Reviews of Winamp 5 Lite

1. 
   war593122

   Reviewing 5.601 (Dec 7, 2010)

   Note lite enough.
2. 
   psycros

   Reviewing 5.59 Build 3033 Beta (Nov 14, 2010)

   Winamp has been and continues to be the finest audio player for Windows. With the addition of a codec pack such as K-lite it also becomes a very good video player (though Media Player Classic is at least as good and lighter). Its innumerable skins and plugins along with broad support for mobile devices keep Winamp current and capable. Freshly installed it handles more audio formats than anything I know of and enough video types to handle most people's needs. Smart tags, Replaygain support and other advanced features are in good supply and for most folks Winamp is all the media manager you could want.
   
   Winamp is a pretty solid app, although in recent years its become more freeze-prone than it really should be and there are a few annoying bugs that have been present since 5.x first hit the scene. The revolving door of bloatware AOL keeps trying to foist upon users is also annoying but Winamp still manages to be one of smallest installs among full-featured media players. Fortunately the junkware is optional, but for those who long for pure speed and simplicity the classic 2.91 version still works just fine (and there's always the "lite" version of the latest release, too). If Winamp has an Achilles heel its probably overall user-friendliness. It doesn't hold your hand quite as much as other programs, esp. with certain advanced features, but only people who are true media program neophytes should have any real problems. If you can figure out WMP, you can probably handle Winamp.
   
   Winamp is simply the standard by which others are judged. Nothing else combines this many features with such broad media support. I'm not a true mediaphile so I can't really speak to Winamp's sound and video reproduction, but its more than sufficient for anyone I know. I can't tell the difference between a CD and an AAC ripped from it. The bottom line is that I could not replace Winamp, and anything that could probably wouldn't be available for free. I believe the registered version unlocks some higher level ripping and encoding options but there ARE very good (and friendlier) programs for that kind of thing. Ironically I'm a registered Winamp user since 1997, but am still waiting on my registration code. A strike against customer service, perhaps.
3. 
   sehnbadt

   Reviewing 5.572 (Jan 15, 2010)

   This player is the best for mp3's. I prefer the Modern skin over the new Bento one. I've been using this player for the last 10 years and it has always been stable and reliable. I love to listen to my music with the visualization running using the MilkDrop plugin. When I install a new version I always uncheck all the stuff that's running in the background like Winamp Remote, Winamp Agent, Winamp Toolbar and the Winamp Search Engine. I don't use this player for playing videos.
4. 
   Darkman00

   Reviewing 5.571 Build 2810 (Dec 23, 2009)

   OK.. unlike the previous version / build this new one (Winamp 5 Lite 5.571 Build 2810) .. - installed OK.. - no problem!
5. 
   Darkman00

   Reviewing 5.57 (Dec 17, 2009)

   I guess this one is "non beta" .. and previous version was beta...
   
   tried to install this one .. but at the end of installation it didn't want to start for some reason...
   so for now, i went back to the previous version - winamp557_2765_beta_lite_en-us .. - and no problem.. - after the install it started OK :)

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