post you quoted ?

Originally Posted by ujay

...

The 'Classic' view is gone and has been replaced by an alternative listing. (3 line icon in VIEW).

...

Note. This is serverside code running in Winamp's browser, so going back to an earlier Winamp version will not change anything.

...
UJ

[additional] The old style classic view is gone.
If you miss it, then the best course of action is to make constructive suggestions about how to improved what has replaced it (as you already have).

Worthwhile suggestions will have a lot more effect than ranting, (though maybe it makes you feel better )

UJ

[retroman]

The 5.62 release notes include this item: "New: Fraunhofer AAC Codec with VBR encoding support"

Support for VBR is certainly good news but I am unhappy that the user option for monaural encoding of LC-AAC tracks has been removed from ripping preferences. I have used Winamp to rip thousands of monaural tracks with the old CT encoder (and have thousands more to do). Encoding single-track source material into stereo tracks creates larger files with no benefit whatever to the listener. It is simply a waste of disk space. Please restore the monaural ripping option in the next version.

OT: kudos to the team for fixing the playback distortion problems with certain Mp4 audio tracks. I have a lot of those and they now play perfectly!

[thinktink]

Oh nice. The AVI video playback got unkludged,

[Pbirv]

Originally Posted by thinktink

Oh nice. The AVI video playback got unkludged,

Quite a few unhappy campers with the new setup.

[kzuse]

@DJ Egg:

What do you mean by "HD-AAC" in the first post?
Do you mean HE-AAC? So this release doesn't support encoding HE-AAC/aacPlus at the moment? Then it's not good for me, I suppose ;( As I sometimes (seldomly, but sometimes) use HE-AAC for very-low-bitrate audio distribution via email.

Is HE-AAC decoding still supported in this release?

And when will HE-AAC encoding be supported again?

Thanks for the information!
Best regards,
kzuse

[DrO]

HD-AAC is different from HE-AAC.

HE-AAC is still supported for encoding and decoding, just how it's provided is in a somewhat easier manner via the encoder options compared to the multitude of encoder options / entries as the old CT based encoder had i.e. this new one should be a lot simpler to use.

-daz

[Koopa]

As DrO said, you still have HE-AAC, like the small Fraunhofer HE-AAC picture on the winamp.com sites indicates.

As for HD AAC:

http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/bf/a...daac/index.jsp

[kzuse]

Aaah, I see. Heard of that thing a year ago or so (scalable AAC encoding with a lossless layer) but didn't remember that it was called "HD-AAC"

And in the first post, it sounds a bit like it's something that was included in previous releases, but isn't in the current one. But in fact, HD-AAC wasn't supported at all.

@Koopa: Oh, yes.... didn't look up there at all ;-)

All the best,
kzuse

[synthetiq]

Thanks for the new version!!

[synthetiq]

After unninstalling the previous version I had installed in my pc, I installed this new version and I guess there's something wrong with windows explorer menu control because when I right click over a folder with mp3 files I dont see the options to enqueue or play in winamp, as it was set before.
Folder context menu options are activated in winamp prefs, so I dont see what can be the cause...