Version history for Winamp Lite

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Changes from v5.54 to 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

Changes from v5.54 Build 2124 Beta Preview to 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

Changes from v5.531 to 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

Changes from v5.53 to 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)

Changes from v5.52 to 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

Changes from v5.52 to 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

Changes from v5.51 to 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

Changes from v5.50 Build 1640 (10th Anniversary Edition) to 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