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: Winamp Cloud Beta
* New: Option to run Winamp in Safe Mode (also via /SAFE=1 commandline switch)
* Improved: Added tooltips for truncated text in Media Library listviews
* Improved: Bookmark menu handling now follows Winamp's Play/Enqueue setting
* Improved: Display album art source info in Artwork tab of File Info dialog
* Improved: Added 'Explore item folder' to context menu in playlists
* Improved: Show rating from tags if file is not in Local Media Library
* Improved: Windows 8 filetype association compatibility (w.i.p.)
* Improved: [gen_ff] Multi-monitor support for Bento/Modern skin notifier
* Improved: [gen_ff] Windows 8 multi-monitor/taskbar mode compatibility
* Improved: [in_mp3] Shoutcast v2 in-stream artwork support (and other misc fixes)
* Improved: [in_mp3] Use MIME to determine decoder before assuming ext. is correct
* Improved: [in_mp4] Optimize MP4 Raw Reader by using chunks instead of samples
* Improved: [in_mp4] Write ratings to tags (using the "rate" atom)
* Improved: [ml_local/history] Friendlier error message if nde/database fails to load
* Improved: [ml_local] New 'Date Added' column (smart views adjusted accordingly)
* Improved: [ml_playlists] Save playlists to custom m3udir, if specified in paths.ini
* Improved: [ml_wire] Save (and backup) database files on updates instead of on exit
* Improved: [pmp_ipod] Added BPM, TotalTracks, Disc# & TotalDiscs metadata support
* Improved: [pmp_wifi] SSDP support and other optimizations
* Fixed: Bento/Modern skin notifier sometimes no longer appearing (thanks pjn123)
* Fixed: Issues with re-embedding of vis plugins in Bento skin when exiting fullscreen
* Fixed: Issues with some Icecast servers providing invalid stream links (v2.x bug!)
* Fixed: Potential crashes when rapidly switching between dsp plugins
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Mapping of POPM ratings scale
* Fixed: [in_mp4] Bug where too-small passed-in buffer size resulted in loss of data
* Fixed: [in_wave] mldb info for .wav files being wiped after viewing Alt+3 dialog
* Fixed: [ml_disc] Blocking of context menu items in ml tree for History & Bookmarks
* Fixed: [ml_impex] UI lockups on import/export of large databases
* Fixed: [ml_wire] Subscriptions to podcast channels with the same name
* Fixed: [ombrowser] Alt Gr keys broken in Online Services text input fields
* Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Crash/hang on exit after transferring files to MTP/P4S devices
* Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
* Removed: [gen_orgler] The end of Winamp Charts & Music Usage Database
* Updated: [png] libpng v1.5.13
* Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.2.6