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?
* 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
* 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)
* 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
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
* 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
