PabUK Veteran Posted October 9, 2001 Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2001 YES! AT LAST IT HAS GONE BETA! http://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/client...stall_beta1.exe What's new: 3.0 Beta 1 love (10/09/01) (developer's) build #448 - mostly finalized all interfaces so developers can get busy - config file in sexy XML now - crossfader switchable again - crossfade on next/previous works - playlist editor: - faster, better, more stable - shuffle on next now default behavior - sorting by specific criteria, more general sorting to come later - .pls loading - no more "working playlist", now whatever playlist is showing is the playlist being edited, always - prioritizes ID3 reading for items you're looking at - sexy skinned drop indicator - playlist saving works again - url selector remembers recent entries - skinning: - groups work better - many components now scalable (not working 100% yet) - skins start out centered on screen on first load - gamma groups! tintastic! - memory usage reduced - finally, some better buttons than the ones I made in MS Paint on my laptop with a touchpad (thanks Steve!) - many many bugfixes, including the NT4 startup crash - even better SDK - lots more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizik Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 well it isnt much different from wa3 build L8r... but still.. YAY! :cross: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 hehe, works worse than L8r when I installed it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted October 9, 2001 Author Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2001 Using it right now, it works great! Try these good skins for it: http://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/client...obe-install.exe http://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/client...nge-install.exe They really show off the power of the Winamp3 skinning engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritsuke Veteran Posted October 9, 2001 Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2001 Thx for the links...I really dig happy mode menus! :cheeky: :) Much more stable than the builds I've used before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortensen Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 Does this version include any GOOD skins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted October 9, 2001 Author Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2001 It just includes the base skin, but try the ones I linked to above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 Thanks for the news Pab, I'll try it. Probably end up going back to L8, L8R wasn't very good so I hope this one is better. :ponder: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Author Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 What was wrong with L8R compared with L8? I didn't have any probs. I have been running Beta 1 all night now and it hasn't given any problems so far, nice release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 http://genghis.winamp.com/%7Ebrennan/wa3/ that site will keep you updated on all important winamp 3 releases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Author Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 I had that page set as my home page for a while when the first alphas came out. They were quite regular back then and I wanted to make sure I always had the latest! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 Originally posted by PabUK I had that page set as my home page for a while when the first alphas came out. They were quite regular back then and I wanted to make sure I always had the latest! :) Sorry, it was the internal release which was a piece of ****. I went back to L8R (It ran fairly well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 This is a way better version than the last one. Way better than the internal version which I didn't bother putting on my site. This one is going on now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaos34 Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 I think both of those new skins are pretty nice, the lounge one really catches my eye though. i like that look. =p Thanks for the linsks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Author Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 No probs, I just want to spread the word. My personal favorite is probe, I have that on right now. I point to Lounge as an example of how powerful the skinning engine is though, with all its seperate dockable windows building up a hi-fi style arrangements. Its a biggie in file size and load time though! As soon as Winamp 3 has an options dialog with things like running in system tray and file associations I will switch to it for all my audio playing needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OOPL Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 neato, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 downloadin.. thanks for the news.. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Author Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 Hmmm, I found out something quite bad last night. I was listening to a Shoutcast stream in WA 3 Beta 1, and noticed using PSP was slow. I checked task manager, WA 3 was using 10-30% of my CPU! And most of the time it was at the 30% end. I am playing the same stream now in 2.76 (can't be bothered to 'upgrade' to 2.77) and it is using between 0-1% of CPU. That really sucks. :disappoin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 the "Preset" button can't be press on the EQ section, I can't minimize the playlist like i can with the main window.. do you guys got the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Author Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 The reason the preset button doesn't do anything is because they have not programmed in anything for it yet. And I don't think the playlist is supposed to be minimised, just visible or hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1980 Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 hi, well i intalled the new beta winamp and when i open "preferences" nothing clicks inside the window, when i open the skins window and move it around..instead of it moving the preferences window moves around..weird...:ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted October 10, 2001 Author Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2001 There is something wrong there - Winamp3 has no preferences dialog yet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimman Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 so where do you find preferences? hehe =) anyways, i love it, especially the skins. now, more than ever, it shows potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortensen Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 WinAMP 3 sucks. I tried it a while back and at the moment it's nowhere near as good as 2.7x. I expect it will improve a lot b4 launch though as they have a lot to live upto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 You all need to remember that this is a beta, all these problems & things missing/not working are to be expected out of a beta product. I'm sure by the time it comes to release Winamp 3 Final it'll be close to flawless ;) Nullsoft have always released quality products and I don't believe they'll fail us on this one just by looking at the beta of this FINE product :) Regards to using up your system memory like a mo-fo.. I agree, but you've gotta understand why this is, look at the GUI in Winamp 3, all of it is graphical and the coding is not final in the product.. give it time fellas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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