Winamp CD Case Beta 8

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Carlos11

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- Skip a song:

It can be a fade in/out issue: please go to "Options>General>Settings" and uncheck "Fade cover" and "Fade notifier" then test it

- Search cover:

When a search starts WCC will wait for an answer (cover found, not found or an error) and it become "disabled" (it's not a crash). Once WCC gets the answer it becomes available again; If there's an issue (Amazon server, connection...) a long delay may occur and WCC will keep waiting... I'll see what I can do to improve this feature...

Thanks!

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Carlos11

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The first post needs to be edited. The download link leads to a zip file with one exe in it. I was confused by this until I read through about 7 pages of this thread to find the actual installer.

Now I do have it, it is very nice. To those having problems with it showing the back covers, I had this but only on albums where I have the front and back covers in the folder.

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WCC has some options to read the right cover even for those who have front and back covers. Just go to "Options>Read cover"... See Help or Readme.txt for details.

i tried the skip a song options. it seems to work, just lags horribly. like the cover changes with a 3 sec. delay.

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Or you can let fade in/out on but before skip a song let the fade in/ou effect finish first... May work.

Carlos11 can you if u have time add an option to this great programe..we need a new line like time left or time passed from the song or a progres bar ...

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I think it's possible. It's just a matter of time... Thank you for your feedback.

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Carlos11

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i'd rather want all the text/notifier options in one dialogue. not under notofier AND skins.

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Next major update will have a better skin manager that will aggregate all the notifier settings, including (probably) the text format (%title%...).

So when a skin is applied it will look like the skin we saw...

A preview will also be added instead the case image (I think the preview was suggested here).

It's just a matter of time now... ;)

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Carlos11

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i tried http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/wccb10v2.zip and it just made things worse. it crashes even after playing some songs without doing anything else.

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I really need to know what error message is displayed.

It will help if you could send me one of your songs that used to crash WCC (just a small part using mp3DirectCut...).

Once, one user reported a song that used to crash WCC. It was not a "legal" song. He just remade the tag and all went fine.

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Carlos11

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Some suggestions:

1) Try to uncheck "Download cover automatically" (Options>Download) and test it again.

2) Your installatin may be corrupted. Try to uninstall then install WCC again. WCC beta 10 was already released: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Winam...se/1109367710/1

3) If you still have issues, I'll try to make a special build so we'll try to trap the bug.

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Carlos11

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+insanekiwi,

Thanks!

I think the main issue is due a change on how WCC reads ID3v2 tag, but I'm not sure since I can't reproduce the bug.

What I need is one of your songs that you're sure to hang WCC beta 10.

You don't need to send me the entire song, just a small part (20kb).

You can use the free Mp3DirectCut to do so.

Or if for you is easier, send me the entire song or give me a link to download...

My email: [email protected]

Thanks.

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Yochanan

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Has anyone ever noticed WCC reads the ID3v1 tag instead of the ID3v2 tag on some some songs? ID3v1 has a character limit while ID3v2 does not, so if any field is longer, of course it cuts off, and the notifier reflects this.

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well i found an older cd i tagged that crashes Winamp CD-Case....lol i havent listened to it a single time since Winamp CD Case has been out so im debating retagging it or sending u a song to look at, what do u think? change the tags myself or u wanna take a look at this tag?

ID3V2 as well

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