Just wanted to say I'm still here for those not really following along especially as I've not been super obvious on social media by not having announced the recent beta & preview builds from the past few months plus I know a fair number won't have been looking at the forum or vaguely keeping up with what's been done on the discord server along with the emails I get.
Currently I'm trying out a slightly different way of working on the builds as part of the fallout from some of the pre...
2025-05-31 18:17:07 +0000 UTC
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Finally the first build of 2025 which is somewhat late in happening against where I'd been planning to be by now but sometimes better late than never. There's around 100 lines in the changelog since the last #20678 beta build.
The aim is for either this beta build or a small update depending on what issues may initially appear with it to go out as the newest preview build early next week (start of March 2025) though it won't be flagged via the update system until later in the month whic...
2025-02-28 18:43:05 +0000 UTC
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After the 'fun' of a month ago I've finally got a new beta build up (changelogs for it as normal are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/). This won't be going up as a new preview build since its too close to the holidays now & there's some aspects needing more testing & there's a few things I've still got to resolve that were reported against build 20202 (don't worry if I've not responded to some of those bug repor...
2024-12-21 17:07:34 +0000 UTC
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Last Thursday my body decided to try to replicate the alien chest burster scene which means I'm posting this quick update from hospital.
Am hoping to get home later this week but coding, etc is on hold for a while until I've recovered.
[Edit Thursday 29th]
I got back home late Tuesday & am feeling better for it. My tummy still needs to get back to normal which is going to take from a few weeks to a few months for different aspects.
My hands are sor...
2024-11-25 10:54:52 +0000 UTC
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Last time I'll mention that any build prior to 1.99.20.19994 going back to 1.99.11.18916 will require manually updating to get onto a build that will be able to correctly report there's an update (unless you're "lucky" & are having crashes with those older builds).
Onto today's 1.99.22.20202 builds & ignoring some of the unhelpful distraction from this week, the fortnight of work since the last build makes for a relatively smaller changelog than normal so t...
2024-09-28 17:48:18 +0000 UTC
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Quick reminder that any build prior to 1.99.20.19994 going back to 1.99.11.18916 will require manually updating to get onto a build that will be able to correctly report there's an update (unless you're "lucky" & are having crashes with those older builds).
As for today's 1.99.21.20088, I described it in the beta releases thread notes as "refinement rather than anything revolutionary" which sometimes is what a build needs to be. As such this one has focused on a number of things tha...
2024-09-12 22:51:30 +0000 UTC
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The crappy bit first, the new version prompt has been broken for all of the 2024 preview builds since April which only came to light around 2 weeks ago for which being annoyed with myself is still an understatement.
Manually updating to the new build is required unless you're one of the lucky ones where the build crashes on you & the post-crash prompting is still being triggered. So please let others that might be using WACUP know & my apologies for breaking this when ironi...
2024-08-29 13:49:48 +0000 UTC
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WACUP build 1.99.15.19320 went up last night as a quick fix for an ironic crash from a change meant to avoid crashes (sorry to all for that) & a memory leak.
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2024-06-06 09:41:28 +0000 UTC
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A few weeks on since build 19100 went up as a preview build & it's now being replaced with build 19312.
This new build primarily brings changes to how the history & local library db files are saved to resolve the unacceptable number of crash reports that the old build(s) have been generating.
The cumulative changelog between the builds is at https://getwacup.com/pre...
2024-06-04 21:06:37 +0000 UTC
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WACUP build 1.99.13.19100 just went up as the latest preview build which aims to resolve the main crash issue happening with the prior 1.99.12.18980 preview build. https://getwacup.com/preview/preview_1_99_13_19100.html details just the changes made between the builds.
The last 2 weeks has generated around 1500 crash reports (possibly more that didn't make it to the server from some of t...
2024-05-10 12:13:45 +0000 UTC
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The past 3 & a half weeks have been somewhat frantic hence the lack of updates on here with the 3 noted builds along with 2 interim builds that were posted on the beta sub-section of the forum & numerous user specific test builds to finally get to today's releasing of build 18980 as the new preview build to replace 2021's build 7236 at last!
The specific changelogs for all of these beta builds are ...
2024-04-24 22:50:27 +0000 UTC
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Another month almost done & as a non chocolatey treat there's finally 2 new beta builds (we won't talk about the one that was pulled) which has been a bit of a bumpy one but has also been a hopefully move in the right direction now I'm looking back at all of the changes that have gone into them (especially with this week & the on-going local library plug-in related issues which build 18716 should improve).
Not sure what to call out from the builds compared to the prior be...
2024-03-30 14:16:35 +0000 UTC
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A 3 month update wasn't on the plans but the end of year update went out of the window & then the last 2 months have flown by so I'll try to keep this update fairly brief.
Since the last update at the end of November, beta build 1.99.3.18106 went up mid January & a lot of the things that were hoping to help do appear to have met my expectations. The build however like any good beta buil...
2024-02-29 23:52:48 +0000 UTC
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If anyone knows where the 2 weeks I seem to have lost this month have gone then I'd be much appreciative as I've obviously not managed to get a new beta build done this month despite the plan of last month's update so I'm a bit miffed with myself.
Things have been progressing though it's been slow going fixing the stuff that really shouldn't have been wrong but sadly was & seems to explain a lot of the odd issues I've not been able to replicate for some time that have been cropping ...
2023-11-30 23:32:28 +0000 UTC
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Unfortunately no treats to play with today as October has been a bit of a messy month from having taken one of the two full weeks I typically take off a year & then effectively spending 2 of the remaining 3 weeks just working through the crash reports that have been coming in from the preview build (so many duplicate reports from some users which make it feel like the issues are worse than they are vs what seems to be the case for the majority of users as best I can determine).
Over...
2023-10-31 17:25:51 +0000 UTC
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#WACUP beta build 1.9.20.17040 just went up as a newer "beta" preview build which should resolve the main crashing issues found with last week's new build.
https://getwacup.com/preview/preview_1_9_20_17040.html details just the changes made between build 1.9.19.16956 & this newer one.
There should now be a pause in new builds to let things settle out & try to get things on the li...
2023-09-30 14:29:24 +0000 UTC
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Beta build 1.9.19.16956 just went up with it also provided as a "beta" preview build before a more formal preview build is done next month (October 2023) to help resolve issues that haven't yet been caught as is likely to arise.
https://getwacup.com/blog/index.php/2023/09/23/summers-up-sos-the-beta-preview-build/ has some more info about things & links to the...
2023-09-23 22:58:40 +0000 UTC
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I'm still here & plugging away. Since the last post 4 months ago there's been 10 beta builds, a whole load of interim / dev builds & the replacement local library is now (mostly) loading the expected artwork as of today's build #16242 along with a mass of changes, fixes & a hopefully more stable program than it had been.
There's still more work needed on this new feature as I'm not super happy with the speed of loading the images but it should now be usable to make testing e...
2023-07-31 22:32:30 +0000 UTC
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As some of you may have seen, I posted a screenshot a few days ago on social media showing off an in-progress change related to WACUP's non-legacy mode where modern skins will finally be usable under it. As such we're now into the 1.9.x series of builds :)
Since then I've been improving my implementation of the apis that the modern skin engine plug-in (gen_ff) required from the original winamp program exe to work & it's gradually coming together with most of the stability issues I'v...
2023-03-31 17:28:26 +0000 UTC
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Some might've noticed I've been mostly quiet on social media this year (just not feeling things) but I've been diligently working away at things with 5 beta builds since the start of year (1.8.15.14132 through 1.8.21.14638)
Changelogs for the builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
These builds have also reduced how many supporting dlls from 5.666 are needed for them to work (see 2023-02-24 15:17:18 +0000 UTC
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You don't see anything for almost 2 months & then 2 betas come along in under a day with 1.8.14.14034 & 1.8.14.14050 (how's that for channelling the old days of Winamp 2.x build releases 😉) trying to get things resolved before the holidays.
Primarily it's just a lot of fixes that have finally been able to be implemented with the changes that the prior beta builds resolved allowing the remaining ones to be easier to track down & understand the cause (whack-a-mole at it's f...
2022-12-24 11:40:35 +0000 UTC
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Finally managed to do a new #WACUP #beta build as 1.8.13.13964 (also 1.8.12.13944 earlier in the week) after throwing out a few weeks work.
Folder monitor, AdLib support, improved library handling, quicker podcast updates.
Changelogs for the build are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
The folder monitor (known as watch folders in the old library plug-in) is part of the local library plug-in & al...
2022-12-16 14:32:50 +0000 UTC
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Been a bit quiet but here's the last 3 or so week's work with #WACUP #beta build 1.8.7.13286 (also 1.8.6.13260 earlier in the week) now with beta testers.
New library icons, a bad resource leak fix & adding dark mode support
Changelog for the build is at https://getwacup.com/changelog/beta
The addition of dark mode support is a first attempt (aka more to do to improve it) which has not been helpe...
2022-10-21 16:44:36 +0000 UTC
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Likely the last build for the month with #WACUP #beta build 1.8.4.12990 now with beta testers.
The return of library tree icons, fixing Win7 / WINE + modern skin support & classic skin song ticker smooth scrolling & some more
Changelog for the build is at https://getwacup.com/changelog/beta_1_8_4_12990.html
The tree icons are much better handled compared to the hack I'd used ...
2022-09-24 18:08:37 +0000 UTC
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A decent 2 or so weeks with #WACUP #beta build 1.8.2.12888 (along with builds 12774 & 12790 from last week) now with beta testers.
Managed to replace a component for modern skin support that was causing oh so many issues.
Changelogs for all builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
Replacing the 5.666 timer component (related to modern skin script based timers) had been a long running issue (down...
2022-09-14 18:31:07 +0000 UTC
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Almost the end of another month & WACUP beta build 1.7.15.12686 (along with builds 12444, 12580, 12604 & 12678 during the month) is now with beta testers.
Better large / corrupted library handling, HTTPS streams & more.
Changelogs for all builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
Getting the local library to be better behaved with large libraries (e.g. around 250K entries) also benefits s...
2022-08-27 16:31:00 +0000 UTC
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New month & WACUP beta build 1.7.8.12330 (along with 1.7.7.12274 last week) is with the beta testers.
More refinement, regression fixes & getting some features to work without the library (a bit of deja vu to last month).
Changelogs for all builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
I also know it's another month without a new preview build which'll arrive when I'm ready for it since issues wi...
2022-08-02 11:50:07 +0000 UTC
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Just pushed #WACUP #beta build 1.7.5.12100 (along with 1.7.4.12038 last week) to the beta testers.
More refinement, some regression fixes & getting some features to not need the library.
Changelogs for all builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
Now I just need to get on with coding the missing features that the replacement local library plug-in needs to finally be able to get the now mythical ...
2022-07-12 15:42:06 +0000 UTC
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The fun of ending a week but also starting a new month along with a new #WACUP #beta build.
A smaller update than normal which is nice as its been mostly behaving at last for the past few weeks. Changelog for it is at https://getwacup.com/changelog/beta_1_7_3_11994.html
The last beta build also appears to have finally resolved the database handling issues that had been plaguing the builds ...
2022-07-01 23:24:54 +0000 UTC
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Just a small one to end the week with WACUP beta build 1.7.2.11906 now available to the beta testers. Will be letting this one sit for a bit due to some IRL stuff going on & then hopefully will have something newer by the end of the month 🤞
Changelogs for the builds are as normal at https://getwacup.com/changelog/ with access to the actual builds still intentionally limited (I've tweaked some of the beta test...
2022-06-10 17:07:50 +0000 UTC
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