Winamp
is a media player for Windows , Android , and OS X is developed and
vary by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev by their company Nullsoft ,
which they then sold to AOL . Since version 2 has been sold as a freemium and support extended with
plug-ins and skins , and visualization features music , playlist , and
media library , supported by a huge online community .1
version of Winamp was released in 1997 , and quickly grew popular with
more than 3 million downloads , a parallel trend is the development of
MP3 ( music ) file sharing . Winamp 2.0 was released on September 8 , 1998. Version 2.x is widely used and made Winamp one of the most Windows applications downloaded . In 2000 , Winamp has over 25 million registered users .Poor reception for the 2002 rewrite , Winamp 3 , followed by the
release of Winamp 5 in 2003 , and the subsequent release of version 5.5
in 2007.danCangggih playback format more than others
Winamp
supports playback of music very much following are descriptions of each
are using MP3 , MIDI , MOD , MPEG - 1 audio layers 1 and 2 , AAC , M4A ,
FLAC , WAV and WMA . Winamp is one of the first common music players on Windows to support playback of Ogg Vorbis by default . It supports gapless playback for MP3 and AAC , and ReplayGain for volume leveling across tracks . CD support includes playing and import music from audio CDs , optionally with CD - Text , and burning music to CDs . The
standard version limits maximum speed and burn datarate , the " Pro "
version removes these limitations Winamp supports playback of Windows
Media Video and Nullsoft Streaming Video .. For
MPEG Video , AVI and other unsupported video types , Winamp uses
Microsoft's DirectShow API for playback , allowing playback of most
video formats supported by Windows Media Player . 5.1 Surround sound is supported where formats and decoders allow .media Library
At installation , Winamp scans the user's system for media files to add to the Media Library database . It supports full Unicode filenames and Unicode metadata for media files . In the Media Library user interface pane , under Local Media , several
selectors ( Audio , Video , date and frequency ) permit display of
subsets of media files with greater detail .Adding album art and track tags
Get Album Art allows taking cover art , and confirmation before adding images to the database . Tagging automatically analyzes the sound track using the Gracenote service and ID2 and ID3 song takes metadata .podcatcher
Winamp
can also be used as an RSS media feeds aggregator capable of displaying
articles, downloading or playing that same content as streaming media .
SHOUTcast Wire provides a directory and RSS subscription system for podcasts .Media player device support
Winamp has extendable support for portable media players and Mass
Storage Compliant devices , Microsoft PlaysForSure and ActiveSync , and
sync unprotected music to iPod .media
Monitor
Winamp
Media Monitor allows web -based browsing blog sites and bookmark music
and automatically offering for streaming or downloading all MP3 files in
there . Media Monitor preloaded with music blog URL .Winamp Remote
Winamp Remote allows remote playback ( streaming ) media files protected on a user's PC via the Internet . Far adjust the bitrate based on available bandwidth , and can be
controlled by a web interface , Wii , PS3 , Xbox 360 and mobile phones .Plug - ins
In February 1998 , Winamp was rewritten as a " general purpose audio player " with a plug-in architecture . This feature was well received by reviewers Development was early , diverse , and fast : .. 66 plugins were published by November 1998 The Winamp software
development kit ( SDK ) allows software developers to create seven
different types of plug -in [
Input : decode certain file formats .
Output : sends data to the device or file specified .
Visualization : provides a graphical voice activated .
DSP / Effect : manipulates audio for special effects .
General Purpose plug-ins add convenience or UI features ( Media Library , alarm clock , or pause when logged out) .
Media Library plug - ins add functionality to the Media Library plug -in .
Portable plug - in support for portable media players . [ 20 ]The
plug -in supports the development of Winamp for increased flexibility ,
for example , a large number of plug - ins for game console music files
such as NSF , [ 21 ] USF , GBS , [ 22 ] GSF , [ 23 ] SID , [ 24 ] VGM ,
[ 24 ] SPC , [ 24 ] and PSF2 PSF .Skins
Skins
are bitmap files that change the aesthetic design of the Winamp
graphical user interface ( GUI ) and can add functionality , with
scripting . [
25 ] Winamp published documentation on skin creation [ 26 ] in 1998
with the release of Winamp 2 , and Winamp invite users to publish skins
on Winamp.com . In 2000 there were nearly 3000 Winamp skin available . [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The ability to use Winamp skins contributed to the popularity of the early development of MP3 . [
29 ] With the increasing amount of available skin , skin developed
genre or category , such as " Stereo " , " Anime " , and " Ugly " . Online
communities such as designer leather Skinz.org 1001Skins.com and has
contributed thousands of designs ; [ 30 ] [ 31 ] also in GnomeArt [ 32 ]
Designers see skins as an opportunity to be creative : . [ 33 ] nontraditional examples have included Klingon , iPod , and design Etch - a- sketch [ 34 ] is a Winamp skin format . The most popular , the most frequently adopted by other media player software , and can be used across platforms . [
35 ] One example is the XMMS player for Linux and Unix systems , which
can be modified using Winamp 2 skin files [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Winamp 5
supports two types of skin - . "
classic " skins designed for Winamp 2 specifications ( static
collections of bitmap images ) , and more flexible , freeform " modern "
skins per the Winamp 3 specification . Modern
skins support true alpha channel transparency , control scripting ,
docked toolbars , and other innovations to the user interface . [ 38 ]