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Preview Build Discussion / Re: bugs in version 1.99.45.23528

« Last post by dro on January 24, 2026, 03:58:51 PM »

I've now had a proper look into this & one of the services I'm trying to use is much slower to respond (seems they've introduced rate limiting) along with what I'm sending to it having an issue with one of the query parameters causing it to always fail those requests but also just takes a comparatively long time for it to fail. Lowering the timeout would avoid some of that but would then be more likely to never get a result back which means it'll be slow & not get anything which isn't great so other than the parameter fix that'll have to remain as-is.

With the request queue handling I've now made changes that'll remove anything that's still pending from a prior request (the one still being actioned won't abort at the moment though I may still look into that) which along with fixing the lyrics plug-in not double-checking what playlist item the handled request is coming back in from should resolve the main issue of it gradually showing the wrong information when it can be obtained.

There's still going to be a potential lag due to the initial processing vs any caching that might have already been attempted but it hopefully shouldn't now cycle through however many files might've been quickly spun through as you described was happening.

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Wishlist / Feature Requests / Re: Remember file name and type

« Last post by wd9895 on January 24, 2026, 01:10:25 PM »

I'm not takling about any limitations.

I just mentioned that m3u8 is most likely linked to a video application like VCL. More than 500 Million PCs use that video app. And yes, it can play audio files as well.

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Preview Build Discussion / Re: bugs in version 1.99.45.23528

« Last post by dro on January 23, 2026, 02:38:05 PM »

That makes more sense especially if the online request is taking too long to get a response back or the connection is timing out which is also plausible.

As the lyrics request handling currently queues them up & then processes them in order so I'll have look into changing it so it can at least cancel any prior pending requests from the plug-in when a new one occurs which should help with some of the problem.

It doesn't resolve the online aspect being slow unless I just reduce the timeout incase that's part of the problem. As I can't remember what I've got that set to be but it might be best to lower it & not get a result (if the servers are working as the options can be hit & miss) vs lagging so badly as you're experiencing.

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Preview Build Discussion / Re: bugs in version 1.99.45.23528

« Last post by jvidal on January 23, 2026, 03:36:54 AM »

I think i know what's happening, the lyrics plugin is too slow, it can't keep up if you change songs in a rapid succession, so it starts showing the incorrect lyrics (also in succession)  until it finally catches up to the song you're actually listening to...

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Preview Build Discussion / Re: bugs in version 1.99.45.23528

« Last post by jvidal on January 23, 2026, 03:23:19 AM »

hi! thanks for the reply.

For issue no.1, i'm using the default lyrics plugin and that option is checked. Another way to get the lyrics is just clicking once on the song (this way you don't have to start the song over). Looks like when the song changes or you press "next", somehow the focus is lost and the song playing is not selected on the playlist. in a very strange twist, now it's somewhat working (the lyrics change), but after clicking "next" a few times, it starts showing the lyrics for the previous song you were listening to, insted of the current one...
What skin i'm using? an old one for winamp 2.x. Maybe i'll change the skin and see if the bug persists.

as for #2, glad you could figure it out.

I can't wait for the next preview.
cheers!

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Wishlist / Feature Requests / Re: Remember file name and type

« Last post by dro on January 22, 2026, 10:45:04 AM »

What are you going on about? m3u8 is just the m3u playlist file format using utf-8 encoding with a different file extension to give programs a potential hint of the encoding that is in no way limited to VLC. Nor is there anything stopping someone from saving such playlist files with the m3u extension (letting the program loading it figure it out) or just naming it using "my_super_spiffy_extension".

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Wishlist / Feature Requests / Re: Remember file name and type

« Last post by wd9895 on January 22, 2026, 09:50:58 AM »

Keep in mind that *.m3u8 is reserved to VLC video player - the most distributed video player - on many PCs.
Better use the traditional extensions m3u & pls for audio playlists.

I never use Winamp for videos.

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General Discussion / Re: Editing a playlist entry

« Last post by Beast of Bourbon on January 21, 2026, 08:57:37 PM »

Excellent. Very much appreciated.

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General Discussion / Re: How can I view the recently played/history ?

« Last post by Ysl on January 21, 2026, 08:14:57 PM »

Perfect !! Thank you ♥♥

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Preview Build Discussion / Re: bugs in version 1.99.45.23528

« Last post by dro on January 21, 2026, 06:43:38 PM »

#1, I can't replicate it not updating so is that with the lyrics plug-in wacup provides (if so what skin is being used) or is it one of the 3rd party plug-ins? If it's the one provided with wacup have you changed it to show what's selected in the playlist as that's the only way I can get it to seem like it's not behaving vs forgetting something was selected at the time.

As for the quality of the lyrics there's little I can do with my solution when there's barely any free options available to try to obtain such information online (assuming that it's also not incorrect within the file(s) being accessed as using the local copy is prioritised where possible).

#2, I can replicate but only on the first action after loading that playlist & I still need to look into what's going on to cause it.

[edit] The sorting issue is due to a workaround in place to deal with interacting with the classic skin playlist editor buttons which puts it into a wrong state when the double-click is attempted whereby it doesn't try to determine the item that's being interacted with. It's also possible to trigger playback of the current item when double-clicking in some of the dead space within the playlist window so both of those issues should now be fixed for what'll become the next preview build.