Winamp Player OVERVIEW DOCUMENTATION NEW FEATURES FINGER UPDATES Winamp Downloads WINAMP PLAYER SKINS (805) PLUG-INS (66) Register Winamp Internet Music FREE MUSIC INTERNET ARTISTS SEARCH Team Winamp OUR MISSION WHO WE ARE PRESS KIT COMMUNITY Support MAILING LISTS FAQ SHAREWARE NOTICE FEEDBACK Advertise Search Site Contact Us				Winamp Player New Features V E R S I O N 2.04 R E L E A S E D 25.10.98 Bugfixes aplenty. New Winamp Installer and Uninstaller (use Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs to uninstall Winamp) Fixed early vis starting before track 1 bug Added /CLASS="Winamp v1.y" switch Added .ZIP skins support New Nitrane 1.24 Better sound quality Better corrupt MP3 handling New experimental "Aural Stimulation" mode Better "Browse for directory" support. More IPC Stuff (view frontend.txt in the download package) Previous Versions V E R S I O N 2.03 R E L E A S E D 8.10.98 Improved shift selection in playlist editor Better litestep support (litestep options in preferences->options, too) Fixed a number of midi/cdda related bugs Added WM_GETMINMAXINFO handler, to improve maximizing and windowshade Fixed some stupid (but very annoying) window region rela ted bugs. Nitrane 1.22, for better sounding MP3 playback New 'No Playlist Advance' option for DJs and people who like to jump around in playlists Snapping is now adjustable V E R S I O N 2.02 R E L E A S E D 29.9.98 Much improved output system for less (no) skipping! Faster 3DNow! mode Some dsp plug-in related enhancements. Minor bugfixes AXP release available V E R S I O N 2.01 R E L E A S E D 25.9.98 Nitrane 1.20 MPEG decoder. Vastly improved layer 2 and layer 1 support. Supports all layer 2 streams, does correct EQ and Visualization. Better handling of switched-bitrate files and indirect streaming. More optimizations, etc. MIDI Playback (primitive, but working). With volume control :) New playlist editor font system in 2.01 -- uses system fonts and is resizable Tons of bugfixes and slight usability improvements Up/down arrow (and mousewheel) control in Windowshade Playlist. Changed the EQ so that you can click and drag across bands to quickly set it Fixed some stupid window-related paint bugs Fixed silly position bar moving bug Added checks to playlist width and height to avoid overgrowth Fixed some weirdisms in the skin selection box's sorting. Fixed a hide-mainwindow-while-minimizing bug. HTML Playlist generator (useful for printing) V E R S I O N 2.0 R E L E A S E D 08.9.98 New codebase -- rewrote darn near everything from scratch. New GUI for EQ and Playlist -- yes, they're skinnable. New skinnable cursors for player. New playlist functions -- playback, windowshade mode, visualization... New, more accurate EQ. New output plug-in type, new support for DirectSound! New funkomatic about screens Three new hidden easter eggs! New options for in-player visualization. New format for DSP plug-ins (sorry, 1.x DSP plugins don't work any more) New dynamic link section, with selectable web updates! New tone generator plug-in -- 40hz, baby! Pitch shifting, voice removal, echo DSP plug-in included. About 3 bajillion other improvements -- too many to list! V E R S I O N 1.92 R E L E A S E D 26.7.98 Mousewheel support (controls volume, or seeks when pressed) Saves prefs even if you shut down while winamp is running Skins can now change the color of most of Winamp's dialogs (see dialogs.txt in Skins\DColor) Shift-minimize minimizes to tray Plug-in name caching Modeless prefs box, skin selector, about box Better filetype registration. With unregistration, and individual extension selection Win98/IE4 taskbar support added /config=file.ini (path optional) switch. fixed some region related bugs Apply works as expected in prefs now! :) Nitrane MP3: totally new decoding engine with support for MMX, 3DNow! and more. Removed MIDI/CDDA plug-ins temporarily (coming back soon when we get them working better) MOD player: sorta buggy right now so we're not including it in this release. Wait for 1.92-sp1 V E R S I O N 1.91 R E L E A S E D 20.5.98 Added new remove options to playlist editor Added /new switch, opens up a new winamp, always None option for taskbar/tray display setting Optimized prefs/plugins -- dsp plugins now must be named dsp_*.dll. Made playlist editor keep track of playlist file (again) Added SkinDir= and PluginDir= options for winamp.ini (add them manually in [Winamp] in Winamp.ini to change) Fixed up some delete playlist-then-hit-stop bugs Fixed input-change bug in vis plugins Added skin enhancement: region.txt region specifier Added skin enhancement: balance.bmp is like volume.bmp but for balance/panning bar Added skin enhancement: nums_ex.bmp allows for - sign definition :) Added 'playlist types' to open dialog Made snap to viewport snap on move in stead of on drop Added plug-in config hotkey/menu item Made vis_fs.dll default visualization Changed file type to 'winamp media file' from 'mpeg file'.. Added demo.mp3, and auto-play on first run Fixed 2 digit bitrate/mixrate bug Fixed IPC_JUMPTOTIME bug (works now) Improved http m3u reading (error detection, yay) Made doublesize mode not so screwupy in win95 Optimized title/length reading code Auto-idle when not playing Revised plug-in spec Added 'default extension' option MP3 decoder: new time calculation code (all integer) MP3 decoder: added options for different extensions (and additional extensions) MP3 decoder: added MMS streaming option MP3 decoder: optimized size-changing checking code (for indirect streaming) MP3 decoder: mixed-bitrate MP3s now display average bitrate MP3 decoder: more genres MP3 decoder: high genre bug fixed MP3 decoder: improved http and mms streaming (with error detection n stuff) MP3 decoder: fixed priority setting bug MP3 decoder: added error messages for id3 editor box MP3 decoder: new output system (optimized) MOD decoder: fixed priority setting bug MOD decoder: added better 8 bit support MOD decoder: new 'if title is empty' logic.. MOD decoder: added support for windowshade vu MOD decoder: added .669 support MOD decoder: new output system (optimized) MOD decoder: added waveform dsp plugin support WAV decoder: .VOC support. Only mono, 8 bit files are supported. WAV decoder: .VOC support supports silence blocks and changing samplerates (all upsampled to 44.1kHz) WAV decoder: .WAV support. Uses ACM so you can play any .WAV file. Linein/cdda decoder: support for linein:// and .CDA cd tracks. V E R S I O N 1.90 R E L E A S E D 2.5.98 Major release - Winamp is now a general purpose audio player (.MODs are back baby!) Plug-in input sources. Included MP2/MP3 plug-in, MOD/XM/S3M/IT plug-in. Coming soon: WAV/VOC/AU/AIFF, AAC, CD Audio, etc Lots of bugfixes New bugs (since we changed a *lot*) Included new beta nifty fullscreen visualization library (with a dot fountain! :) All rights reserved. Copyright © 1998 Nullsoft, Inc.