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#193825 - 16/12/2003 19:16 Winamp 5.0 is out
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Downloading now... Hopefully it's a recovery from the debacle that was v3...
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#193826 - 16/12/2003 19:43 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: tonyc]
andy
carpal tunnel

Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
I like one of their key selling points for the new version:

"Most things actually work!"
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#193827 - 16/12/2003 22:02 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: andy]
Ezekiel
pooh-bah

Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
It does pepper some AOL crap around. Several Icons & an AOL installer (which you can just delete from the \winamp directory. The media library is silly fast.

-Zeke
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#193828 - 16/12/2003 22:11 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: Ezekiel]
BinaryC
journeyman

Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 58
I've been running Winamp 5 beta 2 for a about a month now and almost forgot that it wasn't Winamp 2

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#193829 - 16/12/2003 22:13 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: Ezekiel]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
As always, you can choose not to install the AOL crap by doing a Custom install and de-selecting the relevant options.
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#193830 - 16/12/2003 23:01 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: tonyc]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Well, so far it's ruined my ability to play video files in Winamp, crashes every time it tries. Reverting back to 2.91 hasn't fixed it, either. It probably registered some "new and improved" version of a shared library or something. Argh.
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#193831 - 17/12/2003 04:25 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: tonyc]
andy
carpal tunnel

Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
I think I'll be sticking with 2.x for the moment. On my PII300 Winamp 5.0 consumes 80% of CPU just playing back MP3s. It doesn't really seem to add any new features that I need either.
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#193832 - 17/12/2003 07:02 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: andy]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
How do you get winamp 2 back? it appears to have eaten it and the old classic.winamp.com doesn't work any more.
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#193833 - 17/12/2003 07:34 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: andy]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
80%? Huh. I've got a PIII600 and it was running about 3% to 5% playing .mp3's. The only new feature I care about is the improved library. If you don't need that, I'd say yeah, stick with 2.x .

-Zeke
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#193834 - 17/12/2003 07:43 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: Ezekiel]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
Ah yes. I think I have worked out what is wrong. I was playing with Shoutcast a while back in Winamp 2.0, it looks like Winamp 5.0 has decided to run Shoutcast somewhere in the background.
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#193835 - 17/12/2003 12:08 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: andym]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
and the old classic.winamp.com doesn't work any more.
Yikes! Hope that's not on purpose. In the meantime, www.oldversion.com has it.
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#193836 - 17/12/2003 12:49 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: tfabris]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
Screw winamp 5, I'm going to start using 0.20 instead! Much simpler and definitely not as CPU intensive.
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#193837 - 17/12/2003 13:02 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: andym]
ninti
old hand

Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 868
Loc: Los Angeles
I appreciate trying it out for me guys. Based on what I have heard here, I think I will stick with 2, thank you very much.
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#193838 - 17/12/2003 13:39 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: andym]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Dude, don't laugh, when WinAMP 0.20 first came out we were all using MuseARC or WinPlay3. WinAMP 0.20 was like a godsend!
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#193839 - 17/12/2003 13:48 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: tonyc]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
The first version of winamp I had was around the 1.00 mark. I think the first mp3 I had was Pinball Wizard by the Who.
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#193840 - 17/12/2003 19:02 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: andym]
tonyc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
I feel a new thread coming...
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#193841 - 17/12/2003 19:20 Re: Winamp 5.0 is out [Re: tonyc]
robricc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
** MOVED TO OTHER THREAD **


Edited by robricc (17/12/2003 19:23)
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