Winamp 2.90 Final has been released, improved performance


belldah used our news submit to tell us
that Nullsoft has released a new final version of their popular Winamp audio
(and since recently, video) player. This latest version has the following
changes:


Winamp
v2.90 Final Changelog:



  • hot new default skin, done by none
    other than the evil robot turned good, Steve Gedikian

  • added integrated full featured video
    support (NSV and DirectShow (AVI,ASf,MPEG,etc))

  • added library (complete with media
    database, shoutcast listing, playlist editing, CD listing, mass tag
    editting, plugin API for portable devices, and more!)

  • updated Winamp's window docking code
    to be more robust/extensible

  • made AVS dock use this new
    API

  • updated PCM equalizer with code from
    4Front Technologies/George Yohng. Quality is a lot
    better.

  • updated equalizer default skin to show
    the true +12db/-12db range (the 20db was a veeery old
    typo)

  • a ton of new WM_WA_IPC API
    calls

  • general purpose plugin window
    support

  • extended metadata system for getting
    more than just title/length of items

  • lots of exposed features via
    IPC

  • updated to PP's latest input and
    output plugins

  • focus/Z order change on window close
    related bugfixes

  • added track numbers and song lengths
    in HTML generated playlists

  • removed all ATL code, shoved EXE size
    by 20kb

  • added digital audio extraction in
    in_cdda.dll (needs WNASPI32.DLL under Windows 9x/ME)

  • added Alt+M shortcut for minimizing
    Winamp

  • added Ctrl+(Keypad +)/Ctrl+(Keypad -)
    shortcuts in playlist editor for changing font size

  • fixed stop after current menu item
    trash related bug

  • added ultravox support for
    in_mp3

  • made in_mp3 not display 'unknown X'
    for empty id3 tags

  • installer uses leet new NSIS
    2.0b3

  • improvements to the setup
    process

  • made the keep on screen code
    multimonitor smart and better

  • fixed & error in tooltips in
    winamp and winampa's systray icons

  • and TONS more! (new SDKs will be
    posted soon.)
You can download this latest Winamp version via the Winamp forums or via the Winamp website itself.

Source: Winamp Forums

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