Winamp 2.23: * Nitrane 1.60 MPEG audio decoder with MMX and 3DNow! acceleration * MikMod module decoder plug-in version 1.3 * Self-destructing streaming dialog boxes * Equalizer presets included * Cosmetic fixesWinamp 2.22: * AudioSoft ASFS Support * SHOUTcast 1.1 (final, released) support * WMA fixes * Lots of bugfixesWinamp 2.21: * WMA support fixed * MP3 decoder bugfixes * Vastly better DirectSound output * Other bugfixesWinamp 2.20: * Windows Media Technology 4.0 (WMT4) input/output support * All new better sounding, industry standard Fraunhoffer MP3 decoder * Generic PCM EQ that works on most formats (WAV/XM/MOD/IT/VQF/AAC/etc) * Recursion in open directory dialog is now optional * Windowshade mode for Equalizer * Improved CDDA support * Minibrowser improvements (new start page, etc) * New version checking * Fixed evil beeping bug * Fixed vis/dsp plug-in directory bugs * Fixed de-registration problem. * Fixed a few small bugsWhat's new in Winamp 2.10: * New preference system (yay!) * New install screen stuff (with easier configuration) * Improved CDDA plug-in, with auto-play * Improved MPEG audio decoding * Blip reduction * ID3v1 URL Comment support * Shoutcast URL Browser support * Shoutcast 1.1 title streaming * Improved MOD/XM/IT rendering (64 bit mixing, sample declicking, etc) * Totally new output driver (faster and more compatible) * Language package support * Windows font support w/ International characterset capability (optional) * Better filetype registration (with options to register on start, etc) * Desktop Icon and Quicklaunch adding * Customizable DSP/Vis plug-in directories. * Playlist editor has more intuitive moving * Winamp Browser * A TON of bugfixes (if you've been having GDI errors this should fix)What's new in Winamp 2.09? * Fixed stupid hanging bug in CDDA support * Fixed retarded Windows-making-the-window-too-high-after-awhile bug. * Fixed clear-playlist-then-seek bug. * Fixed Nitrane's invalid-genre %6 bug. * Added full Xing VBR support to Nitrane. Seeking and time estimation work perfectly. * Preliminary ID3v2 support (tag is skipped reliably) * Improved Directsound output (Thanks to Leif Claesson)What's new in Winamp 2.08? * Stupid VC++ 6 screwed up my PropertySheets. Crashed on some systems. Fixed (as far as I can tell, let me know =). * Fixed a stupid CPU consuming bug in Nitrane What's new in Winamp 2.06 (the final release of 1998!)? * Built with VC++ 6 and VC++ 4.2. Faster and smaller (well, we hope) * Installer now prompts to use old config/fresh config * Uninstaller only will remove Plugins\ and Skins\ if they are in the Winamp directory (i.e. if you have a giant skin directory in another location it won't remove it) * Added bar analyzer mode to built-in vis (woo!) * Made .pls playlists streamable * Info-reading on demand mode, supplements info-on-load * Made http:// default in open location box * Better directory and drive adding support (you can now do 'G:\' in the open location box to play an audio CD, for instance) * Fixed a slight alignment bug in playlist editor * Nullsoft Visualization Library! (wVis 4.1+NS Fullscreen Vis) * Included experimental gapless output driver (rocks the casbah) * Improved DirectSound output driver * Made some mods to the waveOut plug-in, should be more stable and more compatible (might have sacrificed a teeny bit of vis accuracy tho) * CDDB support now remembers if it hasn't worked recently to avoid from keeping popping up. * Fixed a dsp plug-in bug in Nitrane * Added SHOUTcast title reading to Nitrane, improved Nitrane's HTTP streaming (non-blocking connect, baby) * Added better MPEG 2.5 support to Nitrane (still don't have the right reordering tables, though, but an improvement nonetheless) What's new in Winamp 2.05? * Fixed some vis->plug-in interface bugs * Fixed apply button in setup tab of prefs * Rewrote some memory chunk allocation code. * Added a buttload of IPC stuff (lots, baby!) * wVis 4.0: New effects, higher quality rendering, and DirectDraw fullscreen modes. * Fixed a skin bug * Fixed a few error-detection related bugs in Nitrane. * Preliminary CDDB Support (CDDBP only, no HTTP) * Much improved HTTP streaming. You can now psuedo-stream MOD,WAV,and MIDI files. * Improved MOD decoder (Thanks Jake!) * Updated icons. Fixed a lot of little cosmetic bugs.What's new in Winamp 2.04? * Bugfixes. I had these logged but I lost the log file :( * Better installer integration (/install and /uninstall switch) * New, nicer, self checking installer. Uninstall too! * Fixed vis starting before first track bug * Added /CLASS="Winamp v1.y" switch * Added .ZIP support for skins. Simply drop a zipped skin in your Winamp\Skins directory! * Nitrane 1.24 with better sound quality and corrupt MP3 handling, two different EQ modes, and an experimental Aural Stimulation Mode. * Better "browse for directory" boxes. * More IPC stuff (EQ, Skins, etc -- see frontend.txt) What's new in Winamp 2.03? * Improved shift selection in playlist editor * Better litestep support (litestep options in preferences/options, too) * Fixed a number of midi/cdda related bugs * Added WM_GETMINMAXINFO handler, to improve maximize handling and windowshade * Fixed some stupid (but very annoying) window region related bugs. * Nitrane 1.22, for better sounding MP3 playback * New 'No Playlist Advance' option for DJs and people who like to jump around in playlists. * Snapping is now adjustable. What's new in Winamp 2.02? * massive improvements to audio output system. No more skips! (be sure you set your audio output prefs to the recommended settings :) * Some dsp plug-in related enhancements. * fixed eq preset reloading bug * Optimized Nitrane's 3DNow! mode some more. About 10% faster. (went from 11.5% to 10.2% or so) * Ported some code to C in in_mod, for the upcoming 2.02 AXP build :) What's new in Winamp 2.01? * made playlist editor use windows font.. resizable and skinnable * fixed a silly little hide-mainwindow-while-minimized-bug * added up/down arrow (and mousewheel scroll) to plwindowshade * fixed silly position bar moving bug * made EQ's 0-lock more accurate * made title-scroll option * added width&height chex for pl * fixed error with sorting in skin selection box * fixed evil playlist editor 256 color bugs and alignment stuff * Nitrane 1.20. Faster, fully functional layer 2 support. Optimizations. Better sounding half and quarter rate modes. fixed decoder mode setting * more... ! :)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 improvementsWhat'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 callsWhat'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 itemsWhat'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 refinementsWhat'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 bugfixesWhat'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 bugfixesWhat'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