Winamp Plug-in - FLAC plugin with library support - Modified version of the official...

Author's Comment:

Modified version of the official FLAC plugin v1.1.1, with Winamp 5 media library support.
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. It is similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality: you get a perfect copy of your CD tracks, but with files significantly smaller than .Wavs.This plug-in allows to play native FLAC files with Winamp. It is a modified version of the official plug-in v1.1.1 by Josh Coalson and X-Fixer. The core has been unchanged, but I added full Winamp 5 media library support.More information about the FLAC format on the official project page http://flac.sourceforge.net/Note: It was originally written to provide tagging features to my Winamp 5 FLAC encoder.

- Michael Facquet

Staff Review:

Full FLAC file support for Winamp
Straightforward plugin that provieds FLAC file support for Winamp. Check the author's write up for more information on FLAC files... also, check for the author's FLAC encoder plugin as well.

Random Review:

NB: turn OFF "Rescan at Startup" to install.
I too had that persistent and annoying problem with the installation of this plugin causing Winamp to crash once and forever. Even with the latest update of the plugin to version 1.1.2a, and Winamp upgraded to 5.094 Pro, this problem persisted, which bummed me out. (This is a 98SE box.) Like others, I was stuck unable to even load Winamp until uninstalling the plugin. Here's how I took care of the problem:1. Loaded Winamp.2. Cleared Media Library.3. Cleared playlist. 4. Set ML options to NOT rescan watch folders at program startup. (See the "Watch Folders" tab under the Media Library options dialogue. NOTE: it is not necessary to clear your actual Wach Folder list... ) 5. Closed Winamp6. Installed plugin, opting to NOT run the inflac program (uncheck that box thingy). 7. Restart Winamp. 8. Winamp should start up fine. 9. You can now go ahead and re-load your media library, and re-opt to scan watch folders at startup if you wish. If all has gone well, you will NOT have Winamp crashing at every startup now.

- Tony Rzepela, Oct. 5th, 2005

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