Editing Winamp (section)

=== Winamp 5 ===
[[File:Winamp5.png|thumb|Winamp 5 featuring Winamp Modern skin]]

Winamp 5 was based on the Winamp 2 codebase, but with Winamp3 features such as modern skins incorporated via a plugin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=167493#post1261545 |title="Why no Winamp2 Download" (post #4) |last=Richman |first=Eddy "DJ Egg" |date=January 31, 2004}} (forum post by developer)</ref> thus incorporating the main advantages of both products. Regarding the omission of a version 4, Nullsoft joked that "nobody wants to see a Winamp 4 skin" ("4 skin" being a pun on [[foreskin]]).<ref name="AutoMZ-25"/> It was also joked that "Winamp 5 is so good they skipped a number" and "Winamp 2+3=5,".<ref name="AutoMZ-26"/> Winamp 5.0 was released in December 2003. A blue themed "Modern" skin became the default interface. The media library was improved, CD burning and ripping was introduced, and other additions.

The original Nullsoft team quit in 2004. As of version 5.1, Winamp development is credited to Ben Allison (Benski) and Maksim Tyrtyshny.<ref name="AutoMZ-30"/><!-- Primary source, harmless for this purpose. -->

From version 5.2 onwards, support for synchronizing with an [[iPod]] and other portable music players is built-in.<ref name="AutoMZ-27"/> This was developed by Will Fisher, as a re-write of the open source [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mlipod/ ml_ipod plug-in].

==== Winamp 5.5 ====
Winamp 5.5: The 10th Anniversary Edition was released on October 10, 2007,<ref name="AutoMZ-28"/> ten years after the first release of Winamp (a [[beta version|preview version]] had been released on September 10, 2007). New features to the player included album art support, improved localization support (with several officially localized Winamp releases, including German, Polish, Russian, and French), and a new default interface skin called "Bento" which unlike the previous skins is a unified player and media library in one window as opposed to a multi-window interface.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.last100.com/2007/09/17/winamp-goes-where-itunes-doesnt-dare/ |title=Winamp goes where iTunes doesn't dare « last100}}</ref> This version dropped support for [[Windows 9x]].<ref name="VanBuskirk"/><ref name="AutoMZ-29"/>

==== Winamp 5.6 ====
[[File:Winamp 5.621.PNG|thumb|Winamp 5.621, when listening to the [[SHOUTcast]] stream]]

Winamp 5.6 was released in November 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=https://winfuture.de/news,59877.html |title=Winamp 5.6: Android-Gerät via WLAN verwalten |date=November 30, 2010}}</ref> and features [[Android (operating system)|Android]] Wi-Fi support and direct mouse wheel support. Fraunhofer AAC codec with VBR encoding support was implemented. Moreover, the option to write ratings to tags (for MP3, WMA/WMV, [[Ogg]], and [[FLAC]]) was added. Hungarian and Indonesian installer translations and language packs were added.

With the release of Winamp version 5.66 on November 20, 2013, [[AOL]] announced that Winamp.com would shut down on December 20, 2013, and Winamp would cease to be offered for download after that date.<ref name=ars-shutdown />

Five days later, version 5.666 was released with the "Pro" and "Full" installers being one and the same, in the process removing OpenCandy, Emusic, AOL Search, and AOL Toolbar from the installation bundle. This was announced to be the last release of Winamp from AOL/Nullsoft.<ref name="winamp5666post" />

==== Winamp 5.7 ====
There was a Winamp 5.7 beta program for an invitation-based Winamp Cloud feature, which would let Winamp play a user's entire cloud-stored music library across all supported devices.<ref name="winampcloud" /> This feature would have allowed AOL to provide a music locker service that would essentially compete with other [[Comparison of online music lockers|online music lockers]]. The beta program was cancelled months before the announcement to shut down the Winamp project.<ref name="winampcloudabort" />