Winamp 3.0 build #470

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Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. Version 3 includes many additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library.

News source: Betanews

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Download: Winamp3 Beta 3 Build 470 SDK (540KB)

Download: Winamp3 Beta 3 Build 470 (1.74MB)

This is BETA software!, please use caution when installing it on your system

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#1 frogworm on 02 Apr 2002 - 07:23

winamp kicks the lama's a** , on my way to install it now. hope it fixes the crashing from last beta

(1 reply) #2 nant on 02 Apr 2002 - 08:02

Just a little clarification, this is a development build, not a public beta. Things might not work, external component will definatly won't work. Have fun. P.S. This is not "Winamp3 beta 3 build #470", it's just "Winamp 3.0 build #470"... It's a phase between beta 3 to beta 4 that will probably come in a few more builds. So if someone could please correct the title...

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#2.1 Neobond on 02 Apr 2002 - 14:54

at the risk of sounding like a final build I have modified the title to your requested one

I just want to note that this was post 2000 (for me) :dances: :knocked:

#3 wog boy on 02 Apr 2002 - 08:46

sweeeeeeeettt! sonique eat your heart out!

(2 replies) #4 mariusu on 02 Apr 2002 - 09:44

i have enough of betas, and i think winamp 3 is ready to be final!

#4.1 danieloli on 02 Apr 2002 - 12:32

I havn't looked at this version yet, but they are still missing some fundamental WA2 settings....

#4.2 nant on 02 Apr 2002 - 12:36

Of course they're lacking some settings, right now it's more important to finish Wasabi and the PL/ML/Grecenote components. All of the goodence of Winamp 2.x will be eventually put in Winamp 3.0 before it goes final. Have some trust in Nullsoft.

#5 nant on 02 Apr 2002 - 10:51

Not really... The PL and ML haven't been worked on a lot... There's time.

(1 reply) #6 AaronXP on 02 Apr 2002 - 11:24

Its taking longer to develop Winamp 3 than Windows XP, and its only one single app!

#6.1 wog boy on 03 Apr 2002 - 09:43

no its not.. winamp3 is acually built on wasabi and wasabi is the PLATFORM which they are developing at the same time as winamp3.

#7 Dclanz on 02 Apr 2002 - 11:28

Cool.

#8 mortensen on 02 Apr 2002 - 11:32

It's the development log that keeps me entertained.... it's really funny when the programmers of it can't even get it to run in debug mode, let alone normally. Sweet stuff.

(3 replies) #9 Peter_P4n on 02 Apr 2002 - 11:38

Nullsoft sucks. Winamp 3 has been beta since....since Windows 3.0 was hot! How can it take YEARS to develop a new version of a lame MP3 player?

#9.1 timdorr on 02 Apr 2002 - 12:56

lame mp3 player? Dude, develop a plugin or skin of this program and you'll see why it'd take them that long. The thing's more complex then the linux kernel. It's got it's own scripting language! Stuff like that is a bitch to implement....

#9.2 K-LineD on 02 Apr 2002 - 19:27

More complex than the linux kernel?? is that a fact????

#9.3 nant on 02 Apr 2002 - 20:00

He was kidding, duh... It Is complex, but not like the Linux kernel... Some people...

(1 reply) #10 nant on 02 Apr 2002 - 11:40

#8: But they always sort it out and it comes out better. People need to understand that Winamp 3.0 is just an app. that is being built upon a whole new platform, Wasabi, that is still being built. Wasabi will help to port Winamp 3.0 to Linux(there's already a working alpha version somewhere) and eventually to Mac, so when people say Winamp 3.0 has been in development for over two years now, they're just plain wrong... Lets see you guys code a whole coding platform that allows you to use the *same* code on three very different OSes. It's hard, but Nullsoft did it and all you can do is bitch. Sad.

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#10.1 Neobond on 02 Apr 2002 - 14:59

People are just jealous mate.. I even have to deal with it and I just have a web site, I dont code one of the most respected mp3 players in exsistence.

(1 reply) #11 timdorr on 02 Apr 2002 - 12:57

Just used this one and now it's down to using 4% of my CPU. Much better than the 10% of previous builds... Now I've just got to develop the components that I need from winamp into this thing, and I'm all set...

#11.1 aco on 02 Apr 2002 - 14:12

Working well for me too.

#12 grimman on 02 Apr 2002 - 13:41

the reason, i think, that it takes "longer for nullsoft to develop winamp3 which is only a single app, than it takes microsoft to develop windows xp" would probably be HORDES of programmers. might be my paranoia, but hell... seems like a reasonable excuse to me.

#13 Knoxca on 02 Apr 2002 - 14:19

Ya no kidding. Not to mention that Nullsoft won't release software until it is good and ready, and as bug-free as possible - unlike MS, who often release software that is half-broken and fix it later. Also, take a look at the change log, and like #12 said, you'll see there are 4 programmers. FOUR. Microsoft has THOUSANDS.

#14 Osiris on 02 Apr 2002 - 15:22

yea, another dodgey build to ruin my audio with.

#15 GrimSage on 02 Apr 2002 - 16:37

Works a lot better than previous builds. But Still no winamp 2.x skin support or a skin converter. At least not that I have found.

#16 hated on 02 Apr 2002 - 16:42

aww.. come on... give them a break, its not their fault they work soooo slow... its new company policies (remember they were bought by aol

fjv

#17 iconman on 02 Apr 2002 - 16:45

Hope this build fixes come bugs from v. 466

#18 nemo on 02 Apr 2002 - 17:16

ahahah shweeeeet

yes.. i just cant wait for Beta 4. shit what am i talking about? i want the full release!!!!!

#19 Gurm on 02 Apr 2002 - 19:43

My only gripe with Winamp3 is that ... well ... it doesn't do much. Doesn't sound better than Winamp 2, doesn't run better, doesn't do Plugins, lacks a lot of critical features... It'll be way cool when it's ready, or so I'm told - but in the meantime I see absolutely no reason to run it. Someone tell me if I'm wrong? I haven't tried the beta in a while. - Gurm

#20 bangbang023 on 02 Apr 2002 - 21:34

This release does use alot less of the CPU than previous builds which is good considering I'm only running a pIII 600mHz.

(2 replies) #21 Opio on 02 Apr 2002 - 22:15

Look ma, I'm famous

#21.1 Krome on 03 Apr 2002 - 07:32

Look ma... Lama bump my ass!

#21.2 wog boy on 03 Apr 2002 - 09:46

ma fetch my shot gun.. these 2 have to be taught a lesson.

#22 X E O N on 02 Apr 2002 - 22:23

this peice of sh***t rockss god i love AMP

#23 Mystical112 on 03 Apr 2002 - 01:09

siiin....can't wait till the final.........

#24 Gurm on 03 Apr 2002 - 20:51

#20, no offense, but... Winamp 2.79 uses 0% cpu on my machine. It doesn't even register. I'm trying to figure out how Winamp3 could possibly use any less? - Gurm

#25 hurting101 on 04 Apr 2002 - 02:56

Does this release still have the lag when you start it up?

#26 harry416 on 04 Apr 2002 - 18:48

considering this is beta im glad it runs at all. shows how far they have gotten with their scripting language. and winamp3 is heavily modular and cross platform. can't wait to see a single decent multimedia player for all platforms.....

#27 iconman on 05 Apr 2002 - 09:47

just the same as the prev. build

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