Post All Winamp 5.9.1 Bug Reports In This Thread

[UltraMax]

- Winamp 5.9 (5.90.0.9999) - clean install
- Active Winamp Language Pack (English)
- Intel Core (TM) i5-10210U CPU @ 1.60 GHz 2.11 GHz
- Windows 10, Version 21H2, English
- Intel UHD Graphics (Intel corp. 30.0.101.1404)
- Realtek Audio (drv. 6.0.9341.1)
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Two issues
1. After first install all seems to be ok, but after first computer shutdown/restart WinAMP does not play the file you DoubleClick in system and always show the list of files that left from previous run
2. If you open PowerAMP (even not playing file) Windows cannot be correctly shutdown/restarted as WinAMP cannot be automatically closed (need to force stopping of WinAMP)

[zumer]

Originally Posted by wojtek1986

Hi Winamp Team!

I've fount very annoying bug in new Winamp.
Every time i try to shutdown or reboot Windows while Winamp is running, the player freezes and won't let the operating system shutdown. To do that, i have to force shutdown or cancel it and "kill" the Winamp process manually.

The bug occurs both on my old desktop PC with Windows 10 and on laptop with Windows 11

How to reproduce:
1. Open Winamp (no songs needs to be played)
2. Try to shutdown or reboot your Windows.
3. Winamp freezes.

Equipment:

PC #1
Winamp 5.9.0 Build 9999 (clean install)
Language: English
Skin: Winamp Modern
Windows 10 pro 64 bit, version 21H2 (19044.2006). Polish
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz 3.33 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Sound chip: Device compatible with High Definition Audio (driver version: 10.0.19041.264)
Video chip: Intel(R) Q45/Q43 Express Chipset (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1) (driver version: 8.15.10.2702)

PC #2
Winamp 5.9.0 Build 9999 (clean install)
Language: English
Skin: Winamp Modern
Windows 11 Home 64 bit, version 21H2 (22000.978), Polish
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz 1.80 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Sound chip: Realtek High Definition Audio (driver version: 6.0.9205.1)
Video card: Radeon 520 (driver version: 27.20.20908.0)

This problem is not only Winamp 5.9 but also 5.8 and 5.666 maybe earlier. I can offer a solution in the form of a plugin.

[UltraMax]

Originally Posted by zumer

This problem is not only Winamp 5.9 but also 5.8 and 5.666 maybe earlier. I can offer a solution in the form of a plugin.

It does not help
Windows is not shutting down. If I press Cancel - WinAMP is not responding

[wojtek1986]

Originally Posted by zumer

This problem is not only Winamp 5.9 but also 5.8 and 5.666 maybe earlier. I can offer a solution in the form of a plugin.

Thank you for your help - your plugin works perfectly!!!

Originally Posted by UltraMax

It does not help
Windows is not shutting down. If I press Cancel - WinAMP is not responding

Have you copied (unpacked) gen_qes.dll to \Winamp\plugins folder?

[UltraMax]

Originally Posted by wojtek1986

Thank you for your help - your plugin works perfectly!!!


Have you copied (unpacked) gen_qes.dll to \Winamp\plugins folder?

Yes, and this plugin is shown in WinAMP's plugins list

[DJ_MELERIX]

this bug happens in any system compatible.

HTTPS streams fails to play (from m3u files) at first attempt with double click and the following message is visible in the playlist window "(connecting to host)", but if you do another double click then it connects and plays the stream normally.

[mwalden2]

Hello DJ Egg,

- WINAMP v5.9.0 Build 9999 (x86) - clean install
- Active Winamp Language Pack - Default English
- System Specs - ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS, AMD FX(tm)-4130 Quad-Core Processor, RAM 4.00 GB
- Windows OS - Windows 7 SP1 32-Bit English
- Video card + drivers version - ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics - 8.850.0.0
- Sound card/chip + drivers version - Realtek High Definition Audio - 6.0.1.6526

I have just upgraded to v5.9.0 Build 9999 from WINAMP Pro 5.666 Build 3516.

I use WINAMP as my streaming radio station player and have noticed that there are problems playing certain station streams in WINAMP.

Below are five stream links that all play just fine in the current Firefox, but not at all in WINAMP.

Kohina

code:
http://kohina.duckdns.org:8000/stream.ogg

X13 Radio - Funk Music
[codel]http://x13.streamguys1.com/x13-funkmusic[/code]
or

code:
https://x13.streamguys1.com/x13-funkmusic

HBR1 - Trance

code:
http://radio.hbr1.com/stream/trance.ogg

LAOldies K-Surf 105.1 FM

code:
https://14993.Live.StreamTheWorld.com/KSURAMAAC_SC

The first three links above also failed to work in WINAMP Pro 5.666 Build 3516. The "HBR1" and "LAOldies" links I believe are regressions in WINAMP v5.9.0 Build 9999. I can not confirm this since I no longer have WINAMP Pro 5.666 Build 3516 installed to check.

There seems to be, in my opinion, general incompatibility with WINAMP and streams that are hosted on Icecast servers (.ogg streams) and additionally issues connecting to streams that are using "https://" secure connections. In the past I had many streams fail to function when using "https://" but work just fine after removing the "s" to produce an "http://" stream address. This technique does not work on all streams, where they only will function with "https://" and not on "http://" when tested in Firefox.

Unfortunately I did not keep track of all of the streams which failed to load in WINAMP since there was no support being provided to fix bugs in WINAMP, until now!

I hope that you can fix the bugs with WINAMP working with "https://" streams and ".ogg" streams.

"https://" streams are basically the way of the future and more will be coming that only support "https://" and not "http://." So consider the bug to be of concern and not a non issue.

Thanks for you assistance in this matter,
Michael

[DJ Egg]

Originally Posted by mwalden2

1) Kohina

code:
http://kohina.duckdns.org:8000/stream.ogg

2) X13 Radio - Funk Music

code:
http://x13.streamguys1.com/x13-funkmusic

or

code:
https://x13.streamguys1.com/x13-funkmusic

3) HBR1 - Trance

code:
http://radio.hbr1.com/stream/trance.ogg

4) LAOldies K-Surf 105.1 FM

code:
https://14993.Live.StreamTheWorld.com/KSURAMAAC_SC

1. Doesn't play in 5.8 or 5.9. Plays ok in MPC/VLC
2. Doesn't play in 5.8 or 5.9 (http or https). Plays ok in browsers & other players
3. Plays ok in 5.8 and 5.9
4. http stream works ok, not https

We need to replace the internal IE10-based engine with e.g. Chromium/QtWeb or similar.
IE10 is deprecated and many sites no longer support it.
Once replaced, all supported streams should work...

[mwalden2]

Hello DJ Egg,

- WINAMP v5.9.0 Build 9999 (x86) - clean install
- Active Winamp Language Pack - Default English
- System Specs - ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS, AMD FX(tm)-4130 Quad-Core Processor, RAM 4.00 GB
- Windows OS - Windows 7 SP1 32-Bit English
- Video card + drivers version - ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics - 8.850.0.0
- Sound card/chip + drivers version - Realtek High Definition Audio - 6.0.1.6526

(The following applies to WINAMP v5.9.0 Build 9999 as well as earlier versions)

In the current song title, which can be seen in the following places...

• WINAMP main window scrolling text
• WINAMP PLAYLIST track title
• WINAMP PLAYLIST > right click View file info... > Metadata > Playing field
• WINAMP PLAYLIST > right click View file info... > Status > Current title:

..., I have seen the inclusion of XML predefined entity names in the text.
The five entity names are as follows...

Names
1. "
2. &
3. '
4. <
5. >

...and should not be seen in the song title, but rather the associated character should appear in place of the entity name as follows:

Character
1. "
2. &
3. '
4. <
5. >

For example:

Paul McCartney &amp; Wings - Junior&apos;s Farm

should appear as:

Paul McCartney & Wings - Junior's Farm

I do not know if this is a bug on the part of the stream's server, or a bug in the WINAMP client. If the song title is supposed to be encoded as as an XML string, then this is a bug in WINAMP and should be fixed. If not, then you might want to delete this bug report... but you might still want to include the replacement of XML entity names with the related character since this occurs on, in my experience, many stream servers. I do not think that this will hurt anything since I do not expect any song title would normally have the XML entity names in it.

- Michael

More info on XML entity names:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ntities_in_XML

[thinktink]

While pondering this thread -> http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=459373 I decided to check a full and complete install of Winamp 5.9. When I tried to switch to Winamp Modern skin Winamp just disappears and doesn't come back. I installed the Windows SDK on a non-development machine to test out the feasibility of normal users running debuggers. Not viable. Anyways, I put Winamp under WinDbgX86 and the following is what came up.



FYI, I normally don't do a full install of all Winamp components.

[EDIT/]
Added info tool report.

[EDIT2/]
Confirmed with clean install. Winamp crashes when switching from Winamp Classic to Winamp Modern.

[DJ Egg]

@thinktink

The crash report refers to 5.9.0.9999 which was the beta/RC builds.
5.9 Final is marked as 5.90.0.9999

Also, you'd need to remove all your own and any other non-default plug-ins to confirm if the problem persists with 5.9F

A crash when switching from Classic to Modern skin (or any other freeform skins) is not something we can reproduce.

The report suggests your gen_ff.dll is corrupted...

________________________________________

EDIT

Re: below
Hmm, weird...

[thinktink]

I just re-downloaded final from the forums link, uninstalled Winamp, cleared and deleted the Program Files (x86)\Winamp folder, cleared and deleted the %APPDATA%\Winamp folder, and reinstalled Winamp Full. It's still doing it without any 3rd party plugins installed, even my own.



I don't know what else to say or do. Winamp doesn't generate a crash report that I can find.

[EDIT/]
Including gen_ff for you to look at in case you're right and it's getting corrupted somehow.

[thinktink]

I found a way to get Windows 10 to generate a crash dump. It made two, included both.

[thinktink]

I just discovered something. If I run Winamp in compatibility mode for Windows 98/ME then I can switch to a modern skin without crashing. Yay, Bento is back! I understand this is not a good solution, I'm only posting in the hopes it narrows down the source of the issue further.

[cyberloner]

something is wrong..... winamp is crashing non stop

[DJ-Garybaldy]

If I open View File Info and close it again the music stutters for a brief second

[MrSinatra]

Originally Posted by DJ-Garybaldy

If I open View File Info and close it again the music stutters for a brief second

that has always been the case. thats bc even if u don't change the info, when u click ok instead of cancel the entire file has to resave. for me it sometimes stutters and sometimes doesn't, but that behavior has been consistent ever since i first starting using winamp, years ago.

[MrSinatra]

Originally Posted by thinktink

I just discovered something. If I run Winamp in compatibility mode for Windows 98/ME then I can switch to a modern skin without crashing. Yay, Bento is back! I understand this is not a good solution, I'm only posting in the hopes it narrows down the source of the issue further.

TT, are u on the Betateam? I'm sure Egg would include you if not, if u wanted to be. could use ur help!

[DJ-Garybaldy]

Originally Posted by MrSinatra

that has always been the case. thats bc even if u don't change the info, when u click ok instead of cancel the entire file has to resave. for me it sometimes stutters and sometimes doesn't, but that behavior has been consistent ever since i first starting using winamp, years ago.

Hmm well maybe it needs fixing it doesn't happen in other playback software I have been using

[thinktink]

Originally Posted by MrSinatra

TT, are u on the Betateam? I'm sure Egg would include you if not, if u wanted to be. could use ur help!

What's the first rule of fight club?

[wiz_d_kidd]

Recently installed the new Winamp 5.9 over the previous 5.8 release. Running Windows 10, using Big Bento Modern Windows 10.

I can play from playlists, but whenever I click on the Audio Library folder icon, the audio library comes up blank, and after a second, Winamp disappears. Any attempt to access the library, or rescan it, causes it to abruptly close.

[MrSinatra]

Try 5.9.1 RC2, does the issue persist?

[wiz_d_kidd]

Originally Posted by MrSinatra

Try 5.9.1 RC2, does the issue persist?

I downloaded this: Winamp590_9999_final_full_en-us(1). I don't know whether that's RC2 or not. If not, is there a list of bug-fixes for RC2 that might indicate they solved the issue?

[MrSinatra]

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=459660

[wiz_d_kidd]

Originally Posted by MrSinatra

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=459660

OK, thanks! The link above says to backup the Winamp library, settings, etc. when doing an upgrade. Where is that stored? It looks like: C:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml, but is there anyplace else?

[wiz_d_kidd]

Originally Posted by wiz_d_kidd

Recently installed the new Winamp 5.9 over the previous 5.8 release. Running Windows 10, using Big Bento Modern Windows 10.

I can play from playlists, but whenever I click on the Audio Library folder icon, the audio library comes up blank, and after a second, Winamp disappears. Any attempt to access the library, or rescan it, causes it to abruptly close.

Although no error messages were displayed prior to Winamp disappearing, I did find this in the Winamp.log file:

[2022-12-08 10:53:49.513] [5.90.0.9999] [error] The plugin 'gen_jumpex.dll' is not found in the "Plugins" folder!

I don't know what this dll is for, or if it might be the cause of the sudden crashes.

[MrSinatra]

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=458969

[jdmaddison]

I am running Winamp 5.9.1 released 12/7/22. I am noticing a distinct lack of a menu option to burn a CD when I click on the CD Burner Drive with a blank CD inserted. I used to be able to drag tracks from the Media Library and burn them to a CD, but not in the latest version. Is this a feature or a bug?

I was able to burn the CD using Windows Media Player in Windows 10, so this is not some sort of hardware issue.

[bjohnson]

I know I have a large library but I'm unable to load my entire library, following a scan. Seems fine until ~200,000 files are scanned. After this, the number of files listed under "tracks" fluctuates with each and every stop/start of the application. Drag & drop added (duplicated?) tracks such that it now says I have over 600,000 when in reality I have 365,000.

[MrSinatra]

Originally Posted by bjohnson

I know I have a large library but I'm unable to load my entire library, following a scan. Seems fine until ~200,000 files are scanned. After this, the number of files listed under "tracks" fluctuates with each and every stop/start of the application. Drag & drop added (duplicated?) tracks such that it now says I have over 600,000 when in reality I have 365,000.

what are your watch folder settings?

[applespice]

I don't know if I'm describing this right, but within the file info tab, you should be able to to advance to the next file (or go back one file). In 5.9, advancing causes winamp to crash.

[MrSinatra]

Originally Posted by applespice

I don't know if I'm describing this right, but within the file info tab, you should be able to to advance to the next file (or go back one file). In 5.9, advancing causes winamp to crash.

i am using 5.9.1 RC4 10027 and i don't see those buttons at all...

i know they used to be there! so idk if they took it out or when or what?!?

are u using the 5.9 official release?

[DJ Egg]

5.9.1 Final Reports Start Here

[Aminifu]

Originally Posted by MrSinatra

i am using 5.9.1 RC4 10027 and i don't see those buttons at all...

i know they used to be there! so idk if they took it out or when or what?!?

are u using the 5.9 official release?

I'm also using v5.9.1.10027 and I see the forward and reverse controls on the top right side of the Alt + 3 metadata viewer/editor (next to file's pathname), with both the classic and modern skins I'm using. Unfortunately, Winamp immediately crashes when I try to use them.

[thinktink]

Originally Posted by Aminifu

I'm also using v5.9.1.10027 and I see the forward and reverse controls on the top right side of the Alt + 3 metadata viewer/editor (next to file's pathname), with both the classic and modern skins I'm using. Unfortunately, Winamp immediately crashes when I try to use them.

I don't see them either. Are they from JTFE?

[DJ Egg]

Originally Posted by thinktink

I don't see them either. Are they from JTFE?

Yes :-)

[Aminifu]

I just updated to v5.9.1.10029 and what I reported in post #74 above is still occurring.

Since these controls are provided by the unofficial JTFE, that explains it. That probably is also why the Windows Explorer folder and file shell options (Play in Winamp, Enqueue in Winamp, Enqueue & Play in Winamp and And to Winamp's Bookmark list) provided by JTFE are not available in Windows 11.

However, the JTFE Queue Manager view in the Winamp media library and the Jump To File window (for searching in the PE) are available and both are working.

[MrSinatra]

Egg,

is what is and isn't working when JTFE is present in 5.9.1 known to the devs? if so, can that be made publicly known?

is what isn't working something that can be fixed by tweaking 5.9.1? and if not, perhaps that would be a good place to start a challenge by you to the community to create an open source replacement for JTFE?

(its odd to me that aspects of JTFE still work while other aspects can crash winamp... obviously that status quo is not a viable long term solution)

[TenguSlayer]

Long time winamp user first time poster here. I've been having this issue with "presets" button in a visualization tab, any time I'm trying to left click it winamp hopelessly hangs until I close it with "winamp is not responding" window. However right clicking in the visualization window to show the same menu works fine. This problem occurs in 5.8, 5.9, on all skins where such menu button is available, with or without plugins such as classicpro or color editor. Windows 10.

[TenguSlayer]

Sorry, image didn't upload for some reason https://imgur.com/29NeYMx