Winamp is coming back!

[Se7en]

Back in the days before we got our music from the cloud using Spotify and Pandora, we would use MP3 players to play our music. When it came to players, there was (is?) no player more popular than Winamp.
Whether you like the vintage skins, the visualizers, or just a media player with a ton of options, Winamp had it all. Guess what? The world's most famous media player - Winamp - is back with changes that make it compatible with today's more modern operating systems such as Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.



When Radionomy purchased Winamp from AOL in early 2014, they promised to keep Winamp alive. Those promises were hollow as no new updates were released in the past 4 years.

That is until recently, through leaks and hype, Radionomy officially released Winamp 5.8 in all its nostalgic glory. With its expanding control panels, car stereo like skins, hard core settings, and its visualizers that you can stare at for hours, Winamp is ready to rock and roll!

While Winamp still has some bugs it needs to resolve such as display issues, it will still remind you of the days of old and get you started listening to your MP3s again. If you have not used Winamp in a long time, though, one thing you may want to do is increase the font size as many of us who fondly remember Winamp may not have the best eyesight anymore.
To increase the font size you can go into Options -> Preferences -> General Preferences -> Playlist and then change the font size to something like 15.

Big Winamp update scheduled for next year

Radionomy has stated that they are not stopping here and have big plans for Winamp.
In an interview with TechCrunch, Radionomy CEO Alexandre Saboundjian, revealed that a massive release is planned for 2019 that aims to add cloud support for streaming music, podcasts, and more.
“There will be a completely new version next year, with the legacy of Winamp but a more complete listening experience,” Saboundjian stated in the interview. "You can listen to the MP3s you may have at home, but also to the cloud, to podcasts, to streaming radio stations, to a playlist you perhaps have built.”

Changes in Winamp 5.8

For those who are curious as to what has changed in this release, the full changelog is below:

New: Windows Audio (WASAPI) Output plug-in (w.i.p.)
Improved: Added an option to completely disable Winamp's video support
Improved: Added an auto-fullscreen option to video prefs
Improved: Added /ENUMPLAYLISTS to the command-line support
Improved: Windows 8.1 and 10 compatibility
Improved: [in_mod] OpenMPT-based Module Player (replaces old MikMod player)
Improved: [ml_playlists] Added browse path & edit title functions in Ctrl+E editor
Improved: [Bento] Updated scrollbars and buttons and other tweaks (thanks Martin)
Improved: [Bento & Modern skins] Added a Playlist Search feature (thanks Victor)
Fixed: New URLs not being remembered after using Reset history in Open URL dialog
Fixed: Various memory leaks
Fixed: [gen_tray] Not showing correct current icon pack in preferences
Fixed: [in_avi] Divide-by-zero crash with badly formed files (thanks ITDefensor)
Fixed: [in_mp3] Crashing with some ID3v2 tags
Fixed: [ml_wire] Slow loading issue
Fixed: [ssdp] Crash on load if jnetlib was not correctly initialized
Misc: Minimum required OS is now Win XP sp3 (Windows 7 or higher recommended)
Misc: More general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
Misc: Moved shared DLLs to Winamp\Shared folder
Removed: All former "Pro" licensed functions (Winamp is now 100% freeware again)
Removed: gen_jumpex & UnicodeTaskbarFix (making way for native implementations)
Removed: ml_nowplaying
Removed: [in_wm] DRM support
Replaced: CD playback and ripping now using native Windows API (instead of Sonic)
Replaced: MP3 Decoder now mpg123 based (instead of Fraunhofer)
Replaced: AAC Decoder now using Media Foundation (Vista and higher)
Replaced: H.264 Decoder now using Media Foundation (Vista and higher)
Replaced: MPEG-4 Pt.2 Decoder now using Media Foundation (Vista and higher)
Updated: [in_vorbis] libogg 1.3.3 & libvorbis 1.3.6
Updated: [libFLAC] FLAC 1.3.2
Updated: [libyajl] libyajl v2.1.0
Updated: [OpenSSL] OpenSSL v1.0.1i
Updated: [png] libpng v1.5.24.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... gic-glory/
Download Winamp here: https://winamp.com/

[Se7en]

Oh yeah!!!
I already installed the new 5.8 version and waiting for the brand new release next year! I'm glad it's back, best music player I have ever used!

[CDMC]

its been a long time since i saw that skin

trying it out now. been using AIMP and Foobar for years now Winamp original skin is so tiny,lol! oh the memories

[Kjetil-Hestvik]

Used winamp up until a couple of years back, been happy since the day the news about the return dropped...man nothing will ever come close

[CDMC]

i can argue with that. comparing it to AIMP, Winamp sounds worse. Maybe after they release a new version it will sound better, but as of now, ill stick to AMIP. Also the thing i dont like, you cant set it to show music by folder name?

i mean when i had like 100 songs in 2004 it was fine, but now its about 100GB of music and its just a mess to find what you want unless you use search for specific song. in Aimp and Foobar you can see it by folder name in a list.

or am i missing something here?

[Kjetil-Hestvik]

I got no idea, all i use is Spotify since it does everything i need. Winamp is just what i will use for my i think 30gb music collection that's been collecting dust for a few years

Mostly over nostalgia/memories, so that's why nothing will come close Seeing the old skin instantly reminds me of the days of gaming on pentium 4, going to the Core 2 Quad Q6600...glory days

[CDMC]

I got no idea, all i use is Spotify since it does everything i need. Winamp is just what i will use for my i think 30gb music collection that's been collecting dust for a few years

Mostly over nostalgia/memories, so that's why nothing will come close Seeing the old skin instantly reminds me of the days of gaming on pentium 4, going to the Core 2 Quad Q6600...glory days

lucky! first time i saw winamp was on a Pentium 1 back in a day it was an amazing player. i agree it is nostalgia to see it again

[Maxidyne]

Winamp user from the first hour! Use it almost daily, got the pro version. For me still the best. Very nice to see it's back, hopefully they don't screw it up.

[CDMC]

when winamp will be able to do this



i might consider using it now i just use it for nostalgia, still a good player no doubt

[Maxidyne]

I use this:

https://winampheritage.com/plugin/studio-sound-fx-freeware/221711

Improves the sound drastically. And you can customize it yourself also.