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Features
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Popularity:
#5 in Music Management Software (out of 1226 products)
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
11,872,872
- Requirements:
Windows 98/2000/XP
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
October 10, 2007
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Publisher's description of Winamp 5.5
From Nullsoft: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.
Winamp 5.5, the 10th Anniversary Edition, adds a host of new features, including a new integrated user interface (Bento skin), support for album art, improved syncing with portable music players, new dynamic playlists, and an integrated browser for playing MP3 files from the Web.
Editor's review of Winamp 5.5
4.0 stars
- "The llama still rides"
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 5.5 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.
If you want MP3 encoding and full-speed CD burning, you have to shell out $24.95 for the Pro version. However, there are other problems. Support for album art is spotty. All of our attempts to download new art through the program failed. More seriously, there are some stability issues when playing videos, and occasional program crashes were far more common than they should be.
WinAmp 5.5 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.
User reviews of Winamp 5.5
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1191 votes
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp 5.5
Pros: Welcome new features in this new Version5.5.The Bento interface(skin)&Bento with big buttons are beautiful.There are lot of features in this new-Vn.;if you can take half-an-hour time to configure its settings according to your tastes you will get a reliable-quality free-player to make it your 'default' media-program.Eventhogh,it uses about 20360K of memory,it is worthy.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp 5.5
Pros: I really like it because it uses less memory than Windows Media Player, and plays a load of file types. It's customizable, and you can arrange things however you like. You can create easy playlists (unlike Windows Media Player) and it has loads of free useful tools.
Cons: Sadly, it doesn't play DVDs, I wish it could, I would have dumped Windows Media Player for good!
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp 5.5
Pros: looks nice, but overwhelming...
Cons: it doesn't work with ZUNE, which has the crappiest application known to man...UGH!
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp 5.5
Pros: Built in online radio from shoutcast, aol with xm. Works with every file format like VLC Media Player.
Cons: Label doesn't say Vista compatible but don't have an issue with Windows Vista.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Winamp 5.5
Pros: Nicely done. It's got a heap of new features and it's a solid media player. WMP and iTunes have got a lot of competition. Older Winamp users will probably have to take a minute or so getting used to the new locations of a few things, but the icons are still the same so as long as you find the icons, you'll know what icon does what.
The most outstanding thing is the look. Old skins still work which is nice.
Cons: To be honest, you probably won't have to use the new features anyway. People who think it will take a lot of your resources; it really doesn't, and you can choose what you want to install so if you're concerned about space, don't sweat it. It doesn't even take a lot of memory to begin with.
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