Winamp is a multimedia player launched in 1997, iconic for its flexibility and wide compatibility with audio formats. Originally developed by Nullsoft, it gained massive popularity with still millions of users. Its development slowed down, but now, its source code was opened to the community, allowing developers to improve and modernize the player to meet current user needs.
The repo is dead now.
Building of the Winamp desktop client is currently based around Visual Studio 2019 (VS2019) and Intel IPP libs (You need to use exactly v6.1.1.035). There are different options of how to build Winamp:
- Use the
build_winampAll_2019.cmdscript file that makes 4 versions x86/x64 (Debug and Release). In this case, Visual Studio IDE is not required. - Use the
winampAll_2019.slnfile to build and debug in Visual Studio IDE.
We take libdiscid from https://github.com/metabrainz/libdiscid/tree/v0.6.2, copy it in /Src/external_dependencies/libdiscid-0.6.2/
We take libvpx from https://github.com/ShiftMediaProject/libvpx, modify it, and pack it to archive.
Run unpack_libvpx_v1.8.2_msvc16.cmd to unpack.
We take libmpg123 from https://www.mpg123.de/download.shtml, modify it, and pack it to archive.
Run unpack_libmpg123.cmd to unpack and process the DLLs.
You need to use openssl-1.0.1u. For that, you need to build a static version of these libs.
Run build_vs_2019_openssl_x86.cmd and build_vs_2019_openssl_64.cmd.
To build OpenSSL, you need to install:
- 7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org/) – Licensed under the GNU LGPL.
- NASM (https://www.nasm.us/) – Licensed under the 2-Clause BSD License.
- Perl (https://www.perl.org/) – Licensed under the Artistic License or GPL.
We take DirectX 9 SDK (June 2010) from Microsoft, modify it, and pack it to archive.
Run unpack_microsoft_directx_sdk_2010.cmd to unpack it.
In file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.24.28314\atlmfc\include\atltransactionmanager.h
Go to line 427 and change from:
return ::DeleteFile((LPTSTR)lpFileName);to:
return DeleteFile((LPTSTR)lpFileName);We take Intel IPP 6.1.1.035, modify it, and pack it to archive.
Run unpack_intel_ipp_6.1.1.035.cmd to unpack it.
Several external build tools are required to build Winamp. These tools are not bundled directly into the repository to comply with their respective licenses. You will need to download them separately from the following links:
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7-Zip Portable: Download from https://www.7-zip.org/
License: GNU LGPL -
Git: Download from https://git-scm.com/download/win
License: GNU GPL v2 -
TortoiseSVN: Download from https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html
License: GNU GPL v2
Make sure to install these tools as part of your build environment. You may need to modify the build scripts to reflect the correct paths to these tools on your system.