Winamp

Reviewed by jarod

A lexible and sophisticated application or playing and managing your musicWinamp is more than just a player. It's your window to the multimedia world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp (DVD to iPod Video Converter suite) is the one place you go to eed your audio/video habit.

Here are some key features of "Winamp 5":

Winamp can use both Modern and Classic skins, so you can be both hip and retro at the same time.

Winamp gives you easy and organized access to your avorite media. That's what you call mass media

Winamp can play a huge variety of audio and video ormats right out of the box... err... out of the installation.

You get access to hundreds of ree audio and video channels in the Media Library (Recover iTunes Library from iPod). This ain't your ather's library.

Winamp can burn your music to CDs.

Winamp makes it easy to create and manage your avorite songs through playlists. Yes, you can be your own DJ.

Winamp allows you to extend it's unctionality through the use of "plug-ins" Its like the Mr. Potato Head of music.

Winamp will allow you to alter the sound of your music through a built-in Equalizer. An audio receiver right on your PC.

Winamp allows you to watch visual e ects that are driven rom your music with Visualizations. From laming ireballs to screaming strobe e ects, its all there.

Winamp Main Window

Winamp 5 eatures our new Modern Skin that's easier to use and more powerful than ever

Easily access the Media Library (Daniusoft Media Converter Pro) (ML), Playlist Editor (PL), integrated Video or Visualizations (Video/Vis Drawer), or the EQ, Skin Options, and Color Themes (Config Drawer) rom the Main Window

Includes over 50 color themes that suit nearly every mood or occasion!

Winamp 5 carries orward the unobtrusive "Window Shade"

Winamp Playlist Editor

Drag and drop media directly into a Playlist rom Windows Explorer or the Media Library

Jump directly to an item within the list by double clicking it or selecting the item and press Enter

Sort Playlists (Copy iPod playlists to iTunes) by title, ile name, or path and ile name

Easily Open and Save Playlists rom the Manage Playlist button

Winamp Library

Organize and ind your avorite songs and videos in ONE place

Rip your avorite music CDs into AAC or MP3 (Ripping limited to 2x speeds or ree users. MP3 encoding is only available in Winamp Pro)

Burn your avorite music compilations to CD (limited to 2x or ree users)

Media Library "Views" allow you to easily create rule based lists of your media

Easily modify your music collections tags (Artist, Album, Song name, etc.)

Internet Radio and TV

* Easily tune into user created Internet TV and Radio stations

* Over 4000 Internet Radio stations and 40 Internet TV channels to choose rom

* Bookmark your avorite stations and channels or uture access

Winamp Now Playing

* View album art, artist biographies, discographies

* Keep track of your avorite artists by browsing an sites and news articles presented in the client

* Easily buy your avorite CDs, memorabilia, or just sell your own

Winamp Video

Play many major video ormats (NSV, WMV, MPG, etc.) with ease

Easily resize video playback using the 1x, 2x, and Maximize window buttons

Watch your avorite videos in Full Screen mode

Quick access to dozens of Internet TV stations created by users

Detach the video window rom the main player

Winamp Visualizations

Winamp 5 comes bundled with the latest version of the ground breaking AVS (Advanced Visualization Studio) and Milkdrop visualizers

Enjoy over 100 bundled visualization presets created by users

Switch between presets manually or sit back and watch your presets on Random

Easily jump to Full Screen mode

Download new visualizations and presets rom Winamp.com

Winamp Equalizer

Shift the sound rom both speakers to left or right using the Balance slider

Enable Cross Fading to transition the audio smoothly rom one song to another

Select rom the dozens of EQ presets to tune the sound

Create your own EQ settings and save them or uture use

Requirements:

Minimum

400MHz Pentium II

64MB RAM

10MB Hard Disk Space

16bit Sound Card

Windows 98 or later

Download Now