Winamp 5.51 Build 1763

Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances (skins) plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins.

What's New

• New: Autoplay Handlers for Audio, MP3 and Video CD's on WinXP & Vista
• New: Default Programs registration for installations on Windows Vista
• New: Optional Constant-Q Equalizer and optional ISO Standard frequency bands
• New: [in_flv] Flash Video decoder (vp6 only, not h.263)
• Improved: Browser download manager now uses CD Ripping destination folder
• Improved: Deletion of embedded album art via Artwork tab in File Info
• Improved: More accurately translated Language Packs
• Improved: More miscellaneous UI/dialog tweaks & improvements
• Improved: Option to set the number of pixels to scroll for modern songticker
• Improved: [Gracenote/MusicID] Better error checking & memory cache optimizations
• Improved: [gen_ff] More miscellaneous freeform skinning engine optimizations
• Improved: [gen_hotkeys] Added optional WM_APPCOMMAND support for media keys
• Improved: [gen_hotkeys] Added increase + decrease rating on current track
• Improved: [in_dshow] Reading of length and bitrate for non-default video formats
• Improved: [in_flac] Optimized disk caching for increased performance
• Improved: [in_mp3] Better optimization for older Pentium Pro/2/3 cpu's
• Improved: [in_mp3] Support for reading ALBUM ARTIST field if TPE2 not present
• Improved: [in_mp4] Better Unicode support and metadata read optimizations
• Improved: [in_mp4] Optimized disk caching/reading
• Improved: [in_vorbis] Support for reading YEAR field if DATE not present
• Improved: [ml_disc/in_cdda] Disc reading tweaks and other general optimizations
• Improved: [ml_history] New tracking control options
• Improved: [ml_local] Added column for BPM
• Improved: [ml_local] Album column sorting order logic
• Improved: [ml_local] Better playlist handling
• Improved: [ml_local] Bumped track# metadata guessing limit from 130 to 999
• Improved: [ml_local] Database query and memory optimizations
• Improved: [ml_pmp] Support for drag&drop from Explorer into portable device view
• Improved: [ml_transcode] Prompt to delete aborted transcodes
• Fixed: Artwork not found if .nfo filename contains a period
• Fixed: ASX Parser converting all stream links in .asx playlists to upper case
• Fixed: Classic songticker wraparound glitchiness
• Fixed: Dragging/scrolling of songticker text after resize
• Fixed: Global Hotkeys list destroyed when changing language packs
• Fixed: Gracenote CDDB Editor genre selection glitches
• Fixed: Gracenote/MusicID not using Winamp's proxy setting
• Fixed: Parsing of ansi ASX playlists containing non-standard characters
• Fixed: Restore from System Tray if previously closed in a minimized state
• Fixed: Setup resetting desktop icons :-o
• Fixed: Spectrum vis incompatibility crash with some 3rd-party input plugins
• Fixed: Truetype replacement font alignment in Winamp Modern winshade songticker
• Fixed: Various miscellaneous keyboard shortcut issues
• Fixed: Winamp Agent registry entry typo (wianmpa.exe)
• Fixed: [Bento] Collapse/Expand Playlist not respecting 'Show Album Art' setting
• Fixed: [gen_ff] Potential high CPU usage of songticker object
• Fixed: [gen_ff] TrueType replacement font change not updating in real-time
• Fixed: [gen_hotkeys] Restore from minimized state whilst About dialog is open
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Blank ML when restarting Winamp from a minimized state
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Cancelling Online Media password prompt clears password & filters
• Fixed: [in_dshow] Miscalculation of some mpeg video lengths
• Fixed: [in_flac] Divide-by-zero crash on corrupt files
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Deleting Lyrics3 tag in Alt+3 Editor also deletes ID3v1 tag
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Handling of ID3v2 with bad version/revision #'s
• Fixed: [in_mp3] ID3v2 parsing crash with some mp3's
• Fixed: [in_mp3] ID3v2 tag not showing when ID3v1 tag reading is disabled in config
• Fixed: [in_mp3] MPEG Info not showing in Alt+3 for files with large ID3v2 tags
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Now only reads first ID3v2 tag if more than one is present
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Winamp UI freezes when loading certain corrupt mp3's
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Playback of mp3 in mp4 container
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Seeking when paused
• Fixed: [in_mp4/jpeg.w5s] Crash when Art field is in metadata with no embedded art
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] UTF8->UTF16 optimized (fixes File Info delay bug)
• Fixed: [libmp4v2] Corrupt m4a's not playing, better handling of ones beyond repair
• Fixed: [ml_autotag] Crash when track isn't part of a disc, eg. internet-only releases
• Fixed: [ml_autotag] Stops processing when switching to another ml view
• Fixed: [ml_disc] CD view/titles not refreshing when ejecting old/inserting new CD
• Fixed: [ml_disc] Crash when using invalid strings in playlist filename generation
• Fixed: [ml_disc] No Burn button under some system configurations
• Fixed: [ml_disc/ml_pmp/ml_transcode] Processing of # in Destination Folder path
• Fixed: [ml_local] Artist column in descending order when sorting by Year
• Fixed: [ml_local] Down key in Search field not focusing the Simple View list
• Fixed: [ml_local] Last Updated, Album Gain & Podcast column sorting orders
• Fixed: [ml_local] Two filters always checkmarked in Edit View for Simple views
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Shift+Enter hotkey to Enqueue playlist
• Fixed: [ml_plg] Crash when stopping Playlist Generator scan or resetting database
• Fixed: [ml_pmp] Column sorting orders
• Fixed: [ml_rg] Restore from minimized state whilst rg results dialog is open
• Fixed: [ml_transcode] Restore from minimized state whilst config dialog is open
• Fixed: [ml_wire] Podcasts not being downloaded if
• Fixed: [ml_wire] Lockup when encountering scripts in field
• Fixed: [out_disk] Output folder always resetting to My DocumentsMy Music
• Fixed: [pmp_ipod] 'Add album art' option always checkmarked
• Fixed: [tataki] Potential crash when encountering an invalid/superficial error
• Fixed: [vis_milk2] Crash when exiting fullscreen back to attached Modern skin window
• Misc: Alt+3 Auto-Tag now saves Gracenote FileId and ExtData fields
• Misc: Double-click Stereo indicator to open Playback prefs (Bento & Modern skins)
• Misc: Installation is now prevented on Win9x
• Misc: Made Milkdrop2 the default vis plugin
• Misc: Split the Playback prefs into 3 tabs: Playback, Equalizer & Replay Gain
• Misc: Various installer setup & localization translation tweaks
• Misc: Various Bento skin fixes, tweaks and improvements
• Misc: Various Winamp Modern skin 5.5-related updates
• Misc: [ml_local] Removed deprecated 'Show album gain values' option in Prefs
• Updated: Bento skin #117
• Updated: Gracenote MusicID/CDDB v2.5.1
• Updated: libpng 1.2.22
• Updated: [vis_milk2] MilkDrop 2.0c

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