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 So, you've decided to download the MPEGplus-plugin for Winamp. If
 you got any suggestions or you find any bugs with the plugin, feel
 free to send e-mail.

Andree.Buschmann@web.de

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INSTALLATION: 

simply copy the file "in_mpp.dll" in your "\plugin"-directory of
your Winamp-path, restart Winamp and there you go...

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History:

v1.7.9:  - optimization of synthese-filter
         - optimization of bitstream reading and buffering
         - cancelled support for SV4-SV6 CBR and IS
         - kernel works at 8.3x realtime (P1-133)

v1.7.8e: - optimization of ftol() (thanx to Frank:)
         - optimization of requantization

v1.7.8d: - debugging of new fileseek (lost sync when seeking to the
           beginning of the file)

v1.7.8c: - debugging of the fileseek (produced an error-message when
           seeking to the fileend)

v1.7.8b: - new fileseek
         - german plugin-version

v1.7.8a: - implemented error concealment

v1.7.8:  - support for ID3v1.1
         - some more changes to the file-info box
         - included item "(none)" to the genre-list for deleting
           the genre without the need to delete the whole ID3-tag
         - configurable title format for playlist
         - continous update of bitrate can be disabled

v1.7.7b: - fixed crash when trying to display the file-info for
           a non-present or read protected file

v1.7.7a: - some minor internal changes

v1.7.7:  - changed profile from "normal" to "standard"
         - some small changes within the file-info and the config 
           box

v1.7.6b: - a little debugging

v1.7.6a: - ID3-genres are sorted alphabetically
         - ID3-genres can be reached via TAB

v1.7.6:  - the Genre-item for ID3-tags is working now
         - the fileinfo-box closes on ESC (focus on "title")

v1.7.5f: - removal of ID3-tag is possible now

v1.7.5e: - "generic EQ"-problem is solved now
         - display of ID3-artist and title in the playlist is 
           possible now

v1.7.5c: - works with cross-fader plugins now
         - experimental clipping prevention for all files encoded
           with mppenc v1.7.6a and above

v1.7.5:  - The plugin does not "lock" the current played title in
           the playlist anymore
         - more stable "fast EQ" (v1.7.5 (fastEQ))

v1.7.4e: - open sourced the plugin (supports up to SV7)

v1.7.4c: - No more support of "fast EQ" for Winamp-Versions above
           2.20. This was necessary to prevent from crashes on exiting
           Winamp (Winamp has changed its API).
		   CAUTION: The use of equilizing will lead to a loss of high
           frequencies (this is an attribute of the generic Nullsoft-EQ)!!

v1.7.4: - new buffer-control, the plug does not have to read the whole
          file into memory

v1.7.3: - playback is stopped if decoder is "out of sync"

v1.7.2: - switched to version-numbers instead of date

27.aug: - introduced StreamVersion 6 and 7 (SV6 was just for testing
          purposes)

11.aug: - canceled support for StreamVersion < 4
        - introduced StreamVersion 5

29.jul: - plugin doesn't lock files that were opened before

29.jun: - plugin doesn't hang up anymore when juming to file-end
          via double-click. 

22.jun: - fixed bug with display of frame-number and bitrate 

18.jun: - introduced StreamVersion 5 (more than 30mins overall-length
          is allowed) 
        - jumping to absolute beginning of file is working correctly
          now

01.jun: - fixed bug with reinitialization when loading new track 

21.apr: - plugin should work more stable with Winamp >2.20

28.mar: - optimization of reading bitstream (37% faster), decoding-
          kernel performs about 5.9-fold realtime (P-133) 

15.mar: - minor changes: ".mp+"-ending in playlist-window is cut of,
          equalizer utilizes FIR-filter of higher order (N=13) within
          the first _two_ subbands (more accurate spectral forming)

29.feb: - generating ".ini"-file to be able to use _own_ equalizer
          which is _much_ faster than Winamp's generic equalizer

04.jan: - display of average bitrate in file-info with VBR-encoded
          tracks

12.dec: - runtime optimization of equalizer

06.dec: - optimization of dewindowing (26% faster), decoding-kernel
          performs about 5.3-fold raeltime (P-133)

05.dec: - implementation of equalizer

04.dec: - bugfix on reinitialization which lead to distorted playback

25.nov: - optimization of reading bitstream (38% faster), decoding-
          kernel performs about 5.0-fold realtime (P-133)
        - jumping within "StreamVersion <3"-tracks will perform
          at 30-fold realtime

24.nov: - optimization of reading bitstream and requantization
          (14% faster)

23.nov: - optimization of reading bitstream (16% faster)
        - optimization of requantization (16% faster)
        - optimization of vectoring and dewindowing (56% faster)
        - CPU-load reduced by 25%

16.nov: - fixed tiny little bug in quantization-tables which
          could lead to invalid bitstreams with use of full 
          bandwidth
        - fixed another tiny bug with ID3-tags

27.okt: - optimization of analysis-filter (decoding-kernel is
          about 12% faster)

25.okt: - support of ID3-tags (without "genre") 

21.okt: - with encoders from <21.Okt.99> on jumping within files
          will be free of artifacts
        - introduced file-info

20.okt: - jumping forward and backward within "StreamVersion 4"-
          files will be performed with high-speed

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