Winamp 5.56

Winamp 5.56 is known as a popular and totally free multimedia player which supports numerous audio and video formats. It also plays streamed video and audio content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide.

Winamp has an extremely customizable media library, and allows you to rip and burn your favorite music CDs. Winamp has thousands of skins and plug-ins that allow you to change the look-and-feel of the player, as well as add new features. The player also has access to thousands of free songs, videos and online radio stations from SHOUTcast Radio and AOL Radio with XM.

Major Features:

1. Winamp Orgler TM           
2. Improved iPod Sync Support                
3. New iTunes Library Import                
4. New Online Services Gallery                
5. New OurStage Radio Online Services                
6. New Spinner MP3 of the Day Online Service                
7. New Turkish, Romanian and Portuguese Language Packs                
8. Now Playing: Discover Artist Songs, Videos, Radio and Photos                
9. AOL Radio Powered by CBS Radio                
10. Expanded Flash video support                
11. Media Monitor: Playing music on the web just got even better                
12. Language packs available in Chinese, Japanese and Korean                
13. Updated Winamp toolbar - control Winamp from your browser                
14. A Redesigned Unified Interface, including Album Art                
15. Remote Music and Video Playback and Sharing                
16. Dynamic Song Recommendations Playlist Feature                
17. Multi-channel MP3 Surround Support                
18. Mass Auto-Tagger Provides Latest Music Metadata                
19. Integrated Web Search for Artist and Track Information                
20. Album Art Support for Portable Devices                
21. Updated Podcast Directory and Download Manager                
22. Fully Integrated Web browser and customizable links                
23. New Visualizer Plug-in - Milkdrop 2                
24. Pro! Rips CDs to MP3                
25. Pro! Rips CDs to aacPlus, AAC, WMA    
26. Pro! Rip to HE-AAC        
27. Pro! Burn CDs      
28. Portable Device Sync support                
29. Expanded Podcast Directory                
30. Smart views with new pre-sets for dynamic playlists                
31. Plays an insane amount of audio and video types             
32. Compatible with Winamp 2 Plug-ins                
33. Full Support for Classic Skins                
34. Full Support for Modern Skins                
35. Access over 30,000 SHOUTcast Radio Stations                
36. Enjoy thousands of free songs and videos                
37. Playback the AOL Video catalogue of video content                
38. Listen to AOL Radio stations                
39. Download thousands of Skins and Plug-ins                
40. 50 Free MP3 Downloads compliments of eMusic                
41. Listen to Free MP3 of 'Dancehall' by Sean Bones.

Enhancements:

• New: Winamp Orgler plugin - Let's you track, chart & share your listening history
• Improved: [jnetlib] New SSL support for playback of https:// streams
• Improved: [ml_autotag] Fuzzy matches now unchecked by default & marked 'Unsure'
• Improved: [ml_local] New background scanner
• Improved: [ml_online] Various tweaks, fixes & enhancements
• Improved: [ml_pmp] Added support for drag+drop from Explorer to device playlists
• Fixed: iexplore process not ending when browser closed after opened via Winamp
• Fixed: Save EQ preset name duplication bug
• Fixed: [Bento skin] SHOUTcast homepage url's redirecting to Winamp search
• Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Up/down buttons reversed, 'stop after current' & other issues
• Fixed: [in_mod] Crash on some .s3m modules (w.i.p.)
• Fixed: [in_mod] Playback glitch during background transcoding
• Fixed: [in_wm] Decimal point issues in Alt+3 format info
• Fixed: [in_wm] Embedded IE browser for DRM license acquisition
• Fixed: [in_wm] Loading of URLs in WPL playlist files
• Fixed: [in_mp4/libmp4v2] Integer overflow bug with MP4 sample size
• Fixed: [libsndfile] VOC buffer overflow vulnerability
• Fixed: [ml_impex] Read "has video" field from iTunes XML (and write on export)
• Fixed: [tagz.w5s] Hang with $right function in ATF when specified field is empty
• Fixed: [vis_avs] msvcp71.dll dependency
• Misc: Added front.jpg/gif/etc to album art criteria
• Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
• Misc: New omBrowser.w5s shared component for ml_nowplaying, wire & online
• Misc: Removed dashboard (ml_dash) from distribution
• Misc: ml_orb now only installed as part of separate Winamp Remote package
• Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.5
• Updated: libsndfile 1.0.20.

Requirements:

• Minimum system requirements:
• • 500MHz Pentium III or comparable
  • 64MB RAM
  • 15MB Hard Disk Space
  • 16bit Sound Card
  • Windows 2000
  • Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher (for Online Services)
  • 1x speed or greater CD Burner (Required for Burning)
  • 2x speed or greater CDROM (Required for Ripping)
• Recommended system requirements
• • 1.5 GHz Pentium IV or comparable
  • 128MB RAM
  • 30MB Hard Disk Space
  • 24bit Sound Card
  • Windows 2000 sp4, Windows XP sp2, or higher
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (for all Online Services features)
  • 8x speed or greater CD Burner (Required for Burning)
  • 16x speed or greater CDROM (Required for Ripping).