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Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: red on October 16, 2007, 11:56:05 AM
Has allsorts of toys and an interface update, anyone else like it?



Whats New in Winamp 5.5?

    * A Completely Redesigned Interface, including Album Art
    * Multiple device support, including iPods
    * Access and Share Your Music and Videos with Winamp Remote
    * Play and Playlist the Best Music on the Web with Media Monitor
    * Get Artist & Concert News, Videos & more with Smart Search
    * Enjoy Dynamic Song Recommendations
    * Experience MP3 Surround Sound Support
    * Access to Thousands of Online Radio Stations, Videos and More!
    * 50 FREE MP3 Music Downloads compliments of eMusics 2-week Trial
    * Auto-Tagger provides automatic updates to file information
    * Control Winamp From Your Browser with the Winamp Toolbar


etc....
Title: Re:New winamp 5.5
Post by: Shakey on October 16, 2007, 16:22:01 PM
Does it actually start within 2 minutes of clicking the icon now?
Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: Sam on October 16, 2007, 16:35:41 PM
Sorry do people still use that program?
Title: Re:New winamp 5.5
Post by: Quixoticish on October 16, 2007, 16:41:10 PM
Good old Winamp. This version is good, the only thing I dont like is not having the playlist as a separate window to the big media library thing. Still does the job for me a damn sight better than any of the other players on the market, and knocking it back to the classic skin gives it a tiny memory footprint.
Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: Sam on October 16, 2007, 18:01:32 PM
Ah the good old memory argument. Well I can live with the extra 20 bytes that itunes or WMP uses up on my 4gig system.
Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: red on October 16, 2007, 22:54:10 PM
I dont think your sarcasm is obvious enough sam.


Like/dislike is subjective.
Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: Quixoticish on October 16, 2007, 23:58:25 PM
Quote from: SamAh the good old memory argument. Well I can live with the extra 20 bytes that itunes or WMP uses up on my 4gig system.

I just like it, personal taste. Ive tried a multitude of others and always end up back with Winamp, no particular reason including the memory one. It just does what I need it to.
Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: White Giant on October 17, 2007, 06:27:57 AM
Quote from: Chris HI just like it, personal taste. Ive tried a multitude of others and always end up back with Winamp, no particular reason including the memory one. It just does what I need it to.

Ditto.
Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: red on October 17, 2007, 09:40:13 AM
so anyone like it?
Title: Re:New winamp 5.5
Post by: soopahfly on October 17, 2007, 10:00:24 AM
I prefer winamp to WMP and Itunes, because of the easy to use queueing system.  DJing at a party?  Press J to enqueue different songs :D
Title: Re:New winamp 5.5
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on October 17, 2007, 10:43:40 AM
I went off it as soon as it turned into ad filled bloatware.

Foobar is the best music player, WMP is good as a jack of all trades.
Title: Re:New winamp 5.5
Post by: Quixoticish on October 17, 2007, 10:49:28 AM
Quote from: Clockd 0NeI went off it as soon as it turned into ad filled bloatware.

Foobar is the best music player, WMP is good as a jack of all trades.

When did Winamp get ads in it? I must have missed that one....  :?:
Title: Re:New winamp 5.5
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on October 17, 2007, 11:23:42 AM
Some time around version 3 Im sure.

Maybe Im inventing it, but I seem to clearly remember having to switch off a load of internal browser ad based crap as soon as it loaded up. And it was buggy and had a crap interface.
Title: Re:New winamp 5.5
Post by: neXus on October 17, 2007, 11:38:35 AM
AOL run it now dont they rather then the original guys?
AOL likes bloated software, use bandwidth for random crap you do not want and like to have lots of hidden things running in the background
Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: red on October 17, 2007, 12:40:53 PM
only if you are retarded enough to tick everything and not read what your installing.
Title: New winamp 5.5
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on October 17, 2007, 13:40:28 PM
used winamp for years.... no ads ever. Only thing it tries to install is the emusic trial... but thats crap, and you just untick the box when installing.
Title: Re:New winamp 5.5
Post by: FaT LeoN on October 17, 2007, 19:55:42 PM
v2.80 1st may 2002 Still good for me!

If it aint broke, dont fix it!