Winamp Is Back, Netizens Are Nostalgic
Winamp is rumored to be making a comeback after disappearing for several years, yes winamp which is a legendary music player application has disappeared for several years. This happened because of the onslaught of the music streaming era. After several years of disappearing winamp returned with encouraging news, the article this legendary MP3 player will return, then what features will this latest version of winamp bring?
Winamp has just recently issued its first release after a development that lasted approximately four years. Winamp is said to have disappeared because its development has been stopped since the release of version 5.666 in 2013, but it can be said that in October 2018 they returned due to the leak of Winamp 5.8 information on online forums.
Since the leak, winamp developers have promised to bring winamp again in its latest version which supports cloud streaming and other more modern features. Some time ago, winamp developers kept their promise by releasing winamp 5.9 RC1 Build 9999. You can download the latest version of the application at the link http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=458120.
This latest version of Winamp still looks more or less the same in terms of appearance as it did a dozen years ago. This application also of course still supports MP3 players and various other music formats, complete with skins and visualizations that make it look more unique.
Although not much has changed, the main purpose of releasing this new version is to upgrade the code from Visual Studio 2009 to Visual Studio 2019. After this upgrade process is complete, the winamp development team will add new features and capabilities to this application as they promised.
As a result of this change, winamp can only be installed on devices running Windows 7 SP1 or later. For Windows 11, of course, you can because Winamp already supports the latest operating system from Microsoft.
"This is the culmination of four years of work since the release of version 5.8. Two teams of developers, and a period of pause caused by the pandemic," wrote the Winamp 5.9 RC1 Build 9999 changelog, as quoted by Bleeping Computer, Wednesday (3/8/2022).
"For users, it doesn't seem like there are many changes, but the biggest and hardest part was moving the entire project from VS2008 to VS2019 and getting everything built successfully. The foundation is now laid, and we can now concentrate on the features. Either fixing/replacing the old or adding the new," he continued.
Since this version is not the final version of winamp, it is not impossible that there will still be bugs and problems that will be reported by users in this trial period. Some of the issues that have been reported include the Milkdrop visualization feature, various UI issues, and old plugins that no longer work.
Going forward, winamp will add a number of new features, these include native support for opus, ogv/ogm, TS, H.265, HLS, and VP9 formats as well as support for the latest online services.
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