win xp x64 audio query

I'm clicking links to the right of me,
I'm clicking links to the left of me,
all in the pursuit of learning if Windows XP X64 has audio improvements
like WASAPI.

It might be time to step up from the Old Tried and True Winamp 2.95.
I got very used to it because one could kill the E.T. Feature, so I was
trying to read about newer media players.
I'm hoping strongly to avoid Windows Media Player all together, and it
seems that Vista and 7 did change things a lot for 64bit audio services.

I did like some of the other features in Winamp 2.95, like the Tag
editing and the various output plugins that allowed encodeing of the
music to mp3. AND its Mp3PRO playback support.

suggestions, discussions, thoughts?

Hi,
Players are usually a matter of taste, depending the use you intend to
give to it.
My favorite one is Media Player Classic Home Cinema.
Freeware, small, plays almost ANY type you media you throw to it and
also has an x64 native version.
This is the site hosting the project:
https://code.google.com/p/mpc-hc/

Others prefer VideoLanClient (VLC)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
An excelent multiformat player, also freeware, only 32-bit version
available.

Carlos

On 10 mar, 02:03, Hp <F...@fred.net> wrote:
> I'm clicking links to the right of me,
> I'm clicking links to the left of me,
> all in the pursuit of learning if Windows XP X64 has audio improvements
> like WASAPI.
>
> It might be time to step up from the Old Tried and True Winamp 2.95.
> I got very used to it because one could kill the E.T. Feature, so I was
> trying to read about newer media players.
> I'm hoping strongly to avoid Windows Media Player all together, and it
> seems that Vista and 7 did change things a lot for 64bit audio services.
>
> I did like some of the other features in Winamp 2.95, like the Tag
> editing and the various output plugins that allowed encodeing of the
> music to mp3. AND its Mp3PRO playback support.
>
> suggestions, discussions, thoughts?