Overview

Winamp Media Player is a Windows program that plays audio, video, and other multimedia content. The software supports many audio and video file formats, and provides tools for organizing music and video files into playlists and searchable libraries. Winamp can rip and burn CDs, as well as synchronize multimedia content with portable media players, such as iPods and Android smartphones. The program also provides shopping capabilities so users can purchase music online.

User Interface

The Winamp interface can be customized with different skins, which change the appearance of the program's windows, buttons, menus, colors, and fonts. The interface can be viewed in full screen mode, or as a reduced-size window that can be dragged anywhere on the Windows desktop.

Capabilities

Winamp includes the following components for playing, organizing, burning, and synchronizing media:

• Main Window: The default view for playing music; provides access to all Winamp features.
• Playlist Editor: Allows users to create and manage lists of songs.
• Media Library: Organizes all multimedia into one location; supports CD ripping and burning, podcast subscriptions, and online shopping; can synchronize audio and video files with portable media players.
• Browser: Allows users to browse the Web, listen to audio blogs, and search for application skins and plugins.
• Video: Supports video playback in window or full screen mode; provides access to Internet TV stations.
• Visualizations: Displays animated graphics that are synchronized with playing music.
• Equalizer: Supports equalization (EQ) presets, crossfades, and other playback settings.

User Community

Winamp is primarily used by home users who enjoy playing audio and video files. The software has a long-standing user community since it was among the first media players introduced for Windows. Nullsoft also provides a Winamp SDK, which has enabled users to contribute plug-ins that add useful features to the software.

Screenshots:

Media Library	Web Browser	Visualizations
Skins	Open File Types	Preferences

Features:

• Supports a large number of audio and video formats
• Manages multimedia content in a single integrated library
• Customizable user interface with skins
• Supports user-developed plug-ins
• Online browsing and shopping features

System Requirements:

Windows

• Windows 2000 w/ SP4 or later
• 500MHz Pentium III
• 256MB RAM
• 20MB free disk space
• 16-bit sound card
• DirectX 9.0c for videos
• IE5 or higher for online services
• 1x CD burner for burning
• 2x CDROM drive for ripping