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September 2nd, 2005, 15:39 GMT · By Tudor Raiciu

Winamp Strikes Again With Winamp 5

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Winamp by AOL/Nullsoft See editor's ratings     Request a review
Version reviewed: Winamp

Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library Winamp3 was a failure in terms of what it hoped to achieve, many users reverted back to Winamp 2 as it was faster and more recent versions included some of the features that 3.0 introduced.


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Features:

Winamp 5 features our new Modern Skin that's easier to use and more powerful than ever
Easily access the Media Library (ML), Playlist Editor (PL), integrated Video or Visualizations (Video/Vis Drawer), or the EQ, Skin Options, and Color Themes (Config Drawer) from the Main Window
Includes over 50 color themes that suit nearly every mood or occasion!
Winamp 5 carries forward the unobtrusive "Window Shade"


What should I write in this Winamp presentation?

Maybe that while checking out the Surround Edition 5.1 the other day, I just couldn't help myself to linger on some old 0.92 version CD, as opposed to the new version and I have to admit I got a little nostalgic.
Remember how simple everything was back then?

There was no WMA or AAC while playing the CD, no Internet integration, SHOUTcast wire, AOL Radio or Winamp directly CD-ripping (8x for Standard
version or as much as the unit could take on the Pro version)...

Needless to mention facilities such as Predixis Smart Playlist Generator to list your songs according to the way they sound...
And if we came to talk about this specific function, I must admit that this is the one thing that caught mostly my attention.

As you listen to a certain song, Winamp displays for you a list of other albums or artists similar to the music you' re listening to. Of course a better Internet connection doesn't do any harm, but Predixis is something you can actually play for hours with without getting bored.

Even though I made Predixis process the strangest types of music, all its suggestions were pretty close to what I was looking for. Altogether, if you feel like listening to rock, it won't feed you latino.

Many people were not satisfied with Winamp's decision to include the facility of viewing video files on the same appearance. But the 5.1 version, with some bugs here and there, is one of the most complex multimedia content applications, and still very easy to handle.

Winamp 5.1 can be downloaded here and it has been certified by Softpedia as being 100% Clean.

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EDITOR'S RATINGS:

User Interface: (4/5)
Features: (4/5)
Ease of use: (4/5)
Pricing/Value: (3/5)
Overall: (4/5)
  Final verdict: Very good

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