Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows. Though its hayday has ended, this very popular mp3, audio and Internet radio player still has a very strong following despite the demise of its former owner, Nullsoft.

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A leaked version of Winamp 5.8 recently spread over the Internet. Consequently, we have decided to make this new version available to you, revised by us. We therefore recommend that you download this version rather than any other as we guarantee it is safe for you to use. A popular and powerful media player. Winamp is a media player that can read a range of formats, including MP3, WAV, MOD, and Audio CD files. The program can retrieve information on a song or an album using the web. It also gives you access to more than 30,000 online radio stations.

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This Winamp download is actually the original version of the program before it ceased development. Though there still is a community on the official web site, the new owners of the program have apparently not continued with its development which leaves us with the last stable version 5.666.

With that said, Winamp really does kick the llama's ass. The layout of the media player is a classic style that supports complete customization with skins that are still available for download from sites across the web.

With skins in mind, you can also run a few of the included spectral visualizations that the program has. Although the main winamp.com web site does not contain the library of free visualizations that were available in years past, there are a number of sites where you can download these files which can be placed in the corresponding folder.

It's a media player that supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft, Audio Explosion, MOD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library.

It's also fully compatible with almost all modern versions of Windows including Windows XP and Vista. Not to mention Windows 10.

The culmination of the features that were added in various iterations of the program finally ended with version 5. With that said, it's still completely stable and provides full support for most common audio and video formats, especially Internet radio stations streaming ShoutCast streams.

Features and highlights

• Native video support including the most popular file formats for H.264 encoded video (in AVI, MP4, MKV, FLV & NSV containers)
• Android Wifi & USB sync support
• Track, chart and share your Winamp listening history
• iPod synchronization support
• iTunes media library import
• AOL Radio powered by CBS
• Support for Flash video (FLV)

Winamp 5.666.3516 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from mp3 player software without restrictions. Winamp 5.666.3516 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

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4. Major release: Winamp 5.666
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Step 1 - Install Winamp

Download and install Winamp (if you don’t already have it installed). Winamp is a free download.

Step 2 - Install the Shoutcast DSP Plugin

Download the Shoutcast DSP Plugin for Winamp and install it. This is a free plugin for Winamp that lets you stream out to the Internet.

Run the file you just downloaded and this will install the DSP into Winamp.

Step 3 - Start the Shoutcast DSP Plugin

• Start Winamp
• Press Ctrl - P (Ctrl and P keys together) - This will open the settings page.
• (a) Click ‘DSP/Effect’ on the left column - you may need to scroll down.
• (b) Select ‘Nullsoft SHOUTcast Source DSP’ - a window called ‘SHOUTcast Source’ will appear.

Step 4 - Enter the Shoutcast Server settings

• (c) Click the ‘Output’ tab
• (d) Click ‘Connection’
• (e) In the ‘Address’ field enter the Shoutcast server host as shown in your Shoutcast email or Fast Serv account under Services -> Shoutcast.
• (f) In the ‘Port’ field enter the Shoutcast server Port as shown in your Shoutcast email or Fast Serv account under Services -> Shoutcast.
• (g) In the ‘Password’ field enter the Shoutcast server DJ password as shown in your Shoutcast email or Fast Serv account under Services -> Shoutcast.

Note: You can log into your Portal account to obtain your Shoutcast server details critical for this step (if you don’t already have them):

Step 5 - Set up the Encoder

The Encoder is the ‘heart’ of Shoutcast. It takes the audio from Winamp (or the microphone or line input) and converts it into MP3 format to be sent to your listeners.

• (h) Click the ‘Encoder’ tab.
• (i) Click ‘Encoder 1’ in the ‘Encoder’ field.
• (j) Select ‘MP3 Encoder’ in the ‘Encoder Type’ menu.
• (k) Select the appropriate bitrate in the ‘Encoder Settings’. You can choose any ‘kbps’ that is equal or lower to the bitrate ‘kbps’ of the Shoutcast package you purchased.

Note: Be very careful when choosing your Encoder Settings. The bit rate (kbps) MUST be equal or lower to the Shoutcast plan you purchased.

Step 6 - Set up your Station Details

• (l) Click the ‘Output’ tab.
• (m) Click the ‘Yellowpages’ button.
• (n) Give your station a title.
• (o) Enter your website address, including the http:// part.
• (p) Enter a the genre of music or content. You can list more than one, separated by commas.
• (q) If you want the titles of songs streamed to the players, click ‘Enable Title Updates’.

Step 7 - Choose the audio source

Here we will choose whether to broadcast what is playing in Winamp, or instead the live sound input to your computer (microphone, line-in, ect).

• (r) Click the ‘Input’ tab
• (s) If you want to stream files played in Winamp, choose ‘Winamp’ in the ‘Input Device’ menu. If you wish to instead broadcast a live audio feed or microphone input, select ‘Soundcard Input’.

Note: If you select ‘Soundcard Input’, the default recording device in the Windows control panel will be used for streaming. You can monitor the levels in the ‘Input Level’ area—it is recommended to keep your input level less than -2 dB to prevent distortion. You may have to adjust the recording mixer properties if the levels aren’t moving (see below under ‘troubleshooting’).

Step 8 - Start streaming

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• (t) Click the ‘Output’ tab.
• (u) Click ‘Connect’.
• (v) You should immediately see bytes counting up in the ‘Status’ box. If the bytes are stuck at 0 or remains ‘Not Connected’, see the troubleshooting section below.
• (w) If you would like to have the Shoutcast DSP automatically connect each time you start Winamp, tick the ‘Connect at Startup’ check box.

You’re now streaming live on the Internet!

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