Winamp 5, yay or nay?

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:32 am

Anyone tried WinAmp 5 yet? I've still got 2.91, and I'm wondering what marvelous things 5 has.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:04 am

They dont have the enqueue/dequeue feature from 3 (my fav. feature) so im not upgrading yet.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:06 am

I've been using 5 since the beta and love it. The fact that it runs like 2 with the features of 3 was enough to hook me. Haven't found anything wrong with it at all. All the issues I had with the original beta were fixed in the following beta release and don't show up in the final either

SuperSheep · Post by **SuperSheep** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:47 am

You folks talk too much

Yay!

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:50 am

Still using 2.65 and see no reason to upgrade.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:51 am

W5 is (for me at least) very stable. Previous versions crashed often (every few days) and the visualisations would seldom run for longer than 5 minutes without crashing and taking Winamp with it.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:43 am

Just make sure you set any winamp to use DIRECT SOUND not wave out <Dont be a faggot and Quote me, Get your own content>

yay

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:10 am

I was using 2.91, and just upgraded to 5, and see no reason to do so. There is nothing 5 does (that I use) that 2.91 did not do, and the forms get messed up if you switch resolutions (like exiting games). So while 5 is definitely not bad, to me it is essentially 2.91 with a bug.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:35 am

Upgraded from Winamp 5 beta to full. I like.

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:48 am

I like Winamp 5 and have had no major problems with it, other than the one Scorch mentioned which is, imho, rather annoying. I was usign Quintessential for a while, but I like how Winamp has direct integration with Shoutcast and Internet TV.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:44 am

Could someone who is still using 2.91 tell me how much RAM it uses in XP just idle? WA5 is using just over 12,000k idle here ATM.

-Krom

Matrix · Post by **Matrix** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:55 pm

I upgraded from 2.91 to 5, I like it better
Menus and what not are alot better

krom, for me 5 is using only 6,000k on idle and 15,000k playing
Whats up with urs

skinned?

I think i remeber 2.91 taking like around 10,000 while playing

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:50 pm

Not playing, but it has songs in the playlist. Using 14,000k while playing.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:00 pm

Winamp 2.91 with a skin and 346 MP3s in the play list is taking up 6,068 K. That's on 2000 though...

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:39 pm

Winamp 2.91 with 2000+ mp3s in idle mode is 6700k on my WinXP Pro.

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:28 pm

my winamp 5 only uses 3064k idle
4556k when playing

=]

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:30 pm

with or without classic skinning?

MehYam · Post by **MehYam** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:32 pm

It's slick.

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:53 pm

mines with modern skin

Bonz · Post by **Bonz** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:54 pm

my winamp5 uses 7000 playing with modern skins

Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Admiral Thrawn** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:20 pm

I like it better than the previous versions, but I didn't like how it hijaaked ALL my media types whenever I start it up, even though I only tell it I want it to play mp3's. Whenever I started it up, it would change all of my file preferences no matter what I told it to all use winamp. It's aggressiveness earned it the "uninstall" unfortunate because it's really a good program.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 3:16 pm

Winamp 2.91

Idle: 6,292kB
Playing: 6,904kB

Whereas 2.65 only ate up what....4MB?

Phantasmagirl · Post by **Phantasmagirl** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:35 pm

winamp 2.91 = good
winamp 3 = suck
winamp 5 = best

I was stubborn and didn't want to switch from 2. I tried 3 briefly and thought it sucked. Winamp 5 is the 2 engine with the skinning capabilities of 3.. it's great.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:31 am

foobar2k > *

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:42 am

mine uses 18k idle and 20k while playeing. xp corp. with sp1, modern skin and 273 songs. why is mine so high?

1398342003 · Post by **1398342003** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:36 pm

My W5 uses 3800 with a 40MB song, 800-1100 idle, with Waiora 3000 skin.
With MMD3 skin it uses 4400-13000 idle, 5700-20000 with the 40MB song.

Part of it's usage depends on the skin, part on wether it is the last window clicked on.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:11 pm

12k idle, bout 19k while playing. WinXP Pro SP1 MMD3 skin.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:24 pm

WA 5 = No
WA 2.91 = Yes

ever since WA 3 came out there are too many: "WTF Does This Do?!?!?" type of buttons so i stuck with 2.91. ive trialed WA4 and WA5 with nothing better than my good ole' WA2.91

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:29 pm

Youve tried WA4, eh? lol

(hint: there was no WA4)

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:35 pm

lol@Ace, like Vin said, no WA4

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:40 pm

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:52 pm

Guys, he meant he tried Winamp 3.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:59 pm

im sticking with WA2

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:03 pm

<font face="Arial" size="3"> ive trialed WA4 and WA5 with nothing better than my good ole' WA2.91 - AceCombat</font>

He already said that after he said that when he tried WA3 he went back to 2.91

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:04 pm

Now WA5 is only using 10,000k while playing, and I have NOT rebooted since the last time I checked.

Guess it just changes depending on the time of the week.

-Krom