Winamp is a skinnable, multi-format media player.
Winamp supports a wide variety of contemporary and specialized music file formats, including MIDI, MOD, MPEG-1 audio layers 1 and 2, AAC, M4A, FLAC, WAV, OGG Vorbis, and Windows Media Audio. It supports gapless playback for MP3 and AAC, and Replay Gain for volume leveling across tracks. In addition, Winamp can play and import music from audio CDs, optionally with CD-Text, and can also burn music to CDs. Winamp supports playback of Windows Media Video and Nullsoft Streaming Video, as well as most of the video formats supported by Windows Media Player. 5.1 Surround sound is supported where formats and decoders allow.
Winamp supports many types of streaming media: Internet radio, Internet telelvision, XM Satellite Radio, AOL video, Singingfish content, podcasts, and RSS media feeds. It also has extendable support for portable media players, and users can access their media libraries anywhere via internet connections.
TechnicalTitle: Winamp 5.666 Full Build 3516
Filename: winamp5666_full_all.exe
File size: 16.37MB (17,163,336 bytes)
Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
Languages: Multiple languages
License: Freeware
Date added: December 13, 2013
Author: Nullsoft
www.nullsoft.com
Homepage: www.winamp.com
MD5 Checksum: 110CD80079E9572AEF511B0491E63B8C
To find out how skins can improve your user experience, check out our guide to installing skins for Winamp.
The one thing about playing about with different types of software, is that you kind of get bored with how the interface looks. Tweaking different settings is all well and good, but if you think the actual ‘look’ of the application is a bit odd, then without the ability to change it, you are stuck with something you don’t like. That’s where skins come to into play. A fresh new look can make all the difference when it comes to software.
Winamp’s media player comes with the ability to apply new ‘skins’. Skins provide a fresh, new look by changing the colour and/or the shape of the interface, sometimes-new buttons and other features can accompany these.
In the drop down men of Winamp, click on ‘skins’ and ‘get more skins’. This will open a browser window and will allow you to choose some new ones for your player form Winamp’s website/or you can search the Internet. Once you have located a file you want, then save the zip file to you PC.
Next you have to place the downloaded zip files into the “skins” section under your Winamp directory e.g. C:\Program Files\Winamp\Skins. Next open the Winamp application and press Alt-S to browse your skins. A list of the new skins will appear and you can just click on the one you want and the skin is then applied to Winamp. That’s it.
