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Sven123456789 reviewed v5.6.6.6.3516 on Oct 12, 2016

Still the best music player

FatBastard reviewed v5.63 Build 3235 on Jul 3, 2012

I love winamp. I've been using it for more than a decade now.

roj reviewed v5.63 Build 3234 on Jun 21, 2012

Old, outdated, way past its "Best Before " date.

If you really don't care about what your music sounds like (which is the vast majority of users - I get that) then this is for you.

If you do care, there's Foobar2000, XMPlay and AIMP - all are well designed and coded, more full-featured regarding audio quality and MUCH lighter.

Also they don't feature crapware.

@Music4Ever:

Now i understand your nym, given your setup. On Linux give DeadbeeF a try. I did Audacious and it was OK until I tried DeadbeeF. IMNSHO, that's Foobar on Linux.

TWO stars for mediocrity at its finest.

Music4Ever reviewed v5.63 Build 3234 on Jun 21, 2012

There is a fairly large difference between players based on sound quality alone: I use an good separate outboard DAC with a decent amplifier & speakers with reasonable quality interconnects & AIMP beats Winamp into the weeds no contest.

I use .flac encoded music some of the time now & AIMP plays that great ~ If you are using a built in sound chip & or cheap sound card & or plastic speakers you probably wont notice the difference but also wont know what's on the audio you play either ~

AIMP does not have any associated junk-Ware supplied with it as does Winamp so you don't need to go to the effort of slimming it down. The are other audio players that are better than Winamp on sound quality perhaps most of them actually ~

You can do far, far better than this ~

In Linux Audacious does a pretty good job ~

(true media program neophytes ~ Someone who is willing to pay a small amount to at least have some idea what the original recording sounded like, not really an obsession is it?)

EDIT: @ roj - I'll give DeadbeeF a try tomorrow in Linux, thanks for the tip :-)

EDIT 2 @ roj - Major increase in detail etc. with DeadbeeF, I was always a little dissatisfied with music on Linux, that's now sorted - Thanks :-)

war593122 reviewed v5.601 on Dec 7, 2010

Note lite enough.

psycros reviewed v5.59 Build 3033 Beta on 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.

sehnbadt reviewed v5.572 on 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.

Darkman00 reviewed v5.571 Build 2810 on Dec 23, 2009

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

Darkman00 reviewed v5.57 on 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 :)

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v5.57 Build 2765 Beta on Dec 14, 2009

Too bloatware...
They simply choose wrong direction... video player ?

but still 3/5 for many plugins and of course for many awesome skins...

webgames reviewed v5.56 Build 2512 on Nov 6, 2009

I actually don't like Winamp 5, the previous versions vas mach better and simpler to use.

ekek reviewed v5.552 Build 2460 on May 31, 2009

For me it is the best audio player so far.It is stable.