Winamp3 Alpha2 is out!

[Czar]

http://www.the-ctrl-alt-del.com/utilities/wa3install_alpha2.exe

I havent tried it out, but tweak3d seems to like it.



<< Nullsoft has released a very early Alpha 2 version of their new Winamp 3. I'm using it right now and so far, I'm pretty impressed. There's a lot of stuff changed and with this being an early version, Winamp 3 is looking to be a very kickass Mp3 player. >>

 

[BigSmooth]

I dl'ed it... still has some missing functions, but the free-form skinning is damn cool. There's a lot of new features too, and I need to play with them to figure them all out!

 

[kami]

I don't like it at this point...maybe it needs more fooling around but first impressions count a lot. Back to 2.5 with the 2.22 decoding engine for me.

 

[AndyHui]

kami: if you think the 2.22 decoding engine is good, wait till you get an earful of this: MAD Winamp plugin.

 

[kami]

Wow, that's excellent...I can REALLY tell the difference with my speakers/receiver! (see specs on my page)

 

[SSP]

Bah! I can't hear the damn difference in my 200Watt speakers (each).

(Damn U for getting me all excited )

 

[DarK SagE]

the link is down i beleive

 

[AlphaIVT]

Link must've beened pulled, if you have it, don't hesitate to send it over to me ICQ or email it to my email and PM me before you send too please

 

[pac1085]

Yeah can someone send it to me too? Send it to my email or on aim im pac1085...thx

 

[mHubs]

This should work
edit: damn, got that link off another forum, o well, sorry

 

[urbantechie]

me three!

 

[pac1085]

nevermind, i got it working, got it here

 

[pac1085]

woohoo it comes with a THINGER!

 

[Harrisment]

wow, that sounds really good! thanks!

 

[SSP]

Just tried it. Looks pretty cool. I can tell its in Alpha stages (buttons not workin, skins not completed). Overall, looks pretty good.

 

[DAM]

i didnt get it to work :---(



dam(dohed)

 

[DAM]

dam(dp)

 

[pac1085]

I couldnt get it to work either, it runs but doesnt do anything, lol

 

[loup garou]

Couldn't get it to work either. Might be Win2k. Looks nice though.

 

[loogie]

Works fine in win2k for me. Its rather bloated, takes up 4x the resources compared to 2.7, but that may be due to it still being alpha. I see no new features that would want to make me use it over winamp 2.7. It does look cooler though, but still sounds the same as 2.7.

 

[Sacotool]

I couldn't figure out how to play my files with it. When I clicked on &quot;play file&quot; it said to look for this feature in the next beta.....

 

[zippy]

It sounds a lot better than 2.72 and earlier IMHO. The older ones seem to have a more faded, distant sound- but now it is a lot richer and fuller!

Thanks!

 

[Gatsby]

Damn this thing is bloated.. I got mine off of betanews's site.
It sounds a tad better but its using 22megs of ram on my win2k system.

Gatsby - 816

 

[LocutusX]

Re: MAD plugin

Looks like I need something better than these 2 year old Altec Lansing ACS-45's to tell the difference between the latest MAD beta, and Winamp's 2.72b mp3 decoder.

Edit: BTW, there's a known issue with the MAD decoder that might result in some of you hearing imaginary improvements when there really aren't any:



<< - using DSP effects (including the equalizer) will negate the effects of
dithering >>



So if you're comparing Winamp's decoder to MAD, be sure to keep the equalizer OFF.