Nullsoft - (Freeware)
The number of formats supported and its versatile and customizable interface made Winamp one of the most popular audio player.
Winamp is a popular software specially designed to play audio files. It is always capable of reading a plurality of audio and video formats. The program can extract and compress the CDs to AAC or WAV.
Winamp has a burning function too, so that user will be able to burn his playlists and create his own compilations.
The appearance of the interface is fully customizable with classic skins or with modern versions. Winamp also allows to discover radio and TV channels broadcast over the Internet through its built-in tuner.
The pioneer mp3 players continues to be of great interest for several reasons. It manages a large number of audio and video formats where most competitors are limited to. Winamp is also much easier to customize, thanks to hundreds of skins, visualizations or various and varied plugins.
The software acquires an Orb based on module to access its library remotely via a secure web page, and includes a browser in line with Songbird, allowing easy access to audio content such as web pages and audioblogs.
Winamp supports a wide range of players , starting with iPods to Creative or Archos players through the UMS readers.
The software offers the possibility to retrieve information about a song or an album cover on the Internet. This feature requires an Internet connection and makes it easy to manage.
Access to online radio is also on the program. Not less than 30,000 radio stations are accessible if the Internet connection allows it. Radios are categorized by genre, this way it is easier to find the one desired to listen .
- New: Unicode filename and title support
- New: M3U8 (Unicode) playlist support
- New: [ml_pmp] Playback now works for playsForSure and Creative NJB devices
- New: [ml_pmp] "Copy to Library" - transfer songs from any device to your local library (uses CD rip settings)
- Improved: 24bit EQ support
- Improved: fullscreen video seekbar
- Improved: ATF updates
- Improved: DC filter on spectral visualization, to remove bass bias
- Improved: [in_mp3] 24bit MP3 playback, 64bit internal precision
- Improved: [in_mp3] streaming id3v2 support
- Improved: [in_mp3/in_mp4] 24bit AAC playback
- Improved: [ml_pmp] Only relevant columns shown in song views
- Improved: [ml_pmp] "Getting Metadata" now much faster
- Fixed: Burning files that require resampling
- Fixed: multiple copies of Winamp when opening too many files/folders from explorer
- Fixed: freeze when exiting via System Tray icon
- Fixed: Delay/hang when loading dead stream url's
- Fixed: [enc_lame] broken vbr presets
- Fixed: [gen_ff] layerfx not being redrawn on colortheme change
- Fixed: [gen_ff] gradient drawing glitch and crash
- Fixed: [gen_ff] custom color themes bug
- Fixed: [gen_jumpex] hang when suspending or hibernating
- Fixed: [in_cdda] cutoff of last few sectors
- Fixed: [in_midi] truncated playback of some MIDI files
- Fixed: [in_mod] title display bug for module streams with no title
- Fixed: [in_mp3] crash when editing ID3 tags
- Fixed: [in_mp3] ID3v2 and ID3v1 Comment & Genre tags shared
- Fixed: [in_mp3] Inaccurate Time Remaining display for AAC files
- Fixed: [in_wm] DRM Video playback on certain hardware
- Fixed: [in_wm] freezeup when seeking a paused wma
- Fixed: [in_wm] Hang with dead WMV link in pledit in Repeat mode
- Fixed: [ml_disc] CD ripping / playlist generation bug
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] losing stream titles
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] sort by title
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] Send To from local media to ml playlist replaces instead of enqueues
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] Enqueue as default broken in left pane
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] Playlist title > rt-click > New Playlist = broken
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] tracklength bug
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] playlist paths issue
- Fixed: [ml_pmp] Transfers stalling after encountering a dupe
- Fixed: [out_ds] volume not hitting 0dB when using log or hybrid volume control
- Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Artist list on iPod not sorting "The" correctly
- Updated: [gen_jumpex] Jump-to-File 0.97.6
- Updated: [gen_ff] Freetype 2.2.1
- Updated: [libmp4v2] MPEG4IP mp4v2 1.5