Dynamic Library v2.0
A quote from the lead developer:
The Dynamic Library is created as a complement to the Media Library bundled with Winamp. Dynamic Library implements the ability to mirror the files on your hard disk and dynamically update the library when changes are made.
As Noveber 25th, 2007, the brand new, refurbished, all around renewed and rewritten Dynamic Library v2.0 for Winamp is released to the general public. After a 9 month incubation, from its first inception, we are proud to deliver the fruits of our labour.
This new release is no more considered as freeware nor donateware as the previous releases, as a lot of effort and time was spent by Jonas Sandman the lead developer and of course me as the lead quality review and beta tester, in order to keep up with the rigorous development of Winamp, familiarise with the . Therefore as you have guessed the new version is released under shareware license, with a minimal registration fee of $10, and only a few limitations to the general functionality of the plugin.
The new release was rewritten from scratch implementing most of the ideas and functionality of the previous releases, but basically incorporating very little of the legacy code, due to major changes by the :
- implementation of unicode support, keeps up with Winamp internationalization development, provides the availability of your library, on any system irrespective of the localization settings.
- implementation of an SQLite database system, a well known and fast client-server database system, hat supersedes the poorly implemented memory database system that run in previous versions. This new development resolves many issues reported in the past, such as database corruption, poor load, response, exit times, etc.
The plugin’s main features include but are not limited to :
- a hard disk folder and file structure mirroring system, implemented within Winamp, that is dynamically updated whenever changes occur, provided Winamp is running.
- storing the folder and file structure in a database system including all the meta data as retrieved by Winamp for each file.
- quick query system for keywords located in filenames and folder paths as well as ID3v1 and ID3v2 meta data as retrieved by Winamp mainly consisting of (Artist, Title, Album, Track number, Comment, Bitrate, Length)
- creation of smart playlists which perform a specific query on the database and are dynamically updated whenever changes occur to the databse.
- creating, editing and searching within Winamp playlists (currently supporting, m3u and m3u8 unicode)
- design queries disregarding any accents that may be found in the query string or the information stored in the database, thus returning an enhanced result list.
- functionality to play, enqueue, enqueue after current, from the folder of file list and place the items directly in Winamp’s playlist.
The plugin requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP and Winamp 5.33 or higher to function properly, due to the inherent limitations of some libraries being used.
(Microsoft Vista support is not yet confirmed)
Enough of the chit chat, give it a shot and post your thoughts. 