Winamp is a free media player software available for Windows. Almost all PC users make Winamp their main media player, apart from being lightweight, this application is also known for having a variety of interesting features that can provide the best experience when playing media files.
The application, which was originally developed by AOL, has been retired for several years and cannot be downloaded on the official website, but now Winamp can be downloaded again starting in October 2018 after being acquired by the owner of Nullsoft, namely Belgian Radionomy.
Not only that, the newly launched Winamp also supports new versions of Windows, including Windows 8 and Windows 10. Besides that, this legendary music player application is also available on Android. There are many improvements and changes in the latest Winamp at this time, and no less interesting, now we can reuse Winamp completely for free, aka freeware without a penny.
Winamp Features
Even though it was retired for a few years, Winamp still retains some of its excellent features. The following are some of the excellent features embedded in the Winamp music player application:
1. Supports a variety of music formats
If you like playing music in a rather strange and rarely used format, you don't have to worry about the music not playing. The reason is, Winamp supports many music formats, including MP3, MIDI, MOD, AAC, FLAC, WAV, WMA, and so on.
Not only that, the application that was born in 1999 is also the first music player application that is widely used to play Ogg Vorbis on Windows. Interestingly, this application also supports CD management, including playing and importing music from CDs to burning music to CDs.
2. Media library
When first installed, Winamp will automatically scan all the music owned by the user to be added to the media library database embedded in Winamp.
Not only music file names are displayed, on the Media Library tab the information displayed on each music is also quite complete, starting from the date, frequency, and so on.
3. Add album art and tags
By using this application you can not only play music, but you can also use it to add album art and tags to music, such as artist name, release date, composer, and so on.
4. Lots of plug-ins available
Not satisfied with the default features? No need to worry, because with Winamp you can use additional plug-ins to add new features. There are many plug-ins that you can use, including plug-ins for displaying sound graphics, DSP or audio effects, alarms, and so on.
5. Lots of skins available
Tired of the same Winamp look? No need to switch to another application, because Winamp provides a variety of skins that are quite interesting. By using skins the Winamp interface will change according to the skins you choose. There are many theme skins available, including anime themed skins.
Release Notes
- Improved compatibility for Windows 8.1 and 10.
- Added browsing path and title edit function in editor Ctrl + E.
- Improved playlist search feature.
- Memory usage fixes.
- Fixed wrong icon pack in preferences.
- Fixed playback issues.
- The minimum recommended operating system is Windows 7 or higher.
- All Pro features (paid) are now 100% free to use.
- Ripping CD players now use native Windows APIs instead of Sonic.
- MP3 Decoder is now based on mpg123 not Fraunhofer.
- AAC and H.264 Decoder using Media Foundation.
Download the Latest Winamp
- Latest Version: 5.9 Build 9999 RC4
- Publisher: Nullsoft
- Operating System: Windows
- Application Category: Multimedia
- License: Freeware