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Bad boys at Nullsoft have been developing the new Winamp 5.5 for over a year now. Winamp is celebrating its 10th anniversary next month, and to mark this event, they are releasing Winamp 5.5 (also known as Winamp 10th Anniversary Edition) on 10/10 at 10:10 am. The beta version of Winamp 5.5 is already out for testers.
Winamp 5.5 boasts an all-new unified interface called Bento Skin. If you are someone like me, who loves iTunes like interface, then you must this one! Unlike, the ugly old multiple window interface, Bento looks awesome with sleek black color and album art support.
Here’s a highlight of some of the new features seen in Winamp 5.5:
- A brand new unified user interface with album art support
- More Like This automatic playlist generator
- Media Monitor tool that automatically playlists playable songs from any web page
- Fully integrated browser with Smart Search functionality
- MP3 surround playback support
- Remote access to your music and videos on the web, compatible mobile devices, and TVs using Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360
- A custom Winamp browser toolbar with integrated Winamp playback controls [Coming Soon]
I was a great fan of Winamp some years ago, back then it so lightweight. All these years, especially after AOL took over Winamp, it seems like Winamp is now growing up to become more like iTunes.
[Via: Wired Blog]
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wrote, on September 16th, 2007
wow! looks exciting. Maybe its time to start using winamp again. Love winamp for being so fast and easy to use, but dont like the design of the program that much. Its a dilemma.
wrote, on September 16th, 2007
That is one nice skin but i find it too dark compared to itunes. Maybe a bit bluish would be better?
Its very nice change compared to the old winamp skin
wrote, on September 16th, 2007
I’ve been an official beta tester for winamp 5.5 for a few weeks now. there are still a few bugs to be worked out. It crashes without warning if i play a few songs and it can be reproduced.
there is great support for album art(though still not as good as media monkey’s) and tagging. This isn’t a humongous upgrade and the old skin had a bit more flexibility. Can’t wait for the final release.
wrote, on September 16th, 2007
wow! looks exciting.
wrote, on September 16th, 2007
Looks cool !
wrote, on September 16th, 2007
That is one nice skin. Thilak Thanks for nice post!
wrote, on September 16th, 2007
Winamp’s Rulezz!
wrote, on September 18th, 2007
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