Features
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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
12,554,906
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
July 01, 2009
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Publisher's description of Winamp
Winamp is a free multimedia player made by Nullsoft. It supports numerous audio and video formats. It also plays streamed video and audio content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide. It has an extremely customizable media library, and allows you to rip and burn your favorite music CDs. Winamp has thousands of skins and plug-ins that allow you to change the look-and-feel of the player, as well as add new features. The player also has access to thousands of free songs, videos and online radio stations from SHOUTcast Radio and AOL Radio with XM.
Version 5.56 has Winamp Orgler plugin let's you track, chart and share your listening history and fixed iexplore process not ending when browser closed after opened via Winamp.
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Editor's review of Winamp
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- "The llama still rides"
- Reviewed on: November 9, 2008
- Version reviewed: Winamp 5.56
WinAmp 5.3 took some long-needed steps to improve the old-school media player, with support for AAC encoding, CD burning, and a robust file-management system. WinAmp 5.54 ups the ante with strong support for portable devices, including iPods, the ability to sync non-DRMed files to your PC from your device, an optional new interface layout and a built-in browser for media discovery.
We liked that clicking on an artist's name will get you related headlines and Web sites in a separate pane. There's also Podcast support, device synchronization that lets you tweak the sync list while in progress, and continued support for AOL's excellent Shoutcast. The new Bento layout is worth mentioning, too, because it gets the venerable llama away from the old modular format. The joined panes for the browser, media player, artist list, album list and more make WinAmp instantly more visually appealing. There's also an Auto-Tag feature, which will download metatags from the Gracenote database.
If you want MP3 encoding and full-speed CD burning, you have to shell out $19.95 for the Pro version. However, there are other problems. Automatic album art download support is spotty at best. More importantly, there are some stability issues when playing videos, and occasional program crashes were far more common than they should be.
WinAmp 5.54 is no iTunes killer--not yet. It has become, however, a strong alternative and should be of interest to those looking for something with more meat on its bones. Llama meat, that is.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1256 votes
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Version: Winamp 5.56
"A good player but too many features never used."
Pros: The most stable player ever , good interface
Cons: A lot of plugins, addons and tools that are never used by most users. The player lost his simplicity exactly like Google vs Yahoo (search page)
Summary: I was using this player since 2001 and I will use it in future but will Classic skin
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Version: Winamp 5.56
Pros: lots' of new features and great music to choose from
Cons: none that i could think of
Summary: Glad i download it!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp 5.56
"Equalizer needs better tuning, more features"
Pros: simplicity, skins & color options
Cons: it sometimes behaves erratically if it is minimized when a person is working on 1 or more things simultaniously, it starts skipping or tone becomes disruptive.
Summary: My liking is related to nostalgia, I am using it since I have started using com.
I do not have much to dislike except some of it's skins are completely rubbish. -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp 5.56
Pros: the tool bar makes it very easy to use, seems to work great with my xp, thankfully.
Cons: can't think of anything except it does not manage my media as well as Windows Media Player
Summary: easy to use...I like it!
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp 5.56
Pros: Still my default choice for playing media files. It has some nice features that make it nice when dealing with media files, but seems to fall apart as a media manager.
Cons: Winamp needs to incorporate an internal upgrade system into their product. There seems to be a new version every week that fixes bugs and vulnerabilities. It's gotten to the point that I no longer have Winamp automatically check for a new version.
Summary: Take a page from Firefox and add the ability to have Winamp download and update itself rather than having to go to the website and download yet another upgrade.
I'm also not a fan of the new AlbumArt section in the GUI (between the player... read more >> - See all 10 user reviews Write review
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