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Winamp 5.5 beta

Posted At : September 25, 2007 7:28 AM | Posted By : Gary Gilbert
Related Categories: Winamp,Software

A lot of folks in my office here in Munich use Winamp over iTunes. It just seems to be more accepted than iTunes. It might be that iTunes won't let you connect and sync with two different computers, or it might be that they just want a player not all the other things that come with iTunes. Or it may be that Winamp "really whips the Llamas ass"?

Winamp was the first MP3 player I ever installed on my computer way back when the first one came out (93?). So I decided to give it another go and installed the 5.35 version. It's a relatively simple install and what was really important was that it recognized my iPod as soon as I plugged it up.

I was able to able to immediately start playing songs contained on my iPod and also sync up my local music to my IPod, and no message about my iPod being registered to another computer.

They also have their 5.5 version out as a beta. I did have a few problems syncing to my iPod but they may have fixed that problem with preview 2.

You can download the free 5.35 version for yourself or try the beta 5.5 version.

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TomasF's Gravatar Or it might be that they don't like the heap of manure that is iTunes. In my experience Apple software is the main reason for Windows machines acting like Apple says all Windows machines do (unstable, application crashes, etc). Like most fellow admins, I will go to great lengths to avoid Apple-software-infestation on machines under my control.

I haven't used Winamp for 5 years orso, but since I haven't really found any player that I feel very happy with, I decided to try the 5.5 beta a couple of weeks ago, and it seems very nice... it now has a very usable unified UI skin too.
# Posted By TomasF | 9/26/07 7:57 AM
J.Mihai's Gravatar I use winamp also, and its the most used music player from what I know. It has lots of nice things and except that alot of cool themes / skins.

That makes the difference, in my opinion.

Kind regards,
J.Mihai
http://www.jmihai.ro
# Posted By J.Mihai | 12/14/07 9:01 AM
Marius's Gravatar Winamp is in my opinion THE BEST music player. And with the latest moves made by winamp I am sure this software for audio will be soon all over the places, replacing iTunes, WMP or any other soft like this. The reason is simple, it has a large community behind it, like wordpress joomla or any other similar software that has a common use.

Marius
http://www.mariuskl.wordpress.com
# Posted By Marius | 12/15/07 5:59 AM
lemurc's Gravatar Hy guys
I like very much the classic version of Winamp. I really do not like the the latest versions...the themes are not very interesting.
Also, I think that Winamp is just an addiction that came from Windows. There are many other players that are really good.


Lemurc
# Posted By lemurc | 1/4/08 2:21 PM
JOC's Gravatar Guys, I like this confruntation..but i still think winamp is the best.
# Posted By JOC | 1/7/08 9:13 AM
Halifax SEO's Gravatar Winamp all the way.
It has a large community behind it and you have many choses.

best regards
krumek
http://www.norex.ca/
# Posted By Halifax SEO | 1/14/08 3:19 PM
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