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Radionomy has made the official announcement that it has released Winamp 5.8 with bug fixes and improvements, fully compatible with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

Earlier this week, Radionomy revealed that it would be re-launching the media player in 2019 for both desktop and mobile. It also announced that it will soon be launching a forthcoming minor update to the existing player. Following this announcement, a beta version of the update was leaked online and was being distributed heavily. To avoid the illegal download of Winamp, that might contain malicious software, Radionomy pushed the release forward and made Winamp 5.8 available for download ahead of schedule from the Winamp website.

Winamp 5.8 comes with bug fixes and improvements along with support for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Major fixes include:

  • A new Windows Audio (WASAPI) Output plug-in (w.i.p.)
  • An option to completely disable Winamp’s video support
  • An auto-fullscreen option to video prefs
  • Added /ENUMPLAYLISTS to the command-line support
  • OpenMPT-based Module Player (replaces old MikMod player)
  • Added browse path & edit title functions in Ctrl+E editor
  • Updated scrollbars and buttons and other tweaks
  • Added a Playlist Search feature
  • New URLs not being remembered after using Reset history in Open URL dialog
  • Minimum required OS is now Win XP sp3 (Windows 7 or higher recommended)
  • Moved shared DLLs to WinampShared folder

Radionomy bought Winamp from AOL in 2014, just as AOL was about to let go of the Winamp media player. Since then, the world has been waiting to get a glimpse of a new Winamp. In a recent interview by Techcrunch, Radionomy CEO Alexandre Saboundjian spilled the beans that Winamp 6 will be coming in 2019 as a complete revamp of the traditional media player. “You can listen to the MP3s you may have at home, but also to the cloud, to podcasts, to streaming radio stations, to a playlist you perhaps have built,” said Saboundjian.

Per Saboundjian, Winamp will be platform-agnostic and will exist primarily as a mobile app that aggregates multiple forms of audio. “People want one single experience,” he added. “I think Winamp is the perfect player to bring that to everybody. And we want people to have it on every device.

Winamp enthusiasts were quite pleased with the release. A hacker news user, ralgozino pointed out, “I’ve just clicked the link in my phone expecting a big “you can’t use this on your phone, please use a proper computing device” message and instead I got a fully working Winamp. Color me impressed. Hats off to the developers.”

Read more such comments on Hacker News. For more details about Winamp 5.8, visit Winamp website.

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