Sound Out The New Features in AOL’s Winamp 5.56
I was a big fan on Winamp back in the day and it seems the developers over at Nullsoft have been busy at work with their technology systems to deliver some cracking new features now available in the latest version of the Winamp Media Player, including:
- Improved iPod Sync Support
- Available in 16 languages including Turkish, Romanian & Brazilian Portuguese
- New Winamp OrglerTM lets you track, chart, & share listening history
- New Charts feature highlighting top artists, songs & My Charts
- New iTunes Library Support
You might be wondering what OrglerTM is? Well, it is a nifty plug-in, which comes packaged with the 5.56 player, and powers the Winamp Charts experience. When you enable the Orgler to send your listening history to Winamp, it can now highlight & feature the eclectic musical tastes of the Winamp community.
The charts are available in both the Winamp media player & on http://uk.winamp.com , allowing you to view the Top Songs and Top Artists being listened to by other Winamp users. You can even view your own listening history! Simply filter by My Charts to see what you’ve spent your time listening to today, this week or this month.
Each time you listen to a song through Winamp, while the Orgler is enabled, the plug-in sends the basic metadata associated with that file (such as song name and artist name) to Winamp. Currently the Orgler only tracks songs played from your media library (internet radio isn’t tracked yet). It’s important to remember that you have to enable the Orgler for these functions to work.
There are four versions of Winamp available from the Free Lite version up to the Pro version, you can see a comparison list of the features on the features page of the site.
Visit the site and download Winamp 5.56 at http://uk.winamp.com or learn more at the Winamp Blog.
