Winamp 2.9 is here!

[az]

Yes, you heard right. No Winamp 3.1. Nor will there ever be one. 2.x it is for the time, and 2.9 brings us the Media Library (YAY!) and video playback, along with extended plug-in supprt and plans for more and more regular updates. Get the full version Here. NOTE: Broken multi monitor support, whatever that means.

The next Winamp version will be Winamp 5 (the best of 2 and 3); fast and efficient as Winamp 2, Media Library, supports both Winamp 2 and 3 Skins, Winamp 2 Plug-Ins, and no Wasabi (Happy now, Gurm? ) at first. It should be due this summer.

AZ

[High_Jumbllama]

Hmmm. Good when it happens. I treated Winamp 3.X as beta anyway. I tried it, hated it, and deleted it. 'Tis a P.O.S.

[Gurm]

Huzzah!

I have spoken.

- Gurm

[Ozbreeze]

Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
Hmmm. Good when it happens. I treated Winamp 3.X as beta anyway. I tried it, hated it, and deleted it. 'Tis a P.O.S.

same here

[az]

I used WA3, because of the Media Library. That thing was a stroke of genius, and something I have wished for for a long time.

AZ

[Jammrock]

Looks like it's time to switch my default again

PS - MAD plug-in is a must for all you MP3, Winamp 2 users:

http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/mad-plugin/

Jammrock

[Nowhere]

and turning off standard equalizer too...

[Kooldino]

Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
Hmmm. Good when it happens. I treated Winamp 3.X as beta anyway. I tried it, hated it, and deleted it. 'Tis a P.O.S.

Ditto.


What was the media library all about?

[agallag]

It's about time they did something like this. I've been wanting a media library in winamp for a long time, but there's no way I was going to run that pig called winamp3. This is the best of both worlds

[joonie]

I thought Winamp3.0 was better version than 2.x 'cause the version's higher.
Well, isn't it supposed to be better? Then what's gonna happen to 3.0?

[dZeus]

I also recommend installing SSRC directshow output plugin, as it provides better resampling quality than the one offered in hardware for nearly all cards, and it uses almost no added CPU overheard (as opposed to the older SSRC wave_out plugin).

http://www.blorp.com/~peter/zips/out_ds.exe

after you've installed and selected the output plugin, make sure you enable hardware acceleration in the plugin's properties, as well as enabling resampling mode to the native mode of your soundcard (16/48 for most soundcards, 24/96 for Audigy2). Also set dithering to 'none' because MAD already does this for you.

I got most of this info from this thread:

http://www.3dss-forums.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=Forum1&Number=106602&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1

edit:
disable hardware acceleration in out_ds if it causes audible glitches

[Kooldino]

Originally posted by joonie
I thought Winamp3.0 was better version than 2.x 'cause the version's higher.
Well, isn't it supposed to be better? Then what's gonna happen to 3.0?

Higher version number implies a NEWER version, not necessarily a BETTER version. Winamp 3 is a slow, bloated, buggy program that lacks some of the functionality of the previous version, but adds some as well.

If you're dying to find out what the difference is, go download 3 and then try 2. You'll see what I mean.

[Nowhere]

And it would be good to turn off built in winamp 2 equalizer and use this one...

or go foobar way, which will save your time for configuring player properly

[az]

I prefer my music un-equalized.

The new, improved Media Library is much better than the older one, btw. And now there's a playlist library too!

AZ

[agallag]

Wow, I'm impressed. The media library and the video support are both quick and well designed. Major improvement over WA3.