After 25 years and numerous changes in ownership, Winamp is trying to reinvent itself. The classic music player, which rose to prominence during the heyday of MP3 sharing-services such as Napster and ...

Lifehacker reader Bruno writes in with a tip that should give both fans of the old-style Winamp (a.k.a. Winamp Classic) and critics of the cross-platform VLC Media Player's somewhat plain looks a ...

Winamp aims to boost the player’s development by making its code open source. This move allows developers worldwide to contribute their ideas and expertise. Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO of Winamp, ...

Rodrigo Mendes, a software engineer living in Mexico, created a music player called Linamp, which uses the same design as the media player Winamp, which was popular from 1997 to 2013 but was ...

Winamp was the media player that, back in 1997, introduced many people to listening to music as MP3 files on the computer. Winamp came about the same time many people were finally getting the hang of ...

Winamp died! And then it came back! So since this classic from days-gone-by has been resurrected, we thought we’d give it another look to see how its reanimated corpse holds up in modern times. You ...

Well this really whips the Llama’s ass: Winamp is closing up shop on December 20th, 2013. The music player will no longer be available for download from Winamp.com after that date, although I suspect ...

Media software maker Plex, which has been enjoying a bit of growth following its newer focus on DIY cord-cutters, today announced a new incubator and community resource called Plex Labs. The idea here ...

One look at the default Winamp skin is sure to reawaken fond memories for a certain segment of the community. For those who experienced the MP3 revolution first hand, few audio players stick out in ...

Why it matters: Winamp appears poised to make a comeback as a streaming platform focused on artists. While the brand's latest owner is primarily considering monetization, fans of the classic desktop ...

Is it possible to maintain the simplicity of classic winamp (winamp without the huge media library window) and somehow 'collapse' the artist? For example, if I have 100+ songs per artist for multiple ...

I'm not a big fan of winamp3 and I want to play ogg/vorbis files with my 2.81 version of winamp but I can't seem to get my hands on any plugins. Is there anything I can do to play my ogg's in winamp 2 ...