When comparing Elmedia Player vs Winamp, the Slant community recommends Elmedia Player for most people. In the question“What are the best music players for OSX ?” Elmedia Player is ranked 7th while Winamp is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Elmedia Player is:
Elmedia Player streams local videos to other devices, like Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, and other supported smart TV sets.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Stream local files to Chromecast, Smart TV, Apple TV, other AirPlay and DLNA-compliant devices
Elmedia Player streams local videos to other devices, like Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, and other supported smart TV sets.
Pro Plays almost any video file
Elmedia Player is a free media player for Mac that supports various audio and video formats, including FLV, SWF, MP4, AVI, MOV, MP4, DAT, MP3, etc.
Pro Handy Open URL option
Open URL option allows watching YouTube videos without ads.
Pro Making screenshots
Making a screenshot of any moment in the movie or making the entire video a series of pictures with adjustable interval
Pro Video & audio settings
Flip vertically, rotate, mirror videos or revert to original; adjust video brightness, contrast, saturation, and more, sync subtitles to the video, adjust the sound for different genres; set an output device for audio
Pro Subtitles editing
Allows changing font, size, font color, border color, etc. Possibility to increase or decrease subtitles delay
Pro Play online videos online without ads
You can open an online video with a URL and play it without Ads (like it usually happens on YouTube).
Pro Built-in subtitles search
For an effortless access to various subtitles Elmedia is integrated with the opensubtitles.org service, which lets users add desired subtitles to a movie without leaving the app.
Pro Convenient video settings
You can use different settings to video like video and image layout adjustments.
Pro Built-in web browser
The app features built-in web browser that allows you to watch online videos directly from the app, while Open URL enables you to do it without noisy ads.
Pro Now it can save subtitles from opensubtitles.org
Pro RSS, Atom Podcasts, and Internet Radio streams (among other modern features) are available
Modern features are essential for power listeners nowadays, proving that Winamp (while an old app) still offers features users look for in a modern player.
Pro A huge selection of skins are available
Winamp allows skinning the interface and there are thousands of community created skins available.
Pro Functionality can be extended via plugins
A wide variety of DSP, input, and visualization plugins have been created by the community.
Pro Great search and Playlist functionality
Considerable functions to search and develop playlists.
Pro Good sound quality
The sound quality of Winamp is good, especially with DSP plugins like enhancer.
Pro HTTP streaming support
HTTP streaming is necessary for both live and on-demand content, which it can deliver without lengthy buffering or waiting periods. It is also less susceptible to network hiccups than other forms of streaming.
Cons
Con Relatively poor quality audio
Compared to other players, Winamp doesn't offer high quality audio.
Reason for Winamp's lesser audio quality compared to other modern audio players is that it uses deprecated audio output interfaces (APIs). In fact since Windows Vista onward, those APIs Winamp is using (such as DirectSound, WaveOut) are emulated in software mixer for compatibility purposes further distancing the audio path from the hardware.
Modern audio players support modern WASAPI audio output for direct access to the audio hardware (especially in WASAPI exclusive mode). For more info see Wikipedia's entry on DirectSound.
Con No Major updates
There are no major updates since version 5.
Con Heavy
At the beginning it was simple to download and install, now it has so many things it became very heavy to download.
Con Cluttered interface
With all controls, skins, and options it's hard to find the basic commands.