Software Update: Winamp 5 RC666
Anonymous: 31180 is the first to point out the release from Winamp 5 RC666. This release is freshly compiled and comes with six bug fixes compared to release candidate 10. Winamp 5 is an amalgamation of the best features of the 2.x and 3.x release: version 2.x is known for supporting plugins and its visualization tools, while 3.x is equipped with a better skin engine. RC666 is available as full version and if lite version† Below are the changes from RC10 and a summary of the main improvements and fixes since Winamp 2.x:
Winamp 5.0rc666 specific fixes:
- fixed potential crash bug in ml
- avs sscope updates, fixes
- modern skins : fixed SHGetSpecialFolderPath on old OSes
Winamp 5.0rc11:
- added colorthemes submenu to options menu
- fixed AVS bugs, added new texer2 APE
- fixed ML genre combo box low screenres bug
What’s new since Winamp 2.x:
- 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 color themes
- 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 hot key support
- Options to disable plugin exception handling for developers
- A ton of new plug-in API calls (SDK coming)
- 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
[break]The forum has been discussing Winamp 5 for some time now. That topic can be found here.
Version number | RC666 |
Operating systems | Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP |
Website | winamp forums |
Download | |
File size |
4.00MB |
License type | Freeware |