PC World 2004 September/PCWorld_2004-09_cd.bin/software/topware/winamp/winamp504_full.exe/whatsnew.txt

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Winamp 5.04:
* JTFE v0.96
* Added Coding Technologies' AACPlus decoder
* fixed deletion of temporary generated WAV files after a burning process on some
  computers
* fixed typo in some context menu shortcuts
* fixed slowness IPC bug caused by gen_hotkeys
* added "clear" button in internet radio/tv views
* added screenshots of classic/modern mode in installer
* fixed MP3 bitrate calculation (in_mp3 was reporting incorrect lengths on some MP3s)
* fixed incorrect length reporting on long WMA files
* better fix for pledit/video windows showing up at startup when minimized
* fixed db text bug when moving EQ sliders
* upgraded MP3 encoding to LAME v3.96
* fixed crash in WMA playback when using WMA v8 codecs
* updated default streaming values in in_nsv
* added Winamp.com Audio&Video views in the Media Library
* fixed tiny memory leak in in_cdda
* added right click context menu on "Now Playing" item in Media Library
* added script/ActiveX disabling for Media Library's minibrowser (on by default)
* fixed memory leak on MP3 files with messed up ID3v2 tags
* fixed visualization when playing CD tracks
* fixed proxy user:pass@server:port string getting cut when playing Shoutcast streams
* made in_dshow not to handle mms:// streams ending with .wma
* fixed %tracknumber% tag for CD tracks
* fixed some crash bugs in in_mp4
* fixed playlist generation when ripping full CDs
* added "import playlist from folder" in Media Library
* updated Media Library preferences screens
* added new SPS presets from Cockos, Inc. (pitch shifters, etc...)
* added basic streaming (download) support for M4A/MP4 HTTP streams
* added monitoring of fullscreen apps, disables always on top temporarilly
* added IPC_IS_WNDSHADE
* added gen_ml rating ipcs
* added ratings from playlist context menu (acts on selected entries)
* added ratings from song ticker context menu (acts on current track)
* added rating hotkeys in gen_hotkey
* fixed saving read-only playlists
* fixed double separator lines in gen_ml id3less item context menu
* fixed refresh of view losing query after removing dead files & background scan
* added escaping of ", ', [ and ] in ml queries : uses %HH where HH is the hex char
  code (uses %% for '%')
* added sdk support for multiple audio/video tracks in video input plugins (see wa_ipc.h
  for ITrackSelector class)
* added multiple audio avi support (right click video window, select "Audio Tracks")
* fixed multimonitor problem when toggling a windowshade on one monitor while playing
  a fullscreen video on the other
* added ML_IPC_EDITQUERY and ML_IPC_EDITVIEW
* fixed pledit drawing bug under winxp/cleartype
* fixed crash in id3 reading of zero byte files
* fixed crash in sps when exiting winamp before closing the open/save dialog
* added IPC_PUSH_DISABLE_EXIT, IPC_POP_DISABLE_EXIT and IPC_IS_EXIT_ENABLED
* fixed gen_ml crash when inserting item with length -1
* made gen_ml much more resistant to databases that have been corrupted
* fixed ml nuke
* added disabling of "keep on screen" option when going into a different resolution
  because of a fullscreen application (ie: a game)
* made ui:preferences global hotkey open the prefs to the previously opened page
* fixed a few preferences cosmetic 'bugs'
* modern skin updates :
  - fixed windowshade repeat-track button state
  - fixed scaling docked toolbars
  - fixed 5.03 assert on deletion of newGroupAsLayout()
  - fixed floating video windows coordinates dropping to 0,0
  - fixed auto opaque when layouts are loaded already docked as toolbars
  - fixed fadein/fadeout not used on notification window when linking all normal windows'
    alpha
  - fixed docked toolbars moving when some other window docked to them switches to an
    alternative layout
  - fixed silent crash on shutdown when pledit is docked as toolbar and gen_ml unloads
    before gen_ff (would not remember settings from session to session)
  - fixed snap points
  - fixed click on +12db / 0db / -12db
  - optimized text scrolling (a lot)
  - fixed content of pledit not painting in some instances
  - gen_hotkeys are now routed thru System.onKeyDown(name), where name is the name of
    the hotkey prefixed by "HOTKEY: " (ie: "HOTKEY: Playback: Play"). You may issue a
    complete; statement to prevent gen_hotkey from handling the hotkey
  - fixed horizontal resize of main window with video/vis drawer closed
  - added auto-height for next drawer opening when resizing main window with video/vis
    drawer closed, this avoids having an unreasonably tall drawer open if you just
    watched a video in a big window and then only resized the player back to its
    horizontal minimum after the video had closed. auto-height resets to 4:3
    proportions
  - fixed docking bug when using snapadjustleft
  - fixed buggy calculation of time display default width conflicting with right text alignment
  - fixed windows moving after changing screen resolution
  - fixed rare always on top desync with classic skins

Winamp 5.03:
* added eMusic trial offer to installer.  uninstaller included in Program Files\Winamp\eMusic
* made MP4 AAC the new default ripping encoder
* fixed a crash bug when playing some AVI files in in_dshow
* added multimedia keyboard keys in global hotkeys default configuration
* added "Manual playlist advance" in Repeat button popup menu in Classic mode
* improvements in MP3 encoder configuration (added --alt-preset standard, etc...)
* made the tabs in the preferences XP correctly themed under Windows XP
* revamped the Media Library preferences a bit
* new experimental WMA9 input plugin
* gen_jumpex updates from DrO
* added "Nuke library" action in Media Library
* more upside down videos fixes
* fixed crash if a plugin generated a pledit wm_windowposchanged on shutdown
* fixed crash exploit in in_mod (thanks Peter Winter-Smith)
* fixed various crashes in in_midi when playing invalid files
* made in_midi store its settings in winamp.ini instead of the registry
* fixed error during installation on computers with chinese/oriental regional settings
* removed AOD from installer
* added Shift-R to toggle manual playlist advance
* updated VP6 video decoder to latest VP6.2 code
* fixed crash when launching winamp with very long filenames from explorer
* made registration dialog to appear in Explorer's taskbar when installing pro version
* fixed pledit/video windows showing up at startup when minimized
* modern skins updates :
  - winamp modern skin now uses a 3 state repeat button: no repeat/repeat all/repeat track
  - added appplication desktop toolbars capabilities for layouts, add
      appbar="left|top|right|bottom" to use them
  - upped maki binary version, improved stack protection
  - current skin version number is 1.2 (this should not change for a long while now, and
    of course we continue to support 0.8 to 1.1)
  - (very) limited maki debugger (for now you can bring it up with invokeDebugger(); in a
    script then use 'x' to continue and 'i' to trace into)
  - fixed obscure capture problem with dragging windows
  - fixed rectrgn being forced to 1 in xml xuiobject buttons that are originally imageless
  - fixed hilited state not on after clicking on buttons while the mouse stays in area
  - fixed scripted onEnterArea/onLeaveArea not being always correctly called while mouse
    button stays down
  - fixed getToken being passed NULL throwing guru
  - fixed clipping of painting within the background's region of a group rather than
    within the composed region (the one you can change with sysregion)
  - fixed image cache problem when using the same bitmap as a map and a button image
    parameter

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