Winamp 5 Beta download...

[3rdnode]

http://www.betaresource.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=548

Quite nice and perfroms better so far.

[3rdnode]

Just found this, use the default skin and set its colour scheme to "good ol' winamp". Very nice.

[Super Stu]

5? o_O

Does it load as quickly as a diseased slug, like WA3 did?

[Magnakai]

5? o_O

Does it load as quickly as a diseased slug, like WA3 did?

It's version number, 5, comes from an amalgamation of the Winamp 2 core, and the Winamp 3 skin engine. It seems to be about as fast as Winamp 2. Maybe a mite slower, but I think it's just me. Plus it looks prettier and has more features. It's basically the new version of Winamp 2.

[Commander Marklar]

Features for features sake... it plays music, any version will do

[Inertia_]

It's hogwash. If they'd just given the damn WA2 media library a windowshade mode it'd have been everything I could possibly ask for. I went back to WA2.95 after a few hours with WA5 - there's simply no need for it whatsoever...

...unless you're a whore for blobby skins that kill your CPU and won't fit anywhere on your desktop, of course.

[DjSatansfury]

Im using 2.82

The beta 5 is no different O_o Well it is, but for what i use Winamp, its not

[Super Stu]

Cheers lads, one to avoid as suspected then.

[Magnakai]

Psh, it's memory footprint is basically the same as 2.91... it feels just as fast to me.