My music player

Winamp:

Winamp is a free multimedia player made by Nullsoft. I've been using this for the past 7 years. It is the ultimate software for any audio file playback as it supports wide variety of formats like mp3, wav, ogg, mp4. and several known video formats. It also plays streamed video and audio content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide. It has an extremely customizable media library, and allows you to rip and burn your favorite music CDs. Winamp has thousands of skins and plug-ins that allow you to change the look-and-feel of the player, as well as add new features. The player also has access to thousands of free songs, videos and online radio stations from SHOUTcast Radio and AOL Radio with XM.

Winamp 5.5, the 10th Anniversary Edition, adds a host of new features, including a new integrated user interface (Bento skin), support for album art, improved syncing with portable music players, new dynamic playlists, and an integrated browser for playing MP3 files from the Web.

WinAmp 5.3 took some long-needed steps to improve the old-school media player, with support for AAC encoding, CD burning, and a robust file-management system. WinAmp 5.5 ups the ante with strong support for portable devices, including iPods, the ability to sync non-DRMed files to your PC from your device, an optional new interface layout and a built-in browser for media discovery.

We liked that clicking on an artist's name will get you related headlines and Web sites in a separate pane. There's also Podcast support, device synchronization that lets you tweak the sync list while in progress, and continued support for AOL's excellent Shoutcast. The new Bento layout is worth mentioning, too, because it gets the venerable llama away from the old modular format. The joined panes for the browser, media player, artist list, album list and more make WinAmp instantly more visually appealing.

If you want MP3 encoding, ripping at the maximum speed and full-speed (52x) CD burning, you have to pay nearly $25 for the Winamp Pro version. However, there are other problems. Support for album art is spotty. All of my attempts to download new art through the program failed. More seriously, there are some stability issues when playing videos, and occasional program crashes were far more common than they should be.

You can download the winamp 5.5 free version here