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Winamp 5.22 Released

Winamp released version 5.22 today on their site for download. A changelog is listed below:

http://www.winamp.com

According to the Winamp site here are the main new features:

Find and manage the best media from the web - all through Winamp 5.22.

    * Digital Music from AOL Music Now
    * Playlist transfer to your portable now supported
    * Classic TV shows and Cartoons, including Pinky and the Brain from in2TV
    * Vastly improved Now Playing & Burning functionality
    * Game cheats and tips from AOL GamesAOL Games

Changelog for Winamp 5.22:
* New: loading of additional playlist formats: ASX/WAX/WMX/WVX, WPL, B4S
* New: [gen_ff] modern skin unicode support
* New: [in_wm] burning of DRM protected files (if allowed by content provider)
* New: [ml_pmp] transfer of playlists to portable devices
* Improved: More informative CD burning status window
* Improved: [gen_ff] modern skinning engine speed optimizations
* Improved: [in_wm] seeking improvements
* Improved: [in_wm] gapless WMA support
* Improved: [ml_nowplaying] Redesigned 'Now Playing' media library view
                (it actually works now)
* Improved: [pmp_ipod] Loading times for iPods reduced
* Fixed: Winamp won't restore after being minimized with a dialog box open
* Fixed: $abbr() title formatting lockup
* Fixed: Add Folder adds tracks BEFORE the last track
* Fixed: Clicking 'Next' in Fullscreen video OSD acts like clicking it twice
* Fixed: Rating in pledit right-click context menu always shows "No Rating"
* Fixed: Stop with fadeout (Shift+V) just stops playback, no fadeout
* Fixed: CD burning bugs and crashes
* Fixed: Delete key not working in Online Services or SC Wire search
* Fixed: [gen_jumpex] modern skin pledit docked toolbar mode not remembered
* Fixed: [gen_jumpex] ML size/position not remembered when switching from Classic to Modern and back to Classic skin
* Fixed: [gen_ml] playlists root view slowness bug
* Fixed: [gen_ml] Modern skin: Media Library > View (menu) > Devices
* Fixed: [in_midi] corrupt header crash
* Fixed: [in_mp4] metadata writing crash
* Fixed: [in_mp4] seek bug when using right arrow key
* Fixed: [in_mp3] MPEG-2 and MPEG-2.5 Layer 3 playback crash
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Winamp crashes when trying to play any wrongly named .aac file
* Fixed: [in_wave] WAV burning fix
* Fixed: [in_wave] Locking files (wav's can't be renamed/deleted)
* Fixed: [in_wm] lockup on wma with expired/unrenewable drm license
* Fixed: [in_wm] out of sync audio/video on some WMV streams
* Fixed: [in_vorbis] fullpath shown in playlist for tagless files with atf disabled
* Fixed: [ml_pmp] Duplicates being synchronized
* Fixed: [ml_pmp] Several crashes during transfers
* Fixed: [out_ds] Can't select different Output Device with two active instances of out_ds
* Fixed: [out_ds] incorrect enumeration of stereo outputs for two of same pro soundcard
* Updated: [gen_tray] Tray Control 2.0 (thanks DrO)

This upgrade also adds integration for access to over 2,000,000 DRM tracks from AOL's MusicNow subscription service.

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #1 –
Most notable for me:

- The Media Library is completely modular now. You can remove ANY part it.
- You can now choose if you want to write unicode tags or standard ones (for compatibility for some hardware players).

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #2 –
the "freeze on re-open" bug is not fixed and will probably never be 

J.M.

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #3 –
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the "freeze on re-open" bug is not fixed and will probably never be

Actually, from this release I think it's quite good. When I select "Allow multiple instances", it always reopens fast (although you never want multiple instances). I use "Lite" setup, and add just media lib, ogg, and mp4 playback. Also 3rd party flac, wavpack, ac3 and cue_player plugins + wa5_classified skin...
 

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #4 –
* Digital Music from AOL Music Now
* Playlist transfer to your portable now supported
* Classic TV shows and Cartoons, including Pinky and the Brain from in2TV
* Vastly improved Now Playing & Burning functionality
* Game cheats and tips from AOL GamesAOL Games
Yeah because, you know, I've often sat staring at foobar2000 and thought "Man, could I use some game cheats and tips right now! Also, please serve me up some ads... hmm... I wonder if there is a vis that will show me ads AND eye candy at the same time. Wow, better buy something!"
Pusk is the new Start.

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Reply #6 –
There's more details available via the 5.22 Released thread on the Winamp Forums, including an extensive "Undocumented" section, and a couple of updated files (ml_playlists.dll and ml_pmp.dll) which fix a couple of known bugs.


@ jmartis

Hmmm... which bug would that be then? Freeze on re-open? I don't think it's ever been reported and/or reproduced. Could you please provide more detailed info and post it in the Winamp Bug Reports forum?


@ alive

Of course, the beauty of 'modular' is that there's nothing to stop you from unchecking Online Services etc in the installer options, or just deleting ml_online.dll - problem solved, heh.

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Reply #7 –
DJ-Egg,

This is a great release in my opinion. Any idea when they will have native FLAC playback support built-in to Winamp? I know it has been reported on the "to-do" list for a while. I have many listeners that want to play back FLAC files from my web site (I am a music publisher/artist), but they don't know how to find/install a FLAC playback plug-in (computer novices mostly).

Any chance of having FLAC playback support included with Winamp (using Michael Facquet's excellent playback and/or encoder open source plug-ins) which support Winamp's media library?

I know you guys added native Ogg Vorbis support a while back. Would be nice to have native FLAC support also for users that don't know to find or install plug-ins. Thanks in advance.

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #8 –
Quote from: DJ-Egg on
@ jmartis

Hmmm... which bug would that be then? Freeze on re-open? I don't think it's ever been reported and/or reproduced. Could you please provide more detailed info and post it in the Winamp Bug Reports forum?


Ok, I've posted in Winamp Bug Reports forum.
I'm just copying what I wrote there:
Quote
Problem: When I close Winamp and then try to re-open it quickly (eg. by double-clicking on an audio file), it either freezes the Windows Explorer for few seconds and wont open, or it simply wont open. Double-clicking the file again in few seconds opens Winamp normally.

I've tried reinstalling Winamp and even deleting everything in the Winamp folder, I've tried other Winamp 5 versions, but the problem is still here. Using Winamp 5.22

J.M.

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #9 –
Quote from: alive on
Yeah because, you know, I've often sat staring at foobar2000 and thought "Man, could I use some game cheats and tips right now! Also, please serve me up some ads... hmm... I wonder if there is a vis that will show me ads AND eye candy at the same time. Wow, better buy something!"


As DJEgg indicates, the Media Library is completely modular now. It is easier than before (even as of version 5.13) to eradicate the home-phoning/tethering/adware/kewl AOL stuff from your Winamp installation.

Before version 5.22, there was a bit of - I don't want to say "hidden", but for many people, obviously, it effectively was - work involved in keeping these beasties away. Those same options are still there, PLUS you now can completely remove the Media Library components that might do things you don't want as if they were any other 3rd party plugin. I personally won't be upgrading past 5.13 until some iPod plugin issues get resolved, but I think this particular line of attack on the product is a bit unfair.

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #10 –
@ goodnews

Yes, native flac support is planned for a future release.

@ jmartis

Hmm, I can't personally reproduce that problem, but I'm sure it will be looked into.
Do you have "allow multiple instances" checked/unchecked in Prefs > General Preferences?
If it's unchecked, then only one instance can be run at a time, so you won't be able to open another instance until the first one has completely shut down (shutdown times depend on sys specs and the number of plugins installed - whether native or 3rd-party).

[edit] and if you're opening/closing winamp quite frequently (I personally keep it open all the time, heh), then you should probably be using a classic skin instead of a modern one [/edit]

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: DJ-Egg on
Hmm, I can't personally reproduce that problem, but I'm sure it will be looked into.
Do you have "allow multiple instances" checked/unchecked in Prefs > General Preferences?
If it's unchecked, then only one instance can be run at a time, so you won't be able to open another instance until the first one has completely shut down (shutdown times depend on sys specs and the number of plugins installed - whether native or 3rd-party).

I tried ticking the "Allow Multiple Instances" in options but it didnt help.

J.M.

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #12 –
Quote from: DJ-Egg on
@ alive

Of course, the beauty of 'modular' is that there's nothing to stop you from unchecking Online Services etc in the installer options, or just deleting ml_online.dll - problem solved, heh.

Ofcourse. My rant was from a personal POV, not considering that Winamp has to bring in some money to AOL, as the content provider it is rebranding itself to be these days. I just believe that "Game cheats and tips" is a bit of a .. uhm, misplacement inside a media player package despite it being possible to disable or not.

Cheers.
Pusk is the new Start.

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Reply #13 –
To each his/her own, I guess. I personally don't find that optional feature/service of much use either, but you can be guaranteed that someone else will.

Winamp 5.22 Released

Reply #14 –
Quote from: jmartis on
I tried ticking the "Allow Multiple Instances" in options but it didnt help.

J.M.


Did you try using the classic skin as DJ-Egg suggested?

Personally I cannot replicate your issue