For All You Music Buffs... A new Winamp build after 4 years in development.

[keynote]

Remember one of the first and most excellent media players on the internet? Winamp by Nullsoft quit work on Winamp many years ago. Still, a few software developers restarted the project and now there is a brand new version which was four years in developing its newest release that became available on July 27, 2022. And if you've been around the block a few times you probably remember the very positive reviews Winamp garnered from the press and online review sites. Well, it's back and better than ever IMO. I wanted to post the links regarding the new version including a direct link to download it if you would like to give it a try. Without further adieu...

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PS: The Winamp Forum website is not totally secure i.e. no HTTP"s"... FYI, I experienced no red flag virus alert on my PC when I visited the site to download the new Winamp version. Really amazing sound quality and kudos to the developer team for keeping Winamp alive and kickin'. 🎶

All the best,
Mike

[Lee Batchelor]

Thanks for the heads up, Mike! I had forgotten all about Winamp.

[keynote]

You're welcome, Lee!  I went ahead and posted the improvements, fixes, and updates for the new version in case some forum members didn't feel comfortable visiting an insecure website. I also uploaded the new version to my Guets are not allowed to view links. In order to access the links, please Register or Login account which is secure so people can feel free to download it instead if they want. Cheers.

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Winamp 5.9 RC1 Build 9999

Winamp 5.9
* Improved: Windows 11 compatibility
* Improved: Playback of https:// streams
* Improved: Updated and tidier generate html playlist code
* Improved: [in_mkv] vp8 support
* Improved: [in_mod] Playback of .itz, .mdz, .s3z & .xmz compressed modules
* Improved: [ml_wire] New working Podcast Directory
* Improved: [out_ds] Display device information correctly in Unicode format
* Fixed: [in_midi/in_mkv/nu/pfc] memory leaks
* Fixed: [in_mp3] id3 empty genre displayed as Blues or Psychobilly
* Fixed: [jnetlib/ml_online/ml_wire] JSAPI2 JavaScript API
* Misc: lame_enc & libsndfile now static links instead of dynamic dll
* Misc: libmpg123, libflac & zlib now static links instead of dynamic dll
* Misc: libalac.dll added to Shared folder as part of alac update
* Misc: Major compiler refactoring work
* Misc: Many more general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
* Misc: Minimum required OS is now Windows 7 SP1
* Misc: New online Help section and articles
* Misc: SDK now compatible with VS2017 and newer
* Misc: Versioning syntax changed to v5.x.x
* Misc: Winamp\Microsoft.VC142.CRT runtimes now installed on Win7/8
* Removed: Bento Browser tab - So long, and thanks for all the fish!
* Updated: [alac/in_mp4] ALAC 2017-11-03-c38887c5
* Updated: [enc_lame] LAME 3.100.1
* Updated: [freetype.wac] freetype 2.12.1
* Updated: [gif] giflib 5.1.4
* Updated: [in_cdda] libdiscid 0.6.2
* Updated: [in_flac/enc_flac] libFLAC 1.3.4
* Updated: [in_mod] libopenmpt 0.7.0 & Portaudio 19.7.0
* Updated: [in_mp3] libmpg123 1.29.3
* Updated: [in_vorbis] libogg 1.3.5 & libvorbis 1.3.7
* Updated: [in_wave] libsndfile 1.1.0
* Updated: [OpenSSL] OpenSSL 3.0.3
* Updated: [png] libpng 1.6.37
* Updated: [vp8] WebM libvpx 1.11.0
* Updated: [zlib] zlib 1.2.12