[Winamp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) is a multimedia player launched in 1997, iconic for its flexibility and wide compatibility with audio formats. Originally developed by Nullsoft, it gained massive popularity with still millions of users. Its development slowed down, but now, its source code was opened to the community, allowing developers to improve and modernize the player to meet current user needs.
Building of the Winamp desktop client is currently based around Visual Studio 2019 (VS2019) and Intel IPP libs (You need to use exactly v6.1.1.035). There are different options of how to build Winamp:
Several external build tools are required to build Winamp. These tools are not bundled directly into the repository to comply with their respective licenses. You will need to download them separately from the following links:
- **7-Zip Portable**: Download from [https://www.7-zip.org/](https://www.7-zip.org/)
License: GNU LGPL
- **Git**: Download from [https://git-scm.com/download/win](https://git-scm.com/download/win)
License: GNU GPL v2
- **TortoiseSVN**: Download from [https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html](https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html)
License: GNU GPL v2
Make sure to install these tools as part of your build environment. You may need to modify the build scripts to reflect the correct paths to these tools on your system.