Winamp Remote Widget

Winamp Remote Widget is a simple widget developed for the Yahoo! Widget Engine, that gives you easy control over Winamp. Thus, you can use media player functions straight from the desktop.

The interface of the app is based on a small frame that resembles a compact media player, and you can move it to any spot on the screen, with the help of the mouse cursor.

Aside from playing and pausing the current track, you can select the previous or next one, navigate back and forth within the stream by seeking a position, as well as exit Winamp.

You can enable shuffle or repeat mode, enable audio announcements for track information, make the app scroll lengthy titles (although it may slow down computer performance), as well as select a different skin for the interface.

With the courtesy of the options provided by Yahoo! Widget Engine by default, you can also set the frame to stay on top or below all the other windows, to ignore mouse events and to prevent dragging. Moreover, you can set the opacity to a preset value that ranges from 20% to 100%. There are no other notable options available through this widget.

We have noticed a minimum CPU and memory consumption during Winamp Remote Widget's runtime, thus the tool does not affect the overall performance of the computer. It has a good response time and works well, without causing the OS to hang, crash or pop up error notifications. On the downside, it has not been updated for a very long time. Other than that, users of any level of experience will surely find Winamp Remote Widget useful for the ease of use it provides in regard to controlling Winamp.