FF (mpeg and) SoX 2a Input Plugin for Winamp

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Contents

  1. About
  2. News
  3. Installation
  4. Configuration

1. About

FF (mpeg and) SoX Input 2a is a plug-in for Winamp based on the FFmpeg and SoX libraries. Using FFmpeg almost all multimedia files may be played with Winamp, including but by far not restricted to H.264, VP8, and Opus.

Note that only a minimal FFmpeg is bundled with FF (mpeg and) SoX 2a Input Plugin releases. If you you want to have full FFmpeg support you have to get a complete FFmpeg build from third party sites (see below).

Home:   http://1978.website.snafu.de/software/in_ffsox-2a/doc
Project:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/in-ffsox/
Download:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/in-ffsox/files/in_ffsox-2a/
 
FF (mpeg and) SoX Input at WA Forum:   http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=319968 (discontinued)
 
Yet Another (WA)SAPI Output for Winamp:   http://1978.website.snafu.de/software/out_yasapi-nt/doc/
Loudness Analysis with BS1770GAIN:   http://1978.website.snafu.de/software/bs1770gain/doc/
Loudness Analysis with R128GAIN:   http://r128gain.sourceforge.net/
Keep HDD Alive for Winamp:   http://gen-hdd.sourceforge.net/
Yet Another Shuffle for Winamp:   http://1978.website.snafu.de/software/yapib/doc/

2. News

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3. Installation

  1. If not already done download and install Winamp:
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  2. If not already done close Winamp.
  3. Download the latest FF (mpeg and) SoX 2a Input Plugin release.
  4. Run the installer "in_ffsox-<ver>.exe".
  5. If you want to have full FFmpeg support do the following:
    Otherwise you are confined to the crippled FFmpeg shipped with the FF (mpeg and) SoX 2a Input Plugin, configured as follows:
    # decoders
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=pcm_s16le
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=pcm_s24le
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=pcm_dvd
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=flac
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=wavpack
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=vorbis
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=libopus
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=vp8
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-decoder=theora
    # demuxers
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-demuxer=pcm_s16le
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-demuxer=pcm_s24le
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-demuxer=flac
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-demuxer=wav
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-demuxer=ogg
    FFMPEG_OPTS+=--enable-demuxer=matroska
    
  6. Start Winamp.

4. Configuration

4.1. General

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4.1.1. Winamp
 
Extensions:  a semicolon separated list of extensions for which Winamp should use this plugin (including a switch for disabling/enabling the plugin)
Bits per Sample:  the bit depth of the audio stream this plugin should deliver to Winamp, shoud correspond to Preferences → Playback → Playback → Audio Allow 24bit
Show Video:  whether this plugin should display the video in case video is present
Show Visualization:  whether this plugin should force Winamp to display the visualization in case no video is present or displaying video is switched off (the optional delay specifies a time interval to elaps until the visualization starts)
 
4.1.2. Replay Gain
 
Off:  whether not to apply replay gain
Weight:  which replay gain to apply: 0% – album gain, 100% – track gain
Overwrite Comment:  whether the File Info dialog should display replay gain related information in it's Comment field

4.2. Audio

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4.2.1. Audio
 
Queue Size:  how many FFmpeg audio packets the plugin shoud cache
Preamp:  amplify or attenuate, respectively, the audio by a certain amount
AC3 DRC:  for AC3 audio, whether dynamic range compression (DRC) according the FFmpeg specification should be applied (switched off: the FFmpeg default behavior appplies wich seems to be 0.0)
Force Stereo:  wether two channel stereo should be output
 
4.2.2. SoX
 
Mode:  Off – never use SoX, Automatic – use SoX when appropriate, or Force – always use SoX
Sample Rate:  Minimum – whether to resample only if the input sample rate is lower then the configured one, Multiple – wether to resample to the lowest multiple of the input sample rate which is greater or equal than the configured on (i.e. if you want to force resampling to the configured sample rate both switches), Minimum as well as Multiple, have to be switched off), Force – a convenience to switch off both, Minimum and Multiple (i.e. force the configured sample rate)
Dither:  which algorithm to be used for dithering

4.3. Video

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Queue Size:  how many FFmpeg video packets the plugin shoud cache
Minimum Drift:  the minimum time difference between audio and video to tolerate in order to not drop a video frame (please note that this parameter is sensitive to the overall stability of the plugin)
Maximum Drift:  the maximum time difference between audio and video to tolerate in order to not drop a video frame (please note that this parameter is sensitive to the overall stability of the plugin)
YADIF Disabled:  Whether the yet another deinterlacing filter (YADIF) should be disabled
YADIF Parity:  In case YADIF is enabled, choose it's mode parameter out of
  • output one frame for each frame,
  • output one frame for each field,
  • output one frame for each frame, but skip the spatial interlacing check, or
  • output one frame for each field, but skip the spatial interlacing check.
YADIF Mode:  In case YADIF is enabled, choose it's parity parameter out of
  • assume the top field is first,
  • assume the bottom field is first, or
  • enable automatic detection of field parity.
YADIF Deinterlace:  In case YADIF is enabled, choose it's deinterlace parameter out of
  • deinterlace all frames, or
  • only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced.

4.4. Convert

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These options mirror their respective playback general and audio counterparts but instead define how this plugin shout interact with Winamp's transcoding feature, i.e. Playlist Item → Context Menu → Send To → Format Converter:

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