Winamp 5 is out

[IceDigger]

Officially, not beta.

www.winamp.com

 

[Scared0o0Rabbit]

yup, good stuff. It was just enough to pull me back from itunes. I like how itunes will sort my music into directories and stuff for me, so I'll keep using it for that, but winamp 5 seems to load MUCH faster than itunes, and seems all around less bloaty (especially when you use the old school winamp2 skin).

 

[CrazyGoon]

Winamp 2.xx skins don't work with version 5, right?

 

[ChiBangin101]

I recommend QCD Player.

http://quinnware.com/

I just don't like the original skin.

Originally posted by CrazyGoon@Dec 19, 2003 @ 02:43 AM

Winamp 2.xx skins don't work with version 5, right?

No, they work.

 

[Curtis]

Everything that I have that is 2.x works fine in 5 (all plugins). I've noticed a few stability issues, but as a whole, a vast improvement over 3.

 

[PUNJABEE]

Ive never upgraded from 2.xx. Never saw a reason to. The new versions are just bloatware.

 

[IceDigger]

Havent noticed any real difference in cpu usage from 2.x to 5. Although I am running it on a p4 3.2c

 

[Scared0o0Rabbit]

I notice a slightly longer delay on opening the program on my athlon 2600+, however it's also opening more stuff, like the playlist creator and organizer and stuff.

 

[Lyzel]

I love it! looks much better!

 

[Ape]

my problem with 5 is that it likes to change the way songs look in my playlist, it fucks up displaying all of my songs without id3 tags. gonna downgrade back to 2.91 soon.

 

[IceDigger]

5.01 already out. That was fast.

Winamp 5.01:

* fixed gen_ml selection bug

* added gen_ml option for no guessing at all

* made AVS and SPS support loop() in user code

* made AVS support megabuf() in user code

* made pro installer not prompt for regkey if already valid

* improved font directory retrieval in gen_ff

* added content rating system in Internet TV's listing

* added bandwidth usage statistic in Internet Radio/TV listings

* made media library guess from filename only when NO metadata found

* added seperate recent items tracking options for files/streams

* made installer better handle installing wa5 directly over wa3.

* added milkdrop docs to installer

* made uninstaller not remove winamp directory if not empty (user is

now required to do so manually to avoid people going "oops")

* made installer check sonic px.dll versions and prompt for reboot

accordingly

* fixed nsv metadata querying bugs

* fixed gen_ml guessing bugs for files with metadata that are not in DB

 

[Tagrineth]

I love their bullet points on the front page - "Most stuff actually works!"

 

[NR Pickle]

I'm not even going to visit the web page lol. winamp 3 serves my purposes fine and dandy.

 

[IceDigger]

You still have winamp 3? Egads man what has possesed you? Time to perform an exorcism on your computer to get that off.

 

[NR Pickle]

lol, nothing wrong with 3. Besides, I don't want to have to redo my playlists. I went to the trouble of making a toolbar on my taskbar that has different albums etc on it.