RateAmp / News: Recent posts

The plugin grows up and up - a big "thank you" to all the users!

The new release maintainly improves the config dialog. Even the LoadDatabase function and the fontsize for highresolution displays were improved.

Additionally the is a new feature: if you move a mass of files, you can use a new kind of "find and replace" function info the database-field "filename". So you have now the possibility to manage and update your RateAmp-database after simple mass file movements.

Yeah: The actual version of RateAmp was downloaded over 100 times.
This is a new step for this small plugin.

The actual version is stabel and assist you by rating your music. The changed Shuffle-mode lets play Winamp more good music than the worst rated. Try Rateamp, too.

There is a new RateAmp release out now!
Here are the new fixes and features!

0.8.7.0
*lowerCase FileNames
*CompareMode corrected
*Histogram with 5 Star rating
*PluginName corrected
*dynamical refresh of Histo Form, if any Trackrateing changed
*CalcWinampRate speedup
*adb: BeginUpdate, EndUpdate, OnListChanged, OnItemChanged added, CalcVRating new
*ActualTrackIdent now as property
*Config: BtnNormalizeRatingClick implemented
*MainForm: SpeedUp throuh OnItemChanged and OnListChanged; DrawCell...
*gen_rateamp: Rename: TWAGPP now TRateAmp, startup line changed, new CalcWinampRate
*WaitForm: better timing, ProcessMessages now active
*Smaller Bugfixes

now some more people tested the new version. I think its official 64 Bit and 32 Bit compatible.

Download and check it out!

Sorry! The 64bit problem is still present.
The last release only generates a simple error message and unload the plugin, so Winamp should be useable as normal.

now I hope the plugin is compatible to 64bit systems.

The MS Platform SDK say the used one are the right functions to "...write code that is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft® Windows®..." I hope this will do so.

Additional there are a minor change: If you move files an empty directory will now be deleted.

The new version is availiable since yesterday.

*There are now more error msg to find out whats going wrong - if there is somethin wrong...

*Also there is a new file version #5: This improves the handling of temporary nonreachable files.

*Additional there is a faster track change.

*And now there are some keys passed-threw form the _rateamp_window_ to the mainwindow:

J for the Jump-to-window
left,right to skip 5 sec.
+ for rate pos
- for rate neg
backsp for clear a song rating
s for shuffle
etc.... read more

Here is the new release with an modified rating system. It is possible to rate a Track negative by skipping them, ignore them by skiping them positive, but if you play a track completely this will be rated normaly positive. All the ratingsteps are now configurateable in the configform.

Additional the Subversion-System is now aktive and in use. So this is the last release without an version control system. I hope you are interested to load the code of the project and try some changes. If you made an improvement, send it to me!

Ok, this is not only one feature:
Now its possible to move files per plugin: this garantes, that the File will be moved on HDD and in the Database; also the Winamp Playlist will be refreshed.

Also its now possible to remove files completely from HDD. So, if you want to do: Its possible so say, this is a second new feature.

To do this functionality, the WinampControl2 class gets 2 new funtions in the new Version. With this knowledge its now possible to realize other features in the future.... read more

A new release improves this Winamp Plugin.
There are several small Bugfixes and some Feature Improvements. But: A big error is solved, so you could load now less files in Winamp Playlist, than in the RateAmp-Database included.

the minorupdate makes the user-interface (any window and message-dialog) english native. But if you want to use another language: the CustomLangini is easy to customize

An user asked for an additional language support, i've worked a few days on it: an here it is!
The readmefile discribes how to make your own languagefiles, and how to use the. The german File, including in the new download isn't very well, but i hope you understand for what the lines are. Please send me your Language File. But even, and this is more importand: send my the langcode of an english system.
Greetings!
And: Thank you for the Feature Request.

The first beta release is out now. Download an try today.