Now we always communicate with our friends though Internet, use some IM or Internet Phone. Some of us may want to share their favorate music they are listening with their friends. Now we can do that with some Winamp plug-ins.

1.Skype
When you are listening a great song with Winamp, you can share it with your friends in Skype with a plug-in for Winamp.Winamp to Skype sets the actual playing Winamp song title to the Skype profile mood text. Start winamp after Skype.

Download Winamp to Skype plug-in and just copy the dll file to your winamp plugin directory, restart your winamp, then you can let your friends know which song you are listening.

2. Yahoo! Messager
Like Winamp to Skype, Yahoo! Messenger Now Playing for Winamp is a free Winamp plugin which makes your Yahoo! Messenger status to show the current song that you're listening to. No viruses, no adware, no spyware, and it doesn't advertise itself in your status, like other similar programs do. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you a rabid radio fan? Do you want to create a radio station to broadcast music for others? Now, you can do that with Winamp, just follow the following step to broadcast music for others and add your own comments.

Download and install SHOUTcast Server.Then, go to install folder and find out sc_serv.ini file. Open it with notepad, press Ctrl + F to find out "password=ChangeMe", then modify it to "password=123456", of course, you can change it to any password you want. Save and close this .ini file.

Second, double click sc_server.exe to open the SHOUTcast server monitor window. Wait for a little while until it open the service.

Third, Download and install SHOUTcast DSP Plug-In for Winamp. Note that you must install the plug-in in the same folder with Winamp. Read the rest of this entry »

We all know that Winamp is a popular music player, but in fact it is also a good TV player, we can watch online TV with it.

Run your Winamp, right click the menu bar and select "Media Library" to open the Media Library window, you can also press Alt + L to call it out.

Then double click any item under Online Media part, Winamp will show you the list of that item. Select one you like and double click to add it to the play list. Read the rest of this entry »

Winamp is one of the popular music players we like, many of us use it as the default player. But with the development of new players, many people turn to other players, in fact, we can transform Winamp to make it more professional.

1. Use plug-ins
DFX for Winamp is one of the good plug-ins to enhance the sound effect for Winamp. DFX can enhance your music listening experience by improving the sound quality of MP3, Windows Media, Internet radio and other music files. With DFX you can transform the sound of your PC into that of an expensive stereo system placed in a perfectly designed listening environment. Renew stereo depth, boost your audio levels and produce a deep, rich bass sound.

Just download DFX for Winamp and install it in the same folder as your Winamp. Then restart your Winamp, DFX will start with your Winamp. Read the rest of this entry »

Winamp was born as a very basic media player and has slowly but consistently improving for many years. The player supports a wide range of file formats, and because the program is small and simple, it works quickly on almost all computers. Have a look through the available plug-ins and you will also find that you can hook up your iPod and manage its music library.

When we are listening songs with Winamp, we may want to see the lyrics to follow the song. But Winamp can't open the right lyric for us. We can use some plug-in to achieve that. Winamp Lyrics Opener is one of these tools.

It is a plugin for Winamp media player, it automatically opens lyrics file of the currently playing song in Winamp. Intall and run Winamp Lyrics Opener, you'll see a WA icon in your task bar. Read the rest of this entry »