Winamp 5.3

Posted on Thursday, September 28 2006 @ 0:46 CEST by LSDsmurf

New:

Unicode filename and title support
M3U8 (Unicode) playlist support
optional 24bit playback for many codecs (turn it on in Preferences -> Playback)
Replaygain support for MP3, AAC, Vorbis, M4A and WMA
added ml views & playlists to Play-> submenu of right click popup menu
added interface/x-winamp3-skin mimetype for WAL skins
[ml_dash] Personalized content portal
[ml_disc] optional replaygain scanning after rip (turn it on in cd ripping prefs)
[ml_pmp] Transcoding. Converts incompatible files on-the-fly for your portable device.
[ml_pmp] Playback now works for playsForSure and Creative NJB devices
[ml_pmp] "Copy to Library" - transfer songs from any device to your local library (uses CD rip settings)
[ml_pmp] Video sync support for portables
[ml_rg] replaygain scanner (access via Send To menu)
[pmp_ipod] gapless playback support on newer models
[pmp_usb] USB drive support. Now all those thumbdrive MP3 players work with Winamp.

Improved:

fullscreen video seekbar
ATF updates
DC filter on spectral visualization, to remove bass bias
preference cleanups
faster PLS writing
24bit EQ support
"Close Winamp" option after installation (after clicking 'Send')
[enc_aacplus] Improved AAC and aacPlus encoding!
[enc_aacplus] saves itunes/ipod-compatible gapless information
[enc_lame] added preset medium and fast medium
[enc_wma] VBR and lossless modes
[gen_ff] better sample rate display
[in_cdda] faster ripping speeds through improved buffering and multithreading
[in_dshow] AVI metadata reading
[in_dshow] better WAV support
[in_mp3] 24bit MP3 playback, 64bit internal precision
[in_mp3] streaming id3v2 support
[in_mp3] replaygain support for MP3 playback
[in_mp3/in_mp4] 24bit AAC playback
[in_mp3/in_mp4] itunes-compatible gapless playback
[in_mp3/in_mp4] mp3-in-mp4 container support
[in_mp4] FAAC-compatible (mostly) gapless playback
[in_wave] better outputs bits-per-sample choosing
[ml_playlists] added missing entries from pledit context menus
[ml_playlists] option to not show playlists in send-to menu
[ml_pmp] Only relevant columns shown in song views
[ml_pmp] "Getting Metadata" now much faster
[ml_pmp] devices can now be renamed
[ml_pmp] added progress to portables tree item (no more switching views)
[ml_pmp] metadata guessing based on filename
[ml_pmp] improved GUI performance
[pmp_ipod] support for iTunesLock

Fixed:

Burning files that require resampling
multiple copies of Winamp when opening too many files/folders from explorer
freeze when exiting Winamp while minimized
Delay/hang when loading dead stream url's
crash when directdraw fails to create primary surface
4x burn speed limit with Pro
registry handling when disassociating filetypes
better detection of video input plugins
[dsp_sps] 24 bit fix
[enc_aacplus] more compatible HE AAC MP4 file creation
[enc_lame] broken vbr presets
[enc_lame] 24bit input support
[enc_lame] bitrate lower bound on alt-presets
[in_cdda] CDDB lookups clearing the ENTIRE playlist cache
[gen_ff] layerfx not being redrawn on colortheme change
[gen_ff] gradient drawing glitch and crash
[gen_ff] custom color themes bug
[gen_jumpex] hang when suspending or hibernating
[gen_ml] tree icon fixup (divide by zero crash in ICM32.dll)
[in_cdda] cutoff of last few sectors
[in_dshow] crash when using DSP/EQ on anything bigger than 16bit stereo
[in_dshow] seek to key frame
[in_midi] truncated playback of some MIDI files
[in_mod] title display bug for module streams with no title
[in_mp3] crash when editing ID3 tags
[in_mp3] ID3v2 and ID3v1 Comment & Genre tags shared
[in_mp3] Inaccurate Time Remaining display for AAC files
[in_mp3] do Viz after DSP
[in_mp3] Icecast stream title UTF-8 support
[in_mp4] detection of HE AAC in file info box (Alt+3)
[in_wm] DRM Video playback on certain hardware
[in_wm] freezeup when seeking a paused wma
[in_wm] Hang with dead WMV link in pledit in Repeat mode
[in_wm] freeze when stopping streams that have rebuffered
[in_wm] small memory leak on each track play
[in_wm] Windows Media Screen Codec not playing properly
[ml_disc] CD ripping / playlist generation bug
[ml_disc] CD Ripping view showing up when clicking on other ml views
[ml_history] Ctrl+H shortcut
[ml_local] fixed crash when trying to create a new view before mldb has loaded
[ml_local] background scan crash when media library DB isn't loaded
[ml_local] scheduled background scan always starting at startup
[ml_online] Online Media bugfix (don't try to play NULL streams)
[ml_playlists] losing stream titles
[ml_playlists] sort by title
[ml_playlists] Send To from local media to ml playlist replaces instead of enqueues
[ml_playlists] Enqueue as default broken in left pane
[ml_playlists] Playlist title > rt-click > New Playlist = broken
[ml_playlists] tracklength bug
[ml_playlists] playlist paths issue
[ml_pmp] Transfers stalling after encountering a dupe
[out_ds] volume not hitting 0dB when using log or hybrid volume control
[pmp_ipod] Artist list on iPod not sorting "The" correctly

Updated:

Coding Technology aacPlus Encoder 8.0.0
[gen_ff] Freetype 2.2.1
[gen_ff] libpng 1.2.12
[gen_jumpex] Jump-to-File 0.97.7
[in_wave] libsndfile 1.0.16
[libmp4v2] MPEG4IP mp4v2 1.5
[enc_lame] LAME 3.97 Final
Sonic Engine 3.2.40.500 (requires reboot)