I remember the timeframe because the date is indicated in the earliest revision of my NSV spec document (back when I was maintaining such docs in a series of plaintext files). ![]() The last time Winamp came up on my radar was early in 2003 when a new version came with support for a custom, proprietary multimedia audio/video format called Nullsoft Video (NSV). ![]() I can’t imagine doing that nowadays– programs need to auto-update themselves (which Winamp probably does now I can’t recall the last time I used the program). I remember checking the website often for updates and trying out every single one. The first version I ever used was v1.05 in the summer of 1997. Then I searched for another player and came up with Winamp. ![]() I remember finding a few of these new files called MP3s online and being able to play the first 20 seconds using the official Fraunhofer Windows player– full playback required the fully licensed version. Ars Technica recently published a 15-year retrospective on the venerable Winamp multimedia player, prompting bouts of nostalgia and revelations of “Huh? That program is still around?” from many readers.
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