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Winamp 5 - Visual Tweaks
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Configuring Winamp 5's visuals, including choosing skins.


#1: Disable the Spectrum Analyzer and Oscilloscope Visualizations
Reduce CPU usage by removing the Spectrum Analyzer and Oscilloscope visualizations in Winamp 5.

#2: Use Your Own Playlist Font and Size
Is the playlist font hard to read? Override it with a font of your choosing.

#3: Enable Desktop Alpha Blending for Shadows and Smoothed Edges
Smooth your Modern skins in Winamp 5 and add special visual effects.

#4: Keep the Songticker / Song Name from Scrolling
Save CPU time and remove annoying animations by keeping the song name from scrolling in Winamp 5.

#5: Stop Reformatting Song Names
Keep Winamp 5 from reformatting your song filenames in the playlist area.

#6: Choose a Skin Randomly
Cycle through your Winamp 5 skin collection whenever you play different multimedia files.

#7: Change Skins Directory
Move Winamp 5 skins to a different drive or partition.

#8: Make Modern Skins Less Opaque
Configure Winamp 5 so you can see through the software to windows located underneath.

#9: Scroll song names slower/faster
Make scrolling song names easier to see in Winamp 5.

#10: View Song Time Elapsed or Remaining
Toggle the display of your song's elapsed and remaining time in Winamp 5.

#11: Classic Skin Window Resizing Jerky
Winamp 5's window resizing jerky? This can smooth it out.

#12: Skin the 'Jump to File' Dialog
Now you can even skin Winamp 5's dialog when searching for files in your multimedia playlist.

#13: Remove Tooltips for Classic Skins
Prevent classic Winamp 5 skins from showing sometimes-annoying tooltips.

#14: Optimize for Wider Displays
Optimize video playback in Winamp 5 for non 4:3 displays.

#15: Keep Winamp on Top of Other Windows
Force Winamp 5 to display on top of other windows on your machine.

#16: Don't Use Skinned Mouse Cursors for Classic Skins
Prevent classic Winamp skins from using custom mouse cursors.

#17: Change Icons for Multimedia Files and Playlists
Change Explorer's icons for Winamp 5 play lists and multimedia files.

#18: Enable / Disable Skinned Font for Title Display
Toggle the use of bitmapped fonts for song titles when using classic Winamp 5 skins.

#19: Remove Numbers from Playlist
Clean up your Winamp 5 playlist by removing song numbers.

#20: Change Colors
You don't need to use different skins to change the look of Winamp 5.

#21: Remove Tooltips for Modern Skins
Keep Winamp 5 from popping up documentation when you hover over control buttons.

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