Winamp is widely known as a music player software that doubles as a manager of multimedia files. Not only that, Winamp is also capable of changing audio formats and supports various online radios so that users can enjoy music endlessly. From all of that, it’s clear that Winamp is trying to offer an all-in-one solution for the convenience of listening to music.
The latest version of Winamp comes with some significant changes after being stagnant for so long. Some of them are fixed memory leaks and support for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
Most significant is Radionomy’s attempt to restore Winamp as freeware entirely by trimming premium features added by Winamp’s previous owner, AOL.
Features and Uses of Winamp
Any audio file you have can be added to Winamp easily as long as the format is supported by software that is more than 20 years old. Audio formats it supports include mp3, aac, flac, ogg, wma, mp4a, wav and mod.
Winamp also supports playlist creation where you can group music by genre or specific needs. For example, create a playlist with songs that can boost enthusiasm while working or a special playlist to relax.
If you are tired of listening to the same songs over and over again, there is a feature to listen to online radio broadcasts in the Online Services menu. To make it easier for users, these radios are grouped by music genres such as alternative, rap, blues, jazz, classical, rock, pop and so on. There is even a radio that specializes in playing soundtrack music for anime, movies and video games.
There is one feature of Winamp that is very helpful in listening to music. This feature is called Replay Gain and serves to equalize the volume level of each song so that no one has a sudden high or low volume. This feature needs to be enabled first through Preferences.
Winamp capabilities can also be added by installing plugins created by the community. For example, Winamp KeyController serves to add a keyboard shortcut to Winamp or LoudMax to raise the volume. There are also plugins to add languages and install new skins to change the look of Winamp.
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Apart from being a music player, Winamp can also be used as a video player but with very limited features, especially when compared to video player software such as PotPlayer or MPC-BE. So far the video formats that have been successfully played in Winamp when tested are mp4 and avi. If you encounter problems playing certain video formats, you can try to solve them by installing the necessary codecs.
In closing, even though there are now many other music player software, Winamp still has a loyal user base. This is evident from the high enthusiasm for the latest version of Winamp which was leaked and circulated on the internet until finally Radionomy was forced to release the version officially even though it was not fully ready. Download the latest Winamp for free via the link below:
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