Summary:
You may be familiar with the Darren Owen's (@The_DoctorO) Winamp Community Update Pack project (WACUP). The project released their first preview version of the app. It is the classic Winamp 5.666 on steroids.
The goal of the Winamp Community Update Pack project is to provide bug fixes, updates of existing features and most importantly new features to the stable version of Winamp (5.666 as of this writing).
The released preview version comes with an installer that support portable installation mode. It can be used to upgrade your existing Winamp installation. However, it is recommended to install WACUP into a separate directory to avoid any possible issue. The installer is not digitally signed, so you may see a Windows Smart Screen warning.
In This Release:
- Added initial support to indicate missing files in library playlists to complement the option for the main playlist editor (this will just show a cross before the playlist item number / title depending on settings instead of changing the background colour at this time)
- Added support for Discord now playing to use the state value to provide a second line of text if set in the preferences
- Added a 'change origin playlist' option to the library playlist root menu for external playlists to make it easier to update the reference if it has been moved (e.g. to another drive) without having to remove the playlist reference first
- Added an 'edit playcount' option to the library history view to act as a starting point to deal with moving files & needing to maintain playcounts
- Added a confirmation prompt before allowing all of the preference pages to be hidden from the extended control menu
- Added support to convert public Acast podcast pages into the RSS feed url so it can then be managed by WACUP
- Added a small 'beta tester' section on the about preferences page for anyone interested in becoming a beta tester if they're only using a preview / final build
- Changed from the long standing 0.9.9.xxxx version numbers to now start incrementing up from 1.0.0.xxxx with the shift to public preview builds
- Changed the replacement Local Library plug-in to set 'last updated' to be the last modified time from file when adding new files to the database
- Changed the playlist option to prevent pressing space scrolling the currently playing item into view to now support (by default if not already changed) using play / pause to toggle the playback state (see the options on the 'general' preferences page to control this when it's enabled)
- Changed the installer to improve the handling of the 5.666 EN-US redux installer to better ensure a corrupted copy will not be used
- Changed the 'Eridyne' mode on the Advanced preferences page to also handle WMA & WMV as we do not install the WMA playback plug-in & DirectShow can play most of those files
- Changed the installer to better prompt if trying to install over an existing Winamp install as well as preventing installing over incompatible versions (i.e. anything that isn't 5.66/5.666)
- Fixed the browse button not appearing on the edit playlist entry dialog in the library playlists view
- Fixed the library playlist root view not appearing correctly with a missing playlist item selected
- Fixed some quirks with the library playlist status message when information is missing
- Fixed a text alignment issue of the playlist item time in the main playlist editor when the missing files highlighting mode is enabled
- Fixed some SSL related issues with the jnetlib implementation but more needs to be done to allow for example working HTTPS based MP3 streams
- Fixed the custom splash.bmp/splash.png support not correctly centering the image when it's shown on screen
- Fixed the splash screen not showing on the same monitor as the classic main window (this fixes a Winamp bug)
- Fixed the Playlist Undo plug-in crashing in rare cases (based on crash reports received from beta testers)
- Fixed an occassional crash in the Waveform Seeker plug-in after completing file processing or when file processing is active when closing
- Fixed the installer not correctly checking the Big Bento Modern skin versions when needing to updating existing installs
- Fixed the podcast plug-in not correctly adding multiple selections to the main playlist editor
- Fixed a double-border drawing issue on the podcast subscription node listviews
- Fixed (hopefully) the playlist preferences node not maintaining its expanded state
- Fixed moving items in the queue manager views not always keeping the selection on the moved items
- Fixed header text being clipped on the Discord now playing preferences page
- Other misc code clean-up & build process organisation in preparation for a public preview build (finally!)
- Updated appropriate copyright dates to 2019
- Updated libsndfile (libsndfile.dll) to latest code release (1 Jan 2019) to resolves a number of vulnerability issues
- Updated lzma (lzma.dll) to 18.06 (30 Dec 2018)
- Updated the Big Bento Modern skins to v1.1.3 (30 Dec 2018)
- Updated the Milkdrop2 presets by Fumbling_Foo for your visual enjoyment
- Updated the Patreons list (thank you all for the support - https://getwacup.com/support/)
Homepage: https://getwacup.com/
Version History: https://getwacup.com/changelog/
In This Release: https://getwacup.com/preview/preview_1_0_0_3174.html
Download: https://getwacup.com/preview/WACUP_Preview_v1_0_0_3174.exe
Note: It is best to install the WACUP beta into a separate directory from your existing Winamp install (if applicable) which the installer will inform you about. Later on it will be supported to install WACUP over the top of an existing Winamp 5.66/5.666 install without issue.