Winamp is a classic and popular MP3 player. It plays all popular video formats as well as audio files. It includes a playlist editor, which can put together the selected titles to a playlist. It remembers the paths of individual songs. It also burns optimised audio CDs. A built-in equalizer adjusts the sound via sliders. In addition, there are numerous plug-ins available on the publisher’s website.

Over one thousand modern and classic skins customise the interface to the user’s taste. After installation two standard skins – including one extremely resource-hungry one called Freeform – are pre-installed.

Features at a glance:

* Media Library with ratings and statistics
* Integrated Web browser to surf the Internet
* Editor to edit tags
* CD ripping with eight ACC plus-, AAC and WMA encoding
* CD burning function with dual speed
* Protected Windows Media files using the DirectSound output and the WaveOut plug-in play
* Access to AOL-Web-radio and video catalog
* Access to the Shoutcast directory
* Predixis smart playlist generator
* Milkdrop Desktop visualization
* Support Unicode filenames
* Supports AAC-plus coding
* Managing and synchronising to portable media players such as the iPod

Winamp can handle the following file formats:
AAC(plus), IT, MOD, NST, STM, AIF, ITZ, MP1, NSV, STZ, AIFF, KAR, MP2, OGG, ULT, AMF, M2V, MP3, OKT, VLB, APL, M3U, MP3, PLS, VOC, ASF, M4A, MP4, PTM, WAV, AU, MDZ, MPEG, RMI, WMA, AVI, MID, MPG, S3M, WMV, CDA, MIDI, MTM, S3Z, XM, FAR, MIZ, NSA, SND, XMZ and 669.

New in version 5.62:

* Wireless Desktop Sync with Winamp for Android

Conclusion
The freeware Winamp is a comprehensive and useful media player that plays music and videos and also web radio, podcasts, and Internet TV.