[tmp] Re: "ot" Winamp Shutting down on December 20, 2013

  • From: "alan" <ahertz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:47:47 -0500

what i would like to know is: will i still be able to listen to streams and will people be able to broadcast with it as they do now? i have a reverend who has a show every Thursday night on variety radio called God's power hour at 9 p m eastern time and she uses winamp as her streaming software. will this shutdown destroy that usage?

   Alan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda" <bryeghtstar@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 17:31
Subject: [tmp] "ot" Winamp Shutting down on December 20, 2013


Here's some late breaking news that I thought you should be aware of.

----- Original Message ----- Hi all,

the following information is taken from the Winamp home page at
www.winamp.com:

Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past
December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be
available for download. Please download the latest version before that date.

end of article.

If you want to get the latest version which is now 5.66 I'd strongly
encourage you to download it while you can! A direct link to the file is at

http://tinyurl.com/kkxgont

It is not known if Winamp will still function normally after it is no
longer being developed. It is certainly popular in the blind community.

Below are the changes in version 5.66:

* Improved: Added a Reset button to clear history in the Open/Add URL dialog
* Improved: Added an option to disable the mouse wheel from altering the
volume
* Improved: Added more commandline switches (run: winamp.exe /? to see
full list)
* Improved: All menus now use the skinned style when option is enabled
in ML settings
* Improved: Disable all online features when no internet connection
selected in Prefs
* Improved: High DPI & text scaling compatibility fixes for dialogs &
library views
* Improved: Increased notification area tooltips up to 128 chars
(instead of 64)
* Improved: Library views now optionally group the 'Play' and 'Enqueue'
buttons
* Improved: Mass metadata editor from library now also available in
Playlist Editor
* Improved: Retry UAC prompt if user previously selected "No" (for
relevant settings)
* Improved: Speed-up of Winamp shutdown process
* Improved: [gen_ff] Added a setting to control show/hide time for
docked toolbars
* Improved: [gen_ml] Drag & drop handling tweaks
* Improved: [ml_downloads] Added 'Size' column
* Improved: [ml_history] New options for resuming playback (for podcasts
or all files)
* Improved: [ml_history] Added a 'Play Offset' column with right-click
option to clear
* Improved: [ml_local] Added Podcast, BPM & Rating fields to Ctrl+E
metadata editor
* Improved: [ml_playlists] Option to use source file instead of
database-managed copy
* Improved: [ml_nowplaying/wire] Added support to use alternative services
* Improved: [ml_pmp] Added a simple view to match Local library support
* Improved: [pmp_android/usb] Added <disc> support to File Name Formatting
* Fixed: Agent not using Winamp window if a clone is already running
(eg. KMPlayer)
* Fixed: Length not being read when set to read titles on load
* Fixed: Ratings-related freeze on right-clicking large selections in
playlist editor
* Fixed: Saving to wrong extension for the 'Save As' action in the Alt+3
Artwork tab
* Fixed: Unicode characters not displaying in taskbar when some old
plugins are present
* Fixed: Various issues with aero-peek and docking of freeform skins as
an appbar
* Fixed: [gen_jumpex] 'Jump to File' window not always visible when
pressing 'J' or 'F3'
* Fixed: [gen_ff] Docking to bottom/right when windowframe scale is
anything but 1.0
* Fixed: [gen_tray] Lockup/double-start issues when using the 'Prev' action
* Fixed: [in_flac] Removal of embedded artwork
* Fixed: [in_midi] Memory comparison crash with badly formed .kar files
* Fixed: [libmp4v2] Crash due to invalid pointer check on corrupt files
* Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Crash on bad path
* Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Use filename if no metadata available to
generate filepath
* Misc: [installer] Added a "Winamp (Safe Mode)" option to start menu icons
* Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations (lots
of them!)
* Updated: [enc_fhgaac] Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.02.16
* Updated: [enc/in_vorbis] libogg 1.3.1
* Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.3
* Updated: [in_wave] libsndfile 1.0.25






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