Talk about winamp it’s a non-stop journey down nostalgia lane. The popular MP3 music player had to be installed on any PC in order to enjoy the songs stored on the hard drive, certainly obtained from the P2P platform or torn CD. If you are at least thirty, it is impossible that you do not use it at least once in your life. And we have good news for you: Winamp is still alive.
Its developers have recently released first software update in four years. As posted on the Winamp forum, version 5.9 RC1 can now be downloaded and installed, which includes several new features. Most of the changes are internal, so those who use it will certainly not notice major changes in the aesthetic section.
“This is the culmination of 4 years of work since the release of version 5.8.
Two development teams and a break between them caused by the pandemic. To the end user, it may not seem like much change, but the biggest and most difficult part was migrating the entire project from VS2008 to VS2019 and building it successfully. We’ve laid the groundwork and can now focus more on features, either fixing/replacing old ones or adding new ones,” the captioned post reads. DJ egg.
One of the most important points of Winamp 5.9 RC1 is improved compatibility with Windows 11; while the oldest version it supports is Windows 7 SP1. Other optimizations have also been included at the level of the library, playlists, directories podcast and device information, among several others, and so on. In addition, the developers have set a list of features they will be working on for version 5.9.1 of the software.
Winamp wants to be on everyone’s lips again
Winamp’s first update in 4 years had a lot of hurdles to overcome. Let’s not forget that radionomy announced in 2018 that version 6.0 would come a year later and be sort of an all-in-one. That is a single place to listen to music, podcast and internet radio stations. It has even been announced that new iOS and Android apps will be added to it. However, this promise was never realized.
In fact, we lost sight of Winamp for three years. It wasn’t until November 2021 that we had news again with the announcement of the logo change and its relaunch as “a unique space for music creators”. A few months later, we stumbled upon at least one update, which is a sign that work is really being done to ensure that the popular MP3 player is not forgotten.
It goes without saying that despite the updates that each new version can bring, Winamp has already become a cult object. To the point that fans have created an online museum where you can take a tour of their mythical designs. Although a few months ago it was announced that leather The original player will be auctioned off as an NFT.
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