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|name                 = Winamp
|name = Winamp
|logo                 =
|logo =
|screenshot           = [[Image:Winamp-screenshot.png|250px]]
|screenshot = [[Image:Winamp-screenshot.png|250px]]
|caption             = Modern Winamp skin
|caption = Modern Winamp skin
|author              = Nullsoft
|maintainer = Team Nullsoft
|developer            = Nullsoft, Radionomy
|released = {{start date and age|1997|04|21}}
|released             = {{start date and age|1997|04|21}}
|stable_release = 5.666
|stable_release       = 5.666
|stable_release_date = {{start date|2013|12|12}}<ref>[http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=373755 Winamp 5.666 Released (Build 3516)]</ref>
|stable_release_date = {{start date|2013|12|12}}<ref>[http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=373755 Winamp 5.666 Released (Build 3516)]</ref>
|preview_release = N/A
|preview_release     = 5.8.3660 beta
|operating_system = Windows, OS X, Android
|preview_release_date = {{start date|2018|10|19}}
|use = Media Player
|operating_system     = Windows, macOS, Android
|license = freeware
|use                 = Media Player
|website = [http://www.winamp.com/ winamp.com]
|license             = freeware
|website             = [http://www.winamp.com/ winamp.com]
}}
}}
'''Winamp''' is a music player for Windows developed by Nullsoft with a feature-reduced freeware edition. The commercial "Pro" version is also available.
'''Winamp''' is a music player for Windows, macOS and Android, developed by Nullsoft with a feature-reduced freeware edition. The commercial "Pro" version is also available.


The main advantages of Winamp is its ease of use. In addition, it is skinnable, and extensible using plugins. As of version 5.2, it fully supports multi-user (i.e. each user of your computer may have their own skin, playlist, and other settings).
The main advantages of Winamp is its ease of use. In addition, it is skinnable, and extensible using plugins. As of version 5.2, it fully supports multi-user (i.e. each user of your computer may have their own skin, playlist, and other settings).

Revision as of 14:06, 20 October 2018

Winamp

Modern Winamp skin
Developer(s) Nullsoft, Radionomy
Release information
Initial release April 21, 1997; 27 years ago
Stable release 5.666 (December 12, 2013[1])
Preview release 5.8.3660 beta / October 19, 2018
Compatibility
Operating system Windows, macOS, Android
Additional information
Use Media Player
License freeware
Website winamp.com

Winamp is a music player for Windows, macOS and Android, developed by Nullsoft with a feature-reduced freeware edition. The commercial "Pro" version is also available.

The main advantages of Winamp is its ease of use. In addition, it is skinnable, and extensible using plugins. As of version 5.2, it fully supports multi-user (i.e. each user of your computer may have their own skin, playlist, and other settings).

You can download Winamp at winamp.com. While you are there, you might also check their skin library (broken link) and plugin library (broken link). And also check the very useful community (forums) where new plugins are announced and publicly tested, and very minor updates (i.e. 0.001 version increment) are posted.

Features

Free

  • Crippled CD burning (~8×)
  • Crippled CD ripping (~8×)
  • AAC, MP4, FLAC (Flake encoder), WAV, WMA encoding
  • Transcoding of the different audio formats
  • ReplayGain support
  • ReplayGain scanner to apply Album Gain or Track Gain to the tags
  • Media library
  • Full Unicode support

Pro

The Pro version, which can be bought online, comes with some additional features compared to the free version.

  • Burn CDs at full speed
  • Rip CDs at full speed
  • additional MP3 encoding

Supported formats

Playback

Directly supported formats (i.e. provided with installer) include: MP1, MP2, MP3, WAV, AAC, WMA, (Ogg) Vorbis, MIDI, FLAC, and Module

Plugins also exist for many other formats, such as TTA, WavPack, Musepack, TAK. Go to Winamp's plugin library to download.

Supported languages

  • English

Supported platforms

Recommended plugins

  • Playlist Separator – provides a customizable separator line to delimit albums in a long playlist.
  • MojoMaster – sexy dancer visualization.

References

External links