Winamp 5 Beta

[Veedems Veteran]

i dont understand how music from a 16bit audio CD, lossy encoded, can sound better in foobar regardless if the soundcard is 16bit or 24bit

then again, i don't have a 24bit sound card...

I don't now either but if you coulod hear it, you would be like whoa

I had the mad mp3 plugin, deleted the in_mp3.dll, copied over the mad.dll (I cant' remember the file name, not ath home right now, at work right now) from a previous winamp install that I had backed up, now using 24 bit on an Audigy card, works fine.

I used the mad plugin from winamp 2 plugins but it just doesn't sound as good as foobar. I don't know what the heck foobar is doing but my music sounds alot richer and the equalizer infoobar is all zero'd out, so it's not that and I have replaygain off.

[eSouL]

I used the mad plugin from winamp 2 plugins but it just doesn't sound as good as foobar. I don't know what the heck foobar is doing but my music sounds alot richer and the equalizer infoobar is all zero'd out, so it's not that and I have replaygain off.

does foobar has a good wma plugin?

[Veedems Veteran]

does foobar has a good wma plugin?

yes, it does, but pelase give winamp a try. I am not trying to be a fanboy and convert people to foobar., so please gove both a try and see which suits your needs best.

[dewy]

Winamp 5 = ownage i like it :D:D:D:D

[intoksicated]

everything is good except that there's no crossfader... i like crossfader...

or maybe there is i just can't find it...

then maybe theres none...

[Bizkit]

I like it. And I would like to see how good the full speed cd ripping and burning are, then I would think of getting the pro version.

[SpeaR]

I checked out both the releases, iTunes and Winamp and imo I'm kinda dissapointed by iTunes. There's nothing new in it, the memory it uses is the same as the app made by Aqua Soft. As far as Winamp is concerned it can use all the mem it wants coz it just owns :)

Ok so the skin is made by Bartman, Imo it owns and he should try to change the buttons coz they ar'nt his style and resemble the MP buttons a lot, maybe he did the MP skin as well ? Who knows ?

This if coded properly will be the best Winamp release ever :)

[Damien_Old]

Ok so the skin is made by Bartman, Imo it owns and he should try to change the buttons coz they ar'nt his style and resemble the MP buttons a lot, maybe he did the MP skin as well ? Who knows ?

This if coded properly will be the best Winamp release ever :)

I was wondering why the 'modern' WA5 skin was familiar in 'feel'... That answers it.

[cat0]

everything is good except that there's no crossfader... [snip]

or maybe there is i just can't find it...

There is a crossfader. Just head over to options->preferences->output->directsound output-bla-bla-bla->configure->fading-> and configure it to suit your needs. :)

That works in the 2.9x versions [and possibly earlier ones as well.]

[altezza Veteran]

I think I'll stick with current 2.91, just wait and see first.

[crookram]

ok, can anybody who's got WA5 tell me what exactly is the improvement over WA2? mind, i don't care about media libraries or funky skins. so how about the audio engine? has that improved? how is the handling of VBR mp3's, any improvements there?

i get the distinct impression everybody is only going "OMGOMGOMG" just because they're being swept up in the hype. or is it really such an amazing improvement over v2?

[AndyD]

You can't auto hide anymore??!?? I used to love using the NonStep skin for WinAmp3 but it seems like the autohide option is gone making the skin unpratical. Or am I missing something?

[Trust]

Just in case that someone out there dont have it

http://www.woodclanland.pwp.blueyonder.co....50beta_full.exe

[ahfunaki]

warning to anyone using itunes, be careful you dont let it reorganize your whole mp3 folder if you don't want it to.

I did mine...I was ****ed :angry:

[dtevol]

While Wa5 looks snazzy, I am gonna stick with Sonique2 Alpha (which runs just as well for me, resource wise, as Wa5 beta does).

[rpeterclark]

You can't auto hide anymore??!?? I used to love using the NonStep skin for WinAmp3 but it seems like the autohide option is gone making the skin unpratical. Or am I missing something?

Autohide is feature of the nonstep skin, not of WA, but you should be able to run the nonstep skin in WA5 if you wanted.

[archish]

winamp is dead fb2k is now the king

[-=SD=-]

I tried foobay yesterday, not really impressed, but I do have shotty speakers so the sound was the same using both but winamp just has a better looking interface ;)

[CloudEngineer]

downloaded and installed wa5 for the hell of it, not impressed..

long live foobar2000 :D

[-=SD=-]

How do I get to play WMA files with Winamp?

//EDIT http://windowsmedia.com/wmrm/wmrm.asp I get that page when I try to play one.

Edited October 17, 2003 by myie2_user

[AndyD]

Autohide is feature of the nonstep skin, not of WA, but you should be able to run the nonstep skin in WA5 if you wanted.

Well, I couldn't find any of the autohide options. Strange. I will have to check on it again when I get home.

[Veedems Veteran]

I tried foobay yesterday, not really impressed, but I do have shotty speakers so the sound was the same using both but winamp just has a better looking interface ;)

make sure you try it in 24bit play back

[123_kid]

How do I get to play WMA files with Winamp?

//EDIT http://windowsmedia.com/wmrm/wmrm.asp I get that page when I try to play one.

I think that's becaue the WMA file you tried to play has DRM.

[-=SD=-]

How do I get to play WMA files with Winamp?

//EDIT http://windowsmedia.com/wmrm/wmrm.asp I get that page when I try to play one.

I think that's becaue the WMA file you tried to play has DRM.

Is there a work-around for that?

[Dazog]

24 bit playback doesn't exsist!

All content is in 16 bit

ALL Of creative's products Don't support 24 bit PLAYBACK.

Only encoding.

Too bad you all believe what foobar tells you.

its a damn shame, people don't read anything for themselves nowadays.

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