The new Winamp 5.01

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-12-28 03:10pm

Man, I tell ya, you'll need something better than a 1Ghz cpu to run this without crapping down your system~ Gobbled 50% of my processor

I like the modern 2.x style skin, but it doesn't let you detatch the EQ -.- cmon

I'm sticking with the unofficial 2.95 until I upgrade my pootar

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-12-28 03:18pm

I have ditched winapm for iTunes mostly because the crapfilled Winamp 3

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2003-12-28 03:39pm

MMJB all the way!!

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-12-28 03:46pm

I'm wavering between Foobar2000 and Winamp 5 -- though WA5 using the classic skin isn't too bad.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-28 04:03pm

I haven't upgraded since 2.whatever.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-12-28 07:23pm

I tried 3 for a while. Got tired of it and went back to 2.

At first I was all like "winamp skins sucks, you can't really make whatever skin you like", but after using W3 I got tired and annoyed because I could never find the play button or the volume - every time I changed skins

Winamp 2 is the best mp3 player ever for me. It's "video player" is a bit annoying tho.

Tolya · Post by **Tolya** » 2003-12-28 08:00pm

Geez, I was reinstalling my system, so I thought "why not install the new winamp?". So I dloaded the 3 when it came out...and after two days of feeling increasingly frustrated...and after waiting like 10 seconds for an mp3 file to open...and then to watch how it eats 50% of processor usage...I got back to the 2.61, which is just perfect - small, lightweight and easy to operate.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-12-28 08:32pm

I'm using Winamp 2.9 at the moment. Had it for months.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-12-28 10:54pm

Winamp 3 isn't that bad- even runs okayish (as in as slow as mozilla(but people find mozilla acceptable, so meh)) on a PII-266 (haven't tried it on the PII-450, since it obviously doesn't run on Linux (heard rumors of a Linux port though- XMMS irritates me by the fact that it doesn't use GTK2).

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-12-28 11:08pm

I've been using Winamp 2.92 (IIRC) so anyway, I usually use XMMS when I'm running Linux.

The lack of GTK2 in XMMS doesn't bother me much. At least it works and isn't too clumsy.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-12-29 12:00am

Using 3.0c here... I haven't had any problems and I see no need to change versions.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2003-12-29 01:15am

i'm still using 2.9, though i'll use W3 for .ogg files. does anyone know if the new winamp version supports .ogg vorbis?

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2003-12-29 01:30am

It does. IIRC, it comes with an inbuilt ripper for Ogg Vorbis, but you need to get a paid version if you want an MP3 ripper that can do the same bitrates as the .ogg one.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-29 01:59am

I can run Photoshop, surt the 'Net, and have MSN and AIM open, all while using v2.81.

That's why I like it.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2003-12-29 02:49am

I rather like the skinning engine in Winamp 5, plus it's the first version to support non-English encoding without an additional plugin (Tixsoft Fontplug is running close to 4 years without an update, and there are numerous bugs in it, so I don't want to rely on it). On the downside, it consumes a bit under half of my CPU cycles and takes close to 10 seconds to load with Winamp 3 style skins, which are required for international text support. I'll stick with Winamp 2.92 for now, thanks.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-12-29 10:20am

I've been using WMP3 since it came out, I've never had any problems whatsoever.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-12-29 10:24am

I use Winamp 2.72 German, and won't even consider changing.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-12-29 03:00pm

Versions prior to the second release of WA2.81 have a security flaw in them, by the way.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2003-12-29 03:25pm

phongn wrote:Versions prior to the second release of WA2.81 have a security flaw in them, by the way.

Part of the reason why I use 2.9something.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-01-13 03:57am

Which of these programs have that ability I heard where it keeps the volume same for all songs in a playlist?

Wild Karrde · Post by **Wild Karrde** » 2004-01-13 05:37am

Shinova wrote:Which of these programs have that ability I heard where it keeps the volume same for all songs in a playlist?

iTunes has that, don't know about the others though.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-01-13 11:36am

Shinova wrote:Which of these programs have that ability I heard where it keeps the volume same for all songs in a playlist?

There are plugins available for Winamp (Rocksteady is an example) that do what is called "dynamic compression" to make the loud parts not so loud and the quiet parts louder. Don't use it, such things are evil.

Another tool is called ReplayGain, which essentially writes a bit of information to the ID3 tag telling your player to adjust the volume on a per-file basis. It is not dynamic compression, however.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-01-13 02:24pm

Okay Winamp 5 is CRAP!

Don't know what did it prob som DRM stuff or sumthing but it broke my computer.

Install Winamp and restart= No CD Drives!

Uninstall, Reboot = No CD Drives!

Rollback to Sunday = CD Drives.

Nullsoft BITE ME and GO TO HELL!

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-01-13 03:49pm

3.0d and perfectly satifisyed. I've got enough ram and processor power to reasonably pull it off. It's not the fastest but meh.

Luzifer's right hand · Post by **Luzifer's right hand** » 2004-01-13 04:51pm

I was a die-hard winamp(2.72 German) user until a few weeks ago. I bought a new cd and it wouldn't let me add it to my playlist or even want to find it. I tried WMP3 and 5, but I still had the same problem.
I use Quintessential Player 4.1 now and I'm happy with it.(the defaul skin sucks but you can download others)

0 % of processor use and 8.800 Kb Ram on my xomputer