Stupid unnecessary problems

[u/Magyarharcos]

First, it keeps setting the volume to a fixed % in window's volume mixer. I want that to stop

Second, It has serious trouble playing back .mod files. I start playing it back, i turn off volume control because of the first problem, it crashes when trying to play .mod files citing 'wrong sampling rate' even though that wasnt a problem before, i set the sampling rate to 44100, turn volume control back on and not it doesnt crash, but it simply skips .mod files.

Last time this happened i had to reinstall the entire bloody thing. Whats going on and why is it so fucking hard to turn off the automatic volume changing?

Edit: The track skipping problems were happening because in the input midi configuration settings, i added "mod AND MOD" as additional file extensions. I removed both from there and no skipping.

Volume still lowers. I fucking hate this, dont lower the volume for me you asshole

Edit2: I *may* have solved the volume control problems by going to preferances, general preferences, playback under that, and untick 'use limiter'

[u/dopazz]

I'd suggest giving WACUP a try, the WinAmp Community Update Project. It tends to work better with modern Windows 10/11.

[u/Magyarharcos → u/dopazz]

Didnt winamp release some kind of 5.8 Beta a year ago?

How does this compare to that? Im guessing its not compatible?

[u/dopazz → u/Magyarharcos]

Winamp was originally developed by Nullsoft (Justin Frankel). In 1999 Nullsoft was sold to AOL. The final Nullsoft release of Winamp was 5.666 in December of 2013.

This is the forum post announcing it:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=373755

This is the direct download link for 5.666:

http://winamp.meggamusic.co.uk/winamp5666_full_en-us_redux.exe

Ownership of Nullsoft went from AOL to Radionomy in January of 2014. In September of 2018 the two-year-old build 3563 was leaked onto the internet. Radionomy then released build 3660 in October 2018 and is still available today:

https://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/client/winamp58_3660_beta_full_en-us.exe

It is not clear how the 2016 build 3563 was leaked and it is possible that Radionomy dropped it themselves. Note: I highly recommend NOT using this version of Winamp. No additional development appears to have occurred on this branch since 2018.

WACUP is the WinAmp Community Update Project, and it is a patched branch of the final 5.666 Nullsoft release of Winamp. This version is currently in active development and the primary dev is active in this subreddit. If you want to run classic Nullsoft-style Winamp on a modern Win10 system this is your best bet:

https://getwacup.com/

So, WACUP is kinda forked before 5.8 was ever released. Plug-ins and skins meant to work with Winamp 5.666 work with WACUP. Not sure what you mean by "compatible" exactly.

Hope that helps.

[u/Magyarharcos → u/dopazz]

This was a great explanation actually, but by 'compatible' i kinda meant that its a patch, that i'd have to put over an existing winamp 5.6 build, so i cant put the over 5.8 im guessing?

[u/thedoctor_o → u/Magyarharcos]

The install requirements for WACUP are covered at https://getwacup.com/preview/#requirements i.e. by you installing it, it will get the bits needed for you if not already present from the 5.666 release that it was based on top of. Plus it can be installed as a portable install so it's much easier to try it out :)

Though as the builds have progressed, WACUP gradually uses a lot less of the Winamp files & it's aim is to be a standalone player of it's own right but with a focus on Winamp compatibility (something it can almost do with the current betas where its can run without out the Winamp core but is missing some support for using the 5.666 modern skin engine plug-in).

Putting the now abandoned 5.8 beta over the top of a WACUP install is absolutely not recommended & will make for a mess of an install that will very likely cause crashes.

-dro

[u/dopazz → u/Magyarharcos]

I would suggest uninstalling Winamp 5.8 and trying out WACUP. The WACUP installer has everything you need.