When I try to add a directory in the playlist winamp(2.77) hangs, it only happens when i use the new in_mad.dll all other plugins work great.
Anyone else having the same prob?

Yes, but it doesn't hang forever.
Give a little time damit!
it takes about 7 secs to come back to life for me.

nope..for me it hangs forever and need alt-ctrl-del to close it
maybe it had to do something with the updated read_file.dll...
I ll search on it some more

I'm using the MAD (0.14.0b) Plugin with Winamp 2.77 and not experiencing any issues when adding my Music Folder to the playlist which is over 27GB.

I'm using the Friday, August 17, 2001 build of read_file.dll

Ok I just found what was wrong... I had disabled by mistake the fast playing time calculation in mad plugin this causeed the huge loading times making me think that the program hangs.
So theres nothing wrong in the new plugin (no bug or bun )

wrong, MAD does not use read_file.dll, neither do any other third-party plugins (except for my ones). (this is kinda delayed reply, but wth...)