Audiovalley, the new editor of Winamp, has just unveiled a new version of the multimedia player.
He’s finally back. Winamp, the flagship media player of the 2000s has been resurrected from the dead, having completely disappeared from circulation in 2013 after it was taken over by AOL. Winamp had a little talk about him in 2018 when the boss of Audiovalley (formerly Radionomy), who had bought the player in 2014, had mentioned his return in an interview given to TechCrunch.
Finally, at the end of last year, things started to pick up a bit for Winamp. Its publisher, Audiovalley, had indeed teased the reader’s return by unveiling a new version of its website on Twitter. At that time, only a few meager details were given as to the upcoming novelties of the reader.
We now know more since Audiovalley posted the first Release Candidate for version 5.9 of Winamp. Available for download at the dedicated forumthis new version of the player, stamped 5.9 RC1 Build 9999 very close to the final stable version, arrives after four years of work and a forced break due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
Winamp 5.9 ⚡️ is now ready for download!
Visit the forum to discover the release note and download the new version ?
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— Winamp (@winamp) July 29, 2022
Two development teams have succeeded in making changes that, at first glance, will not jump out in the eyes of users. Because the bulk of the work for the developers was to migrate the project from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2019 in order to rebuild a functional version with up-to-date code.
The most nostalgic, who have not yet initiated their transition to streaming platforms and still listen to their music in MP3 form, will no doubt be happy to see that this new version of Winamp is faithful to the original. If it requires at least Windows 7 SP1 to be installed, it retains its original interface and allows you, as usual, to apply skins to modify the interface of the player.
This new version of Winamp, which is content for the time being to do what the reader has always done, could just be a simple get back in the saddle before starting a more radical transition. Because on its site, the publisher of Winamp indicates that it wants to give artists control of their content, but also to help them connect closely with their fans and earn a fairer income. Does Winamp dream of being a future competitor to streaming platforms? To be continued…
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