Winamp CD Case RC 3

Winamp CD Case RC3 released (03 Apr 2006)

What's new?

Main core rewritten

New notifier text engine

Set any font, color, size and style

Set shadow, outline and upper case

Set outline color

Two independent lines (different fonts can be used)

%newline% tag is back

Redesigned progress bar

Set progress bar and back color

Progress bar styles: borderless, Filling, Modern, Slider, Solid and Transparent

Added Fancy rating (part of the skin now)

Progress bar/Fancy rating: pad top and left

Added Lock position to the context menu

Added option to disable the hotkey

Bicubic filter is used to resize case itself and fancy rating

Improved pin to desktop feature

Improved ID3v2 cover tag reader

Improved Winamp plugin

Improved Web Radio support

Most of the options moved from registry to a settings.ini

Skin settings stored in a skin.ini now

Small bugs fixed

Readme.txt updated

Aura skin added

Download

Full (*): http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Winam...se/1109367710/1

Just the main executable : removed due new forum build

(*) skins settings were updated

Forum build (not officially released)

RC 3 Build 10 (05 Apr 2006)

- Fixed balloon bug

- Set song's rate by clicking the fancy rating

- Right click the fancy rating to set no rating

RC 3 Build 37 (08 Apr 2006)

- New possible name: CD Art Display

-Control Panel instead Skin Manager, Options and About windows

RC 3 Build 64 (09 Apr 2006)

- Improved toggle on top (hotkey) feature: now it toggles even when pinned to desktop

- Moved "Lock position" from "Options" to context menu (on the fly change*)

- Moved "Window level" from "Options" to context menu (on the fly change*)

- Moved "Magnetic borders" from "Options" to context menu (on the fly change*)

- Internal changes due new name

- Winamp plugin updated due new name (see Readme.txt inside the zip!)

* No need to reload the entire program

RC3 Build 93 (09 Apr 2006)

- Improved hotkey feature (CP>Options>Hotkeys tab)

- Set hotkeys for rating

- Context menu changes

RC3 Build 229 (14 Apr 2006) - See Readme.txt inside the zip!

- Control Panel redesigned (tree view added, cleaner interface)

- Hotkeys improved and more was added

- New Help file and context Help added (click "Help" link or press F1 while in Control Panel)

- Some general improvements

- Small bugs fixed

RC3 Build 299 (18 Apr 2006)

- A full setup is ready for this build;

- This build supports Winamp, AlbumPlayer and iTunes!

Full setup (913KB): http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cadrc3b299.zip

RC3 Build 314 (19 Apr 2006) - For those already using RC3 Build 299 (link above)!

- "Search Google" link added in Search Cover window (the default browser will be started)

- Minor bugs fixed

RC3 Build 345 (22 Apr 2006) - For those already using RC3 Build 299 (link above)!

- "Cover" context menu item added (Search, Browse Amazon, Browse Google, View, Open folder, Save As..., Delete, Reload)

- System tray will detect an Explorer crash

- Help file updated

- Winamp plugin improved (*)

- Minor improvements

(*) Note: the zip file has a folder named "plugin"; this folder is created when you install CAD; you can copy this folder into CAD main folder replacing the old one; inside the "plugin" folder: you have the plugin dlls plus a small application to uninstall your old CAD/WCC plugin and install the new version.

Download: http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cadrc3b345.zip

Screenshot

wccrc3.jpg

Have fun! :D

#375591

Thanks Carlos, will install in a while and i'll report anything malicious i find :) i appreciate your hard work.

#375597

thnx man :) .... loving this... :)

... yup, will report if i also find anything! ...

#375602

Wow ! Thanks !

I love this gem

#375610

It just keeps getting better and better.... great job! :D

/.teh

#375621

Woo-hoo! I love you!

#375647

Thank you, this is really nice.

#375662

Hey,congratulations...every day winamp cd case is more big...i dont know how to live without it...im very happy...

#375705

Marvellous! Just marvellous!!

#375788

Thank you all for you support and feedback! :D

What about a little history since WCC is one year old!

Alpha Zero (Feb 2005):

- I'm testing it for the first time

- Cover resizing without bicubic filter

wccalpha0.jpg

Alpha 1 to 9 (Feb to Mar 2005)

- Althought released as an Alpha program a FileForum user said it was the worst program ever :)

- During Alpha stage several options were added and a real simple skin support implemented

- Cover resize with bicubic filter

- Case just a gif image (no transparency)

wccalpha1-9.jpg

Beta 1 to 11 (Apr to Dec 2005)

- PNG support for case an notifier

- Added new options

- Better skin support

- Some users still like Beta 10 due some radical changes in RC 1! :)

wccbeta.gif

RC 1 to 2 (Feb to Mar 2006)

- PNG used as font

wccrc1-2.jpg

RC 3 (Apr 2006)

- Thanks to KSoft help the notifier text was implemented the way I've always wanted

- Lots of new features that you're testing right now! :D

wccrc3.jpg

More than one year of work, great feedback and some new friends!

Thank you again and... well you know... Have fun! :D

#375822

Thanks for great application Carlos!

And great history also. :)

#375830

@Carlos: I was wondering..... why did you get rid of the stop button?

#375916

@tehloxely: just to simplify the interface; "Stop" was also removed from the context menu for the same reason; real buttons (like the ones in the alpha version) can be added in a skin (just a design matter); improved support for real buttons plus animation are planned.

#375924

Thanks Carlos...the installer works w/out a hitch!! Looking very good!

#375976

great- webradio with no problems, im just wondering- although i have the webradio.png when i listen to aol xm- the no cover png appears, well asides from that- no crashes or problems at all.. tnx a lot!!!

#376135

lookin great, workin great! thanks!

#376147

great- webradio with no problems, im just wondering- although i have the webradio.png when i listen to aol xm- the no cover png appears, well asides from that- no crashes or problems at all.. tnx a lot!!!

Right now WCC looks for two link types (";http://" and "mms://") in order to show the web image.

Let me know how's the AOL link looks like so I can add it too.

#376155

Great work Carlos! Just gets better and better :)

Is there a skin which has play buttons?

#376214

this is working great! finally got around to play with the notifier, loving it. thanks for the great job!

#376217

Great work as always. I really enjoy this app and finaly have covers downloaded for nearly all of the hundreds of albums in my MP3 collection.

The Winamp starter plugin still doesn't work for me though (v2.90). When enabled, it clears my playlist on start and I have three items, CD, CD, and Case.

[edit]One more nitpick. it looks like the fade effect now affects the skin as well as the cover art... was better when it just faded the cover and the 'case' remained constant.[/edit]

#376540

WCC RC3 Build 10 (05 Apr 2006)

- Fixed balloon bug

- Set song's rate by clicking the fancy rating

- Right click the fancy rating to set no rating

Removed due new build.

Have fun! :D

#376542

You my friend, are a madman. :D

#376558

i guess this is a different type of question... but i was wondering if it would be possible to have the song display in other languages? for example, i have some asian songs and what is shown are just messed up characters.

#376633

It is not a fault of WCC. Make sure you have the latest version of Winamp and then read this thread

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=237755

Hope that helps. :)

#376634

Great work as always. I really enjoy this app and finaly have covers downloaded for nearly all of the hundreds of albums in my MP3 collection.

The Winamp starter plugin still doesn't work for me though (v2.90). When enabled, it clears my playlist on start and I have three items, CD, CD, and Case.

[edit]One more nitpick. it looks like the fade effect now affects the skin as well as the cover art... was better when it just faded the cover and the 'case' remained constant.[/edit]

Mr. B

One of the WCC requirements is Winamp 5. I can't do nothing about the plugin since one of the dll is a third party module.

WCC displays the case and cover as one image only, that's why the fade was changed.

#376821