Today, AOL (owner of the project) has announced the termination of support for Winamp - one of the most popular multimedia players. This means that new versions of the program will no longer be, as Winamp.com site and associated web services will cease to exist.
It is worth noting that Winamp for Windows - it is not just "another music player", but a whole epoch, which played a huge role in the development of the format mp3, which, in turn, remade under her whole music industry. However, we will not now remember all the merits of this legendary program and wipe tears of regret, but boldly and joyfully look into the future. Here are five multimedia programs that are easy to replace Winamp you.
Of course, in one review is impossible to cover all the existing players, so we have identified those key features, the spirit of lightness and versatility, which had earlier Winamp, and tried to find the most appropriate counterparts.
- formats: .CDA, .AAC, .AC3, .APE, .DTS, .FLAC, .IT, .MIDI, .MO3, .MOD, .M4A, .M4B, .MP1, .MP2, .MP3, .MPC, .MTM, .OFR, .OGG, .OPUS, .RMI, .S3M, .SPX, .TAK, .TTA, .UMX, .WAV, .WMA, .WV, .XM.
- Interface: two modes - single window and a separate, support skins
- Media Library: Yes
- Plug-ins: Yes
- Additional functions: equalizer, tag editor, converter, online radio, downloads artwork, alarm clock and so on.
The most successful competitor Winamp today. With a huge number of settings and functions, has managed to keep at the same time light weight and excellent speed. The project is being actively developed and has a large army of fans, who are constantly developing new skins and add-ons. In short, this Winamp in his youth, before he became a great and tired.
- formats: MP3, * AAC / M4A, OGG, WMA *, MPC, APE, FLAC, WAV, WMV, * AVI, * MP4, * MKV, etc.
- Interface: the single screen mode, Mini Player mode, several themes
- Media Library: Yes
- Plug-ins: Yes
- Additional functions: equalizer, tag editor (including AutoComplete), converter, online radio, podcasts, download skins, Auto-DJ (smart playlists), sleep timer, and so on.
MediaMonkey - this program is for serious music lovers. First of all is the manager of multimedia files, which can easily handle collections of tens of thousands of items. With it, you can easily organize, tag and affix to find any track. There is also a paid version with advanced features.
- formats: MP3, AAC, M4A, MPC, OGG, FLAC, APE, Opus, TAK, WV, WMA and WAV
- Interface: single-window mode, the micro and Mini Player, themes
- Media Library: Yes
- Plug-ins: yes (developed community)
- Additional functions: equalizer, tag editor, converter, sound normalization, organizing files, skrobling, built-in web browser, online radio, podcasts, download skins, smart playlists, a sleep timer, and so on.
It is still a little-known but increasingly popular active player. By the total number of opportunities with confidence ahead of some media processors, and for the speed can compete with the lightweight players. The only thing missing at the time of testing program, it is stability.
- formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, MPC, AAC, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, ALAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CD, Speex, Opus
- Interface: single-window mode, themes
- Media Library: Yes, with automatic tracking directory
- Plug-ins: Yes
- Additional functions: equalizer, tag editor, converter, sound normalization, support DSP effects, read the archives, and any features that you need, with the help of add-ons.
This player is very popular in the first place, thanks to the flexibility of settings and a huge number of plugins, skins, add-on modules. Immediately after installing foobar2000 can produce not too impressed with their appearance and abilities, but we should not forget that before you is only a model that you can bring into a form that is needed is you.
- formats: MPEG layer 1/2/3, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Native FLAC / Ogg FLAC, Musepack, WavPack, tracker formats (mod, s3m, it, xm, and so on. D.), ADTS AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Monkey's Audio (and etc. FFmpeg library format), PCM WAVE (et al. formats libsndfile library), midi
- Interface: module, support for skins (XMMS and Winamp 2.x)
- Media Library: not
- Plug-ins: Yes
- Additional functions: equalizer, obtaining lyrics, cover art browsing, converter, multiple playlists, scrobbler Last.fm.
QMMP - it is a universal and cross-platform audio player. This program is not burdened with too much functionality, but significantly outperforms mediakombayn simplicity and speed. Over all, it resembles Winamp 2.x line, so if you are tortured nostalgia, this is exactly what you need.
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