Winamp Essentials Pack is a plug-in pack compiled by
Winamp staff and contributors: "this is not an official Nullsoft thing, but something we, Winamp developers do in our free time."
It contains plug-ins that either didn't make it into the official release or that developers and maybe you - the users - can't live without.
Winamp Essentials Pack 5.6 contains :
- Ogg Vorbis Encoder
- Apple Lossless (alac) Decoder
- WavPack Decoder
- Waveform Wrapper
- Lite-n Winamp Preferences
- ML Enqueue & Play
- Time Restore & Autoplay
- Skin Manager
- Album Art Viewer
- Playlist Undo
- Find File On Disk
- Unicode Taskbar Fixer
• Please note you must have Winamp version 5.6 or above to use this plug-in pack.
Changes in Winamp Essentials Pack 5.62 :
- adds protection against a potential integer overflow vulnerability
- Misc: [Installer] increased minimal required Winamp Version to v5.62
• Winamp Essentials Pack 5.6:
* New: Unicode Taskbar Fixer v3.0 from DrO
- fixes ??? issues in Winamp's taskbar produced by incompatible 3rd party plugins
* New: [Installer] 256x256 Win7 style icons
* New: [Installer] Vietnamese installer translation based on v1.16 (thanks to Nguyễn Thanh Tài aka thanhtai2009, http://forum.kaspersky.vn)
* Improved: [Installer] added icons to warning messages
* Updated: WavPack Decoder to v2.8.1
- this adds %family% and %type% support (allows for example loading of the WavPack icon from a Winamp Icon Pack Library)
- can now save ratings directly to the files (if an external plugin reuqests it, for example Winamp's library)
- removed preferences window (now uses Winamp's global ReplayGain options)
- fixes loading of the plugin on some systems
* Updated: [alac.w5s] Apple Lossless Decoder to v1.5
- fixes ReplayGain related crash bug
* Updated: [enc_vorbis] Nullsoft Vorbis Encoder to v1.4
- updates libOGG to v1.2.1
- brings several GUI improvements (adds Thickpos, Direct Mouse Wheel Support, clickable links)
* Updated: [in_wav] Nullsoft Waveform Wrapper to v1.3
- fixes some compatibility issues with mp3 embedded wav files
* Updated: [ml_enqplay] ML Enqueue & Play to v2.0.1
- fixes compatibility with Winamp 5.59+ & a crash bug
* Updated: [gen_ffod] Find File on Disk to v3.0.3
* Updated: [gen_undo] Playlist Undo to v1.1
* Updated: [gen_nopro] Lite-n Preferences to v1.7
* Updated: [gen_skinmanager] Skin Manager to v1.0.1
* Updated: [gen_timerestore] Time Restore & Autoplay to 2.5.3
* Updated: [gen_classicart] Album Art Viewer to v0.85
* Updated: [Installer] English, German, PortugueseBR, Japanese, French, Polish, Russian & Romanian installer translations based on v1.17
* Fixed: [Installer] uninstallation of gen_classicart.dll
* Misc: removed Playlist Sidecar from installer due to compatibility issues
* Misc: [gen_killpredixis] removed Predixis Removal Tool from installer
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Winamp Essentials Pack 5.51
on 04 November 2008 by: Faizan Shahid
#18827
This pack has a very good collection of plugins for Winamp and adds new features in Winamp too. However, it can be made better by adding more new plugins for Winamp, while keeping the installer size less than a megabyte. Good luck, keep up the good work!