Release notes

latest enhancements

Winamp Advanced Controls

Version 5.6.8

• New translations. Synchronized translations with the Foobar2000 component

Version 5.6.7

• Fixed (v5.6.5): Regression on single-row, single-height taskbar

Version 5.6.6

• Fixed: Y-mouse offset on vertical Win7 taskbar.

Version 5.6.5

• Fixed: Y-mouse offset on single-row, double-height Win7 taskbar.

Version 5.6.4

• New: Middle mouse button can be used on the icons to show/hide Winamp

Version 5.6.3

• Fixed (v5.6.1): Volume slider is no longer updating the volume in realtime when moving it.

Version 5.6.2

• Fixed bad hitpoint offset when SM_CXICON is not 16.

Version 5.6.1

• Cosmetic fixes. Moved the preferences dialog under General

Version 5.6

• Better Windows 7 support. See Readme file for more information

Version 5.5

• Added partial Windows 7 support. See Readme file for more information

Version 5.4.6

• Fixed a possible problem with 0-second tracks

Version 5.4.5

• Fixed an incorrect offset in the mouse position handler

Version 5.4.4

• Removed pre-Windows2000 support to simplify code as Winamp itself does not support these Windows versions anymore

Version 5.4.3

• Fixed a problem with ampersand in tooltips

Version 5.4.2

• New code to try to prevent icons from being hidden by the taskbar auto-hide feature

Version 5.4.1

• Fixed: Title balloon does not always show when using with Winamp 5.5
• Enhanced the title balloon procedure for streaming content
• New: The display language changes as soon as another one is selected in the drop-down

Version 5.4

• Auto-pause on screensaver restarts music streams instead of (de)-pausing them
• Merged all languages in a single plugin file.

Version 5.3.1

• Fixed: Skins drop-down does not list other installed skins

Version 5.3

• New Unicode version.
• Requires Winamp 5.3+ and Windows 2000/XP/Vista
• Translation now supports asian languages
• New languages: Danish, Estonian, Simplified chinese, Czech
• Disabled the LiteStep integration for now, may be reintroduced later

Version 5.2.2

• New option: Auto-pause when screensaver starts
• Minor change in pop-up menu code for better interoperability with other plugins

Version 5.2.1

• Minor modifications for the plugin to be compatible with MS Windows Vista (tested on Beta 2)

Version 5.2

• Fixed title formatting problem caused by changes in Winamp 5.2

Version 5.1.0.4

• Fixed crashs, problems and lock-ups with the Delete Current File feature

Version 5.1.0.3

• Updated LiteStep support to latest litestep enhancements. Now supports xTray (tested with xTray 0.9.6 and litestep-0.24.7.1)

Version 5.1.0.2

• Balloon Title is filled with Filename (without extension) when the advanced title formatting returns an empty string for the Balloon Title Format.
• Fixed: DLL doesn't have the correct version number

Version 5.1.0.1

• Fixed: The track length wasn't displayed properly on the baloon

Version 5.1

• Now skinnable!
• The plugin now uses Winamp builtin functions to format the baloon title, you can use the whole set of functions of Winamp Advanced Formatting System

Version 5.0.2.2

• A few bugfixes
• New languages added (visit http://www.niversoft.com/winamp)
• Added Volume 10% up/down hotkey

Version 5.0.2.1

• '&' characters are no longer trimmed in tooltips

Version 5.0.2

• Fixed Flashing balloon bug
• Added an option to not show balloon on streaming source
• Added an option to auto-switch to volume slider mode on streaming source
• Optimisation and small bugfixes
• More tests done with older OSes (Win98, WinME, Win2000)

Version 5.0.1

• Added a few options regarding to streaming sources
• Better integration with Global Hotkeys
• Small bugfixes

Version 5.0

• Started from v1.7.2.4, but did major rewrite.
• Removed Hotkeys. The plugin now integrates with the Global Hotkeys plugin
• The Delete Current File feature now works correctly.
• The balloon contents is now customizeable, with a pattern similar to the
• Winamp menu is now embedded in the plugin's menu.
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Version 2.1.2.4 / 1.7.2.4

• Modified config dialog to update email and web site address.

Version 2.1.2.3

• Small modification to add support for Jump To File plugin by Yoni Douek

Version 2.1.2.2 / 1.7.2.2

• Small dialog-related bugfix

Version 2.1.2.1 / 1.7.2.1

• Small menu-related bugfix

Version 2.1.2.0 / 1.7.2.0

• Added Delete Current Song feature

Version 1.7.1.3

• Fixed a play/pause button incorrect update reported bu Mugendai
• Finally (at last) fixed the incorrect volume shown bug.

Version 2.1.1.1 / 1.7.1.1/2

• Minor changes for multilanguage support.
• Minor bugfix in popup balloon
• Minor changes (Don't remember what)

Version 2.1.1 / 1.7.1

• Added support for Litestep Users
• Fixed a bug related to empty playlist reported by Urge
• Updated installer: New professionnal look!
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Version 2.1.0.1

• Fixed a display bug related to Win98 & ME.

Version 2.1

• Added Configuration, Hotkeys, and all missing items from WinampTray 1.7

Version 2.0.2.2

• Fixed a bug introduced in 2.0.2, related to Windows 98

Version 2.0.2.1

• Fixed a bug introduced in 2.0.2, related to Windows 2000/ME

Version 2.0.2

• Fixed some bugs related to streaming source.
• Removed the seeking bar when listening for streaming source
• Fixed some bugs related to Windows XP Skins.
• The Slider setting is now saved between sessions.

Version 2.0.1

• Recompiled with vc6 to avoid necessary vc7 runtime distribution... 300k

Version 2.0

• Branched for Winamp3 Development.
• All recoded on WASABI.
• This version contains only basic functionnalities
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Version 1.7.0.2

• Very minor fixes

Version 1.7.0.1

• Restored the Right/Left hotkeys

Version 1.7

• Major recoding, migrated to classes and Winamp3-like object model.
• Added pop-up balloons with song title.

Version 1.6.2

• Restored the Stop button

Version 1.6.1

• Fixed a little bug that caused the jump window to stay behind

Version 1.6

• Add Jump and Seek/Volume toggle Hotkey, Cosmetic fixes.
• WARNING: This version has only been tested in Windows XP. It's supposed to

Version 1.5.1

• Fixed the 'save config' bug reported by DJ Slane and Ricky
• Fixed a small non-update bug reported by Ricky

Version 1.5

• Now supports Windows XP

Version 1.4

• Added some colors & enhancements
• Fixed memory leaks

Version 1.3

• Added Hotkey support

Version 1.2

• Some bugs removed
• Added a tooltip that shows the title of the song
• Some time-consuming routines optimized to process faster
• Now support volume setting for CDAudio files
• Tested and adjusted for all version of the shell
• Fixed a bug that causes Winamp crash when loading empty directories

Version 1.0

• First Release