This is an updated release of the general purpose plug-in (gen_classic.dll) originally developed by Ioannis Epaminonda (aka TazDevil) and updated to work with the patched Winamp 5.666 release (any 5.66 / 5.666 release is supported with this update though the patched release is preferred). It was created to provide window opacity (transparency) support for Winamp classic skins to match the support that is natively provided for Winamp modern skins.
The main features of this plug-in are:
- Opacity (transparency) for classic skins similar to that of Winamp modern skins
- Settings can be applied either on a per window or global basis as required
- Fade-in and fade-out effects when changing the window opacity level
- Auto opacity options based on Winamp being focused or the mouse moving (hovering) over the window(s)
- Support for all native Winamp windows and any skinned windows (when using Winamp's API)
- Extended hover support so the mouse can be near the window for it to change the window opacity level (when auto opaque on hover is enabled)
Filesize: 134.26 KiB (137488 bytes)
SHA256: DCE1
Requirements: Winamp 5.66 / 5.666 (patched release preferred), Windows XP and newer
Changes
These are the changes from v2.01 to v2.1:
- Added tweak to improve localisation support of the about message
- Changed settings loading to only read the settings when required for a small start-up optimisation
- Fixed the preferences tab not being localised
- Removed re-saving per-window opacity settings on start-up when nothing will have changed
These are the changes between the last release (v1.3) provided by Ioannis Epaminonda (aka TazDevil) and this updated release (v2.01):
- Added ‘extended hover’ support (like modern skins) so being close to the window (by the configured size) will make it 100% visible again
- Added unicode and localisation support
- Changed the menus and dialogs to better match the recent 5.x style / behaviours e.g. it will set the custom menu item text to show the opacity level
- Changed the fade in / hold / fade out times to match the modern skin scales
- Fixed to not insert our preference page as a sub-page on un-related plug-ins
- Fixed fade-in not being applied when Winamp starts if set to apply on focus
- Fixed fade-in not being applied when activating some of the skinned windows
- Fixed some random crashes when using a modern skin / odd window loading
- Fixed accessibility issues within the preference when the plug-ins page is the active page
- Fixed the preference page for this plug-in not being selected when using its config handler
- Fixed some missing translations (v2.0 specific)
- Removed any code for old OS / Winamp compatibility (e.g. pre Windows XP)
- Reduced some of the message processing overhead needed to catch events
Screenshots
The preferences page for the plug-in, showing all of the options available.
The 'Window Settings' menu which allows for quick setting of the window opacity level.
The custom opacity dialog for changing per-window or global opacity levels.
