Version history for Winamp Full

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Changes for v5.621 - v5.622

• Improved: [in_mp3] Support TXXX/Band as an alternative id3v2 frame for Album Artist
• Fixed: [bmp/in_avi] Integer overflow issues in TSCC, RGB & YUV decoders
• Fixed: [enc_fhgaac] High bitrate upsampling bug
• Fixed: [in_midi] Underrun in CMF files when music offset is greater than the filesize
• Fixed: [in_mod] Made sure AMF is limited to maximum of 32 channels
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on hitting Alt+3 for currently playing file with an APEv2 tag

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Changes for v5.61 - v5.62

• New: Fraunhofer AAC Codec with VBR encoding support
• New: [theora.w5s] Theora decoder for MKV
• Improved: [ml_local] New extra large albumart and option to hide album title
• Improved: [in_mp3/jnetlib/ml_wire] http status code 303 & 307 redirection support
• Fixed: [in_midi] Added a buffer overflow check for malformed Controller Change messages
• Fixed: [in_midi] SysEx message processing integer underflow vulnerability

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Changes for v5.6 - v5.601

• Improved: [in_wave/libsndfile] Added AIF to default extension list
• Improved: [ml_plg] Localization of playlist names & various other tweaks
• Fixed: Win2k compatibility (caused by 5.6-specific DLL load vuln fix)
• Fixed: [in_midi] Security vulnerability (thanks: Morten @ kryptoslogic)
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Querying endoffset metadata for iTunes gapless playback
• Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Sync and Eject issues
• Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Compilation flag when Album Artist is "Various Artists"
• Fixed: [pmp_wifi] Crash when devices.w5s missing
• Misc: Made installer disable incompatible 3rd-party gen_lyrics plugin
• Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations

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Changes for v5.581 - v5.6

• New: [pmp_wifi] Android Wi-Fi support
• New: Direct mouse wheel support
• New: Option to write ratings to tags (for mp3, wma/wmv, ogg & flac)
• Improved: Redesigned Devices/Portables view in Media Library
• Improved: New on-the-fly "Vertically flip (Shift+F)" option in Video context menu
• Improved: [dlmgr/jnetlib] Handling of http status codes 100 & 201-206
• Improved: [ml_plg] Playlist Generator: context menu dialog & other features
• Improved: [ml_pmp] More user-friendly Transcoding options for portable devices
• Improved: [ml_transcode] Added support for & in naming scheme
• Improved: [nsutil] Optimized video flip modes
• Improved: [pmp_android/ipod] Added encoder blacklist
• Improved: [ReplayGainAnalysis] Support for more sample rates
• Fixed: DLL load security vulnerability
• Fixed: [enc_lame] Memory leak
• Fixed: [gen_ff] Bookmark corruption via Send To menu in main window songticker
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Empty/Grey ML when restarting Winamp from a minimized state
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Scrolling lag in nav panel with large amount of items
• Fixed: [in_midi] Buffer/Integer overflow issues (thanks: Joakim @ nsense)
• Fixed: [in_mod] Buffer overflow in comment box (MTM security vulnerability)
• Fixed: [in_mkv] Crash when reading a string that was exactly SIZE_MAX bytes
• Fixed: [in_mp3] ID3v1 UI glitch, APEv2 + Lyrics3 tag combo bug, APEv2 tag removal
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Potential crash on getting metadata/albumart from invalid MP4 files
• Fixed: [in_nsv] Integer overflow in allocating memory for metadata
• Fixed: [in_nsv] Integer overflow when parsing TOC (thanks to: C. Eiram, Secunia)
• Fixed: [in_nsv] Video flip mode detection quirks
• Fixed: [ml_local] Arrow direction and sort inconsistencies in 3-pane views
• Fixed: [ml_plg] Playlist Generator crashes and database corruption issues
• Fixed: [ml_pmp] Autofill crash on empty libraries
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Crash on drag+drop items from one playlist to another
• Fixed: [ml_transcode] Freeze transcoding .cda when using in scheme
• Fixed: [playlist] Relative pathnames when filename is already relative
• Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Playlist sync & loading issues
• Fixed: [pmp_android/ipod/usb] Issue with forward slashes in playlist paths
• Fixed: [pmp_usb] Bug when multiple usb devices are connected
• Fixed: [vis_milk2] Unicode issues with fonts & presets editor (5.58-specific)
• Fixed: [vis_milk2] sprites.ini file lookup
• Fixed: [vp6.w5s] Buffer overflow issue
• Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• Misc: Portables/Devices support now also adds ml_devices.dll & devices.w5s
• Misc: Prompt user whether to move skins/langpacks when changing location
• Misc: Removed Winamp Remote from installer
• Misc: [ml_pmp] Moved 'Podcast Sync' to new tab in portable device options
• Misc: [out_ds] Config now displays 7.1 speakers as '7.1' instead of 'Unknown'
• Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.206
• Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.3
• Updated: [in_vorbis] libogg v1.2.1 & libvorbis v1.3.2
• Updated: [vp8] libvpx v0.9.5

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Changes for v5.58 - v5.581

• Improved: [pmp_android/usb] Disk-performance of metadata cache
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Minor resource leak fix, plus other optimizations
• Fixed: [gen_ff] Tooltip issue causing dialog windows to vanish underneath Winamp
• Fixed: [ml_disc] CD drives not appearing in ML tree when ML starts not-visible
• Fixed: [ml_wire] Sort by date before auto-downloading podcasts
• Fixed: [pmp_android] Settings not being saved
• Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Manage with Winamp prompt always reappearing
• Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Transcoding on USB and Android devices
• Misc: Lang Pack updates (de, ro, tr, fr, ru, se, ja)
• Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.1.1

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Changes for v5.571 - v5.572

• Improved: [h264.w5s] H.264 decoder optimizations
• Improved: [in_avi/bmp.w5s] Support for RGB bitmap AVI
• Improved: [ml_disc] Support for Disc# in CD Ripping naming convention
• Fixed: Crash when using Alt+3 editor during mldb background scan
• Fixed: EasyMove for classic video window
• Fixed: Spectrum analyzer and beat vis for 32bit PCM files

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Changes for v5.56 - v5.571

• New: MPEG-4 video support for in_mp4 & in_flv (Winamp Pro only)
• New: [in_avi] Native AVI video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
• New: [in_mkv] Matroska MKV video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
• New: [ml_addons] Browser for discovering new skins & plugins
• New: Winamp detection browser plugins for IE & Firefox
• Improved: Direct3D video rendering
• Improved: Filetype association handling on Vista & Windows 7
• Improved: New fullscreen video OSD
• Improved: Added ReplayGain Preamp control to Prefs (previously .ini only)
• Improved: VU meter (beat vis) optimizations
• Improved: [gen_ff] Multithreaded object
• Improved: [in_flac/in_vorbis] Tag support for Organization field as Publisher
• Improved: [in_flv] AAC, aacPlus & ADPCM audio support in FLV files
• Improved: [in_mp4] Support for aacPlus parametric stereo in mp4 container
• Improved: [in_nsv] Native h.264 decoding (Winamp Pro only)
• Improved: [in_wave] Unicode filename handling
• Improved: [ml_history] Play Offset feature for resuming playback of podcasts
• Improved: [ml_local] Director & Producer fields & columns for videos
• Improved: [ml_local] Row cache for NDE to vastly speed up queries
• Improved: [ml_online] Right-click option to open service in new window
• Improved: [ml_wire] feed:// pcast:// and winamp:// protocol support
• Improved: [ml_wire] Option to automatically download 'x' most recent episodes
• Improved: [ml_wire] Redesigned Podcast Directory view
• Improved: [pmp_usb] Option to set paths in saved playlists
• Improved: [vis_milk2] Milkdrop2 updated to use ns-eel2 (thanks Justin)
• Fixed: Custom mldb info reverts to filename on Alt+3 for in_dshow, flv & swf
• Fixed: Elevator installation and Aero compatibility issues in 5.57 on Windows Vista
• Fixed: HeapSetInformation not located in kernel32 error under Win2k
• Fixed: Shuffle feature broken under limited user profiles
• Fixed: Various other reported issues/bugs/crashes with 5.57
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Bold text in Local Media views on some systems
• Fixed: [gen_tray] Compact mode not working on 64-bit OS
• Fixed: [in_flac] Playback freezing before end of some corrupted files
• Fixed: [in_flv] Sync issue where video lags behind audio on some flv files
• Fixed: [in_flv] Various h.263-related crash issues
• Fixed: [in_mod] Heap overflow security vulnerability (thanks Dyon Balding, Secunia)
• Fixed: [in_mod] Some s3m files crashing on load
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Various transcoding issues
• Fixed: [in_wm] Main window & taskbar menu blocked after closing DRM browser
• Fixed: [jpeg.w5s/png.w5s] Security vulnerability fixes (thanks Nicolas Joly, VUPEN)
• Fixed: [ml_local] Remove missing files broken in full rescan
• Fixed: [ml_wire] feeds.xml sometimes being destroyed
• Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Crashing with certain devices
• Fixed: [vis_avs] Compile issues causing some presets to not load properly or crash
• Misc: Improved Windows 7 compatibility, incl. aero thumbnail & taskbar integration
• Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• Misc: New info page for lang pack developers in About Winamp dialog
• Misc: New MPEG-4 video support adds h264.w5s & mp4v.w5s
• Misc: Renamed nsvdec_vp6.dll to vp6.w5s
• Misc: Removed gen_dropbox from the installer, for now...
• Misc: Right-click to close Notifier in Bento skin
• Misc: Some keyboard accelerator fixes (new Ctrl+Alt+B for Add current to bookmarks)
• Misc: Various installer improvements (including new DirectX version checker)
• Updated: aacPlus decoder 8.2.2, encoder 8.2.0
• Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.101
• Updated: libpng 1.2.40
• Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.7.1
• Updated: [in_vorbis] libvorbis 1.2.3 & libogg 1.1.4

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Changes for v5.56 - v5.57

• New: MPEG-4 video support for in_mp4 & in_flv (Winamp Pro only)
• New: [in_avi] Native AVI video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
• New: [in_mkv] Matroska MKV video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
• New: [ml_addons] Browser for discovering new skins & plugins
• New: Winamp detection browser plugins for IE & Firefox
• Improved: Direct3D video rendering
• Improved: Filetype association handling on Vista & Windows 7
• Improved: New fullscreen video OSD
• Improved: Added ReplayGain Preamp control to Prefs (previously .ini only)
• Improved: VU meter (beat vis) optimizations
• Improved: [gen_ff] Multithreaded object
• Improved: [in_flac/in_vorbis] Tag support for Organization field as Publisher
• Improved: [in_flv] AAC, aacPlus & ADPCM audio support in FLV files
• Improved: [in_mp4] Support for aacPlus parametric stereo in mp4 container
• Improved: [in_nsv] Native h.264 decoding (Winamp Pro only)
• Improved: [in_wave] Unicode filename handling
• Improved: [ml_history] Play Offset feature for resuming playback of podcasts
• Improved: [ml_local] Director & Producer fields & columns for videos
• Improved: [ml_local] Row cache for NDE to vastly speed up queries
• Improved: [ml_online] Right-click option to open service in new window
• Improved: [ml_wire] feed:// pcast:// and winamp:// protocol support
• Improved: [ml_wire] Option to automatically download 'x' most recent episodes
• Improved: [ml_wire] Redesigned Podcast Directory view
• Improved: [pmp_usb] Option to set paths in saved playlists
• Improved: [vis_milk2] Milkdrop2 updated to use ns-eel2 (thanks Justin)
• Fixed: Custom mldb info reverts to filename on Alt+3 for in_dshow, flv & swf
• Fixed: HeapSetInformation not located in kernel32 error under Win2k
• Fixed: Shuffle feature broken under limited user profiles
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Bold text in Local Media views on some systems
• Fixed: [gen_tray] Compact mode not working on 64-bit OS
• Fixed: [in_flac] Playback freezing before end of some corrupted files
• Fixed: [in_flv] Sync issue where video lags behind audio on some flv files
• Fixed: [in_flv] Various h.263-related crash issues
• Fixed: [in_mod] Heap overflow security vulnerability (thanks Dyon Balding, Secunia)
• Fixed: [in_mod] Some s3m files crashing on load
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Various transcoding issues
• Fixed: [in_wm] Main window & taskbar menu blocked after closing DRM browser
• Fixed: [jpeg.w5s/png.w5s] Security vulnerability fixes (thanks Nicolas Joly, VUPEN)
• Fixed: [ml_local] Remove missing files broken in full rescan
• Fixed: [ml_wire] feeds.xml sometimes being destroyed
• Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Crashing with certain devices
• Fixed: [vis_avs] Compile issues causing some presets to not load properly or crash
• Misc: Improved Windows 7 compatibility, incl. aero thumbnail & taskbar integration
• Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• Misc: New info page for lang pack developers in About Winamp dialog
• Misc: New MPEG-4 video support adds h264.w5s & mp4v.w5s
• Misc: Renamed nsvdec_vp6.dll to vp6.w5s
• Misc: Removed gen_dropbox from the installer, for now...
• Misc: Right-click to close Notifier in Bento skin
• Misc: Some keyboard accelerator fixes (new Ctrl+Alt+B for Add current to bookmarks)
• Misc: Various installer improvements (including new DirectX version checker)
• Updated: aacPlus decoder 8.2.2, encoder 8.2.0
• Updated: Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.101
• Updated: libpng 1.2.40
• Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.7
• Updated: [in_vorbis] libvorbis 1.2.3 & libogg 1.1.4

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Changes for v5.552 Build 2460 - v5.56

• New: Winamp Orgler plugin - Let's you track, chart & share your listening history
• Improved: [jnetlib] New SSL support for playback of https:// streams
• Improved: [ml_autotag] Fuzzy matches now unchecked by default & marked 'Unsure'
• Improved: [ml_local] New background scanner
• Improved: [ml_online] Various tweaks, fixes & enhancements
• Improved: [ml_pmp] Added support for drag+drop from Explorer to device playlists
• Fixed: iexplore process not ending when browser closed after opened via Winamp
• Fixed: Save EQ preset name duplication bug
• Fixed: [Bento skin] SHOUTcast homepage url's redirecting to Winamp search
• Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Up/down buttons reversed, 'stop after current' & other issues
• Fixed: [in_mod] Crash on some .s3m modules (w.i.p.)
• Fixed: [in_mod] Playback glitch during background transcoding
• Fixed: [in_wm] Decimal point issues in Alt+3 format info
• Fixed: [in_wm] Embedded IE browser for DRM license acquisition
• Fixed: [in_wm] Loading of URLs in WPL playlist files
• Fixed: [in_mp4/libmp4v2] Integer overflow bug with MP4 sample size
• Fixed: [libsndfile] VOC buffer overflow vulnerability
• Fixed: [ml_impex] Read "has video" field from iTunes XML (and write on export)
• Fixed: [tagz.w5s] Hang with $right function in ATF when specified field is empty
• Fixed: [vis_avs] msvcp71.dll dependency
• Misc: Added front.jpg/gif/etc to album art criteria
• Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• Misc: New omBrowser.w5s shared component for ml_nowplaying, wire & online
• Misc: Removed dashboard (ml_dash) from distribution
• Misc: ml_orb now only installed as part of separate Winamp Remote package
• Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.5
• Updated: libsndfile 1.0.20

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Changes for v5.55 - v5.551

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Changes for v5.55 Build 2353 Beta - v5.55

• Improved iPod Sync Support
• New iTunesLibrary Import
• New Online Services Gallery
• New OurStage Radio Online Services
• New Spinner MP3 of the Day Online Service
• New Turkish, Romanian, and Portuguese Language Packs

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Changes for v5.541 - v5.55 Build 2345 Beta

• New: Turkish, Portuguese & Romanian installer translations and language packs
• New: WBM system for lazy-loading of *.w5s files
• New: [Bento skin] Playlist tab (optional)
• New: [ml_impex] iTunes-compatible Media Library database import/export plugin
• Improved: [gen_ff] Faster & no flicker when loading/switching skins
• Improved: [gen_jumpex] New 'Add to Library' shell menu item & other tweaks

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Changes for v5.54 - v5.541

• Improved: [pmp_ipod] Better auto-detection of newer iPod models
• Fixed: Filetype icons in Windows Explorer not updating when changed in Prefs
• Fixed: ML & Vis appear under other overlapping modern skin windows
• Fixed: No error message when trying to edit metadata for Read-Only files
• Fixed: Potential security vulnerability in NowPlaying
• Fixed: [gen_ff] Keyboard shortcuts in modern skin playlist windowshade mode
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Scrolling to bottom of AlbumArt pane & other misc scrollbar issues
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Broken '307 - Temporary Redirect' url's
• Fixed: [ml_local] AlbumArt icon selection glitch
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Play and Enqueue actions reversed if Enqueue is set as default
• Fixed: [ml_rg] ReplayGain analysis of 20bit files
• Misc: Double-click Modern pledit songticker now toggles windowshade mode again
• Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations

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Changes for v5.54 Build 2124 Beta Preview - v5.54

• New: Chinese, Japanese & Korean installer translations and language packs
• New: [in_swf] Adobe Shockwave Flash (SWF, RTMP) playback support
• New: [gen_dropbox] Winamp DropBox alpha (use: Ctrl-Shift-D)
• New: [Online Services] AOL Radio featuring CBS Radio (requires in_flv)
• Improved: Background reading option for playlist metadata
• Improved: Classic songticker scrolling for Winamp Modern skin pledit winshade
• Improved: Vista elevation (fixes: installing skins, filetype reg, Pro reg)
• Improved: Zero padding option for playlist item numbers
• Improved: [in_flv] Better streaming support and other improvements
• Improved: [in_mp3] Added APEv2 tag options to configuration
• Improved: [in_mp3] Optional retention of existing APEv2 headers
• Improved: [ml_disc] Artwork support for Data CD Reader
• Improved: [ml_disc] Better detection of any copy operations in progress
• Improved: [ml_disc] Improved start times if ml_disc view is active
• Improved: [ml_local] Redesigned 'Show Info' panel
• Improved: [ml_nowplaying] Redesigned 'Now Playing' artist experience
• Improved: [ml_playlists] Right-click option to sort list of playlists alphabetically
• Improved: [pmp_usb] Connect/Disconnect/Blacklist config options
• Fixed: Alt+F4 closing Winamp instead of individual dialogs
• Fixed: Bento browser redirecting network drive url's to Winamp Search
• Fixed: Blank playlist when in docked toolbar mode and Winamp is minimized
• Fixed: Modern skin component windows appearing individually in Alt+Tab
• Fixed: Multi-flashing on startup when previously closed whilst minimized to systray
• Fixed: Pure Virtual Function Call runtime crash errors
• Fixed: Redraw issue when built-in classic vis is disabled
• Fixed: Various multi-monitor docking issues
• Fixed: Various other 5.53-specific keyboard accelerator issues
• Fixed: [Bento] Drag+Drop into Playlist from Open Files dialog
• Fixed: [burnlib] 'CD Drive locked by another Winamp process' on 2nd burn attempt
• Fixed: [burnlib] 'Burner releasing failed' error
• Fixed: [dsp_sps] Crash on close when config Help dialog is still open
• Fixed: [enc_flac] MD5 checksum generation
• Fixed: [gen_ff] Attached vis plugin crash on winshade to normal mode in Modern skin
• Fixed: [gen_hotkeys] Assigning Winkey with already used Ctrl combinations
• Fixed: [gen_ml] Enter/Shift+Enter broken for ML treeview items (5.53-specific)
• Fixed: [in_cdda] Composer/Conductor logic bug when saving CDDB data to database
• Fixed: [in_flac] Minor metadata writing bugs
• Fixed: [in_midi] Seeking with 'DM/MS Synth' device in Streamed playback mode
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Crash on files with invalid/corrupt gapless data
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Create new ID3v1/v2 tags configuration setting
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] Huge lag on files with large embedded cover art
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] Metadata & Format Info display for streams in View File Info
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] Potential unicode-related crash on open/close issue
• Fixed: [jpeg.w5s] Saving corrupt album art
• Fixed: [ml_autotag] Results dialog hidden under Winamp when AOT is enabled
• Fixed: [ml_disc] Small resource leak
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Autoscroll broken when dragging items in large playlists
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Enter/Shift+Enter broken for selected ML Playlist items
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Not respecting overlapping external windows on item drag+drop
• Fixed: [ml_playlists / ml_transcode] Sending playlists from ML tree to Transcoder
• Fixed: [ml_wire] 404/timeout with valid rss feeds on Vista
• Misc: Miscellaneous localization tweaks, fixes & updates
• Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• Misc: Setup fixes (Agent not always starting, WLZ filetype not registering, etc)
• Misc: Various other 'Winamp Modern' & 'Bento' skin updates
• Misc: [enc_flac] Now encodes using libFLAC instead of Flake
• Updated: Bento skin v1.2
• Updated: freetype 2.3.7
• Updated: libpng 1.2.28
• Updated: [enc_lame] LAME 3.98

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Changes for v5.531 - v5.54 Build 2124 Beta Preview

• New: Chinese, Japanese & Korean installer translations and language packs
• New: [in_swf] Adobe Shockwave Flash (SWF, RTMP) playback support
• New: [gen_dropbox] Winamp DropBox alpha (use: Ctrl-Shift-D)
• Improved: Background reading option for playlist metadata
• Improved: Classic songticker scrolling for Winamp Modern skin pledit winshade
• Improved: Vista elevation (fixes: installing skins, filetype reg, Pro reg)
• Improved: Zero padding option for playlist item numbers
• Improved: [in_flv] Better streaming support and other improvements
• Improved: [in_mp3] Added APEv2 tag options to configuration
• Improved: [in_mp3] Optional retention of existing APEv2 headers
• Improved: [ml_disc] Artwork support for Data CD Reader
• Improved: [ml_disc] Better detection of any copy operations in progress
• Improved: [ml_disc] Improved start times if ml_disc view is active
• Improved: [ml_local] Redesigned 'Show Info' panel
• Improved: [ml_nowplaying] Redesigned 'Now Playing' artist experience

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Changes for v5.53 - v5.531

• Fixed: Bento browser redirecting some url's to Winamp Search
• Fixed: Bento collapse/expand button bug
• Fixed: Recent URL's not saving (5.53-specific)
• Fixed: Total time display of selected tracks in Classic playlist (5.53-specific)
• Fixed: [jnetlib] AOL Radio skipping/buffer issue
• Fixed: [ml_local] Right-click Play/Enqueue all items issue in 3-pane views
• Fixed: [ml_playlists] Broken right-click context menu items (5.53-specific)

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Changes for v5.52 - v5.53

• Improved: Different shell descriptions for different associated filetypes
• Improved: New 'Refine Search' feature in Cover Art Downloader dialog
• Improved: Unicode support for Language Packs incompatible with system locale
• Improved: [in_cdda] Now reads & writes CD data to an NDE database
• Improved: [in_cdda/ml_disc] Reimplementation of simple offline CD Info Editor
• Improved: [in_flac] Faster FLAC metadata gathering
• Improved: [in_mp3] More accurate .AAC length calculation
• Improved: [in_wav/in_mp4] Support for http streaming of files larger than 2GB
• Improved: [ml_disc] Added support for Data CD reading (w.i.p.)
• Improved: [ml_local/nde] Background scanning & database optimizations
• Improved: [ml_local] Unicode compliant filename-based metadata guessing
• Improved: [ml_transcode] Remove trailing periods from destination filepath
• Improved: [pmp_usb] Added AlbumArtist support to Naming Convention
• Fixed: Classic EQ appearing with Modern skins after switch->minimize->restore
• Fixed: Various miscellaneous Album Art related issues

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Changes for v5.52 - v5.53 Build 1898 Beta

• Improved: Different shell descriptions for different associated filetypes
• Improved: Unicode support for Language Packs incompatible with system locale
• Improved: [in_cdda] Now reads & writes CD data to an NDE database
• Improved: [in_cdda/ml_disc] Reimplementation of simple offline CD Info Editor
• Improved: [in_flac] Faster FLAC metadata gathering
• Improved: [in_mp3] More accurate .AAC length calculation
• Improved: [in_wav/in_mp4] Support for http streaming of files larger than 2GB
• Improved: [ml_disc] Added support for Data CD reading (w.i.p.)
• Improved: [ml_local/nde] Background scanning & database optimizations
• Improved: [ml_local] Unicode compliant filename-based metadata guessing
• Improved: [ml_transcode] Remove trailing periods from destination filepath
• Improved: [pmp_usb] Added AlbumArtist support to Naming Convention
• Fixed: Classic EQ appearing with Modern skins after switch->minimize->restore
• Fixed: Various miscellaneous Album Art related issues
• Fixed: [enc_lame] Now rejects multi-channel and above 48KHz source files

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Changes for v5.51 - v5.52

• Improved: Better Unicode filename support for enc_*.dll audio encoders
• Improved: [ml_transcode] Unicode filename support
• Improved: [in_mp3] APEv2 tag support
• Improved: [in_flac] Support for reading/writing BPM metadata
• Improved: [nde] Optimized for faster mldb query results
• Improved: [vis_milk2] Pixel shaders now work on onboard Intel graphics chips
• Fixed: Comment field character limitation in Basic Info tab of File Editor
• Fixed: Playback Thread Priority middle setting resets to Lowest
• Fixed: [in_mp3] Ultravox streaming metadata stack overflow (Thanks: Secunia)
• Fixed: [in_mp4] Crash when attempting to play non-existent files
• Fixed: [in_vorbis] Crash when clearing existing metadata fields in File Info
• Fixed: [in_wave] Transcoding of floating point WAV files
• Fixed: [ml_transcode] Memory leaks
• Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks and improvements
• Updated: Bento skin #118

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Changes for v5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) - v5.51

• 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