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 .
What's New
- New: IPv6 support
- Improved: Made installer delete in_mp3pro :/
- Improved: Embedded IE pages now run in a separate thread
- Improved: General speed and performance optimizations
- Improved: Various Media Library resize flicker fixes
- Improved: GDI+ video rendering for Windows Vista
- Improved: IPC_CONVERTFILE now uses api_decodefile (for ripping & transcoding)
- Improved: [in_wave] Added ATF support for %bitrate%
- Improved: [gen_ff] Better handling of invalid XML during skin load
- Improved: [gen_jumpex] JTFE Unicode support
- Improved: [ml_local] Composer / Album view (in Edit View, Filters tab)
- Improved: [ml_local] Unicode drag&drop and send-to support
- Improved: [ml_local] Added option for using Artist as Album Artist
- Improved: [ml_local] Updated 'Field names' in Smart View query documentation
- Improved: [ml_pmp] PMP Unicode support
- Fixed: ???? in the taskbar & system tray with Unicode titles (note that many third party plugins will cause this to revert back to ????)
- Fixed: CD Burning on Windows Vista
- Fixed: Classic skin scrollbar overlap display glitch with 'smooth resize' enabled
- Fixed: Crash on exit with docked playlist toolbar (ml_local/ml_playlists bug)
- Fixed: DirectDraw video rendering (non-overlay mode) constant redraw/flicker
- Fixed: Folder locking bug after using Open Files/Folder dialog
- Fixed: Installation of Sonic Engine on systems with other Sonic/Roxio products
- Fixed: Installer resets cwd= to the install dir
- Fixed: Redraw bug when moving external windows over Pledit
- Fixed: Tab orders in Preferences
- Fixed: Various media library accessibility/focus issues
- Fixed: Video crash when using WinKey+L
- Fixed: [enc_lame] Better output samplerate selection for transcoding
- Fixed: [enc_wav] WAVs missing first 11 samples
- Fixed: [gen_ff] Tooltips appear on primary monitor only
- Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Stability issues and key reported plugin bugs
- Fixed: [gen_ml] Keyboard focus issue
- Fixed: [gen_ml] Node alignment bug
- Fixed: [in_cdda] Long artist/albumartist CD Info bug
- Fixed: [in_cdda] Crash on Winamp exit after playing Audio CD
- Fixed: [in_cdda] CDDB crash-on-close bug
- Fixed: [in_cdda] CD-Text adds to end of cddb fields instead of clearing first
- Fixed: [in_dshow] Potential crash on corrupt/malformed media files
- Fixed: [in_dshow] Crash scanning ml folders containing videos on a network drive
- Fixed: [in_mod] .s3m and .it memory corruption bug
- Fixed: [in_mp3] Memory leak when retrieving info for .aac files
- Fixed: [in_mp3] .aac / out_wave playback glitches
- Fixed: [in_vorbis] Album tag removed when using ml 'edit selected items'
- Fixed: [in_wm] Crash when trying to burn WMA files
- Fixed: [libsndfile] matlab (.mat) memory corruption bug
- Fixed: [ml_local] Composer tag not saving with 'Edit Info'
- Fixed: [ml_local] Total size not showing up in local media views
- Fixed: [ml_local] Possible duplicate entries on upgrades after rescanning folders
- Fixed: [ml_local] (No Album Artist) & (No Publisher) sometimes displays no results
- Fixed: [ml_local] Sorting Album pane by Year
- Fixed: [ml_local] isempty/isnotempty for querying empty/populated fields
- Fixed: [ml_local] Search broken in simple views (Win2k-specific)
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] Drag+Drop playlists to pmp devices broken
- Fixed: [ml_pmp] Crash when deleting a group of songs containing non-sequential duplicates
- Fixed: [ml_pmp] "haven't" typo in prefs :-D
- Fixed: [ml_rg] ReplayGain analysis failing on mono mp3's
- Fixed: [ml_rg] Now skips over DRM WMA files instead of applying -24601 dB gain
- Fixed: [ml_transcode] Now prevents same source and destination filename
- Fixed: [ml_wire] Crash when encountering certain non-xml feeds
- Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Incompatibility with iTunes 7.1
- Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Launching Winamp on device insertion not working
- Fixed: [pmp_p4s] No longer creates .alb files on devices that don't support it
- Updated: in_vorbis to libvorbis 1.1.2 and libogg 1.1.3
- Updated: in_flac 2.0 (based on FLAC 1.1.4)
- Updated: MusicIP Mix (formerly Predixis MusicMagic) v1.1
- Updated: Sonic Ripping/Burning Engine v3.6.36.500
- Updated: [gen_jumpex] Jump To File Extra v0.99.1a