Software update: Winamp 5.57 build 2765 beta

Nullsoft has released a new beta release of Winamp. This popular media player can be downloaded in different variants. The Lite version can only play music files; the Full version also allows viewing video files and listening to Shoutcast broadcasts. Furthermore, the Full 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 version 5.57 build 2765 beta, the following changes and improvements have been made:

New:

• MPEG-4 video support for in_mp4 & in_flv (Winamp Pro only)
• [in_avi] Native AVI video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
• [in_mkv] Matroska MKV video support (MPEG-4 = Winamp Pro only)
• [ml_addons] Browser for discovering new skins & plugins
• Winamp detection browser plugins for IE & FF

improved:

• Direct3D video rendering
• Filetype association handling on Vista & Windows 7
• New full screen video OSD
• Preamp adjustment for files with ReplayGain (previously .ini only)
• VU meter optimizations
• [gen_ff] Multi-threaded object
• [in_flac/in_vorbis] Tag support for Organization field as Publisher
• [in_flv] AAC, aacPlus & ADPCM audio support in FLV files
• [in_mp4] Support for aacPlus parametric stereo in mp4 container
• [in_nsv] Native h.264 decoding (Winamp Pro only)
• [in_wave] Unicode filename handling
• [ml_history] Play Offset feature for resuming playback of podcasts
• [ml_local] Director & Producer fields & columns for videos
• [ml_local] Row cache for NDE to vastly speed up queries
• [ml_online] Right-click option to open service in new window
• [ml_wire] feed:// pcast:// and winamp:// protocol support
• [ml_wire] Option to automatically download ‘x’ most recent episodes
• [ml_wire] Redesigned Podcast Directory view
• [vis_milk2] Milkdrop2 updated to use ns-eel2 (thanks Justin)

Fixed:

• Custom mldb info reverts to filename on Alt+3 for in_dshow, flv & swf
• HeapSetInformation not located in kernel32 error under Win2k
• Shuffle feature broken under limited user profiles
• [gen_ml] Bold text in Local Media views on some systems
• [gen_tray] Compact mode not working on 64-bit OS
• [in_flac] Playback freezing before end of some corrupted files
• [in_flv] Sync issue where video lags behind audio on some flv files
• [in_flv] Various h.263-related crash issues
• [in_mod] Heap overflow security vulnerability (thanks Dyon Balding, Secunia)
• [in_mod] Some s3m files crashing on load
• [in_mp4] Various transcoding issues
• [in_wm] Main window & taskbar menu blocked after closing DRM browser
• [jpeg.w5s/png.w5s] Security vulnerability fixes (thanks Nicolas Joly, VUPEN)
• [ml_local] Remove missing files broken in full rescan
• [ml_wire] feeds.xml sometimes being destroyed
• [vis_avs] Compile issues causing some presets to not load properly or crash

Misc:

• Improved Windows 7 compatibility, including alt+tab & taskbar icon integration
• More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• New info page for long pack developers in About Winamp dialog
• New MPEG-4 video support adds h263.w5s, h264.w5s & mp4v.w5s
• Renamed nsvdec_vp6.dll to vp6.w5s
• Removed gen_dropbox from the installer, for now…
• Right-click to close Notifier in Bento skin
• Some keyboard accelerator fixes (new Ctrl+Alt+B for Add current to bookmarks)
• Various installer improvements (including new DirectX version checker)

Updated:

• aacPlus decoder 8.2.2, encoder 8.2.0
• Gracenote CDDB/MusicID v2.6.101
• libpng 1.2.40
• [in_vorbis] libvorbis 1.2.3 & libogg 1.1.4

The following downloads are available:
Winamp 5.57 build 2765 beta Lite
Winamp 5.57 build 2765 beta Full (English)
Winamp 5.57 build 2765 beta Full (International)
Winamp 5.57 build 2765 beta Pro (English, not free)
Winamp 5.57 build 2765 beta Pro (International, not free)