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Keep track of latest version releases here with date(s) of updates and new plugins/software i throw out into the wilderness.

Keep track of the new builds of the JTFE plugin (shipped with Winamp) here >> JTFE Development Log
(JTFE Last Updated: 31/07/2010)

Also keep track of updates to Game Audio related plugins here >> Game Audio Bits n Bobs

25/06/2010

  • Now correctly handles foo.rsn\bar.spc playlist entries by opening to where foo.rsn is

17/06/2010

  • Removed nscrt.dll dependency so this loader will work with 5.57x+ clients
  • Added in localisation handling via playlist.lng (requires update from official translators)
  • Removed nscrt.dll dependency so this loader will work with 5.57x+ clients
  • Added in localisation handling via playlist.lng (requires update from official translators)
  • Fixed hotkey not using a unicode string on compatible Winamp clients
  • Converted more of the internal code where possible to support unicode
  • Added CheckSkinTypeW(..) function and bumped the CheckSkinAPIVersion(..) api to v1.1
  • Updated to use zlib 1.2.5
  • Added build date to the about message
  • Everything else listed in the alpha and beta builds since Skins In Submenu was released

15/06/2010

  • Moved localisation support to the Winamp 5.5+ style .lng file (plug-in only runs on 5.5+ clients now)
  • Removed all legacy code
  • Fixed handling of Main menu->Play->Bookmark not having sub-menus added to it in all cases
  • Converted plugin over to being unicode throughout (should allow unicode categories now)
  • Lots of internal changes due to the removal of legacy handling (hopefully nothing broken and anything which was broken will now work)
  • Internal updates for future client compatibility

25/05/2010

  • Added %family% ATF support for AUD files
  • Added %type% ATF support so supported extensions are correctly reported as audio files
  • Minor code cleanups saving a few kb off the plugin's size
  • Fixed reset option not correctly reseting all values
  • Added additional string to language file for the %family% feature

24/05/2010

  • Fixed media library queries not working (wasn't getting the media library correctly with at least the 2.5x releases)

20/05/2010

  • Moved localisation support to the Winamp 5.5+ style .lng file (plug-in only runs on 5.5+ clients now)
  • Added winampUninstallPlugin(..) support
  • Fixed random crash with a modern skin loaded and some of the menus
  • Fixed race condition preventing enq+play not working in all cases
  • Added better handling of enter/double-clicking in the ML tree (probably not complete/correct but does ml_local and ml_bookmark ok)
  • Default enter/double-click action is now highlighted in the menus
  • Default keyboard accelerator action is shown in the menus now
  • Fixed issue where default action was sometimes overriding what was already specified
  • Fixes support for setting enqueue & play as default action when using a language pack (media library page)
  • Fixed enqueue and play not starting if the playlist was already open
  • Better control of the menus and dialogs the plugin attempts to control (especially since the beta version)
  • Overall should be more reliable and better integrates into Winamp

26/04/2010

  • Fixed lockup issue with v2.6.x when Winamp's setup is then run

20/04/2010

  • Plug-in now only works on Winamp 5.5+ clients due to some changes with the localisation support
  • Fixed issue when Winamp is closed and error messages are shown (caused taskbar text corruption and Winamp potentially not closing at all)
  • Code changes now there isn't a need to support older clients which should improve the plug-in loading and integrating into the right-click menus
  • Keyboard accelerators in the playlist editor should now correctly work with Winamp 5.53+ clients
  • Adjusted the 'Alt+T' action to insert before the currently selected item instead of the last clicked item as beforehand
  • Some minor localisation changes - using MS Shell Dlg for dialog fonts and string adjustments
  • Fixed collapsed state of preference items not working (specific to the v1.6 changes)
  • Dialog now has MS Shell Dlg as its font
  • Fixed the 'Winamp Classic' menu item not remaining at the top of the classic skin list when alpha sorting is disabled
  • Improved handling of the uninstall skin button on inactive skins
  • Removed 'current' from the rename and uninstall buttons
  • Internal updates for client compatibility

15/04/2010

  • Internal code updates to make it compatible with Winamp 5.5+ clients (will not run on anything earlier now)
  • Converted the plug-in to be unicode where possible now so UI will always be showing unicode now
  • Will now prompt if you try to remove the General Purpose prefs page for user input (based on current language pack for the general purpose string)
  • Improved handling of localised strings pulled from the current language pack (could fail in some cases with earlier versions)

13/04/2010

  • Adjusted localisation support for the about message (requested by localisation team)

09/04/2010

  • Better code integration with Winamp 5.5+ clients
  • Changed language file over to the 5.5+ lng file instead of the ini file (authors weren't using the unicode feature correctly so forcing change to the new format so the Winamp ui will be consistantly showing unicode text)
  • Reworked internal handling of the Explorer selection so it no longer keeps re-selecting already selected files when doing a find action
  • Is no longer dependant upon the JTFE plugin due to required api's natively supported in the Winamp clients this works on

07/04/2010

  • Fixed dialogs / messages not using unicode strings in all cases
  • Fixed dialogs / messages not using unicode strings in all cases

31/03/2010

  • Fixed dialogs / messages not using unicode strings in all cases
  • Altered some dialog styles to better fit with the Winamp client (MS Shell Dlg)
  • Default on new installs is now to have alpha sorting of the skins
  • Fixed a divide by zero issue with the preferences and spanned menus (now enforces the minimum limit on entry)
  • Converted the plug-in to be unicode where possible now so UI will always be showing unicode now

16/03/2010

  • Updated to now detect MPEG audio files named as .wav files and pass them onto in_mp3.dll
  • Minor updates to the language file to make it more consistant with other language files

26/02/2010

  • Added strings 43 and 44 to allow for better pluralisation handling so strings 25 and 27 are now for when there is 1 item (for Koopa)
  • Adjusted the queue viewer to use the MS Shell Dlg font to better match the OS font styling (for Pawel)
  • Adjusted the resizing code of the queue viewer to deal with altered button sizes so it'll work better with some languages as required (for Viper)

11/02/2010

  • Updated external version to report all of the plugins & dlls which the plugin version does
  • Fixed to now work with Vista/Win7 clients
  • Fixed to work correctly with 5.57x+ installs (wasn't able to load MSVC90.DLL correctly)
  • Added reporting of OS and system memory of the machine the tool is being run on
  • Re-worked Winamp version detection so it's more complete (and better matches plugin version)

07/02/2010

  • Fixed crash on exit due to a double-free on the no preview skin image

05/02/2010

  • Fixed modern skin preview issue where the preview didn't load in all cases e.g. Blakk skin due to having a classic skin bitmap in it
  • Improved handling of modern skin previews so they're better scaled and placed in the preview area
  • Added double-click and a right-click menu when previewing a modern skin to show the screenshot at its true size
  • Fixed a potential issue with the DSP page where DSP plug-ins could be effectively disabled when this is overriding the listbox
  • Fixed issue with random characters appearing at the end of the about message (changes made to TEXT-101 resource)

28/01/2010

  • Fixed crash on exit and crash when viewing a few skins quickly on the skins prefs page
  • Fixed crash issue when trying to load the readme information of a skin
  • Rename/Remove buttons now are disabled for the skins shipped in the Winamp installer
  • Fixed issue with displaying of base classic skin with a language pack
  • Fixed modern skin's not showing a 'no preview' image when a screenshot image isn't found

27/01/2010

  • Fixed issue with loading of language file if Time Restore & Autoplay is also present

26/01/2010

  • This plugin now replaces the Skins in Submenu (SIS) plugin (is a continuation of SIS)
  • Implements a reworked 'Skins' preference page for better handling of installed skins
  • Implements a 'Manager Settings' preferences page (old SIS preferences dialog)
  • Allows you to view previews of skins with live generation of classic skins (~90% complete)
  • Allows you to generate a preview image of a classic skin to see what it is like
  • You can now select a skin by double-clicking it instead of a single-click allowing the skin to be previewed first
  • Adds additional right-click menu options on the skins list such as converting underscores to spaces in skin names
  • Allows you to search and filter out the installed skins when looking for a specific one or type
  • Everything the Skins in Submenu implemented
  • Designed for 5.5+ clients (though still requires being converted over to a completely unicode implementation)
  • Moved localisation support to the Winamp 5.5+ style .lng file (plug-in only runs on 5.5+ clients now)
  • Added winampUninstallPlugin(..) support (cleans up after itself when uninstalled from Winamp's preferences)
  • Added option to only restart playback if Winamp is internally restarted (IPC_RESTARTWINAMP)
  • Changed the plug-in to be unicode where possible (should now allow unicode named files to work with the load options)
  • Fixed minor issue with reading registry for the auto-start option not working 100%
  • Fixed scenario of preferences being saved multiple times when closing preferences (not causing an issue but a potential slow down when closing preferences)
  • Removed strings 34 and 39 from the resources
  • Removed some more version checks not needed as we're running on 5.5+ only
  • Minor code cleanup
  • Everything else in the 1.0 Alpha builds

19/01/2010

  • Fixes issues with dynamic plugin uninstalls where the wrong plugin could be removed on multiple uninstalls without changing the preference page first e.g. on the portables page
  • Updated to support 5.57+ language folder lookup

14/01/2010

  • Fixed compatability issue with the insertion of the undo menu items into the main Winamp
  • Internal code updates to make it compatible with Winamp 5.5+ clients (will not run on anything earlier now)
  • Localisation support implemented (example language file in the installer)
  • Will save the selected item(s) in the playlist editor or if no selection then the currently playing item
  • Now prompts if the selected item(s) cannot be saved (checks if the original media actually exists)
  • Is now a lot quicker when processing a selection in the playlist editor (was using a Winamp 2.x mode that is very slow)
  • Now reports the extended build number of Winamp.exe e.g. Using Winamp version: 5.57 (Build 2830 FINAL_2010_0113_221653)
  • Will report the version of Winamp Elevator (elevator.exe if present) to check this matches with Winamp's version (5.57x issues)
  • Ctrl + Config will now run the full report instead of going through the menu
  • Shift + Config will now open the about message
  • Auto-insert separator now works with a single item being added (was set to two items previously)
  • Internal code updates to make it compatible with Winamp 5.5+ clients (will not run on anything earlier now)
  • Fixed potential case of Ctrl+F shortcut not working in all cases (5.5+ compatability resolves this issue)

12/01/2010

  • Fixed random crash when run under Windows 7 and plugin now detects Windows 7 as a valid OS
  • Fixed crash when too many file extensions were reported (improved internal buffer handling)
  • Implemented localisation support of the plugin's preferences (report is still English only and will remain this way)
  • Reworked how the plugin hooks the preferences to make it more reliable (old code was using a deprecated api as well)
  • Can now report if the additional 5.57+ language folder is present and possibly being used

06/01/2010

  • Changed preferences name to just 'Undo'
  • Now loads all caches if handling a change and they are not loaded already (detected using the 'Add to media library' option in Explorer

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