Winamp. Review on Winamp 5.05

Let me just adjust the bass a bit. Alright, this song is the perfect way for me to get into the mood to write. Write something about this player. A player that swing and sooth our mind and hey, got perplexed? I’m taking time to scribble down about Winamp and why do I prefer it.

They keep everything simple. This review will be short and straight to the point. And I hope you will gain all the information about a player which requires doing its needs. They call themselves as Nullsoft. Justin Frankel had a dream and I say this product reached more than his vision. He coded this software for ease of use and to serve its purpose. It does and I respect the idea behind it. There are times I was finding difficulty in choosing a good player and thought Real Player will serve my purpose. I have one installed in my system. And I think comparing Real Player with Winamp is insane.

Why do you have to choose Winamp over other players?

Well, this could be an interesting debate over other players. Of course, like me there are many who stick on with their likes and I have no intention to brain wash you for that matter. But there are many who use an old system which is slow and need to run smoother and by loading music in them, might as well hang the system. So my observation for a good player came to the picture once I discovered this software called Winamp. Mainly due to its performance and the options that I find useful which are shuffling songs, enqueue songs, save a play list and of course saving a play list of our own choice. How many of you go in depth of the quality of a player when you listen to a song? I do and with its MP3 surround support one need not worry about how far this small software is going to take you from bits and bytes of frequencies. The most important thing about this player is it takes just a minute to get installed. I was wondering why one has to wait for so longer to listen to a song if the purpose is just to enjoy the music. But there are times I use Real Player when I download songs from Youtube and playing songs from Raaga.

So will it support all the file types?

I guess so and if I say WMA to WAV then it has to support almost all of them. If I include all the file types here then I am not being loyal to my readers since the information is clearly available in their website and I shall stick on to why one need to choose this player.

Radio stations and I!!

Well, do you prefer to listen to those old melodies that may not even available in the music stores? Try this feature. And it takes you to different stations where you can choose according to your taste and just a click away, you been taken to sweet sixties. Sweet sixties where those lyrics had life and those speak straight from their hearts.

Skins, do we need them?

Initially I used to download them from their website where in you have an option to create your own skins and upload however; I find this option not of use. I guess they make your player slow. And at times those bugs which you may find difficulty in opening the player over and again when those error reports pop up. So kindly avoid them.

50 Free MP3 Downloads !!

You get this option when you download it but then I suggest you to un-tick this and skit this offer. It’s of no use.

New Features that you may find useful and they are:

You get to discover artist songs, videos, radios and photos of which you currently listening to. AOL radio. Flash video support and I suggest you this feature since the quality and pixel rate is higher than our expectation. Winamp toolbar which will help one to control from your browser. Different language packs. Like Chinese, Japanese or Korean for that matter and it’s applicable only for those who reside in these countries and the rest may follow English. Visualizer and its art of colors. Well, I exaggerated the same quite a bit but then I love this feature. You need not worry about installing Nero Express in your system to Burn a CD. Winamp helps you to burn the CD.

Now which one do you prefer to select or to be more precise, which version!!

So you have changed your mind to try Winamp. I am sure most of you have already tried this and have got more than one music player installed in your system. So this is for those who would like to know about the best version and its pros.

Winamp 5.5

It looks classy and it does tempt anybody to try for its features. With its free themes which would help one to change as per his/her mood swings, this is their latest version. You get every option in this version. When I say everything, it includes ripping a CD to managing your portable media players be it ipod to usb thumb drives.But this is not applicable to those who are like me who use an old system. It accommodates space which may lead to slower performance.

Winamp 5.2

The one which I use and installed this back after experiencing the latest features which came in Winamp 5.5 however like I have mentioned about the performance I chose to keep it simple. It does serve my purpose. I have an equalizer that adjusts the music and a play list where I can create my music list. It doesn’t fade from one song to the next one but I am satisfied with its performance. It doesn’t take much time to load. We need not worry about the time it takes to install. All in one and I say Winamp. I have close to 5000 songs in my system and if a player can load all the songs without taking much of its time.

So, I would suggest Winamp and let me search for another song in its play list that would take me back to the oldies where our folks used to live in bliss.