Website: http://www.winamp.com/ Software Provider: America Online, Inc. Current Version: Winamp 5.55 Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista Licence: Freeware Learn More...
Winamp is an audio player made by Nullsoft, part of Time Warner. It is skinnable, multi-format freeware. Winamp was first released by Justin Frankel in 1997.
Originally, MP3 playback was based on the AMP decoding engine by PlayMedia Systems, Inc.'s Tomislav Uzelac et al. In later versions this was replaced with Nitrane, an allegedly 'proprietary' decoder fabricated by Nullsoft and disputed by PlayMedia. A lawsuit was filed by PlayMedia and after an out-of-court settlement and licensing agreement, Nullsoft switched to an ISO decoder from Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, the developers of the MP3 format.