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Winamp was first released in 1997, when Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev, [6] [7] [8] formerly students at the University of Utah, integrated their Windows user interface with the Advanced Multimedia Products ("AMP") MP3 file playback engine. [55] The name Winamp (originally spelled WinAMP) was a portmanteau of "Windows" and "AMP". [56]
The following comparison of audio players compares general and technical information for a number of software media player programs. For the purpose of this comparison, "audio players" are defined as any media player explicitly designed to play audio files, with limited or no support for video playback.
Allows single file or playlist downloads. Windows Media Connect from Microsoft, a free UPnP AV MediaServer and control point (server and client) for Microsoft Windows. WMC version 2.0 can be installed for usage with Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP; WMC version 3.0 can be installed for usage with Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP
The last version that is compatible with Windows 2000 is version 7.10. The last version that is compatible with Windows 9x is version 3.45. Starting with K-Lite version 10.0.0, 64-bit codecs were integrated into the regular K-Lite Codec Pack. Previously, a separate 64-bit edition of the pack was available for x64 editions of Windows. [10]
If you’re on Windows XP or Windows Vista, AOL suggests using the AOL Shield browser for optimal performance. A: AOL Desktop Gold, AOL Shield, and AOL Shield Pro requires users to have an existing internet connection.
In Windows XP, for example, the usage of DirectSound (which Winamp uses by default) with a hardware mixer is a way to bypass KMixer. [9] KMixer was removed in Windows Vista. It is replaced by the user-mode WASAPI (Windows Audio Session API) Audio Engine which is part of the revamped audio architecture.
The original Media Player Classic was created and maintained by a programmer named "Gabest" [5] who also created PCSX2 graphics plugin GSDX. It was developed as a closed-source application, but later relicensed as free software under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later license.
foobar2000 supports Windows, though the support of older versions for Windows XP and Vista has been dropped as of version 1.6 (released 2020). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Windows 2000 support was dropped as of version 0.9.5 (released 2008) and Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 support was dropped as of version 0.9 (released 2006).