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I just had a look at the winamp 2 and 3 SDK's and think that I got the general idea how I could implement support for the visualization and other data (by writing a plugin / component for them).

Which one would you like to see supported ?

I think WinAmp3. Most people will update to v3 soon enough. And people are making more and more plugins for v3.

So my vote goes to 3.

I don't like winamp3, I think it responds much slower etc
however Marty could be right, probably sooner or later everyone will use winamp3...
I think there's a plugin for winamp3 to support winamp2 plugins, heard that somewhere.
I guess if I were you I'd program it for winamp3 although I prefer 2

winamp 3 is the way to go, as winamp 2 will be dead soon enough ...

Today I just couldn't resist the temptation to try how the winamp3 <-> external program interaction would work.

Getting the winamp component and external program share some data was much easier than I thought. Much harder part is trying to figure out the Wasabi SDK but I'm slowly getting familiar with it.

What I have now done is a component that shares some data from the winamp and a small app that shows the VU meters for left and right channel.

I don't think the winamp2 plugin should be much harder to make.

The Winamp2 Plugin is also very easy.

But the problem ist the speed.

I had a analyzer in my software an the cpu utilization was relativly high if u want a fast analyzer.

If u want, i have a winamp2-plugin that shares all the data u need.

That's true. I'm aware of the possible speed problems but the user can always make the choice.

Also the good thing about the component is that using it it's possible to retrieve the song info.

Sure, I'd like to see your plugin. Always helps if I don't have to do it myself.