Winamp kon in zijn beginjaren alleen maar muziekbestanden afspelen. Het was toentertijd een van de meest bekende programma's die op een degelijke manier mp3's kon afspelen. Nu, enkele jaren later, zijn de programmeurs bezig met het ontwikkelen van de Winamp 5-serie. De 5-branche wordt gekenmerkt door de plugin-support van 2.x en de skin-engine van 3.x. Op dit moment is Winamp een volledige mediaspeler: niet alleen muziekbestanden kunnen afgspeeld worden, maar het is ook mogelijk om films te bekijken en diverse radiostreams te beluisteren. De ontwikkelaars van Winamp hebben voor de zekerheid de 5.23-versie final verklaard, om geen verwarring te krijgen met de duivelse 666-release die op 6 juni beschikbaar werd gesteld. Het enige dat in de finalversie van Winamp 5.23 is veranderd, is het versienummer in de code van de mediaspeler. Het changelog is onveranderd gebleven:
Whats new:
- Improved: [gen_jumpex] jump-to-file speed improvements
- Fixed: playlist saving with network share files
- Fixed: Media Library preferences not loading in correct order
- Fixed: main window not hilited when restoring from minimized state in classic skin.
- Fixed: slow loading of playlists with URLs
- Fixed: CD burning using third party input plugins
- Fixed: classic skin winshade playlist time display
- Fixed: [gen_ff] Wasabi XML font-related fixes from Martin Poehlmann
- Fixed: [gen_ff] Map.getHeight() maki script function returning width instead
- Fixed: [gen_ff] winshade global hotkeys broken w/ modern skins
- Fixed: [gen_jumpex] 'Add to Queue' issues
- Fixed: [gen_jumpex] NT4 incompatability
- Fixed: [gen_jumpex] misc bug fixes
- Fixed: [gen_ml] icon changes on drag+drop items
- Fixed: [in_mp3] playback of AAC streams
- Fixed: [in_mp4] seek bug when using right arrow key
- Fixed: [in_wm] Playback restarts from beginning when editing tags of a currently playing .wma file
- Fixed: [in_wm] protocol/extension reversed in config > filetype > edit
- Fixed: [in_wm] 'Audio only' always checked for ASF/WMV in config
- Fixed: [in_wm] seek bug when using right arrow key
- Fixed: [ml_bookmarks] 'Edit Bookmarks' menu item not working when Media Library is hidden
- Fixed: [ml_local] crash while rearranging media library views
- Fixed: [ml_local] crash on close
- Fixed: [ml_local] sort arrow reversed in some columns
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] Import Playlists uses containing dir for title instead of filename
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] No "Recurse" checkbox in Import Playlists From Folder
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] Add Dir adds all filetypes (not just all-supported)
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] rt-click enqueue not working & other issues
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] Not saving playlists in some situations
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] crash when loading badly formed WPL playlists
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] drag&drop into playlist not adding to correct position
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] root playlist screen not updating when adding new playlist
- Fixed: [ml_playlists] reverting changes on send-to: playlist
- Fixed: [ml_wire] some podcasts only display one item
- Fixed: [out_ds] stop with fade (shift+v) issue
- Fixed: [ml_pmp] Syncing duplicates finally fixed (thanks gordol)
- Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Playlist sort now works again
- Fixed: [ml_pmp] Removing items from a playlist not saving issue (thanks Nick)
- Updated: [in_cdda] CDDB 2.0.1.25