Monkey's Audio [*ape] on Windows 7

Aero-R · 22nd June 2010, 18:38

Never had any problem with the support for .ape files on Winamp, but now that I'm on Windows 7 I've found one. I started today installing the Monkey's Audio plug-in in order to make my .ape files playable on WINAMP 5.572. The plug-in I'm trying to install is the lastest versin of the official one, "Winamp Pluging.exe" (contained into the lastest Monkey's Audio pack "MAC_406.exe" hosted on the official site).

On the installation the next message appears:

code:
"Couldn't open the file 



C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\\Plugins\in_APE.dll



for writting"

Surprised with it, because on the O.S. I was using before (XP SP3 x86-x64) I never saw this error. I've seen that on that path, there's no "in_APE.dll", so I tried to do a download of it, pasted it on the path, and tried to do the install again. The dll "in_APE.dll" vanishes...

Any ideas? thanks in advance for the support !

Koopa · 22nd June 2010, 23:24

Please post a list of your installed plugins. So I can see, if the plugin was correctly installed.

Otherwise in_ape is a 3rd party plugin and not supported in these forums. For propper support you have to contact the author of the plugin.

Aero-R · 5th August 2010, 10:58

Excuse the delay Koopa.

I uninstalled the Winamp I was using and instaled the 5.581, then installed the APE official plug-in. The installation of the plug-in was quite fast, and now in_APE.dll is into the Winamp\Plugins folder, but the .ape files are still not playable.

I've done the list you suggested me:

Spoiler:

code:
Installed Winamp plugin list

Generated by 'One for Nunz v4.3.1' on 05/08/2010 at 11:53:47



<< Winamp Information >>



Winamp.ini path is: C:\Users\Aeroja\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Winamp.ini

Plugin directory is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\Plugins

Visualisation directory is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\Plugins

DSP directory is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\Plugins

Skin directory is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\Skins

Language Pack directory is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\Lang



Using Winamp version: 5.58 (Build 2985 FINAL_2010_0712_160456)

Winamp Elevator build: Build 2985 FINAL_2010_0712_160456



Current skin: Bento (Modern skin)

Sonic Burning Engine is installed



<< OS Information >>



Running on: Windows 7

Memory available: 4193396 KB





<< Input plugins >>



Monkey's Audio Player v4.06    [in_APE.dll]

Nullsoft AVI Demuxer v0.4    [in_avi.dll]

Nullsoft CD Plug-in (MusicID 2.6) v3.92    [in_cdda.dll]

Nullsoft DirectShow Decoder v1.08    [in_dshow.dll]

Nullsoft FLAC Decoder v2.1    [in_flac.dll]

Nullsoft Flash Video Decoder v1.4    [in_flv.dll]

Nullsoft LineIn Plug-in v3.12    [in_linein.dll]

Nullsoft MIDI Player v3.17    [in_midi.dll]

Nullsoft Matroska Demuxer v0.6    [in_mkv.dll]

Nullsoft Module Decoder v2.83    [in_mod.dll]

Nullsoft MPEG Audio Decoder v4.92    [in_mp3.dll]

Nullsoft MP4 Demuxer v2.1    [in_mp4.dll]

Nullsoft NSV Decoder v1.2    [in_nsv.dll]

Nullsoft Flash Control Playback v1.1    [in_swf.dll]

Nullsoft Vorbis Decoder v1.56    [in_vorbis.dll]

Nullsoft Waveform Decoder v3.18    [in_wave.dll]

Nullsoft Windows Media Decoder v3.4    [in_wm.dll]



<< Output plugins >>



Nullsoft Disk Writer v2.14    [out_disk.dll]

Nullsoft DirectSound Output v2.49 (d)    [out_ds.dll]    [active]

Nullsoft WaveOut Output v2.12 (d)    [out_wave.dll]



<< Visualisation plugins >>



Advanced Visualization Studio v2.83   [vis_avs.dll]

MilkDrop v2.21   [vis_milk2.dll]    [active]

Nullsoft Tiny Fullscreen v2.11   [vis_nsfs.dll]



<< DSP plugins >>



Nullsoft Signal Processing Studio DSP v0.39b   [dsp_sps.dll]



<< General Purpose plugins >>



Nullsoft Modern Skins Support v1.4    [gen_ff.dll]

Nullsoft Global Hotkeys v1.8    [gen_hotkeys.dll]

Jump To File Extra v1.1.1 (Build 1052)    [gen_jumpex.dll]

Nullsoft Media Library v3.29    [gen_ml.dll]

One for Nunz v4.3.1    [gen_nunzio.dll]

Nullsoft Music Usage Database v1.0    [gen_orgler.dll]

Nullsoft Tray Control v2.41    [gen_tray.dll]



<< Media Library plugins >>



Nullsoft Now Playing v3.8    [ml_nowplaying.dll]

Nullsoft Local Media v2.92    [ml_local.dll]

Nullsoft Playlists v1.18    [ml_playlists.dll]

Nullsoft Winamp Add-ons v1.0    [ml_addons.dll]

Nullsoft Online Services v1.65    [ml_online.dll]

Nullsoft Podcasts v1.29    [ml_wire.dll]

Nullsoft Rip & Burn v1.91    [ml_disc.dll]

Nullsoft Portable Music Player Support v1.27    [ml_pmp.dll]

Nullsoft Bookmarks v1.1    [ml_bookmarks.dll]

Nullsoft History v1.7    [ml_history.dll]

Nullsoft Auto-Tagger v2.04    [ml_autotag.dll]

Nullsoft Downloads v1.01    [ml_downloads.dll]

Nullsoft Database Import/Export v2.2    [ml_impex.dll]

Nullsoft Playlist Generator v1.2    [ml_plg.dll]

Nullsoft Replay Gain Analyzer v1.08    [ml_rg.dll]

Nullsoft Format Converter v2.4    [ml_transcode.dll]



<< Portable Media Player plugins >>



Nullsoft Android Device Plug-in v1.1    [pmp_android.dll]

Nullsoft iPod Plug-in v0.77    [pmp_ipod.dll]

Nullsoft Creative NJB Plug-in v0.54    [pmp_njb.dll]

Nullsoft PlaysForSure Plug-in v0.8    [pmp_p4s.dll]

Nullsoft USB Device Plug-in v1.1    [pmp_usb.dll]



<< Encoder plugins >>



[enc_aacplus.dll]

    aacPlus (HE-AAC) Encoder v1.3

    aacPlus (HE-AAC) High Bitrate Encoder v1.3

    LC-AAC Encoder v1.3

    MP4/aacPlus (HE-AAC) Encoder v1.3

    MP4/aacPlus (HE-AAC) High Bitrate Encoder v1.3

    MP4/LC-AAC Encoder v1.3

[enc_flac.dll]

    FLAC Encoder 2.2 (libFLAC v1.2.1)

[enc_lame.dll]

    MP3 Encoder v1.35a

[enc_wav.dll]

    WAV Encoder v1.02a

[enc_wma.dll]

    WMA Encoder v1.22a



<< Summary of system components (*.w5s) >>

(These are not included in the plugin counts below)

aacPlusDecoder.w5s (231kb)

adpcm.w5s (15kb)

auth.w5s (170kb)

bmp.w5s (19kb)

dlmgr.w5s (16kb)

filereader.w5s (14kb)

gif.w5s (19kb)

gracenote.w5s (16kb)

h264.w5s (641kb)

jnetlib.w5s (608kb)

jpeg.w5s (151kb)

mp4v.w5s (197kb)

ombrowser.w5s (294kb)

pcm.w5s (12kb)

playlist.w5s (83kb)

png.w5s (84kb)

primo.w5s (13kb)

tagz.w5s (21kb)

timer.w5s (35kb)

vlb.w5s (120kb)

vp6.w5s (178kb)

vp8.w5s (113kb)

xml.w5s (88kb)



<< Summary of all dlls in the root winamp folder (*.dll) >>

(These are not included in the plugin counts below)

burnlib.dll (81kb) [not loaded]

elevatorps.dll (45kb) [not loaded]

libFLAC.dll (133kb) [loaded]

libmp4v2.dll (175kb) [not loaded]

libsndfile.dll (247kb) [loaded]

nde.dll (74kb) [loaded]

nsutil.dll (52kb) [loaded]

primosdk.DLL (230kb) [not loaded]

tataki.dll (82kb) [loaded]

zlib.dll (46kb) [loaded]



<< Summary of all dlls in the plugins\gracenote folder (*.dll) >>

(These are not included in the plugin counts below)

CDDBControlWinamp.dll (1577kb) [not loaded]

CddbMusicIDWinamp.dll (905kb) [not loaded]

CddbPlaylist2Winamp.dll (1101kb) [not loaded]

CDDBUIWinamp.dll (1017kb) [not loaded]

CddbWOManagerWinamp.dll (381kb) [not loaded]

Cddbx1.dll (221kb) [not loaded]

Cddbx2.dll (1349kb) [not loaded]

Cddbx3.dll (637kb) [not loaded]

Cddbx4.dll (269kb) [not loaded]

Cddbx5.dll (381kb) [not loaded]



<< Summary of installed plugins >>



17 Input plugins installed

 3 Output plugins installed

 3 Visualisation plugins installed

 1 DSP plugin installed

 7 General Purpose plugins installed

16 Media Library plugins installed

 5 Portable Media Player plugins installed

 5 Encoder plugins installed



Total: 57 plugins installed





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Associated Winamp file extensions list



<< Reported extensions from Winamp >>



APE

MAC

APL

AVI

CDA

MPG

MPEG

M2V

AVI

FLAC

FLV

MID

MIDI

RMI

KAR

MIZ

MKV

WEBM

MOD

MDZ

NST

STM

STZ

S3M

S3Z

IT

ITZ

XM

XMZ

MTM

ULT

669

FAR

AMF

OKT

PTM

MP3

MP2

MP1

AAC

VLB

M4A

MP4

NSV

NSA

SWF

OGG

AIFF

AU

AVR

CAF

HTK

IFF

MAT

PAF

PVF

RAW

RF64

SD2

SDS

SF

VOC

W64

WAV

WVE

XI

WMA

WMV

ASF

< Playlist Formats >

M3U

PLS

M3U8

B4S

ASX

WPL



<< Reported extensions from each input plugin >>

(This should match with Winamp's listing excluding playlist formats)



in_APE.dll		APE MAC APL 



in_avi.dll		AVI 



in_cdda.dll		CDA 



in_dshow.dll		MPG MPEG M2V AVI 



in_flac.dll		FLAC 



in_flv.dll		FLV 



in_linein.dll		No extensions reported



in_midi.dll		MID MIDI RMI KAR MIZ 



in_mkv.dll		MKV WEBM 



in_mod.dll		MOD MDZ NST STM STZ S3M S3Z IT ITZ XM XMZ MTM ULT 669 FAR AMF OKT PTM 



in_mp3.dll		MP3 MP2 MP1 AAC VLB 



in_mp4.dll		M4A MP4 



in_nsv.dll		NSV NSA 



in_swf.dll		SWF 



in_vorbis.dll		OGG 



in_wave.dll		AIFF AU AVR CAF HTK IFF MAT PAF PVF RAW RF64 SD2 SDS SF VOC W64 WAV WVE XI 



in_wm.dll		WMA WMV ASF 





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Listing of installed input plugins (in_*) and the relevent apis which they indicate that they

support to allow you to see how well the plugin is likely to work with different Winamp builds.



Note: This is a best guess at how well the plugins shown should work with Winamp and until

      you actually use the plugins with Winamp in normal use you will not otherwise know.





A * means the plugin has support for metadata queries on a file (2.9+)

A # means the plugin supports saving modified metadata via Winamp apis (2.9+)

A % means the plugin supports the unified file info dialog and a '%+' shows it adds its own pages (5.5+)

A || means the plugin supports the api_decoder used for transcoding/replaygain/etc (5.34+)



A || means the plugin supports the api_decoder used for transcoding/replaygain/etc (5.34+)

     and '(Seekable)' indicates extra support in processing of audio data via api_decoder



A {} around a symbol means the plugin supports the unicode version of the api





in_APE.dll	 * 	 # 	  	    

in_avi.dll	{*}	{#}	  	    

in_cdda.dll	{*}	{#}	%+	 || 

in_dshow.dll	{*}	{#}	  	    

in_flac.dll	{*}	{#}	%+	{||}

in_flv.dll	{*}	{#}	  	    

in_linein.dll	   	   	  	    

in_midi.dll	{*}	{#}	  	    

in_mkv.dll	{*}	{#}	  	    

in_mod.dll	{*}	{#}	  	 || 

in_mp3.dll	{*}	{#}	%+	{||} (Seekable)

in_mp4.dll	{*}	{#}	% 	{||} (Seekable)

in_nsv.dll	{*}	{#}	  	    

in_swf.dll	{*}	{#}	  	    

in_vorbis.dll	{*}	{#}	%+	{||} (Seekable)

in_wave.dll	{*}	{#}	  	 ||  (Seekable)

in_wm.dll	{*}	{#}	%+	{||}





Summary:



'One for Nunz' found 17 installed input plugins in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\Plugins'

94% (16) of the plugins installed provide the needed 5.x api ("winampGetExtendedFileInfo(..)

or winampGetExtendedFileInfoW(..)") to allow the formats provided by the plugins to work with

most of Winamp 5.x's features (more important with higher versions).

Thanks for all your support Koopa.

AudioSteve · 29th July 2017, 18:06

I know this is an ancient thread but I found my way here because of the OP's exact problem when I tried to install the APE plug-in. Others may find the following info useful:

The problem is that Windows 7 requires administration rights to write a file into
C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\\Plugins\
I simply changed the location to install the plugin to my desktop which worked without issue, then copied the "in_ape.dll" file into C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\\Plugins\ while logged in as administrator. Worked fine!

I also imagine that if one were to right click on "Winamp Plugin.exe" and run as administrator, that would install it directly into the Winamp plugin directory as well.

MrSinatra · 31st July 2017, 00:55

last post is spam.

OT kind of, but why use ape at all?

i use mp3 and for lossless m4a ALAC. mp3 is universal and m4a ALAC is nearly universal. both are well supported by windows, apple/mac/ios, mp3tag, winamp, and so on.

22nd June 2010, 18:38	#1
Aero-R Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5	*Monkey's Audio [ape] on Windows 7** Never had any problem with the support for .ape files on Winamp, but now that I'm on Windows 7 I've found one. I started today installing the Monkey's Audio plug-in in order to make my .ape files playable on WINAMP 5.572. The plug-in I'm trying to install is the lastest versin of the official one, "Winamp Pluging.exe" (contained into the lastest Monkey's Audio pack "MAC_406.exe" hosted on the official site). On the installation the next message appears: code: "Couldn't open the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\\Plugins\in_APE.dll for writting" Surprised with it, because on the O.S. I was using before (XP SP3 x86-x64) I never saw this error. I've seen that on that path, there's no "in_APE.dll", so I tried to do a download of it, pasted it on the path, and tried to do the install again. The dll "in_APE.dll" vanishes... Any ideas? thanks in advance for the support !

22nd June 2010, 23:24	#2
Koopa 16-Bit Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,341	Please post a list of your installed plugins. So I can see, if the plugin was correctly installed. Otherwise in_ape is a 3rd party plugin and not supported in these forums. For propper support you have to contact the author of the plugin. My Winamp Info Report \| My Winamp Backup Log \| My WACUP Info Report Own Projects: \| Winamp Tray Control Icon Pack v3.5.3 \| Winamp Backup Tool v3.6.0 \| >> Winamp Info Tool v6.1.0 << \| German Translations: \| Offizielle Deutsche Winamp Sprachdatei v5.66 \| Offizielle Deutsche Winamp Sprachdatei Plus Version 5.666 Useful Winamp Plug-ins: \| SNESAmp \| 64th Note \| NotSo FatSo \| Highly Experimental PSF Player \| Yar Matey! Playlist Copier v1.12 \|

31st July 2017, 00:55	#5
MrSinatra Forum King Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: WKPS, State College Posts: 5,751	last post is spam. OT kind of, but why use ape at all? i use mp3 and for lossless m4a ALAC. mp3 is universal and m4a ALAC is nearly universal. both are well supported by windows, apple/mac/ios, mp3tag, winamp, and so on. PENN STATE Radio or http://www.LION-Radio.org/ -- BUG #1 = Winamp skips short tracks Wish #1 = Multiple Column Sorting Wish #2 = Add TCMP/Compilation editing

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29th July 2017, 18:06	#4
AudioSteve Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 1	I know this is an ancient thread but I found my way here because of the OP's exact problem when I tried to install the APE plug-in. Others may find the following info useful: The problem is that Windows 7 requires administration rights to write a file into C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\\Plugins\ I simply changed the location to install the plugin to my desktop which worked without issue, then copied the "in_ape.dll" file into C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\\Plugins\ while logged in as administrator. Worked fine! I also imagine that if one were to right click on "Winamp Plugin.exe" and run as administrator, that would install it directly into the Winamp plugin directory as well.