With that said, it's still completely stable and provides full support for most common audio and video formats, especially Internet radio stations streaming ShoutCast streams. The culmination of the features that were added in various iterations of the program finally ended with version 5. It's also fully compatible with almost all modern versions of Windows including Windows XP and Vista. additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library. It's a media player that supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. Although the main web site does not contain the library of free visualizations that were available in years past, there are a number of sites where you can download these files which can be placed in the corresponding folder. With skins in mind, you can also run a few of the included spectral visualizations that the program has. The layout of the media player is a classic style that supports complete customization with skins that are still available for download from sites across the web. With that said, Winamp really does kick the llama's ass.

Though there still is a community on the official web site, the new owners of the program have apparently not continued with its development which leaves us with the last stable version 5.666.

This Winamp download is actually the original version of the program before it ceased development. Though its hayday has ended, this very popular mp3, audio and Internet radio player still has a very strong following despite the demise of its former owner, Nullsoft. Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows.

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