Winamp 5.666 Released (Build 3516)

[Number99]

Sad news indeed...

[xfullmetal17]

I was slightly off earlier, looks like the bottom-docked thing is just how Winamp restores from being docked. It's restoring straight down, as if the title bar had been on the very bottom of the screen. Coincedentially, that put it under my taskbar, so Ctl+A saved it, bringing Winamp to be "always on top" briefly.

[harimenon89]

Really sad to hear this... Thank you to all Developers, Forum Admins, and everyone who suppported this software.... WINAMP will always rock!!

[thinktink]

I just read an article somewhere that Microsoft might be in talks to purchase Winamp/SOUTcast from AOL. Is this possible and is it true?

[evolution76]

This so sad news about winamp.........I love it so damn much!!!

[dstudd]

Originally Posted by thinktink

I just read an article somewhere that Microsoft might be in talks to purchase Winamp/SOUTcast from AOL. Is this possible and is it true?

There's the following article on techcrunch.com:
Source: Microsoft In Talks To Buy Shoutcast And Winamp From AOL
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/sou...namp-from-aol/

[zepper]

As much as I want to see Winamp not die this isn't the best of news. If anyone could ruin the program and Shoutcast it's Microsoft. Everything would be changed to suit their childish and pathetic Windows 8 platform. When they're done the script kiddies will turn it into something that looks like it's out of a coloring book. It will certainly not install on XP anymore. I was hoping the previous owners would take it back over.

[kzuse]

(Sadly) one of the last questions related to Winamp, I think:

I have in the Winamp folder AND in the Plugins folder the file "nscrt.dll" from 2011-03-21. Is it by any chance outdated and can be deleted in either one or both locations, as it seemed not to be updated since a long time (didn't do a clean install just to check for that, because the PC I'm currently on isn't mine and I don't want to change too much), an answer to that question would be great so I could eventually delete the file(s)...

Thanks!

[DrO]

nscrt.dll was left in the installs which have it for some of the older plug-ins. you probably can remove it as you'll know if you still need it as any plug-ins which linked to it will show as 'not loaded' in the preferences.

[kzuse]

Okay, thanks for the information! I wasn't really sure as I couldn't locate the file in the installer when quickly opening it in 7zip, and I didn't want to uninstall the present Winamp on the PC just to reinstall it freshly.

I think I just leave the file there as it is not extremely large in size...

EDIT: Oh okay, you wrote "in the installs" not "in the installers". So on fresh install it is NOT included. As I don't use any 3rd-party plugins in this installation, I'm going to remove it...

[OlexijL]

@Koopa: Where to download your Essentials Pack now? Where to download your Language Pack Plus version?

[DrO]

OlexijL: there is no Essentials Pack currently as i've not finished updating the plug-ins in it.

[Koopa]

Originally Posted by OlexijL

@Koopa: Where to download your Essentials Pack now? Where to download your Language Pack Plus version?

Language Pack Plus will be available from:

http://koopa.meggamusic.co.uk

but I have to do a lot of things with the website and the other projects, I will inform people, once i did the 5.66 update.

[zepper]

Koopa or DrO will there be anymore tweaks or updates to the current 5.66 version to fix any lingering issues or is this definitely the last one?

[DJ Egg]

maybe ;-)

[Aeonic Butterfly]

I'm glad for the update, but sad for the news. I've been using Winamp longer than some people have been alive. Originally started on, I think, 0.96 or 0.98 on my Win 95 machine, way back when. It's still a favorite player of mine, I don't want to lose it.

[zepper]

Thanks DJ Egg, I'll keep my fingers crossed. If you do please take a look at the problems with .flv files, I use those a lot from youtube especially.

[DJ Egg]

@zepper

You've probably got Nullsoft Flash Video Decoder installed (in_flv.dll),
whereas before you were using the DirectShow Decoder for flv.

Close Winamp
Move in_flv.dll out of the Winamp\Plugins folder (or rename with the .off extension)
Reopen Winamp
Go to Prefs > Plugins > Input > in_dshow > config
and add ;FLV to the extension list

[fullcone]

My registration is a disposable. I must only say: please, don't kill winamp. It is the legend.

[zepper]

Well that was easy, I removed in_flv.dll and it's working again. .FLV was already configured in Direct Show and it was ok prior so I didn't bother looking for that particular plugin. Thanks.

[DJ Egg]

The full 5.65-5.66 changelog is now up in post #2

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@zepper
Cool. Good to hear :-)

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Originally Posted by fullcone

please, don't kill winamp. It is the legend.

QFT
Thanks

[sullysnet]

WTF!!!!! why not just give it back to Justin instead of letting the GREAT application dying. Damn so much bad news in one year. This is by far the worst year for software and other web related things

Long time user and supporter from the old days. I hope some how it given or sold to someone instead of AOL killing it off.

Thanks for all the hard work I just do not want to say bye

[Victhor]

Originally Posted by DJ Egg

5.65 to 5.66 full changelog

...more than 200 items..

EPIC RELEASE... ACCOMPLISHED

[zulukaffer]

Hello everybody, here's a petition addressed to AOL with the aim that Winamp should be kept alive or be released to open source: http://www.change.org/en-AU/petition...go-open-source

It has been started a few hours ago and got more than 9000 signings so far

[sullysnet]

Originally Posted by zulukaffer

Hello everybody, here's a petition addressed to AOL with the aim that Winamp should be kept alive or be released to open source: http://www.change.org/en-AU/petition...go-open-source

It has been started a few hours ago and got more than 9000 signings so far

signed

[xfullmetal17]

I have a random question... Can I use the Combined Community Codec Pack with Winamp? (mainly, if I load up a video in Winamp can it use the codecs in that pack to play it)

[Raj_09]

I was so sad about the news that Winamp is closing that I did not have time to check the changes in the new version. Great work guys! I love the skinned menus.

[Tipsy Snake]

Something was broken.
Unfortunately, there is a problem with Unicode in version 5.66:
In media library, when entering Russian symbols in search field and then switching to another view and back, I see squares or question marks instead of previously entered symbols. Strangely, but in "Audio" view symbols are output correctly after switching view, but in every other — not. ("Remember search filters in media and album views" option is turned on in the settings.)



P.S. I love you, Winamp. You are my one and only.

[OlexijL]

@Snake: Confirmed...

[Skeletal]

As much as I'm excited by a new version, and saddened that this is the final version, I'm wanting to know what's happened to the Playlist.

I normally have my Playlist setup to Enqueue files by Default so they queue up behind what I've already got in my list, but with this new version there appears to be some new "features" that have been added. As song as you double click on some songs, it starts playing them automatically. This is not so bad: to disable it you just go to Preferences > General > File Types > Shell Options > enable the "Add Enqueue & Play" option, then select the "Add files to the queue for delayed playback" option. Easy.

But what have they done with the order of the Playlist? Now when I add a bunch of tracks to a Playlist that already has tracks in it, a sequential list of numbers appears in the Playlist next to each song (next to the time length of each track), and it will play the Playlist in the order that this new numbering system has applied. This means that if I start playing a track further down the queue, and it hasn't gone thru it's other sequential numbers, it will jump back to the first in it's list [1], and won't play the next track in my queue. Geez, if I wanted to have random songs playing then I'd turn on the Shuffle button! I've searched thru the Playlist options in Preferences and there doesn't seem to be any option to turn this off - does anyone know how?

Cheers.

[OlexijL]

In 5.65 there is a problem with the registration data (Pro license) removal. I usually use 5.581 for this... (testing function purpose)

Just wanted to say...

In 5.66 this button is removed.

[Aminifu]

Originally Posted by Skeletal

But what have they done with the order of the Playlist? Now when I add a bunch of tracks to a Playlist that already has tracks in it, a sequential list of numbers appears in the Playlist next to each song (next to the time length of each track), and it will play the Playlist in the order that this new numbering system has applied. This means that if I start playing a track further down the queue, and it hasn't gone thru it's other sequential numbers, it will jump back to the first in it's list [1], and won't play the next track in my queue. Geez, if I wanted to have random songs playing then I'd turn on the Shuffle button! I've searched thru the Playlist options in Preferences and there doesn't seem to be any option to turn this off - does anyone know how?

Yes, the enqueue only option for the Playlist Editor was broken (it now acts just like enqueue & play). I expect DrO will fix it after the AOL shutdown is resolved. Your work-a-round to use the queue is a partial solution.

There are some options for controlling how the queue works (such as text formatting in the Playlist Editor) in the General Preferences; Jump To File - Queue Options tab and Jump To File - Display tab.

There may be more, but those are all I've been able to find.

You can even chose to load your entire playlist into the queue when Winamp starts (see Jump To File - Queue List tab) and do all playback from the Queue Manager instead of the Playlist Editor.

[hitokage]

There seems to be several people in this thread that missed this post in this thread - in particular the section below:

Originally Posted by Victhor

<snip>So, what remains (and can still be created / fixed):<end snippet>

<snip>
+ Pro features (unlocked in final version!)
<end snippet>

I've been using Winamp for over ten years. I hope it does continue on, but I'd prefer it be someone other than Microsoft.

[zepper]

@hitokage, have you downloaded the pro version? I just checked and it's not available.

[Raj_09]

Originally Posted by zepper

@hitokage, have you downloaded the pro version? I just checked and it's not available.

@ zepper:
From the changelog: The Pro & Full installers are the same for this release (No OpenCandy/Emusic/AOLSearch/Toolbar).

[zepper]

Two features of pro are native mp4 video support and mp3 encoding. I don't have either of those but will check the installer again. Yes I did remove mp4 from direct show and added it to "in_mp4.dll" but still just get only sound.

[DJ Egg]

@xfullmetal17
Yes. If the relevant file extensions are configured to be handled by in_dshow only (e.g. add ;FLV;MP4;AVI etc) to in_dshow config, remove MP4 from in_mp4 config, remove in_avi.dll & in_flv.dll... see here for more info...
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=155680

@Tipsy Snake
Bug confirmed. Thanks.

@zepper
What's the video codec/format of the MP4 files?
Copy & paste here the Format Info section from Alt+3 for one of those mp4 videos.

@Skeletal
Yup, it's known about.... :-(
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....156839#regress
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....80#post2976280

[zepper]

DJ when it's configured to "in_mp4.dll" the interface shows Audio: MPEG-4 AAC LC, Video: H264 Baseline@3.

In Direct Show they all just say ffdshow codecs with Bitrate and Average FPS info. I ran them with VLC and their codec information says they're H264 MPEG-4 AVC (Part 10).

When I try to encode .wav or .wma to mp3 it says I need a pro version to do that so it isn't just the videos. In preferences it's asking for a registration key. Maybe I missed something in the installer?

[DJ Egg]

@zepper
It means that you haven't registered Winamp Pro,
therefore the Pro features (including h264 playback with in_mp4/in_avi/in_nsv/etc., and mp3 encoding) are still locked.

You do have a valid registration key, right?

Winamp > Prefs > Winamp Pro (top page of Prefs tree) > Enter Registration Key.

If you can't see the Winamp Pro page in Prefs, then it means you've got the Lite'N Winamp Preferences plugin (gen_nopro.dll) installed from the Essentials Pack.
Go to: Prefs > Plug-ins > General Pupose > gen_nopro > config
and uncheck Winamp Pro from the hidden pages menu.

[zepper]

Ok maybe I'm reading something wrong but this post states that pro would be unlocked for the final version. Are you still requiring a purchase of a registration key? I don't mind doing that if need be given all the years of an excellent program for free.