Chip 2004 April/CMCD0404.ISO/UTIL/Winamp/winamp502_full.exe/whatsnew.txt

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Winamp 5.02:
* added a couple of gen_ml APIs
* fixed gen_ml radio/tv cache clearing after viewing prefs bug
* made gen_ml radio/tv keep old data when updating fails, made it not update when no
  internet is available
* made gen_ml support some new quicksearch syntaxes: "* beck radiohead"
  will list all things matching beck OR radiohead, and:
    radiohead "<lastplay > [3 days ago]>" will show all things matching radiohead
    played in the last 3 days...
* gen_ml option for any/all guess modes
* made SPS support 24 bit samples
* added priority setting for CD ripping
* made CD ripping only support one rip at at time
* added send to -> add to library for playlist (and other) send to menus.
* better media library audio view support for no artist/no album
* fixed enter after info box and popup menus in library
* moved litestep options to be in classic skin prefs
* fixed playlist editor classic redraw bug, made playlist handle mousewheel scrolling while
  moving items better.
* made "EXE" filetype extension non registerable :)
* cleaned up "disable screensaver when video is playing" option
* latest SDKs available (AVS, Media library, new Winamp IPC calls, etc...)
* upgraded to Gracenote CDDB v2 DLLs
* improvements in gen_hotkeys
* upgraded MP3 encoding to LAME v3.95.1
* out_ds now uses winamp.ini instead of registry for settings
* new fix for upside down videos in in_dshow
* added OGM as supported extension in in_dshow
* modern skins updates :
  - optimized region a bit
  - fixed handling of global alpha for unparented layouts
  - fixed tiny bug in keypress flow
  - fixed potential layer capture cancellation issue
  - fixed crash when quickly alternating alt+g and alt+w
  - fixed player not coming up to front when playing a video via external URL click
  - fixed assertion when arial.ttf (or whatever fallback font has been set) is not present in the font directory
  - fixed faulty skin font unmapping sometimes conflicting with fallback to os default gui font
  - added date and version functions to maki
  - added added timerhours="1" to text object to show 1:00:00 instead of 60:00
  - added timeroffstyle 3 and 4 to text object to display "0:00:00" and " :  :  "
  - upped skin version to 1.1 - you MUST use 1.1 if you recompile your scripts
  - updated maki compiler (http://bluemars.org/maki) :
    - added stack protection to maki binaries - upped the binaries version header
    - added self version check in maki binaries
    - non-existing (future) maki functions will not crash the maki runtime anymore, YAY
    - fixed unknown maki functions return values
  - fixed winamp appearing on secondary taskbar with ultramon regardless of true position
  - fixed extraneous invalidations
* new extended jump file dialog (thanks to Darren Owen)
* added basic MP4 AAC encoding/decoding (thanks to Menno Bakker for the help)
* fixed unicode metadata in in_vorbis
* fixed crash in installer code
* removed generation of "badframes.stt" files in VP6 decoder
* <3 farewell Justin <3

Winamp 5.01:
* fixed gen_ml selection bug
* added gen_ml option for no guessing at all
* made AVS and SPS support loop() in user code
* made AVS support megabuf() in user code
* made pro installer not prompt for regkey if already valid
* improved font directory retrieval in gen_ff
* added content rating system in Internet TV's listing
* added bandwidth usage statistic in Internet Radio/TV listings
* made media library guess from filename only when NO metadata found
* added seperate recent items tracking options for files/streams
* made installer better handle installing wa5 directly over wa3.
* added milkdrop docs to installer
* made uninstaller not remove winamp directory if not empty (user is
  now required to do so manually to avoid people going "oops")
* made installer check sonic px.dll versions and prompt for reboot
  accordingly
* fixed nsv metadata querying bugs
* fixed gen_ml guessing bugs for files with metadata that are not in DB

Winamp 5.0:
* Support for classic Winamp 1.x/2.x/2.9x skins and Winamp 3 ("Modern") skins
* Fancy new modern skin:
   - Integrated video, AVS, and Milkdrop support
   - Many built-in colorthemes
* Same ol' classic skin for people who want the Winamp 2 feel
* Vastly more powerful media library:
   - Automatic background directory scanning options
   - Customizable views and columns, graphical view editor
   - Internet Radio (SHOUTcast) and TV listings
   - Context-sensitive item info viewer
* CD ripping support (AAC@2x in free version, MP3 at unlimited speeds in pro)
* CD burning support (limited to 2x in free version)
* Advanced title formatting logic for file types that support it
* Huge AVS updates:
   - New effects, bundled some popular 3rd party APEs
   - A much better selection of default presets
   - Experimental SMP support
   - Full AVS preset subdirectory support
   - Extensions and optimizations to the AVS evaluation library
* Support for playback of AAC and VP6 in NSV files/streams
* Global hotkey support
* new Signal Processing Studio DSP plug-in
* Options to disable plugin exception handling for developers
* A ton of new plug-in API calls (SDK forthcoming)
* fixed changing-systray options while minimized bug
* new Winamp icon
* added XP Manifest.xml to winamp.exe
* made agent icon use configured winamp system tray icon
* optimized winamp's load titles on demand logic, made faster
* made winamp's internal submenu management more reliable
* added skin font override preferences
* added spacebar shows current playlist item in playlist editor
* fixed manual playlist advance w/ repeat
* made winamp's open directory recurse checkbox nicer looking
* big prefs overhaul to make steve happy
* huge thanks to Amir Szekely and the rest of the NSIS developers
  for their help