An unofficial version of the long-established media player 'Winamp' officially compatible with Windows 10 is being developed by volunteers
The media player 'Winamp', which has a history of more than 20 years and still has many strong fans, has not been updated since version 5.8.3660 was released in 2018. However, the update itself is being continued by volunteers, and an unofficial version compatible with Windows 10 has been released.
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Winamp compatible with Windows 10 can be downloaded in ZIP format from the link at the end of the above blog article. The capacity is 21.6MB.
Unzip the downloaded 'Winamp-5.666-MULTI.zip' with
The installer will start, so click 'Next'.
Click 'Next' to start the installation.
After selecting your favorite skin, click 'Next'.
Click Finish to exit the installer.
When I started Winamp and played a music file, it worked fine on Windows 10.
I was able to play 4K / 60fps / H.264 / MPEG-4 AAC codec video files. It also supports DSP plug-ins.
Winamp is a media player for Windows developed by Justin Frankel of Nullsoft in 1997. It is highly expandable because it uses a plug-in method, and it is also compatible with Internet radio. There are also many fans. However, AOL , the parent company of Nullsoft, ended the distribution of Winamp in December 2013 and closed the official website. The last official release by AOL was version 5.666, and the beta version was up to version 5.7, Beta 13.3444.
Music player software 'Winamp' closed official website, download impossible --GIGAZINE
After that, some fans tried to open source and Microsoft considered acquisition, but Winamp's development project will eventually provide streaming radio service together with Internet radio service 'SHOUTcast'. Acquired by Radionomy .
What is the aim of the Internet radio service 'Radionomy' that acquired Winamp? --GIGAZINE
By OFFICIAL LEWEB PHOTOS
Radionomy has renewed the distribution site of Winamp and announced that 'Winamp will be back soon', but in 2015, more than half of the shares of Radionomy were bought up , and it will be the official version since version 5.66. Version 5.8.3660 was released in 2018, four years after the acquisition of Winamp by Radionomy. What's more, this version 5.8.3660 was released in a hurry because the beta version was unofficially leaked.
After that, Radionomy announced that it will release version 6 of Winamp in 2019, but there is no sound after that, and the latest version at the time of writing the article remains 5.8.3660.
The world-famous music player 'Winamp' will be revived in 2019 with cloud playback and streaming support --GIGAZINE
By Keng Susumpow
However, in the Winamp Community Update Project (WACUP), Winamp updates by volunteers are continuing, and this unofficial version for Windows 10 was also developed by WACUP even after the release of version 5.66. According to comments sent to the IT news site Hacker News, Darren Owen, a core member of WACUP, has been involved in the development of Winamp for many years with Justin Frankel.
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