- New: Option to run Winamp in Safe Mode (also via /SAFE=1 commandline switch)
- New: XSPF playlist support (read only support, write support to follow)
- Improved: Added tooltips for truncated text in Media Library listviews
- Improved: Added 'Explore item folder' to context menu in playlists
- Improved: Bookmark menu handling now follows Winamp's Play/Enqueue setting
- Improved: D3D vsync mode (should fix reported video tearing issues)
- Improved: Display album art source info in Artwork tab of File Info dialog
- Improved: Remember last position of dialogs
- Improved: Show rating from tags if file is not in Local Media Library
- Improved: Use new style dialog for folder browser
- Improved: Windows 8 filetype association compatibility
- Improved: [gen_ff] Multi-monitor support for Bento/Modern skin notifier
- Improved: [gen_ff] Windows 8 multi-monitor/taskbar mode compatibility
- Improved: [in_flac] FLAC streaming support
- Improved: [in_mp3] Shoutcast v2 in-stream artwork support (and other misc fixes)
- Improved: [in_mp3] Use MIME to determine decoder before assuming ext. is correct
- Improved: [in_mp4] Native ALAC playback support
- Improved: [in_mp4] Optimize MP4 Raw Reader by using chunks instead of samples
- Improved: [in_mp4] Write ratings to tags (using the "rate" atom)
- Improved: [ml_local/history] Friendlier error message if nde/database fails to load
- Improved: [ml_local] New 'Date Added' column (smart views adjusted accordingly)
- Improved: [ml_playlists] Now with Generate HTML Playlist support
- Improved: [ml_playlists] Save playlists to custom m3udir, if specified in paths.ini
- Improved: [ml_wire] Save (and backup) database files on updates instead of on exit
- Improved: [pmp_ipod] Added BPM, TotalTracks, Disc# & TotalDiscs metadata support
- Improved: [pmp_wifi] SSDP support and other optimizations
- Fixed: Failing to load on some Windows 8 (and earlier) installs (thanks Nanner)
- Fixed: Not playing the first song next when clearing then adding items to playlist
- Fixed: Bento/Modern skin notifier sometimes no longer appearing (thanks pjn123)
- Fixed: Deletion of 0-byte wdl*.tmp & wht*.tmp files
- Fixed: Issues with re-embedding of vis plug-ins in Bento skin when exiting fullscreen
- Fixed: Issues with some Icecast servers providing invalid stream links (v2.x bug!)
- Fixed: Potential crashes when rapidly switching between DSP plug-ins
- Fixed: [Bento Browser] Potential security vulnerabilities (thanks Julien Ahrens, Inshell)
- Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Potential security vulnerabilities (thanks J. Ahrens, Inshell.net)
- Fixed: [in_mp3] Mapping of POPM ratings scale
- Fixed: [in_mp4] Bug where too-small passed-in buffer size resulted in loss of data
- Fixed: [in_mp4] Seeking files/podcasts which use a single video frame as artwork
- Fixed: [in_vorbis] Not reading Disc# (plus other general Vorbis Comments fixes)
- Fixed: [in_wave] mldb info for .wav files being wiped after viewing Alt+3 dialog
- Fixed: [ml_disc] Blocking of context menu items in ml tree for History & Bookmarks
- Fixed: [ml_disc] Creation of 0-byte trk*.tmp files & associated crash on some systems
- Fixed: [ml_impex] UI lockups on import/export of large databases
- Fixed: [ml_wire] Subscriptions to podcast channels with the same name
- Fixed: [ombrowser] Alt Gr keys broken in Online Services text input fields
- Fixed: [pmp_android] Albumart-related crash when transferring ogg files
- Fixed: [pmp_android/usb] Transfers fail if <Albumartist> contains illegal characters
- Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Crash/hang on exit after transferring files to MTP/P4S devices
- Misc: All default plug-ins now include file description & version info properties
- Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
- Removed: [gen_orgler] The end of Winamp Charts & Music Usage Database
- Updated: [libFLAC] FLAC 1.3.0
- Updated: [png] libpng v1.5.16
- Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.6
