Software » Audio Players » WACUP 1.99.44.23410 Preview

Preview Version: 1.99.44.23410 (x64)

Released: 24 December 2025

Everything done as part of preview build v1.99.43.23234

Added an option onto the now renamed 'MP3 | WAV' prefs page to control if exact MP3 length detection is used or not

Changed some of the plug-in & core internals whilst resolving the problem found with w5s component loading for some
Changed Not So Neo to have an as-is bitdepth setting along with fixing issues when trying to manually override this
Changed the raw metadata tab of the Alt+3 File Info dialog for supporting files to load that information off-thread
Changed the recent MP3 length changes so there should be less duplicate file processing & reducing the time to load
Changed the input plug-ins where possible to now natively support %length_seconds% for the metadata they can return
Changed the format info block of MP3 files to try to report if any ID3v1.x, ID3v2.x or APEv2 tags may exist on them
Changed the internal metadata handling for pending changes so the length of the metadata is returned with the calls
Changed some of the early loading calls to better avoid triggering the slow calls related to checking network paths
Changed how the taskbar text is set especially during loading to avoid the main ui thread locking up (see to above)
Changed Not So Direct to drop trying to use delay loading of dsound.dll as it's been causing crashes for some users
Changed the native input plug-ins to better share the code needed for their file information tab on Alt+3/File Info
Changed the "formatinformation" returned for MP3 based files to report if ID3v1 &/or ID3v2.3/4 tags have been found
Changed the Alt+3/File Info handling to show ID3v1 &/or ID3v2.3/4 tabs even though writing metadata isn't supported
Changed more of the native dialogs to move large text resources into compressed ones for later localisation support

Fixed the Not So Neo plug-in's channel configuration not holding if changed from as-is to a specific channel output
Fixed a crash when starting Milkdrop without any of the expected preset folders being able to be found to load from
Fixed a hang crash which could occur if the active window changed out whilst the Ctrl+Tab handling was being called
Fixed a problem whilst processing JSON based web responses which could cause it to be incorrectly reported as valid
Fixed the lyrics window not always triggering a repaint to occur once the lyrics results for a fill had been gotten
Fixed 2 deadlocking issues which could occur with in_wave due to recent changes made with how it obtains mp3 length
Fixed some of the performance impact introduced from the prior build changes as part of trying to obtain mp3 length
Fixed a crash due to a concurrency issue when trying to remove some library playlist items with multiple selections
Fixed the local library action to clear the art cache not working correctly due to missing a double null terminator
Fixed the local library view / filter selection not being preserved as wanted due to some prior WINE handling fixes
Fixed some more pre-initialised memory or code being created on loading when not needed to reduce the typical usage
Fixed the Internet Radio view item selection not being maintained as wanted when doing a manual view refresh via F8
Fixed some crashes which could occur with the library playlists not having a title entered or previously configured
Fixed a number of instances from a regression of the browse folder dialog not always applying the dark mode theming
Fixed an OS caused visual issue with the libary playlists import dialog not following the dark mode theme as wanted
Fixed the metadata component not loading correctly for some & added an error code to the message shown on w5s fails
Fixed the Streaming Source plug-in not saving all settings changes made to it without first closing the preferences
Fixed the likely cause for VGM playback failure / no audio out when some configuration settings have been corrupted
Fixed some additional Not So Neo problems, reduced the dll size a bit more, added an 88.2kHz resampling option, etc
Fixed some of the input plug-ins during metadata requests incorrectly re-opening a file whilst processing that file
Fixed the albumart window being slow to initially render if the local library is disabled due to mp3 length changes
Fixed the albumart window incorrectly triggering a re-save of the cached metadata if it's not actually been changed
Fixed a build regression which broke audio rendering for a number of the VGM files due to it missing the chip cores
Fixed some display issues when changing the chip selection as part of the VGM preference page along with wrong text
Fixed the check to temporarily disable always on top to not be applied when using WINE due to lack of a working API
Fixed changing away from the windows settings tab on the classic skin prefs tab causing the other tabs to disappear
Fixed the read-only NDE db files incorrectly trying to be updated on closing if there was an issue loading the file
Fixed the waveform seeker window not always showing the expected preview with changes of the selected playlist item
Fixed add / updates of Audio CD titles to avoid a main ui thread deadlock & media library updates when its disabled
Fixed some more quirks seen when converting podcast item descriptions into something nicer to show within a tooltip
Fixed the in_url input plug-in doing its yt-dlp tooling related checks when first starting playback of generic urls
Fixed the main playlist Add File(s) action not always triggering the expected title reading after selecting file(s)
Fixed the current playlist item being incorrectly set to the first of any duplicate entries for some internal calls
Fixed some of the internal interactions with the main playlist causing repeat enqueue related hint calls being done
Fixed some more sizing & include related things that have been annoying me for some time vs how it's all then built
Fixed the albumart window doing repeated metadata lookups during window resizing if the local library is turned off
Fixed some debug strings being loaded when not needed or doing processing on strings than needed vs what's returned
Fixed some small performance issues with the way the Audio CD navigation tree items are handled to avoid some calls
Fixed a number of issues with the handling of Bandcamp & other streaming urls not being played or handled correctly

Fixed opening the bookmarks view incorrectly making a core call which could break play / enqueue / enqplay handling
Fixed the probable cause of a deadlock which could happen when trying to add items to the library playlist sub-view
Fixed the Streaming Source plug-in breaking connections when already running & opening any of it's preference pages

Other small miscellaneous changes made whilst working through crash reports with associated clean-up from the fixes

Updated libjpeg-turbo (image.w5s) to 3.1.3 (10 Dec 2025)
Updated libopenmpt (in_mod.dll) to 0.8.4.24629 (14 Dec 2025)
Updated libopus (libopus.dll) to 1.6.0 (15 Dec 2025)
Updated libopusenc (libopus.dll) to 0.3 (14 Dec 2025)
Updated libpng (image.w5s) to 1.6.52 (3 Dec 2025)
Updated libsidplayfp (in_sidious.dll) to 2.16.0 (23 Dec 2025)
Updated mpg123 (mpg123.dll) to 1.33.4 (20 Dec 2025)
Updated Monkey's Audio (in_ape.dll) to 11.89 (2 Dec 2025)
Updated unrar (unrar.dll) to 7.2.3 (18 Dec 2025)
Updated vgmstream (in_vgmstream.dll) to the latest Git commit from 9 Dec 2025