Winamp 3.0 Beta 1 out! (developer) build #448

Cheers IRazor for this.. What is Winamp3? Why Winamp3? Winamp3 is more than an excuse to have "mp3" built right into our product name. Winamp3 is our attempt to create a brand new methodology of complete customizability of the media playback experience via a system of component programming (which adds new functionality to the program) and a brand-new skinning system (to present the features of the program to you.) Collectively, this new technology platform is called Wasabi, or the Wasabi Coding Platform.

What"s new:

  • mostly finalized all interfaces so developers can get busy

  • config file in sexy XML now

  • crossfader switchable again

  • crossfade on next/previous works

  • playlist editor:

  • faster, better, more stable

  • shuffle on next now default behavior

  • sorting by specific criteria, more general sorting to come later

  • .pls loading

  • no more "working playlist", now whatever playlist is showing is the playlist being edited, always

  • prioritizes ID3 reading for items you"re looking at

  • sexy skinned drop indicator

  • playlist saving works again

  • url selector remembers recent entries

  • skinning:

  • groups work better

  • many components now scalable (not working 100% yet)

  • skins start out centered on screen on first load

  • gamma groups! tintastic!

  • memory usage reduced

  • finally, some better buttons than the ones I made in MS Paint on my laptop with a touchpad (thanks Steve!)

  • many many bugfixes, including the NT4 startup crash

  • even better SDK

  • lots more!

    Download: Winamp 3.0 Beta 1 love (1.30mb)

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