Security News > 2022 > August > Winamp releases new version after four years in development
Winamp has released its first release candidate after four years in development, officially bringing the popular media player out of beta.
Winamp ceased development after version 5.666 was released in 2013.
Last week, Winamp 5.9 RC1 Build 9999 was released, marking it as the first version released in 4 years and as the first release candidate of the revitalized media player.
A byproduct of these changes is that Winamp requires Windows 7 SP1 or later, dropping support for Windows XP and Vista, which have long been out of support.
Users have already started reporting bugs to the Winamp forums, including older plugins no longer working due to an msvcr90.
A user shared a fix that could be added to the program's manifest file, which fixes the problem and will be included in the next version of Winamp.