Winamp Highlights:
* New portable device features - transcoding, new sync options, USB thumbdrive player support, video sync, direct-from-device playback
* Faster ripping
* Improved AAC and aacPlus encoding
* Unicode metadata, filename, and title support
* iTunes-compatible gapless playback (MP3/M4A) and encoding (M4A)
* Optional 24bit playback
* ReplayGain support

Winamp Player Features:
- Plays Music and Video Files (aacPlus, MP3, AAC, WMA and more!)
- Compatible with Winamp 2 Plug-ins
- Full Support for Classic and Modern Skins
- Plays Videos (NSV, WMV, and more!)
- Powerful Media Library
- Browse SHOUTcast Radio & TV Stations
- Browse Winamp Music Videos & Songs
- Integrated AOL Video Content (News, Sports, Movies & more)
- AOL Radio Featuring XM
- SHOUTcast Wire (podcast directory)
- Predixis MusicMagic (dynamic playlisting)
- Bundled Visualizations
- Burn CDs (Limited to 2x - 48x in Pro!)
- Rips CDs (Limited to 8x aacPlus, AAC, WMA - Unlimited aacPlus, AAC, WMA and MP3 in Pro!)
- 50 free mp3s from Emusic
- Includes Winner of the Internet
- Surround Music Project!
- Includes an MP3 of 'Mercy Me' by Alkaline Trio
- Rip/Encode music into aacPlus, AAC, WMA, or MP3!
- Burn CDs up to 48x!

Changes in Winamp 5.56:
· New: Winamp Orgler plugin - Let's you track, chart & share your listening history
· Improved: [jnetlib] New SSL support for playback of https:// streams
· Improved: [ml_autotag] Fuzzy matches now unchecked by default & marked 'Unsure'
· Improved: [ml_local] New background scanner
· Improved: [ml_online] Various tweaks, fixes & enhancements
· Improved: [ml_pmp] Added support for drag+drop from Explorer to device playlists
· Fixed: iexplore process not ending when browser closed after opened via Winamp
· Fixed: Save EQ preset name duplication bug
· Fixed: [Bento skin] SHOUTcast homepage url's redirecting to Winamp search
· Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Up/down buttons reversed, 'stop after current' & other issues
· Fixed: [in_mod] Crash on some .s3m modules (w.i.p.)
· Fixed: [in_mod] Playback glitch during background transcoding
· Fixed: [in_wm] Decimal point issues in Alt+3 format info
· Fixed: [in_wm] Embedded IE browser for DRM license acquisition
· Fixed: [in_wm] Loading of URLs in WPL playlist files
· Fixed: [in_mp4/libmp4v2] Integer overflow bug with MP4 sample size
· Fixed: [libsndfile] VOC buffer overflow vulnerability
· Fixed: [ml_impex] Read "has video" field from iTunes XML (and write on export)
· Fixed: [tagz.w5s] Hang with $right function in ATF when specified field is empty
· Fixed: [vis_avs] msvcp71.dll dependency
· Misc: Added front.jpg/gif/etc to album art criteria
· Misc: More miscellaneous general tweaks, improvements, fixes and optimizations
· Misc: New omBrowser.w5s shared component for ml_nowplaying, wire & online
· Misc: Removed dashboard (ml_dash) from distribution
· Misc: ml_orb now only installed as part of separate Winamp Remote package
· Updated: [gen_jumpex] JTFE v1.0.5
· Updated: libsndfile 1.0.20 

Homepage - http://www.winamp.com

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