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coming in winamp 2.1: * minibrowser * windowshade eq * local cd database editting * more! of course, heh. what's new in winamp 2.09? * fixed stupid hanging bug in cdda support * fixed retarded windows-making-the-window-too-high-after-awhile bug. * fixed clear-playlist-then-seek bug. * fixed nitrane's invalid-genre %6 bug. * added full xing vbr support to nitrane. seeking and time estimation work perfectly. * preliminary id3v2 support (tag is skipped reliably) * improved directsound output (thanks to leif claesson) what's new in winamp 2.08? * stupid vc++ 6 screwed up my propertysheets. crashed on some systems. fixed (as far as i can tell, let me know =). * fixed a stupid cpu consuming bug in nitrane what's new in winamp 2.06 (the final release of 1998!)? * built with vc++ 6 and vc++ 4.2. faster and smaller (well, we hope) * installer now prompts to use old config/fresh config * uninstaller only will remove plugins\ and skins\ if they are in the winamp directory (i.e. if you have a giant skin directory in another location it won't remove it) * added bar analyzer mode to built-in vis (woo!) * made .pls playlists streamable * info-reading on demand mode, supplements info-on-load * made http:// default in open location box * better directory and drive adding support (you can now do 'g:\' in the open location box to play an audio cd, for instance) * fixed a slight alignment bug in playlist editor * nullsoft visualization library! (wvis 4.1+ns fullscreen vis) * included experimental gapless output driver (rocks the casbah) * improved directsound output driver * made some mods to the waveout plug-in, should be more stable and more compatible (might have sacrificed a teeny bit of vis accuracy tho) * cddb support now remembers if it hasn't worked recently to avoid from keeping popping up. * fixed a dsp plug-in bug in nitrane * added shoutcast title reading to nitrane, improved nitrane's http streaming (non-blocking connect, baby) * added better mpeg 2.5 support to nitrane (still don't have the right reordering tables, though, but an improvement nonetheless) what's new in winamp 2.05? * fixed some vis->plug-in interface bugs * fixed apply button in setup tab of prefs * rewrote some memory chunk allocation code. * added a buttload of ipc stuff (lots, baby!) * wvis 4.0: new effects, higher quality rendering, and directdraw fullscreen modes. * fixed a skin bug * fixed a few error-detection related bugs in nitrane. * preliminary cddb support (cddbp only, no http) * much improved http streaming. you can now psuedo-stream mod,wav,and midi

files. * improved mod decoder (thanks jake!) * updated icons. fixed a lot of little cosmetic bugs. what's new in winamp 2.04? * bugfixes. i had these logged but i lost the log file :( * better installer integration (/install and /uninstall switch) * new, nicer, self checking installer. uninstall too! * fixed vis starting before first track bug * added /class="winamp v1.y" switch * added .zip support for skins. simply drop a zipped skin in your winamp\skins directory! * nitrane 1.24 with better sound quality and corrupt mp3 handling, two different eq modes, and an experimental aural stimulation mode. * better "browse for directory" boxes. * more ipc stuff (eq, skins, etc -- see frontend.txt) what's new in winamp 2.03? * 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 maximize handling and windowshade * fixed some stupid (but very annoying) window region related 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. what's new in winamp 2.02? * massive improvements to audio output system. no more skips! (be sure you set your audio output prefs to the recommended settings :) * some dsp plug-in related enhancements. * fixed eq preset reloading bug * optimized nitrane's 3dnow! mode some more. about 10% faster. (went from 11.5% to 10.2% or so) * ported some code to c in in_mod, for the upcoming 2.02 axp build :) what's new in winamp 2.01? * made playlist editor use windows font.. resizable and skinnable * fixed a silly little hide-mainwindow-while-minimized-bug * added up/down arrow (and mousewheel scroll) to plwindowshade * fixed silly position bar moving bug * made eq's 0-lock more accurate * made title-scroll option * added width&height chex for pl * fixed error with sorting in skin selection box * fixed evil playlist editor 256 color bugs and alignment stuff * nitrane 1.20. faster, fully functional layer 2 support. optimizations. better sounding half and quarter rate modes. fixed decoder mode setting * more... ! :) what's new in winamp 2.0? * i wouldn't know where to start =) sorry, just play with it.. ----------- old 1.x what's new --------------------------------------------what's new in winamp 1.92 sp?

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new nitrane 1.0 mpeg audio decoder (mostly bugfixes) new mod/xm/it player (see readme.txt) new cdda plug-in. fixed wav plug-in a few new plug-ins.

what's new in winamp 1.92? * 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) what's new in winamp 1.91 sp1? * midi plugin: fixed midi playback for files with spaces in their names * midi plugin: trying to reinitialize synth on playback * wave plugin: fixed acm problems on some systems with normal pcm files (bypass acm) what's new in winamp 1.91? * better short-fn to lfn conversion * 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

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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.

what's new in winamp 1.90? * 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! :) what's new in winamp 1.82? * even more id3 genres * decoder bug fixed (for corrupted mp3s) * better shell integration (both play and queue options) what's new in winamp 1.81? * more id3 genres * fixed dsp plug-in non-working thingy * new 'alternate volume setting code' that works on all systems * you can now set the buffering time to 0 seconds for low-latency * no more integer mode (sucky) * new quarter-sample-rate mode * new 'agressive buffering' option * cosmetic improvements * winamp now remembers position in last playlist when starting * random skin option box (see skin selector) what's new in winamp 1.80? * skin support * plug-ins now go in plugins\ (move your old ones there)

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experimental integer mode for 486s 64 bit mode for extra good sound removed extra-hq switch (always hq now) removed bufferless playback mode (slower according to vtune, just set buffer-size to around 0.3 seconds for faster eq, etc) playlist editor bugfixes and enhancements many small bugfixes optimized audio output code hold down shift while seeking for some fun

what's new in winamp 1.73? * .wav writing bug fixed (sorry! :) what's new in winamp 1.72? * winamp style dialogs are now an option * improved streaming, supports nearly all web servers (we hope), and http proxies. * fixed many little bugs, little improvements what's new in winamp 1.70? * redesigned playlist editor. much more intuitive. * fixed a ton of 256 color issues (vis looks better, dialogs look better) what's new in winamp 1.69? * restyled playlist editor, graphical equalizer jump box, etc - they look much nicer * 10 band graphical equalizer (makes your 1.666 and earlier presets incompatible.. sorry) * clutterbar now shows you the function of each button in the title field (when the mouse is over them) * playlist editor's time calculation is better (uses ?'s if uncertain, and shows hours/minutes/seconds if applicable) * playlist editor displays time for each track (if available) * more optimization, mostly in lower quality mode. * plug-in related stability improvements (tries to tame badly behaved plug-ins) * minor bugs fixed, including dsp selection, reverse stereo analyzer plug-in * fixed focus-main-winamp-window-on-open-of-eq-or-pe bug. (phew) * reverted the previous button back to the old way, of previous song, always (i like it better this way too) * new prebuffer after seek option * hq button is now single-click * sorry, this version changes the configuration format. you will need to reconfigure winamp to your liking if you are upgrading. * a few new ipc calls what's new in winamp 1.666? * the clutterbar. * windowshade button * seek-in-windowshade mode * added desktop icon adding to preferences * added a nifty hq control on main interface. * new id3 tags * general purpose plug-in architecture (woohoo) * fixed mixed-mode layer 2 bug (yay) * fixed "blip" bug in low quality imdct * optimized huffman decoding and requantinization * new high quality mode. slower (but still quick), and sounds great

* vastly improved shell integration. try selecting lots of files in explorer, and hit "open" (doesn't work perfectly unless winamp is already running) * improved graphical equalizer (new ranges, more accurate, etc) * added live web links. * changed format of seeking display status * added nifty "add to playlist from explorer" (more or less) option to prefs/initial setup * better vu meter with peak detection in windowshade * more stable threading * improved command line handling (supports relative pathnames better) * alternate volume setting mode (for some soundcards) * more id3 format strings * new buffer-all logic * more ipc functions for programmers * %6 id3 bug fixed (invalid genres) what's new in winamp 1.64? * major "bug" fix: fixed buffer size logistics (enables 48/24/12khz output on many soundcards that wouldn't work before). what's new in winamp 1.62? * numerous bugs fixed * tooltip on titlebar * more menu items what's new in winamp 1.61? * improved id3 tag reading logic * resizable playlist editor * bugs fixed in .wav writer (now replaces /\|,. etc with _) * plug-in configuration hwndparent bug fixed * configurable icon in system tray * yes, we like refinements what's new in winamp 1.60? * improved sound quality (added hq option) * improved batch .wav writer * cleaned up playlist editor * new id3->title translation * new multiple instances logic * lots of cosmetic improvements and refinements * countless other improvements and bugfixes what's new in winamp 1.6 beta? * plugin architecture * visualization plugins * simple test plugins (analyser, oscilliscope, vu meter) * fullscreen plugins (analyser, oscilliscope, voiceprint, etc) - requires directx3+ or nt4sp3 * zygron's plugin library (some nifty effects) * trippy visualization plugin (rotozooms/motionblurrs an image with the music) - requires directx3+ or nt4sp3 * 3d spectrum analyser plugin (jeff's) - requires directx5. * dsp plugins * simple reverb/echo * simple voice removal (not extremely advanced) * note: these plugins might not be that great, but it's open for other

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people to write plugins (and us when we get more time), so it will be pretty useful. right-click context menus in main interface improved id3 tag editor w/ mpeg info display vu meter and eject button in windowshade mode increased visualization accuracy faster seeking more reliable http streaming limited support for microsoft netshow audio streams (mms://) bugfixes, new options (of course)

what's new in winamp since 1.45? * mpeg 2.5 support (preliminary - occasional blips) * http streaming support * new "eject" button * fixed clipping problem * new mini features * tons of bugfixes what's new in winamp since 1.40? * keyboard shortcuts for playlist editor (as requested) * ctrl+a: selects all * ctrl+n: selects none * ctrl+i: inverts selection * ctrl+l: loads playlist * ctrl+s: saves playlist * ctrl+o: sorts by title * shift+o: sorts by filename * ctrl+shift+o: sorts by full filename (with path) * ctrl+r: randomize * ctrl+shift+r: reverse * delete: deletes selected mp3s. * enter: plays (first) selecteed mp3 * insert: inserts mp3s * shift+insert: inserts directory * control+insert: inserts playlists * super low latency low overhead buffering for some computers * this lets my p5-133 use around 2% with all options on in windows nt (but only with my gus pnp, it doesn't help my awe32. huh) * it isn't as skip-proof as normal buffering, so you will probably have to give it some big priority boost in the preferences. but the performance on some systems is amazing, the fastest i have ever seen. * winamp is now 100% uncrippled nag-free shareware that never expires. * registration for personal use is only $10. what's new in winamp since 1.20? here's a few: * restyled playlist editor (with improved functionality) * total time display in playlist editor * rewritten playlisting engine (less buggy, more efficient) * improved id3 tag editor (alphabetical genres) * revised main user interface * display of positioning/volume/balance in songname field * panning control * eq & playlist buttons * enlarged songname field. * manual songname scrolling returned

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doublesize mode optimized visualization (less slowdown in win95) fire analyzer mode snap-to-viewport in always on top mode returned mixed-bitrate mpeg 2 stream support logarithmic eq * now has full -12db to +12db adjustment * presets and auto-loading of settings (per mp3) higher priority by default changes to taskbar/system tray preferences take place immediately .wav ouput support (look in preferences/output/device) added support for mixed bitrate streams more file icons lots of bugfixes and refinements