Winamp is by far the most well known media player, even along side giants like iTunes and possibly VLC. It's even been around for literally decades having been first introduced back in 1997! Let's take a look at what makes this piece of software so special and how to get Winamp setup to broadcast to your online radio station. Music and video files that you purchase online come with their respective album arts that are displayed when you play them. But some files, like the ones you create, don’t. Winamp media player not only plays music and videos but also lets you edit the information on your files, one of which is the album art.
Winamp Media File
- Winamp Techradar India Free media player Winamp is a one stop shop for managing your music library. You can sync your music collection to an MP3 player or smartphone, and you can also stream it over the internet, allowing you to share your favourite tunes with your friends.
- Winamp is a very powerful media player. As soon as it is installed on a computer, it automatically associates all the media file extensions with it. Because of this, all the media files that the computer has start showing the Winamp icon when they are viewed in the Windows Explorer.
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What Is Winamp Media File
change 'Winamp Media File' in Explorer to others...
Currently ALL my files that are associated with Winamp, no matter whether it's mp3, wav, ape, avi, etc, say 'Winamp Media File' in the 'type' column of Windows Explorer in detail view. This makes it extremely tedius to select all mp3's, wav's, etc, in a folder, especially when said folder has like 100 of each in it.
In 2000, it used to be set up properly, but I can't seem to get it done right in XP / Winamp.
Current version of Winamp is: 5.52
Ok.. what I tried to do was, from an Explorer window:
go into Tools -> Folder Options, click the File Types tab
scroll down to MP3 (extension) and it says the filetype is MP3 file. In Explorer, it says Winamp Media File.
In details, it says it opens with Winamp. Click 'change' and it only pops up the dialog asking me what program I want to use. Try deleting it, and it still shows up. Ok, so I go into Winamp and disable restoration of file associations, then close winamp and try again. Re-add it, and it by default opens with Media Player, and says 'MP3 Format Sound' like it should. Change it to open with Winamp, and it reverts back to 'Winamp Media File'.
What the **** is wrong with my setup? What do I need to do to get files to open with Winamp, but not lump them all under Winamp Media File? I want a different 'type' for each extension.
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