The planned version of Winamp for iOS and Android will be that place, Saboundjian claims. It’s all audio, and it’s all searchable in one fashion or another. “What I see today is you have to jump from one player to another player or aggregator if you want to listen to a radio station, to a podcast player if you want to listen to a podcast - this, to me, is not the final experience,” he explained. But the real news is Winamp 6, which Saboundjian says should come out in 2019.
The update to the desktop app is basically a good faith advance payment to the community: Radionomy showing they aren’t just running away with the property and slapping the brand on some random venture. Just bug and compatibility fixes that should keep this relic trucking along for a few years longer. The official non-leaked 5.8 release should come out this week (the 18th, to be precise), and won’t be substantially different from the one we’ve been using for years or the one that leaked.
So a free update - in fact, 5.8 eliminates all paid options originally offered in the Pro version - bringing a bucketful of fixes is like Christmas coming early. This kind of thing happens a lot, after all: an old property or app gets bought, promises are made and after a few years it just sort of fades away.
It was a pleasant surprise to users who had encountered compatibility problems with Windows 10 but had taken the “more coming soon” notice on the website with a massive grain of salt. This may not come as a shock to Winamp users still plugged into the scene: Following years of rumors, an update to the desktop player leaked last month, bringing it from version 5.666 to 5.8. But everybody ‘knows’ that Winamp is dead, that we don’t work on it any more. “We have a really strong and important community. This real, engaged user base could be a powerful foot in the door for a new platform - mobile-first, but with plenty of love for the desktop too. Winamp has as many as a hundred million monthly users, most of whom are outside the U.S. (I use the nucleo_nlog skin.)Īnd although I bear the burden of my colleagues’ derisive comments for my choice of player, I’m far from alone. Winamp 2 and 5 have taken me all the way from Windows 98 SE to 10 with nary a hiccup, and the player is docked just to the right of this browser window as I type this. And while I’ve been saddened by the drama through which the iconic MP3 player and the team that created it have gone (at the hands of TechCrunch’s former parent company, Aol), I can’t say I’ve been affected by it in any real way.
“You can listen to the MP3s you may have at home, but also to the cloud, to podcasts, to streaming radio stations, to a playlist you perhaps have built.” “There will be a completely new version next year, with the legacy of Winamp but a more complete listening experience,” said Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO of Radionomy, the company that bought Winamp (or what remained of it) in 2014. So it’s with pleasure that I can confirm rumors that substantial updates are on the way. The original app, last updated in 2013, still works, but to say it’s long in the tooth would be something of an understatement (the community has worked hard to keep it updated, however). It’s an ambitious relaunch, but the company behind it says it’s still all about the millions-strong global Winamp community - and as proof, the original desktop app is getting an official update as well.įor those who don’t remember: Winamp was the MP3 player of choice around the turn of the century, but went through a rocky period during Aol ownership (our former parent company) and failed to counter the likes of iTunes and the onslaught of streaming services, and more or less crumbled over the years. Step 8: Now you can connect and start playing music.The charmingly outdated media player Winamp is being reinvented as a platform-agnostic mobile audio app that brings together all your music, podcasts and streaming services to a single location. Step 3: You will need to download Lame_Enc.dll and place it into the local disc C:/Program Files/winamp if you would like to broadcasting Mp3 format with Edcast Standalone. Most other operating systems are going to have the same window setup for the configuration. We will be using a Windows based PC using edcast (just for an example).
Windows: - Oddsock has a free client called edcast download edcast here - Spacial audio (SAM Broadcaster) also has a try and buy located here: Mac OS X: - Nicecast is a free client that is located here 1.) Get winamp here: 2.) After installing winamp, you will need to obtain the plugin for your source of streaming, many can be found on the icecast website here: Here are a few quick suggestions listed below.