Best WinAMP version for Winodws XP build? \ VOGONS

Reply 1 of 7, by theelf

Posted on Yesterday, 21:33

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2.9 all the way, foundd 5.x too heavy

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Reply 2 of 7, by C0deHunter

Posted on Yesterday, 23:40

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Great! Will try that then!

Reply 3 of 7, by wbahnassi

Posted on Today, 06:05

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Agree on 2.9. Snappy and doesn't add stupid features no one needs.

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Reply 4 of 7, by C0deHunter

Posted on Today, 06:14

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I like the 'Modern Skin' by Sven Kistner (in particular) so I went with v5.666, as I couldn't get it to work on v2.9

Reply 5 of 7, by ott

Posted on Today, 07:21

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C0deHunter wrote on Yesterday, 20:54:

Based on my research the overall votes go to either version 2.95 or 5.666.

The latest version of Winamp 2.xx is considered to be 2.95, but it has never been officially released.
This creates confusion: on various sites under version 2.95, you can find the original Nullsoft's 2.95RC version or from third parties.

1ef1423999cbefd4f2a3a98acee2b194a4260268cb4517abda9f12963e866b7e5  winamp295.exe
2298ff9f9d2c3cd93d0b7dc2a18ef5ce8ea9dc8e64977b18381753e35efa6eb8e  winamp295.exe
3ef1423999cbefd4f2a3a98acee2b194a4260268cb4517abda9f12963e866b7e5  winamp295rc_full.exe

Reply 6 of 7, by aVd

Posted on Today, 07:50

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Hi, @C0deHunter,
If you like the modern skin option, the latest build of Winamp non-beta version 5.666 is build 3516 from December 2013. It's newer than builds with beta version 5.7.You can download it here or here. I also found a later patched v. 5.666 build 3516 from 2014, but I will not post it here, as it's non-official.

Seems like the newest win XP-compatible version is 5.8 build 3660 from the late 2018, but I never tried it, because after the Winamp was killed by aol in 2013, I started using foobar2000 with win XP instead of Winamp.

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Reply 7 of 7, by C0deHunter

Posted on Today, 16:40

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Thank you for your comments, you guys are amazing! Truly appreciate the assist!

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