5.1 Surround sound is supported where formats and decoders allow. Winamp supports playback of Windows Media Video and Nullsoft Streaming Video, as well as most of the video formats supported by Windows Media Player. In addition, Winamp can play and import music from audio CDs, optionally with CD-Text, and can also burn music to CDs. It supports gapless playback for MP3 and AAC, and Replay Gain for volume leveling across tracks. The latter has several mixer control options that give you a better command over the available functions.Īll in all, SHOUTcast DSP Plug-in is more than a simple add-on for this popular media player and in case you're looking into setting an online radio station, this one could easily be a top pick.Winamp supports a wide variety of contemporary and specialized music file formats, including MIDI, MOD, MPEG-1 audio layers 1 and 2, AAC, M4A, FLAC, WAV, OGG Vorbis, and Windows Media Audio. During our tests, we used as input sources for SHOUTcast DSP Plug-in Winamp as well as the sound card input.

There is an option that enables you to make the server public so that other users can tune-in and listen to your music. It comes with a non-legacy mode for SHOUTcast v1 server compatibility but if you have the right address and the port is not blocked by your firewall or ISP, things should work fine. The most difficult part of getting the SHOUTcast DSP Plug-in to work is setting up the correct configuration in the 'Output' tab so it can successfully connect. Also, it only works with Winamp 5.5 or newer, so having the latest version of the player is a must. Setting it up can be a bit more difficult, but keep in mind that you might have to enable the plugin from Winamp's preferences if you haven't done so during the installation procedure. In essence a simple plugin, SHOUTcast DSP Plug-in is able to convert the Winamp powerful media player into an advanced streaming app that can let other users connected to the Internet listen to your music.

Setting up an online radio station might sound like a very difficult job, but with SHOUTcast tools, this should be a matter of a few mouse clicks.

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