Topic: 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...

https://www.techworm.net/2022/08/winamp-new-version-four-years.html

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?p=3223492 -- direct download link -- scroll to the top of the page if necessary.

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 Box.com account which is secure so people can feel free to download it instead if they want. Cheers.

https://app.box.com/s/c4u5mgqppezj5llhdqviluxihxwc03oo

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