Winamp 5.8 Beta, Build 3660 (official)

[gerryharris]

Just checked it and the link is working here OK. Takes me to the download site.
Cheers
Gerry

[Reissuleipa]

Just checked it and the link is working here OK. Takes me to the download site.
Cheers
Gerry

The link definitely does not work. Doesn't work for me with FF or Edge and doesn't work for my friend.

[jezpakani]

Download link is not valid

Just checked it and the link is working here OK. Takes me to the download site.
Cheers
Gerry

The link most definitely does not work so you must have a cached version of the page in your browser or something. Viewing the code reveals the following which shows it links to nothing:

<a href="#" class="btn btn-download"><span>Download</span></a>

[tornAsoul]

I cant download winamp, please help!!

Download button not working, it redirects to winamp.com/#.

Please Help!

[dgcurtis]

Ditto on not being able to download from the site. However, the ninite installer does install 5.8 build 3660.

[Delaser]

Download button broken?

Download button on the main page doesn't do anything.

Tried on chrome and edge on my desktop, and chrome on my phone.

Is there an alternate dl link?



[Edit: DJ Egg]

Download link now fixed. Also added direct link to first post in thread.

[typhoon_lee]

Is there a better place to put bugs?

Whenever I try and load large numbers of files into 3660, in which the ID3 tags are loaded upon loading the files into the application, it will shut down winamp:

Event viewer:

Faulting application name: winamp.exe, version: 5.8.0.3660, time stamp: 0x5bc9048d
Faulting module name: MSVCR90.dll, version: 9.0.30729.9518, time stamp: 0x5b690a0f
Exception code: 0xc0000417
Fault offset: 0x00066812
Faulting process id: 0x2fe8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d4908259554632
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\winamp.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.9518_none_508db366bcbd18c4\MSVCR90.dll
Report Id: 62a1dd65-5c17-42cc-9c14-ce98786cdbbe
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

EventData

winamp.exe
5.8.0.3660
5bc9048d
MSVCR90.dll
9.0.30729.9518
5b690a0f
c0000417
00066812
2fe8
01d4908259554632
C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\winamp.exe
C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.9518_none_508db366bcbd18c4\MSVCR90.dll
62a1dd65-5c17-42cc-9c14-ce98786cdbbe

Previous version of winamp did not do they, they did take a long time, but never crashed.

W10x64/8700K/64GB ram/NVME SSD

[MrSinatra]

yes, i believe there is a long standing and ongoing issue with the in_mp3.dll plugin that was supposed to be fixed with this release, but apparently was not.

what the devs need you to do is watch your files get scanned on the "watch folders" tab in prefs, and see which ones halt and crash winamp. do NOT delete or edit them! copy them as is to a location out side your library. test each one to see if it crashes winamp. then upload them on dropbox or similar and link to them here so the devs have example files to reproduce the issue with. thx.

[typhoon_lee]

Is there a better place to put bugs?

Whenever I try and load large numbers of files into 3660, in which the ID3 tags are loaded upon loading the files into the application, it will shut down winamp:

Event viewer:

Faulting application name: winamp.exe, version: 5.8.0.3660, time stamp: 0x5bc9048d
Faulting module name: MSVCR90.dll, version: 9.0.30729.9518, time stamp: 0x5b690a0f
Exception code: 0xc0000417
Fault offset: 0x00066812
Faulting process id: 0x2fe8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d4908259554632
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\winamp.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.9518_none_508db366bcbd18c4\MSVCR90.dll
Report Id: 62a1dd65-5c17-42cc-9c14-ce98786cdbbe
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

EventData

winamp.exe
5.8.0.3660
5bc9048d
MSVCR90.dll
9.0.30729.9518
5b690a0f
c0000417
00066812
2fe8
01d4908259554632
C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\winamp.exe
C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.9518_none_508db366bcbd18c4\MSVCR90.dll
62a1dd65-5c17-42cc-9c14-ce98786cdbbe

Previous version of winamp did not do they, they did take a long time, but never crashed.

W10x64/8700K/64GB ram/NVME SSD

I can't seem to edit my post (I don't see any pencil next to my post where I can edit it) but I figured out what the problem is:

If any mp3s are encoded with FHG encoder, it crashed when I load them into winamp.

If I just reencode them with LAme, they zip right in.

[MrSinatra]

that would be odd b/c thats what winamp used to use.

it may not be that, it might be another issue, like with the tags or mp3 headers, etc, that gets "corrected" by the re-encoding.

also, you lose quality re-encoding just FYI.

it would really be helpful if you could upload some example files, (ones that cause the crash).

ps. u can only edit a post for a limited time after making it.

[tom white]

Is there no provision for ripping to, or converting to, AAC or ALAC formats? Hopefully I'm just missing something. If not, it seems like a real shame that people have waited this long only to find this feature absent.

[NJK]

Is there no provision for ripping to, or converting to, AAC or ALAC formats? Hopefully I'm just missing something. If not, it seems like a real shame that people have waited this long only to find this feature absent.

if you had taken the time to read the entire thread instead of posting
you would have found a post by DJ EGG
stating

" By "former Pro-licensed features", it means Sonic CD Engine, Gracenote (cddb, MusicID, etc), mpeg-4 / h.264 decoding, mp3 encoding (encoder was free, but the patents hadn't expired)... things AOL paid for, that were licensed to AOL, and iirc needed paying for on a regular basis, so therefore needed to be covered by the Pro payments.

Fraunhofer mp3 & aac decoders weren't ongoing payments, but were exclusively licensed to AOL for use in Winamp. Radionomy couldn't use the same license, so we decided to use opensource libmpg123 for mp3 and system WMF decoder for aac instead.

in_mp3 still supports raw .aac files, but via winamp\system\aacdec.w5s
(which is also used by in_mp4, in_mkv, in_avi, in_flv, in_nsv)

Unfortunately though, as I said, it relies on Media Foundation which only comes with Vista and later.
AAC, MPEG-4 pt.2 & H.264 support all rely on Windows MF.

Using MF / MFTs means no additional licensing is required and therefore we can keep Winamp free.

We've replaced CD playback engine; plus mp3, aac, mpeg-4 and h.264 decoding

We've still not replaced CD Burning Engine/Interface (which still works in 5.666) or Gracenote features (cddb, autotag, playlist generator) - therefore those features are currently non-existent."

Next time please read before posting.

[tom white]

if you had taken the time to read the entire thread instead of posting
you would have found a post by DJ EGG
stating

And if you were wanting to be helpful instead of being a jackass you would have come up with a better answer.

I did, in fact, read the whole thread. As I read what DJ EGG posted, I did not see anything that eliminated the possibility of including FFMPEG or similar to address being able to rip or convert to aac/alac. Maybe I just didn't get the gist of his post, but I certainly read it.

So, does anyone other than this clown have any ideas on how to do what I am looking for?

[ this forum user forgot to read rules that cleary state that you act in a civil way towards others
rules--> As with anything, you, as a member, should use good common sense when posting. In other words, you agree not to be a jerk. Posts containing personal attacks on another user will be edited/deleted.<--

, so it's off to banned island for him]

[MrSinatra]

Is there no provision for ripping to, or converting to, AAC or ALAC formats? Hopefully I'm just missing something. If not, it seems like a real shame that people have waited this long only to find this feature absent.

I can't speak to lossy aac, I don't use it, but Thinktinks excellent ALAC encoder is fantastic, and my lossless encoder of choice.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=388112

[MrSinatra]

More info:

I see there's been no mention of the AAC Encoder.

We couldn't ship enc_fhgaac with 5.8 because 1) we've no aac encoding license and 2) it was licensed by FhG to AOL.

The default Windows Media Foundation AAC encoder is limited to AAC-LC only, i.e. it doesn't do HE-AAC

We made the 5.8 installer not delete enc_aac / enc_fhgaac on upgrades, so it will still be there.
For clean installs, you'll need to grab it from the 5.666 installer or elsewehere......

For the average user, installing 5.666 and then immediately installing 5.8 on top might be the best way to go.