The Winamp application was developed to be more than just a player. It's your window to the multimedia world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp is the one place you go to feed your audio/video habit.

Here are just some of the hot, new things you can do with the latest version of Winamp:

Winamp can use both Modern and Classic skins, so you can be both hip and retro at the same time.

Winamp gives you easy and organized access to your favorite media. That's what you call mass media.

Winamp can play a huge variety of audio and video formats right out of the installation.

You get access to hundreds of free audio and video channels in the Media Library. This ain't your father's library.

Winamp can burn your music to Audio CDs. Burn baby burn!

Winamp makes it easy to create and manage your favorite songs through playlists. Yes, you can be your own DJ.

Winamp allows you to extend its functionality through the use of "plug-ins" Its like the Mr. Potato Head of music.

Winamp can manage all of your portable media players and devices. Plug in, turn on, tune in, drop out...

Winamp allows you to alter the sound of your music through a built-in Equalizer. An audio receiver right on your computer.

Winamp allows you to watch visual effects that are driven from your music with Visualizations. From flaming fireballs to screaming strobe effects, it's all there.

Winamp Main Window:

Winamp features our new Bento Skin that's easier to use and more powerful than ever.

Easily access the Media Library, Playlist Editor, Video, Visualizations, Media Monitor Browser, EQ, Skin Options and Color Themes all from one single user interface.

Includes over 20 color themes that suit nearly every mood or occasion!

Winamp 5.5 carries forward the unobtrusive "Window Shade" mode.

Winamp Playlist Editor

Drag and drop media directly into a Playlist from Windows Explorer or the Media Library

Jump directly to an item within the list by double clicking it or selecting the item and pressing Enter

Sort Playlists by title, file name, or path and file name

Easily Open and Save Playlists from the Manage Playlist button

Winamp Library

Organize and find your favorite songs and videos in ONE place

Rip your favorite music CDs into AAC, MP3, WMA, WAV or FLAC (Ripping limited to ~6x speeds for free users. MP3 encoding is only available in Winamp Pro)

Burn your favorite music compilations to Audio CD (limited to 2x speed for free users)

Media Library "Smart Views" allow you to easily create rule based lists of your media

Easily modify your music collections tags (Artist, Album, Genre, Title, etc.)

Download and view cover art for all of your albums

Online Services

Easily tune into user created Internet TV and Radio stations

Over 10,000 SHOUTcast Radio stations and 250 Internet TV channels to choose from

Bookmark your favorite stations and channels for future access

Hundreds of Winamp Music and AOL Videos for your viewing pleasure

Other integrated features include: In2TV, Games, Winamp Remote, and more.

Now Playing

View album art, artist biographies, discographies

Keep track of your favorite artists by browsing fan sites and news articles presented in the client

Easily purchase your favorite CDs, memorabilia, or just sell your own

Download or subscribe to music and video podcasts via the Podcast Directory

Easily manage all of your Portable Media Players.

Winamp natively supports the following devices:

iPod (Original, Shuffle, Nano & Classic, but NOT iTouch or iPhone)

Creative Nomad/Zen/MuVo

PlaysForSure (P4S) devices

USB Thumbdrives

ActiveSync devices

Winamp Browser

Browse any website in the Bento Browser

Easily add and customize your own favorite links

Use the Media Monitor to list and download music from MP3 Blogs

Use the Smart Search to search for skins, plugins, concerts, videos...

Quick access to Help & Support, and more

Winamp Video

Play many major video formats (AVI, NSV, WMV, MPG, etc.) with ease

Easily resize video playback using the 1x, 2x, and Maximize window buttons

Watch your favorite videos in Full Screen mode

Quick access to dozens of Internet TV stations created by users

Winamp Visualizations

Winamp comes bundled with the latest version of the ground breaking AVS (Advanced Visualization Studio) and Milkdrop visualizers

Enjoy over 100 bundled visualization presets created by users

Switch between presets manually or sit back and watch your presets on Random

Easily jump to Full Screen mode

Download new visualizations and presets from Winamp.com

Winamp Equalizer

Shift the sound from both speakers to left or right using the Balance slider

Enable Cross Fading to transition the audio smoothly from one song to another

Select from the dozens of EQ presets to tune the sound

Create your own EQ settings and save them for future use

Features:

Purchase tickets, find lyrics, & download music directly from your media player

Windows 7 Compliant

Winamp OrglerTM lets you track, chart and share your Winamp listening history

Find & manage Add-ons directly in your media player

Improved iPod Sync Support

New iTunes Library Import

Online Services Gallery

OurStage Radio Online Services

Turkish, Romanian and Portuguese Language Packs

Now Playing: Discover Artist Songs, Videos, Radio and Photos

AOL Radio Powered by CBS Radio

Expanded Flash video support

Media Monitor: Playing music on the web just got even better

Language packs available in Chinese, Japanese and Korean

Updated Winamp toolbar

control Winamp from your browser

A Redesigned Unified Interface, including Album Art

Remote Music and Video Playback and Sharing

Dynamic Song Recommendations Playlist Feature

Multi-channel MP3 Surround Support

Mass Auto-Tagger Provides Latest Music Metadata

Integrated Web Search for Artist and Track Information

Album Art Support for Portable Devices

Updated Podcast Directory and Download Manager

Fully Integrated Web browser and customizable links

New Visualizer Plug-in

Milkdrop 2

Portable Device Sync support

Expanded Podcast Directory

Smart views with new pre-sets for dynamic playlists

Plays an insane amount of audio and video types

Compatible with Winamp 2 Plug-ins

Full Support for Classic Skins

Full Support for Modern Skins

Access over 30,000 SHOUTcast Radio Stations

Enjoy thousands of free songs and videos

Playback the AOL Video catalogue of video content

Listen to AOL Radio stations