Download Winamp 5.5.1 build 1741 beta

The first beta build of version 5.51 of the popular media player has been released on the Winamp forum today. Winamp can be downloaded in different variants. The Lite version only plays music files. With the Full version, video files can be viewed and ShoutCast broadcasts can be listened to. In addition, this version has a media library and can be used to rip CDs. Finally, the Pro version can also encode files and burn CDs. However, you have to pay for these features. In addition to the necessary improvements and bug fixes, this release includes the possibility to automatically start Winamp when an audio, MP3 or video CD is inserted into the computer and the program can now also play flash videos. play. The full changelog of this release shows the following changes:

New:

• Autoplay Handlers for Audio, MP3 and Video CDs on WinXP & Vista
• Default Programs registration for installations on Windows Vista
• Optional Constant-Q Equalizer and optional ISO Standard frequency bands
• [in_flv] Flash Video decoder (vp6 only, not h.263)
• [ml_local] BPM column

improved:

• Browser download manager now uses CD Ripping destination folder
• Deletion of embedded album art via Artwork tab in File Info
• More accurately translated Language Packs (see note below)
• More miscellaneous UI/dialog tweaks & improvements
• Option to set the number of pixels to scroll for modern songticker
• [Gracenote/MusicID] Better error checking & memory cache optimizations
• [gen_ff] More miscellaneous freeform skinning engine optimizations
• [gen_hotkeys] Added optional WM_APPCOMMAND support for media keys
• [gen_hotkeys] Added increase + decrease rating on current track
• [in_dshow] Reading of length and bitrate for non-default video formats
• [in_flac] Optimized disk caching for increased performance
• [in_mp3] Better optimization for older Pentium Pro/2/3 CPUs
• [in_mp3] Support for reading ALBUM ARTIST field if TPE2 not present
• [in_mp4] Better Unicode support and metadata read optimizations
• [in_mp4] Optimized disk caching/reading
• [in_vorbis] Support for reading YEAR field if DATE not present
• [ml_disc/in_cdda] Disc reading tweaks and other general optimizations
• [ml_history] New tracking control options
• [ml_local] Album column sorting order logic
• [ml_local] Better playlist handling
• [ml_local] Bumped track# metadata guessing limit from 130 to 999
• [ml_local] Database query and memory optimizations
• [ml_pmp] Support for drag&drop from Explorer into portable device view
• [ml_transcode] Prompt to delete aborted transcodes

Fixed:

• Artwork not found if .nfo filename contains a period
• ASX Parser converting all stream links in .asx playlists to upper case
• Classic song ticker wraparound glitchiness
• Global Hotkeys list destroyed when changing language packs
• Gracenote/MusicID not using Winamp’s proxy setting
• Parsing of ansi ASX playlists containing non-standard characters
• Restore from System Tray if previously closed in a minimized state
• Setup resetting desktop icons 😮
• Spectrum vis incompatibility crash with some 3rd-party input plugins
• Truetype replacement font alignment in Winamp Modern winshade song ticker
• Various miscellaneous keyboard shortcut issues
• Winamp Agent registry entry typo (wianmpa.exe)
• [Bento] Collapse/Expand Playlist not respecting ‘Show Album Art’ setting
• [gen_ff] Potential high CPU usage of songticker object
• [gen_hotkeys] Restore from minimized state whilst About dialog is open
• [gen_ml] Blank ML when restarting Winamp from a minimized state
• [gen_ml] Canceling Online Media password prompt clears password & filters
• [in_dshow] Miscalculation of some mpeg video lengths
• [in_flac] Divide-by-zero crash on corrupt files
• [in_mp3] Deleting Lyrics3 tag in Alt+3 Editor also deletes ID3v1 tag
• [in_mp3] Handling of ID3v2 with bad version/revision #’s
• [in_mp3] ID3v2 parsing crash with some mp3s
• [in_mp3] ID3v2 tag not showing when ID3v1 tag reading is disabled in config
• [in_mp3] MPEG Info not showing in Alt+3 for files with large ID3v2 tags
• [in_mp3] Now only reads first ID3v2 tag if more than one is present
• [in_mp3] Winamp UI freezes when loading certain corrupt mp3s
• [in_mp4] Playback or mp3 in mp4 container
• [in_mp4] Seeking when paused
• [in_mp4/jpeg.w5s] Crash when Art field is in metadata with no embedded art
• [in_vorbis] UTF8->UTF16 optimized (fixes File Info delay bug)
• [libmp4v2] Corrupt m4a’s not playing, better handling of ones beyond repair
• [ml_autotag] Stops processing when switching to another ml view
• [ml_disc] CD view/titles not refreshing when ejecting old/inserting new CD
• [ml_disc] Crash when using invalid strings in playlist filename generation
• [ml_disc] No Burn button under some system configurations
• [ml_disc/ml_pmp/ml_transcode] Processing of # in Destination Folder path
• [ml_local] Artist column in descending order when sorting by Year
• [ml_local] Down key in Search field not focusing the Simple View list
• [ml_local] Last Updated, Album Gain & Podcast column sorting orders
• [ml_playlists] Shift+Enter hotkey to Enqueue playlist
• [ml_plg] Crash when stopping Playlist Generator scan or resetting database
• [ml_pmp] Column sorting orders
• [ml_rg] Restore from minimized state whilst rg results dialog is open
• [ml_transcode] Restore from minimized state whilst config dialog is open
• [ml_wire] Podcasts not being downloaded if