The basic features in WinAmp are much like those of a regular CD player. You can: play, pause, stop, forward the song, go to a previous song or even select a new song. It has all the track info such as author, time and title. But where it starts to get better is it’s built-in spectrum analyzer and oscilloscope. It also has additional controls such as position slider, balance, volume, equalizer, playlist, shuffle and repeat. Plus it has the ability to take advantage of different types of plug-ins making WinAmp one of the most versatile MP3 players. If that’s not enough, it also has a built-in mini browser if you are a really big internet roamer.
Let’s take a look at the WinAmp playlist. Here are the features that come with WinAmp’s playlist:
Drag and drop playlist editing
Create and save new playlists or load a previous playlist
Edit song information via ID3 tag editor
Sort by title and filename or randomize
Add or remove a song or a block of songs from the playlist
Delete song files or song listings from the playlist
Jump to a song by double-clicking in the playlist
Display current song duration and complete playlist duration for easy dubbing
Run without the main window with mini-controls, time display, and visualization
Run in title-displaying Windowshade mode.
WinAmp also has a built-in graphic equalizer and a preamp that actually works. Features that you could use with Winamp’s equalizer are:
Ten band graphic equalizer and built-in pre-amplifier
Create and save new pre-amplifier and equalizer settings or load previous setttings
Create and save song-specific pre-amplifier and equalizer settings
Optionally autoload previously saved song-specific pre-amplifier and equalizer settings on Winamp start-up
Spline curve display of EQ settings
Change Volume and Balance in Windowshade mode.
With WinAmp you can do anything from making it small enough to run in a box no bigger than the width of your toolbar (in mini mode), to changing the complete look and feel of the player to suit your needs. That still appeals to me. Depending on what mood I'm in, I change the whole visual aspect of the player by changing to a different skin.
