<s>
Winamp	B-Application
is	O
a	O
media	B-Device
player	I-Device
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Justin	O
Frankel	O
and	O
Dmitry	O
Boldyrev	O
by	O
their	O
company	O
Nullsoft	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
later	O
sold	O
to	O
AOL	O
in	O
1999	O
for	O
$80million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
sold	O
as	O
freemium	O
and	O
supports	O
extensibility	O
with	O
plug-ins	B-Application
and	O
skins	B-Application
,	O
and	O
features	O
music	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
,	O
playlist	O
and	O
a	O
media	O
library	O
,	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
large	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
quickly	O
grew	O
popular	O
with	O
over	O
3	O
million	O
downloads	B-Application
,	O
paralleling	O
the	O
developing	O
trend	O
of	O
MP3	B-Application
(	O
music	O
)	O
file	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2.x	O
versions	O
were	O
widely	O
used	O
and	O
made	O
Winamp	B-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
downloaded	B-Application
Windows	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2000	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
had	O
over	O
25	O
million	O
registered	O
users	O
and	O
by	O
2001	O
it	O
had	O
60million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
poor	O
reception	O
to	O
the	O
2002	O
rewrite	O
,	O
Winamp3	O
,	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
5	I-Application
in	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
later	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
5.5	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
now-discontinued	O
version	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
early	O
counterparts	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	O
5.8	O
(	O
written	O
as	O
Winamp	B-Application
5	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Radionomy	O
later	O
announced	O
their	O
intention	O
to	O
eventually	O
release	O
Winamp	B-Application
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
5.9.1	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
22nd	O
December	O
2022	O
addressing	O
many	O
old	O
bugs	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
updating	O
the	O
libraries	O
used	O
by	O
both	O
Winamp	B-Application
and	O
its	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playback	O
formats	O
Winamp	B-Application
supports	O
music	O
playback	O
using	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
MIDI	O
,	O
MOD	O
,	O
MPEG-1	B-Algorithm
audio	O
layers	O
1	O
and	O
2	O
,	O
AAC	B-Application
,	O
M4A	O
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
WAV	O
,	O
and	O
WMA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
widely	O
used	O
music	O
players	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
to	O
support	O
playback	O
of	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
gapless	O
playback	O
for	O
MP3	B-Application
and	O
AAC	B-Application
and	O
ReplayGain	O
for	O
volume	O
leveling	O
across	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CD	O
support	O
includes	O
playing	O
and	O
importing	O
music	O
from	O
audio	O
CDs	O
,	O
optionally	O
with	O
CD-Text	O
,	O
and	O
burning	B-Application
music	O
to	O
CDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
supports	O
playback	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Media	O
Video	O
and	O
Nullsoft	O
Streaming	O
Video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
MPEG	O
Video	O
,	O
AVI	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
unsupported	O
video	O
types	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
uses	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
DirectShow	B-Library
API	O
for	O
playback	O
,	O
allowing	O
playback	O
of	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
formats	O
supported	O
by	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	O
Library	O
At	O
installation	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
scans	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
system	O
for	O
media	O
files	O
to	O
add	O
to	O
the	O
Media	O
Library	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Podcatcher	O
Winamp	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
RSS	O
media	O
feeds	O
aggregator	B-Application
capable	O
of	O
displaying	O
articles	O
,	O
downloading	B-Application
,	O
or	O
playing	O
such	O
content	O
as	O
streaming	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SHOUTcast	B-Application
Wire	O
provides	O
a	O
directory	O
and	O
RSS	O
subscription	O
system	O
for	O
podcasts	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	B-Device
player	I-Device
device	O
support	O
Winamp	B-Application
has	O
extendable	O
support	O
for	O
portable	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
and	O
Mass	B-Architecture
Storage	I-Architecture
Compliant	I-Architecture
devices	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
PlaysForSure	O
,	O
and	O
ActiveSync	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
syncs	O
unprotected	O
music	O
to	O
the	B-Device
iPod	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	O
Monitor	O
Winamp	B-Application
Media	O
Monitor	O
allows	O
web-based	O
browsing	O
and	O
bookmarking	O
music	O
blog	O
websites	O
and	O
automatically	O
offering	O
for	O
streaming	O
or	O
downloading	B-Application
all	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
Remote	O
Winamp	B-Application
Remote	O
allows	O
remote	O
playback	O
(	O
streaming	O
)	O
of	O
unprotected	O
media	O
files	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
PC	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remote	O
adjusts	O
bitrate	O
based	O
on	O
available	O
bandwidth	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
web	O
interface	O
,	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plug-ins	B-Application
In	O
February	O
1998	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
was	O
rewritten	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
general-purpose	O
audio	O
player	O
"	O
with	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
was	O
early	O
,	O
diverse	O
,	O
and	O
rapid	O
:	O
66	O
plugins	B-Application
were	O
published	O
by	O
November	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Winamp	B-Application
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
allows	O
software	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
seven	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visualization	B-Application
:	O
provides	O
sound	O
activated	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSP/Effect	B-Algorithm
:	O
manipulates	O
audio	O
for	O
special	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
General	O
Purpose	O
plug-ins	B-Application
add	O
convenience	O
or	O
UI	O
features	O
(	O
Media	O
Library	O
,	O
alarm	O
clock	O
,	O
or	O
pause	O
when	O
logged	O
out	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	O
Library	O
plug-ins	B-Application
add	O
functions	O
to	O
the	O
Media	O
Library	O
plug-in	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portables	O
plug-ins	B-Application
support	O
portable	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plug-in	B-Application
development	O
support	O
increased	O
Winamp	B-Application
's	O
flexibility	O
for	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
plethora	O
of	O
specialized	O
plug-ins	B-Application
for	O
game	O
console	O
music	O
files	O
such	O
as	O
NSF	O
,	O
USF	O
,	O
GBS	O
,	O
GSF	O
,	O
SID	O
,	O
VGM	O
,	O
SPC	O
,	O
PSF	O
,	O
and	O
PSF2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skins	B-Application
Skins	B-Application
are	O
bitmap	O
files	O
which	O
alter	O
the	O
aesthetic	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
and	O
can	O
add	O
functionality	O
with	O
scripting	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
published	O
documentation	O
on	O
skin	O
creation	O
in	O
1998	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
invited	O
Winamp	B-Application
users	O
to	O
publish	O
skins	B-Application
on	O
Winamp.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2000	O
there	O
were	O
nearly	O
3,000	O
Winamp	B-Application
skins	B-Application
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
skins	B-Application
contributed	O
to	O
Winamp	B-Application
's	O
popularity	O
early	O
in	O
MP3	B-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
increasing	O
number	O
of	O
available	O
skins	B-Application
,	O
genres	O
or	O
categories	O
of	O
skins	B-Application
developed	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Stereo	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Anime	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Ugly	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
of	O
skin	O
designers	O
such	O
as	O
1001Skins.com	O
and	O
Skinz.org	O
have	O
contributed	O
thousands	O
of	O
designs	O
;	O
also	O
at	O
GnomeArt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designers	O
see	O
skins	B-Application
as	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
be	O
creative	O
:	O
nontraditional	O
examples	O
have	O
included	O
Klingon	O
,	O
iPod	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Etch-a-sketch	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Winamp	B-Application
skin	O
format	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
adopted	O
by	O
other	O
media	B-Device
player	I-Device
software	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
usable	O
across	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
example	O
is	O
the	O
XMMS	B-Language
player	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
use	O
unmodified	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
skin	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
5	I-Application
supports	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
skins	B-Application
–	O
"	O
classic	O
"	O
skins	B-Application
designed	O
to	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
specifications	O
(	O
static	O
collections	O
of	O
bitmap	O
images	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
flexible	O
,	O
freeform	O
"	O
modern	O
"	O
skins	B-Application
per	O
the	O
Winamp3	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
skins	B-Application
support	O
true	O
alpha	B-Algorithm
channel	I-Algorithm
transparency	O
,	O
scripting	B-Language
control	O
,	O
a	O
docked	O
toolbar	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
innovations	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
when	O
Justin	O
Frankel	O
and	O
Dmitry	O
Boldyrev	O
,	O
formerly	O
students	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Utah	O
,	O
integrated	O
their	O
Windows	B-Application
user	O
interface	O
with	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Multimedia	O
Products	O
(	O
"	O
AMP	O
"	O
)	O
MP3	B-Application
file	I-Application
playback	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Winamp	B-Application
(	O
originally	O
spelled	O
WinAMP	B-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
"	O
Windows	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
AMP	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minimalist	O
WinAMP	B-Application
0.20a	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP3	B-Application
decoding	O
was	O
performed	O
by	O
the	O
AMP	O
decoding	O
engine	O
developed	O
by	O
Advanced	O
Multimedia	O
Products	O
co-founder	O
Tomislav	O
Uzelac	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
free	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
was	O
the	O
second	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
MP3	B-Application
player	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
being	O
WinPlay3	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinAMP	B-Application
0.92	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
May	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
standard	O
Windows	B-Application
frame	O
and	O
menu	O
bar	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
the	O
beginnings	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
classic	O
"	O
Winamp	B-Application
GUI	B-Application
:	O
dark	O
gray	O
rectangle	O
with	O
silver	O
3D-effect	O
transport	O
buttons	O
,	O
a	O
red/green	O
volume	O
slider	O
,	O
time	O
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
green	O
LED	O
font	O
,	O
with	O
track	O
name	O
,	O
MP3	B-Application
bitrate	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
mixrate	O
"	O
in	O
green	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.006	O
was	O
released	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
renamed	O
"	O
Winamp	B-Application
"	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
amp	O
"	O
now	O
in	O
lowercase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AMP	O
non-commercial	O
license	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
its	O
help	B-Protocol
menu	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frankel	O
formally	O
founded	O
Nullsoft	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
January	O
1998	O
and	O
continued	O
development	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
,	O
which	O
changed	O
from	O
freeware	B-License
to	O
$10	O
shareware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
no	O
extra	O
features	O
by	O
paying	O
$10	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
's	O
popularity	O
and	O
warm	O
reception	O
brought	O
Nullsoft	O
$	O
100,000	O
a	O
month	O
that	O
year	O
from	O
$10	O
paper	O
checks	O
in	O
the	O
mail	O
from	O
paying	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nullsoft	O
responded	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
replaced	O
AMP	O
with	O
Nitrane	O
,	O
Nullsoft	O
's	O
proprietary	B-Application
decoder	O
,	O
but	O
Playmedia	O
disputed	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
reviews	O
found	O
that	O
Nitrane	O
had	O
bugs	O
that	O
resulted	O
in	O
playing	O
back	O
MP3s	B-Application
incorrectly	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
this	O
resulted	O
in	O
unstable	O
tones	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
playback	O
,	O
and	O
undoubtedly	O
therefore	O
violated	O
the	O
ISO	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
means	O
that	O
Nitrane	O
was	O
unlikely	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
AMP	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
more	O
likely	O
evidence	O
of	O
a	O
hastily	O
written	O
MP3	B-Application
decoder	O
that	O
did	O
n't	O
concern	O
itself	O
with	O
standards	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.90	O
,	O
released	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
as	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
audio	O
player	O
,	O
and	O
documented	O
on	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
website	O
as	O
supporting	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
of	O
which	O
it	O
included	O
two	O
input	O
plugins	B-Application
(	O
MOD	O
and	O
MP3	B-Application
)	O
and	O
a	O
visualization	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
installer	O
for	O
Version	O
1.91	O
,	O
released	O
18	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
included	O
wave	O
,	O
cdda	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
tray	O
handling	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
famous	O
Wesley	O
Willis-inspired	O
DEMO.MP3	O
file	O
"	O
Winamp	B-Application
,	O
it	O
really	O
whips	O
the	O
llama	O
's	O
ass	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
July	O
1998	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
's	O
various	O
versions	O
had	O
been	O
downloaded	B-Application
over	O
three	O
million	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
version	O
improved	O
the	O
usability	O
of	O
the	O
playlist	O
,	O
made	O
the	O
equalizer	O
more	O
accurate	O
,	O
and	O
introduced	O
more	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modular	O
windows	B-Application
for	O
playlist	O
and	O
equalizer	O
now	O
matched	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
skin	O
and	O
could	O
be	O
moved	O
around	O
and	O
be	O
separated	O
or	O
"	O
docked	O
"	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
anywhere	O
in	O
any	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2.x	O
versions	O
were	O
widely	O
used	O
and	O
made	O
Winamp	B-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
downloaded	B-Application
pieces	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
already	O
over	O
60	O
plugins	B-Application
and	O
hundreds	O
of	O
skins	B-Application
made	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
,	O
Nullsoft	O
switched	O
to	O
an	O
ISO	O
decoder	O
from	O
the	O
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
MP3	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	O
2.10	O
,	O
released	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Llama	O
"	O
demo.mp3	O
featuring	O
a	O
musical	O
sting	O
and	O
bleating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nullsoft	O
relaunched	O
the	O
Winamp-specific	O
winamp.com	B-Application
in	O
December	O
1999	O
to	O
provide	O
easier	O
access	O
to	O
skins	B-Application
,	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
streaming	O
audio	O
,	O
song	O
downloads	B-Application
,	O
forums	O
,	O
and	O
developer	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
surpassed	O
25	O
million	O
registrants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
major	O
Winamp	B-Application
version	O
,	O
Winamp3	O
(	O
so	O
spelled	O
to	O
include	O
mp3	B-Application
in	O
the	O
name	O
and	O
to	O
mark	O
its	O
separation	O
from	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
codebase	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
version	O
2	O
,	O
newly	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Wasabi	B-Library
application	B-Application
framework	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
additional	O
functionality	O
and	O
flexibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp3	O
was	O
developed	O
parallel	O
to	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
but	O
"	O
many	O
users	O
found	O
it	O
consumed	O
too	O
many	O
system	O
resources	O
and	O
was	O
unstable	O
(	O
or	O
even	O
lacked	O
some	O
valued	O
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
count	O
or	O
find	O
the	O
total	O
duration	O
of	O
tracks	O
in	O
a	O
playlist	O
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp3	O
had	O
no	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
with	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
plugins	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
SHOUTcast	B-Application
sourcing	O
plugin	B-Application
was	O
not	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
Winamp3	O
version	O
of	O
SHOUTcast	B-Application
was	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
users	O
reverting	O
to	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Nullsoft	O
continued	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
to	O
versions	O
2.9	O
and	O
2.91	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
even	O
alluding	O
to	O
it	O
humorously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
beta	O
versions	O
2.92	O
and	O
2.95	O
were	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Winamp	B-Application
5	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
period	O
the	O
Wasabi	B-Library
cross-platform	O
application	B-Application
framework	O
and	O
skinnable	B-Application
GUI	B-Application
toolkit	O
was	O
derived	O
from	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Winamp3	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Nullsoft	O
released	O
an	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
Winamp3	O
on	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
not	O
updated	O
it	O
despite	O
continued	O
user	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
Winamp	B-Application
faced	O
stiff	O
competition	O
from	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
iTunes	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
5	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
codebase	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
Winamp3	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
modern	O
skins	B-Application
incorporated	O
via	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
,	O
thus	O
incorporating	O
the	O
main	O
advantages	O
of	O
both	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
the	O
omission	O
of	O
a	O
version	O
4	O
,	O
Nullsoft	O
joked	O
that	O
"	O
nobody	O
wants	O
to	O
see	O
a	O
Winamp	B-Application
4	O
skin	O
"	O
(	O
"	O
4	O
skin	O
"	O
being	O
a	O
pun	O
on	O
foreskin	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
joked	O
that	O
"	O
Winamp	B-Application
5	I-Application
is	O
so	O
good	O
they	O
skipped	O
a	O
number	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Winamp	O
2+3	O
=	O
5	O
,	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
5.0	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
media	O
library	O
was	O
improved	O
,	O
CD	B-Application
burning	I-Application
and	O
ripping	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
additions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
5.1	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
development	O
is	O
credited	O
to	O
Ben	O
Allison	O
(	O
Benski	O
)	O
and	O
Maksim	O
Tyrtyshny	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
5.2	O
onwards	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
synchronizing	O
with	O
an	O
iPod	B-Device
is	O
built-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
5.5	O
:	O
The	O
10th	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
ten	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
(	O
a	O
preview	O
version	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2007	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
included	O
album	O
art	O
support	O
,	O
improved	O
localization	O
support	O
(	O
with	O
several	O
officially	O
localized	O
Winamp	B-Application
releases	O
,	O
including	O
German	O
,	O
Polish	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
and	O
French	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
default	O
interface	O
skin	O
called	O
"	O
Bento	O
"	O
which	O
unlike	O
the	O
previous	O
skins	B-Application
is	O
a	O
unified	O
player	O
and	O
media	O
library	O
in	O
one	O
window	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
a	O
multi-window	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
dropped	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
9x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	O
5.6	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2010	O
and	O
features	O
Android	B-Application
Wi-Fi	O
support	O
and	O
direct	O
mouse	O
wheel	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fraunhofer	O
AAC	B-Application
codec	O
with	O
VBR	O
encoding	O
support	O
was	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
write	O
ratings	O
to	O
tags	O
(	O
for	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
WMA/WMV	O
,	O
Ogg	O
,	O
and	O
FLAC	B-Application
)	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
version	O
5.66	O
on	O
November	O
20	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
AOL	O
announced	O
that	O
Winamp.com	B-Application
would	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
Winamp	B-Application
would	O
cease	O
to	O
be	O
offered	O
for	O
download	B-Application
after	O
that	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
from	O
AOL/Nullsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
Winamp	B-Application
5.7	O
beta	O
program	O
for	O
an	O
invitation-based	O
Winamp	B-Application
Cloud	O
feature	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
let	O
Winamp	B-Application
play	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
entire	O
cloud-stored	O
music	O
library	O
across	O
all	O
supported	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
beta	O
program	O
was	O
cancelled	O
months	O
before	O
the	O
announcement	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
20	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
AOL	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
shut	O
down	O
Winamp.com	B-Application
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
software	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
download	B-Application
nor	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
after	O
that	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
AOL	O
's	O
announcement	O
,	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
site	O
was	O
not	O
shut	O
down	O
as	O
planned	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
January	O
14	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
that	O
Belgian	O
online	O
radio	O
aggregator	B-Application
Radionomy	O
had	O
bought	O
the	O
Nullsoft	O
brand	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
Winamp	B-Application
and	O
SHOUTcast	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
TechCrunch	O
has	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
and	O
Shoutcast	B-Application
is	O
worth	O
between	O
$5	O
and	O
$10	O
million	O
,	O
with	O
AOL	O
taking	O
a	O
12%	O
stake	O
(	O
a	O
financial	O
,	O
not	O
strategic	O
,	O
investment	O
)	O
in	O
Radionomy	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radionomy	O
relaunched	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
website	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
download	B-Application
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
leaked	O
build	O
,	O
bearing	O
a	O
build	O
date	O
of	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
build	O
under	O
Radionomy	O
's	O
umbrella	O
,	O
with	O
changes	O
including	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
8.1	O
,	O
10	O
and	O
11	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
paid	O
Winamp	B-Application
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
migrated	O
the	O
project	O
from	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
to	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2019	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
improving	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
11	O
,	O
high-resolution	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
playback	O
of	O
HTTPS	B-Protocol
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minimum	O
supported	O
operating	O
system	O
was	O
increased	O
to	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
SP1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
15	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Radionomy	O
's	O
CEO	O
Alexandre	O
Saboundjian	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
–	O
then	O
called	O
Winamp	B-Application
6	O
–	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
features	O
Winamp	B-Application
Player	O
,	O
a	O
music	O
streaming	O
service	O
with	O
plans	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
other	O
music	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Spotify	O
and	O
to	O
play	O
local	O
audio	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
platform	O
is	O
Winamp	B-Application
Fanzone	O
,	O
where	O
artists	O
can	O
upload	O
and	O
license	O
their	O
music	O
for	O
commercial	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
listeners	O
can	O
support	O
artists	O
directly	O
by	O
buying	O
perks	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
early	O
access	O
to	O
new	O
songs	O
or	O
NFTs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
(	O
version	O
2.1	O
)	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
beta	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
with	O
a	O
stable	O
release	O
in	O
December	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
syncing	O
with	O
Winamp	B-Application
desktop	O
(	O
ver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Play	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
by	O
TechCrunch	O
that	O
a	O
redesigned	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
was	O
planned	O
alongside	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
Nullsoft	O
also	O
released	O
MacAmp	O
,	O
an	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	B-Device
equivalent	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
Sync	O
for	O
Mac	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
beta	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Winamp	B-Application
version	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
platform	O
and	O
runs	O
under	O
version	O
10.6	O
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
syncing	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
Library	O
to	O
Winamp	B-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
the	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
Music	O
Library	O
(	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
"	O
Winamp	B-Application
Sync	O
for	O
Mac	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
a	O
full	O
Winamp	B-Application
Library	O
and	O
player	O
features	O
are	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
's	O
blog	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
Sync	O
for	O
Mac	O
Beta	O
would	O
pave	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
future	O
Winamp-related	O
development	O
on	O
Mac	O
and	O
a	O
fully	O
featured	O
media	B-Device
player	I-Device
as	O
Winamp	B-Application
on	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
alpha	O
preview	O
of	O
Winamp3	O
for	O
desktop	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
October	O
2001	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
not	O
pursued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
some	O
versions	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
are	O
functional	O
using	O
Wine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DOSamp	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
soon	O
abandoned	O
by	O
Nullsoft	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
(	O
Winamp	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
has	O
historically	O
included	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Easter	O
eggs	O
:	O
hidden	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
accessible	O
via	O
undocumented	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
example	O
is	O
an	O
image	O
of	O
Justin	O
Frankel	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
's	O
original	O
authors	O
,	O
hidden	O
in	O
Winamp	B-Application
's	O
About	O
dialog	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
included	O
Easter	O
eggs	O
have	O
changed	O
with	O
versions	O
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
,	O
and	O
over	O
thirty	O
have	O
been	O
documented	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unagi	O
is	O
the	O
codename	O
for	O
the	O
media	O
playback	O
engine	O
derived	O
from	O
Winamp	B-Application
core	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOL	O
announced	O
in	O
2004	O
that	O
Unagi	O
would	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
AOL	O
Media	B-Device
Player	I-Device
(	O
AMP	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
JavaScript-based	O
web	O
player	O
resembling	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
has	O
been	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
