Winamp 5 Final
Posted by Tom Warren on 15 December 2003 - 22:59 · 56 comments & 5009 views
Thanks to shawn_cruikshank for posting this in our BPN

Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.

Download: Winamp 5 Full | Lite
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View: Changelog
News source: Neowin BPN

Winamp 5.0 Changelog:

  • Support for classic Winamp 1.x/2.x/2.9x skins and Winamp 3 ("Modern") skins
  • Fancy new modern skin:
  • Integrated video, AVS, and Milkdrop support
  • Many built-in colorthemes

  • Same ol' classic skin for people who want the Winamp 2 feel

  • Vastly more powerful media library:

  • Automatic background directory scanning options
  • Customizable views and columns, graphical view editor
  • Internet Radio (SHOUTcast) and TV listings
  • Context-sensitive item info viewer

  • CD ripping support (AAC@2x in free version, MP3 at unlimited speeds in pro)
  • CD burning support (limited to 2x in free version)
  • Advanced title formatting logic for file types that support it

  • Huge AVS updates:

  • New effects, bundled some popular 3rd party APEs
  • A much better selection of default presets
  • Experimental SMP support
  • Full AVS preset subdirectory support
  • Extensions and optimizations to the AVS evaluation library

  • Support for playback of AAC and VP6 in NSV files/streams
  • Global hotkey support
  • new Signal Processing Studio DSP plug-in
  • Options to disable plugin exception handling for developers
  • A ton of new plug-in API calls (SDK forthcoming)
  • fixed changing-systray options while minimized bug
  • new Winamp icon
  • added XP Manifest.xml to winamp.exe
  • made agent icon use configured winamp system tray icon
  • optimized winamp's load titles on demand logic, made faster
  • made winamp's internal submenu management more reliable
  • added skin font override preferences
  • added spacebar shows current playlist item in playlist editor
  • fixed manual playlist advance w/ repeat
  • made winamp's open directory recurse checkbox nicer looking
  • big prefs overhaul to make steve happy
  • huge thanks to Amir Szekely and the rest of the NSIS developers for their help


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    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Robbobloke on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:03
    yay!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by NyaR on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:03
    finally!!

    nice
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by SidVicious on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:09
    Winamp is the best!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by enigma429ad on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:09
    link doesn't work :'(
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Mantra Locust on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:23
    w00t!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by jymi on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:32
    finally downloading now
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by h4x0r b4k3r on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:32
    i like how they put the AOL icons on ur desktop. i always need a quicker way to get to my favorite program.
    Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by BananaMan on 16 Dec 2003 - 02:35
    Then just de-select it in the installer! I don't see the problem there.

    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by yanman on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:33
    is noaol available as a download package for winamp as well.. like winamp it was for winamp 2 and 3?
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by Robbobloke on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:37
    all you do is uncheck the "add AOL icon to desktop" in the installer. jeez.
    Quote this comment #9.1 Posted by yanman on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:50
    haha no sh-t, i was just wondering if they released a noaol version like in the past
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by oggiethefroggie on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:38
    yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by shrike on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:51
    even with the ammount of times i've installed winamp, full and customised, i've NEVER had the AOL icon on my desktop, even when it says it will do it
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by alkaholikc on 15 Dec 2003 - 23:54
    TY NULLSOFT!!!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by Apollo on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:12
    is all i can express right now
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by aj-designs.com on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:15
    I've been waiting for an upgrade since 2.xx, now is that time
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by GeeZuZz on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:22
    Will 2.xx plugins work in 5.0?
    Quote this comment #15.1 Posted by SidVicious on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:32
    Yeah.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by memNOC on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:48
    WINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMP!!!

    5!!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by NeoMasamune on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:50
    downloading now!
    (3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by BTallack on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:50
    Awesome. The Winamp web site still shows 3 & 2 though.
    Quote this comment #18.1 Posted by hardcore on 16 Dec 2003 - 01:47
    that needs to be changed for sure, they should get rid of all links to winamp3, what a flop for nullsoft
    Quote this comment #18.2 Posted by Jstphish on 16 Dec 2003 - 06:34
    They are waiting for permission from AOL to do so (AOL owns Nullsoft remember). I wouldn't be surprised if it took a couple of weeks to a month for them to update the site.
    Quote this comment #18.3 Posted by chrisxtreme on 16 Dec 2003 - 08:01
    try again
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by Solarix on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:56
    WOOT!!!!!!!!!!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #20 Posted by pHuzi0n on 16 Dec 2003 - 00:56
    Now if only it would natively parse MP4 files for AAC audio... Oh well, audiocoding.com's plugin works great anyways.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #21 Posted by orphic on 16 Dec 2003 - 01:03
    Link is dead. :[
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by gimle on 16 Dec 2003 - 01:27
    very nice, i think how gonna use more cpu but NO!
    (2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #23 Posted by jkinzer on 16 Dec 2003 - 01:28
    WA5 SUCKS because it doesn't have Enqueue/Dequeue in Playlist. Why couldn't they bring this from WA3? It shouldn't have been that hard to implement. Stupid Nullsoft.
    Quote this comment #23.1 Posted by hardcore on 16 Dec 2003 - 01:46
    definitely something i would love to see too. but oh well, i still love WA5
    Quote this comment #23.2 Posted by ANova on 16 Dec 2003 - 01:57
    There is a plugin that adds them. here.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #24 Posted by larsonyo on 16 Dec 2003 - 01:40
    wooohoooo!!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #25 Posted by GSDragoon on 16 Dec 2003 - 01:47
    Winamp5 Torrent
    (3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #26 Posted by NyaR on 16 Dec 2003 - 02:09
    OMGZ FREE PORN~!111!
    Quote this comment #26.1 Posted by LordLOC on 16 Dec 2003 - 05:09
    Hahaha, I noticed that too. I wonder how many more "streams" there will be haha!
    Quote this comment #26.2 Posted by Spike101M69 on 16 Dec 2003 - 07:01
    at first, i thought this was a stupid and pointless comment

    ...then i got winamp5
    Quote this comment #26.3 Posted by Smufie on 16 Dec 2003 - 11:50
    Wow, you gotta be ****ten' me? How do you get free porn with WA5? (I guess I don't need Kazaa anymore, LOL!)
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #27 Posted by afext on 16 Dec 2003 - 02:58
    Winamp3 development has been halted and all Winamp3 discussion has been removed from their forums.

    Winamp3 will now be known as wasabi.player at http://www.wasabidev.org
    (4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #28 Posted by un0 on 16 Dec 2003 - 02:59
    Foobar owns winamp!
    Quote this comment #28.1 Posted by Godzilla on 16 Dec 2003 - 03:12
    Winamp owns Foobar!
    Quote this comment #28.2 Posted by sparkyewu on 16 Dec 2003 - 03:38
    I own both of theme! Guwah!
    Quote this comment #28.3 Posted by enigma429ad on 16 Dec 2003 - 03:39
    actually, i think nullsoft owns winamp
    Quote this comment #28.4 Posted by Spike101M69 on 16 Dec 2003 - 03:50
    hahahahaha @ enigma429ad
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #29 Posted by cork1958 on 16 Dec 2003 - 05:01
    Sounds pretty good from the comments here. I'm the paranoid type. I'll wait a couple days to see what people have to say then. Love the Winamp though.
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #30 Posted by ProfessorX on 16 Dec 2003 - 05:04
    i used to use winamp 2 but now i have been using WMP cuz it works fine for me. I want to know the advantages of winamp over WMP.
    Quote this comment #30.1 Posted by Jasco on 16 Dec 2003 - 07:24
    well.. the 'j' function?
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #31 Posted by eilegz on 16 Dec 2003 - 05:53
    winamp is fast and eat less ram than wmp

    wmp 6 for videos

    winamp for audio

    Quote this comment #31.1 Posted by net-cruizer on 16 Dec 2003 - 06:46
    Why WMP for video? Winamp 5 plays all video files absolutely awsome.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #32 Posted by DsnBehind on 16 Dec 2003 - 06:34
    Doesn't this go in software?
    (2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #33 Posted by Jstphish on 16 Dec 2003 - 06:37
    Sorry guys but iTunes is still at the top of my list so far. The so called "final build" of Winamp 5 is great, don't get me wrong but I just can't ignore the fact that iTunes is much, much easier and faster to use from the start.
    Quote this comment #33.1 Posted by mayamaniac on 16 Dec 2003 - 08:32
    yep. Winamp5 would've been my music player of choice had iTunes wasn't available. But I like the single-window interface of iTunes better. The only thing iTunes lack is minimize to system tray, but its not a huge deal. But I'll keep Winamp 5 installed just to have an alternative player. I don't like the fact that winamp is not free anymore, at least not the "Pro" version.
    Quote this comment #33.2 Posted by divertom15 on 16 Dec 2003 - 21:02
    LMAO @ the faster thing yeah right
    Oooh oooh i do love how itunes installs all those useless services and a seperate exe just for the help system more ram im eating sepecialy' the exe for the ipod that i dont have running every time i run iTunes other programs run those services AS NEEDED not ALL the time oh and i love how the whole thing is built on top of quicktime so thats constantly running in the back too

    looks like the guys writing the windows version need to learn how to write programs on a pc or better yet learn how to use a pc
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #34 Posted by Jasco on 16 Dec 2003 - 07:04
    12th december build?
    http://www.warp2search.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15666 hmmmmmmm

    http://www.winamp.com/


    Last edited by 1422 on 16 Dec 2003 - 07:29
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #35 Posted by CrimandEvil on 16 Dec 2003 - 09:36
    Damn it doesn't play my AVI files. I have iTunes for music, I was hoping to ditch DIVX player for something better, I guess I'll keep it around though.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #36 Posted by nw|raptor on 16 Dec 2003 - 11:53
    yummy!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #37 Posted by sandman45654 on 16 Dec 2003 - 15:20
    Anyone else notice they can never seem to get mouse wheel support working right on the first try? On the color themes tab the scrolling direction is reversed and scrolling isn't limited to the window. You can keep scrolling even after you've reached the top or bottom of the list.



    Oh well small gripe on an otherwise great release.

    Last edited by 39412 on 16 Dec 2003 - 15:30
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