Jordan Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Prepare to try Winamp 5.8 Beta soon Winamp is definitely one of the best media players available for Microsoft Windows. It has a long history, impressive popularity and still has plenty of users around the world. Unfortunately, the project started to lost its popularity due to AOL and their management policies. Winamp got a paid pro version, and there was no UI improvement for many years. After 2013, it was discontinued. However, there is new hope shining on the horizon. Being a big fan of Winamp, I was happy to discover that Winamp 5.8 Beta is almost on its way. The new owners behind the project are working to release a new version. Unfortunately, they are not a big team for now, but still Winamp is not dead! Eddy Richman from the original Winamp team is continuing his hard work to keep our favorite player alive Some details of the development have become known. Code from patented technologies and cross-licensed code has been cleaned up. This means Winamp can become 100% free, without a Pro version with all features unlocked out of the box. This will affect MP3 and AAC decoders, the CD ripping feature and the H.264 decoder. If you are fan of Winamp like me, we can expect something to play with in the near future! If you are interested in Winamp vNEXT, you can track the following thread at the official forum. While the official site is still in development, I have collected some nice stuff here. Using the link below, you can download the last version of Winamp which was available to the public, including Winamp 5.6.6.3516 stable and Winamp 5.7.0.3444 beta. Download Winamp 5, Skins and Plugins SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Winamp was a great player with lots of plugins that made it very versatile. I still have my last update and plugins that I downloaded from the original website and they still work very well. In other words it still 'whip's the llama's ass.' All the original winamp sayings are here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NROWOIMCu6M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmamba Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 winamp.v5.666.build.3516-patch-URET Site: https://www.upload.ee Sharecode[?]: /files/6277524/winamp.v5.666.build.3516-patch-URET.zip.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk1966 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I still use Winamp Pro v5.622.3189 to full satisfaction because I can remember v5.666 was causing problems at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hated On Mostly Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Winamp is dead. A new version was supposed to be released several times since AOL sold it. Don't hold your breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantazzo Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 On 2016-10-23 at 10:28 PM, Hated On Mostly said: Winamp is dead. A new version was supposed to be released several times since AOL sold it. Don't hold your breath. Well it is perfectly explained what happened here and I still hope the new version will come out someday. I still find it to be the best music player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequi Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 22 hours ago, mantazzo said: I still find it to be the best music player. +1. Though you can make Audacious look and work just like it with a couple of clicks. It's what I use in Linux. PLUS you can use Winamp 2x skins (maybe later ones, but I have a favorite) in Audacious. http://audacious-media-player.org/ From the Winamp forum: "I would gladly use a Winamp without cd burning, gracenote, and shoutcast, web browser, podcasts, online services. I use none of that stuff." I totally agree. And I'll add, without a video player. We have VLC for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogs Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Yeah, its the best audio player, simple yet powerful. Its surely gonna come back. They can start a crowd funding for it, I'm sure lot of people will contribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Winamp WAS one of the first serious MP3 players and it was free, so it was quite unique and probably it defined the first standards for a player. I remember having used it about 20 years ago. Since then litrally THOUSANDS of player versions have been released, doing about the same as Winamp, so by now I don't believe it has anything new to offer except fame of passed day. But I don't want ot sound too negative. In any case, I'll be really glad to download it, have it and try it and I mean, the NEW version, not the last stable one. Ah.. and a stupid question: if it's the New Winamp, why 5.8 beta and not 6.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequi Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 14 minutes ago, luisam said: Winamp WAS one of the first serious MP3 players and it was free, ........ Ah.. and a stupid question: if it's the New Winamp, why 5.8 beta and not 6.0? Actually, the first "good" version was shareware, and one of the first keygens I ever wrote back when I was part of the "bad guys". http://gizmodo.com/5920983/how-winamp-disappeared-into-obscurity As to versioning, I don't think any multiple of 3 is "lucky" for Winamp. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 13 minutes ago, Pequi said: Actually, the first "good" version was shareware, and one of the first keygens I ever wrote back when I was part of the "bad guys". So quite probably my mistake, but I'm sure I got my first version back in mid-90s free from some of those CDs which came with computer magazines full of freeware and shareware. Maybe it still was not a "good" version but it was actually a freeware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hated On Mostly Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 6 hours ago, Pequi said: Actually, the first "good" version was shareware, and one of the first keygens I ever wrote back when I was part of the "bad guys". You should go back to cracking! The crack world always needs good crackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROJA Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 On 10/23/2016 at 8:22 PM, Blackmamba said: winamp.v5.666.build.3516-patch-URET Site: https://www.upload.ee Sharecode[?]: /files/6277524/winamp.v5.666.build.3516-patch-URET.zip.html Could you please upload the URET Patcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymiabear Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I was so excited to see this thread I downloaded the latest beta from winaero and launched it in my winamp install. Gives error that beta is too old. It's been 5 months... sigh. I still use Winamp because I find it to be the best. I've tuned it over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Winamp 5.65 still works, why change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymiabear Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I use 5.666 or whatever. It does work... it does also crash sometimes. I do want opus support. There's a plugin out, but I can't find it. Plus I love the idea of having software improved and updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 The new updated version will strip out all the pro features Quote ex. MP3 and AAC decoders, the CD ripping feature and the H.264 decoders. potplayer does have opus support .. so it can double up as a audio player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymiabear Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 On 3/9/2017 at 1:03 AM, teodz1984 said: The new updated version will strip out all the pro features potplayer does have opus support .. so it can double up as a audio player That's a good temp solution, thank you, but in the long term I would love all audio to go through winamp. In the meantime, PotPlayer it is!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Potplayer is a better long term solution.. because it is a mulitpurpose media player that can play audio and video both offline and streaming.. if you had a single 'media player' replacement this would be it. It has extensive file support so it can play anything you can throw at it... even 6 channel audio support has extensive internal codecs baed on LAV and ffshow.. If you run into codec incompatibility, it can use decoders from codec packs.. In audio playback mode, it can look like winamp or you can "skin" it.. I doubt winamp will support the newer and proprietary formats out there.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymiabear Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 12 minutes ago, teodz1984 said: Potplayer is a better long term solution.. because it is a mulitpurpose media player that can play audio and video both offline and streaming.. if you had a single 'media player' replacement this would be it. It has extensive file support so it can play anything you can throw at it... even 6 channel audio support has extensive internal codecs baed on LAV and ffshow.. If you run into codec incompatibility, it can use decoders from codec packs.. In audio playback mode, it can look like winamp or you can "skin" it.. I doubt winamp will support the newer and proprietary formats out there.. PotPlayer is WITHOUT QUESTION the BEST video player out right now (it even beat the legendary Zoomplayer). As an audio player, it's not comparable to Winamp. If you can figure out a way to configure PotPlayer to do this, let me know. I haven't been able to: What you are looking at: 1. Left window is plugin AlbumList looking at inside each folder as an Album with M3U 2. Middle is coverart 3. Right side is playlist. When I double click on the album name shows the contents in playlist window Each window is searchable. Enhancer 017 makes the music sounds alive. Winamp is extremely fast. It does everything I have wanted so far, except opus. I am very open to change though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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