Winamp 5.5 released!
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Topic: Winamp 5.5 released!
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Subject: Winamp 5.5 released!
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 10:44
If you are using Windows XP/Vista and you don't know Winamp yet ... shame on you! You can download it from http://www.winamp.com - http://www.winamp.com .  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 10:46
Nothing beats Foobar! 
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 10:55
I might give Winamp a go seeing as I'm a member of emusic and you receive 50 free tracks to download if you download Winamp 5.5. ------------- 
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andu wrote:Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 11:13
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boy, I have it for over a month now! Is Mikey getting tardy on his hi-tech up-to-date equipement? ------------- 
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Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 11:49
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 11:59
yes, it seems like...  I also have it for over a month... it's my favourite music player |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 12:16
In fact I had the 5.5 beta installed for about 2 months ...  I just noticed that there was no thread about it - and since it is such a fabulous player a bit more promotion cannot hurt. BTW: Have you tried Milkdrop yet? *The* essential plugin. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 12:20
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Being fair to Winamp (except for it's visual design, which I find more or less kitsch), I must say that it does have many of the options which make my Foobar so great. But only if you pay for them...
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 12:28
please explain yourself... |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 12:43
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Milkdrop is a visualisation plugin. It comes with Winamp 5.5 ... from the winamp menu simply choose Visualisation -> Select Plugin, then select Milkdrop 2. You can configure the settings ... you should try to make sure that it runs full screen and that it uses a screen resolution that makes sense with your monitor (Usually you simply choose "Fake Fullscreen" so it uses your desktop resolution). Then all you do is to start the visualisation while some music is playing (ESC brings you back to the Desktop). ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 16:01
I have had 5.5. for about 2 weeks,I didn't know the upgrade was available a month ago.
I don't listen to music on my computer with anything other than Winamp,it's a great program. -------------  |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 16:08
Such as? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 16:13
Ripping CDs to Mp3? ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 16:16
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^ Who needs a media *player* for ripping CDs? I don't expect my ripping tool to have playback functionality either. By all means continue using Foobar ... but in that case you'll never be able to use Milkdrop. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 16:21
Probably those who the Pro version is addressing, as that's the only major difference from the free versions that I could spot... Anyway, I'm doing nothing but rocking the boat here for some fun  ,
but, regarding what you said, I still think it's great to have all
processes related to audio files centralized in one program. To each
his own ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 16:29
^ I still think that most people use specialized tools like CDex or EAC ... but like you said: to each his own. Still, you're missing out on Milkdrop.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 16:32
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What does it do?
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 16:45
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6drvtCyenQ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6drvtCyenQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHO9tHbPPKo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHO9tHbPPKo  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 17:56
| Wow. I've tried that Milkdrop, it's pretty good, although I must say some of the graphics made me feel sick! |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 19:20
thanks Mike, I 'll give it a try, although I don't normally use visualisations |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 19:22
I dislike it... and I'm being as amiable as possible about it. 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 07:12
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I bet you would love it if Foobar hat it.
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 07:20
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I think that it (Winamp 5.5) is on a par with both Foobar and Creative Labs Organiser (Bundled with my Creative mp3 player.)
Each have different pros and cons. I'm not fussed with the visulisations/plug-ins.When I play music through my PC I;m usually working or surfing on it so visulisations are surplus to requirement. The tagging and album art sections are impressive though.I feel a bit disappointed that you have to pay for the upgrade to rip and burn CDs in mp3 format when this is standard on most players. I'm impressed with the media section on Winamp.The free Winamp downloads are an excellent idea. -------------
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 08:21
I'd switch to my old CD player if that happened ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 08:22
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I'll never understand how people can be that stubborn. Well, you don't know what you're missing!
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 08:45
I'm not stubborn about anything, it's just that I've an education in arts and my profession is into arts too, so those vizualisations creep my sense of art. Anyway, from what I see, the new Winamp is much better, if it had different (sober) graphics and it if it did not use so many resources, I would applaud it (while keeping my Foobar). I wouldn't even had interfered with the Winamp thread if you hadn't started it by saying all those not having the new Winamp should be ashamed ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 08:53
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1. What do you mean by "sober"? The new Bento skin is very minimalistic. 2. What's the problem with visualisation and arts? They're more like the light show of a rock/metal concert than a work of art. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 09:04
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1. Well, for example, I keep my Foobar on the default skin, which I like most; it's black and white, I'd say that's pretty sober. The design is also very simple. 2. A light show is a form of visual art, too. There are professional visualisations made by VJs who are video artists, those are great. I found the ones you linked terrible. But I don't say you shouldn't like them, de gustibus non est disputandum. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 09:06
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^ no problem, the tendency to bash other people's recommendations is common around here. You tend to get a thick skin!
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 09:09
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Actually I admire your sense of calm and debate Mike, is that typically German or is it just you?
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 02 2007 at 09:13
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I've had my fair share of heated debates ... I've found that often I can make my point more effectively by letting the opposing views stand as they are. In this case people can try out Foobar, Winamp, Milkdrop etc. and make up their own mind. I love watching Milkdrop ... there are hundreds of presets, some are quite artistic, some are funny and hilarious, some aren't good at all IMO. The plugin even has a built-in rating system which you can use to vote out the presets you don't like. And if you're good at Maths you can even create your own presets, which is what some of the VJs do which you mentioned too.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 02:13
I use Winamp 5.33, don't bother updating it 
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 06:52
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I'm very impressed with Winamp 5.5. I backed up all of my files from my mp3 player into it yesterday.It's much easier to use for that purpose than the other players that I have (Foobar,Windows and Creative Labs).
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 07:47
Yeah - not. Why would you want to do that if you get FLAC, Ogg and others for free. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 07:57
Well, there is one reason - my dear MP3 player only accepts MP3 and WMA ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 14:01
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I'm presuming 5.5 is XP/Vista only, because it simply won't run under Win2K. I've always used WinAMP, but because 5.5 doesn't work, I've reverted back to 5.3 again. I actually use it in Classic Mode, because I made my own skin many years ago and like to use it. I don't need an MP3 burner on my player either, I use CDex. -------------   
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 15:24
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5.5 works fine with me, James. and I'm using XP. Milkdrop is cool, but I don't see that much difference from similar visualizations across WMP and WinAmp. Sonic Digital Home Media for all your CD burning processes.... ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 17:28
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I believe it works, Stonie, 'cause you're using XP. It installs for me fine, but then doesn't run once it is installed. I presume it's due to lack of Win2K support. -------------
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 07:52
| I downloaded 5.5. 30 seconds into the first track I listened to, it crashed. Not exactly a convincing start seeing as how I never had any problems with the previous version I had. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 07:58
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I use Windows Media Player 11 and am happy with it. Anyone have experience with that and WinAmp? Also does it play wma format digital music files? I've also tried Realplayer, and i-pod player program. Prefer WMP 11. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 10:56
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WinAMP can play any audio file if you have the plug-ins, from FLAC and OGG, through to WMA and WAV.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 07 2007 at 06:50
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I'm giving it a try. I see the album art is new for this version. That makes it comparable to Windows Media Player 11. Really just a different kind of interface. Many more stock visualizations if you're into that. Also free streaming video called Shoutcast TV all better resolution than You Tube, though not "on demand". (I'm not going to say anything about the porn, shhh!) It loaded up all my WMAs just fine including the album art. It doesn't play DVDs. WMP 11 does, but I don't like the interface. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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