Op de homepage van Winamp is versie 5.01 neer te halen. Dit programma is in staat om mediabestanden zoals mp3, mp2, mpeg, avi en m2v af te spelen. De nieuwe release is beschikbaar als full version en in een lite edition. De lite-versie is alleen uitgerust met ondersteuning voor Winamp 2 plug-ins, mp3 en de classic skin. Daarentegen is de full-uitvoering voorzien van alle toeters en bellen. Hieronder vind je de veranderingen ten opzichte van de finalversie:
Winamp 5.01:
- fixed gen_ml selection bug
- added gen_ml option for no guessing at all
- made AVS and SPS support loop() in user code
- made AVS support megabuf() in user code
- made pro installer not prompt for regkey if already valid
- improved font directory retrieval in gen_ff
- added content rating system in Internet TV's listing
- added bandwidth usage statistic in Internet Radio/TV listings
- made media library guess from filename only when NO metadata found
- added seperate recent items tracking options for files/streams
- made installer better handle installing wa5 directly over wa3.
- added milkdrop docs to installer
- made uninstaller not remove winamp directory if not empty (user is now required to do so manually to avoid people going "oops")
- made installer check sonic px.dll versions and prompt for reboot accordingly
- fixed nsv metadata querying bugs
- fixed gen_ml guessing bugs for files with metadata that are not in DB