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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: September 11, 2005
- Total Downloads: 12,208,819
- Downloads last week: 21,804
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1291 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Nullsoft has a lot of ground to make up after the Winamp 3.0 debacle, a dwindling user base, and stiff competition from Apple iTunes. Winamp 5.3 was a huge step in the right direction, with support for AAC encoding, CD burning, and a robust file-management system. Finally.
Winamp 5.3.1 makes some small but effective changes to its predecessor. In addition to playlist syncing for portables and a More Info feature that shows information about the currently playing track, we get a more stable, less-crash-prone environment for MP3s and podcasts and CD-text-reading support. We also love the Internet TV feature, which provides some great music videos and live concert footage, although the Singing Fish search is rife with mislabeled files. Ostensible rock-concert footage turns out to be, on more than one occasion, unlabeled pornography.
Another eye-catcher is the excellent collection of visualizations. The massive catalog of Winamp 2.x and 3.x skins works with this new version. The free version is feature-rich, but if you want MP3 encoding and full-speed CD burning, you have to shell out $14.95 for the Pro version. Winamp is one of our all-time favorite players, though, and version 5 renews its promise.
Publisher's description
From Nullsoft :New features in Winamp 5 include support for classic Winamp skins and Winamp 3 (Modern) skins; a fancy new Modern skin; the same classic skin for people who want the Winamp 2 feel; a vastly more powerful media library; CD-ripping support (AAC@2x in the Free version, MP3 at unlimited speeds in the Pro version); CD-burning support (limited to 8x in the free version); advanced title-formatting logic for file types that support it; huge AVS updates; support for playback of AAC and VP6 in NSV files/streams; global hot-key support; a new Signal Processing Studio DSP plug-in; options for disabling plug-in exception-handling for developers; a new Winamp icon; and the addition of XP manifest.xml to winamp.exe.
Version 5.1 adds CodingTechnologies AACPlus encoder, Grand Prize Winner of the Internet Surround Music Project, SHOUTcast Wire - A Media RSS Browser and Subscription Service, and Predixis Smart Playlist Generator.
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User reviews of Winamp Full 5.1
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1291 votes
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp Full 5.1
Pros: Cool for radio! It's my life..
Cant live without it, x'mas it's coming hehe..it broadcasting alot of x'mas songs! Cool!!
Cons: Not at all.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp Full 5.1
Pros: The interface is easy to use and you can pick between easy and expert type interfaces. You can easily organize your music with the built in library organizer. The major plus is the radio stations and tv stations.
Cons: The pro version, where you have to pay, is the most reliable in my opinion. This would get 5 stars if the pro was free. Otherwise great program.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp Full 5.1
"Very secure, easy to use media player."
Pros: Very secure media player, less exploits than WMP. Unlike Windows Media Player, Winamp also includes online music, radio, and video that will actually play. Very nice visualization package too, and more skins.
Cons: CD burning is limited to 2X unless you buy Winamp Pro.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp Full 5.1
"Pretty good...but not great."
Pros: Nice, easy to use interface, just not as nice as iTunes. It's your best choice though if your PC isn't very fast.
Cons: Like I said, not as good as iTunes.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp Full 5.1
Pros: Nice look, small and sleek.
Cons: difficult to navigate at first
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