Oh, the problems with Winamp5

[mikebo]

OK... I'm a long time Winamp 2.x user and I waited for a couple releases to try out Winamp 5.x. Conclusion? It's not ready for prime time. Why?

1) Install problems in Winamp Setup. There was a problem installing components. CD Ripping/Burning may not function properly. '-1' This non-descriptive error msg sucks and immediately gave me a bad feeling.

2) A reboot is required? What the heck for? I run Windows XP Pro... there is almost never a good reason to have to reboot the whole darn system just to install an *app*. Poor programming.

3) Ordinal not found. What the hell is this? The ordinal 373 could not be located in the dynamic link library PX.dll. Gee, that's informative. How about telling us what this means and how to fix it? Bad feeling is getting worse by the minute.

4) Features. Where's the options for the spectrum analyzer (Thin, line-style)? Where's the built-in crossfader? What about about a built-in compressor/limiter function? Why make people search for 3rd party plug-ins for basic functions like this?

5) Numerous crashes... Sorry, an error occured and Winamp needs to close. Heh... sorry, Winamp 5 is currently kakaa and needs to be removed from my system immediately.

I'll check back with you guys in a year or so. Meanwhile I'm going back to a model of programming efficiency that actually works... Winamp 2.91.
- mikebo