Winamp Plug-in Details

Winamp Staff Review

Allows you to full quality mp3PRO files. Accept no imitations.
All you need to play mp3PRO files is right here. Decode at any bitrate. Supports ID3 version 2 as well. Good stuff.

User Reviews

Piece of Crap

May. 7th, 2008

Really don't like this plug in. Misses features, overrides the much better nullsoft processor and does not enhance the quality of mp3pro's sufficiently. For listening to mp3pro use JetAudio which has the mp3pro decoder build in
- Arne Bokkers

Eliminates Conventional Tags

Dec. 3rd, 2007

I didn't notice much improvement...I did notice the tags are stripped almost to nothing feature wise. A small window with tags info appears but is too limited in comparison to the default tag informations.Not really an upgrade, mostly a downgrade.
- Garth Clark

It's fantastic

Nov. 15th, 2006

It's fantastic
- beppe beppe

Listeners Notice a HUGE difference!

Aug. 24th, 2006

I do a weekly live podcast and I recommend this plugin to my listeners using winamp on every show. The feedback has been nothing but positive. "It almost doubles the sound quality.""The broadcast sounds more balanced and professional.""I can't believe this is free!" The listeners have spoken. I'll never broadcast on the Internet without MP3Pro encoders again. -Arthurwww.bubblewonder.com
- Arthur Conley

Ugh...

Jun. 20th, 2006

slows loading of streamed sites and i couldnt take it anymore so i uninstalled it
- Seth Prescott

bad

Jun. 12th, 2006

MP3Pro is a bad plug-in. Quality of a sound has better for some records (encode with MP3Pro), but for the majority usual has appreciablly worsened. It concerns records both with low bitrate, and with high, and is especial with variable. Except for it the big loading of the processor and a blockage of high frequencies on spectroscope Winamp is appreciable
- vbif tuc

very good

Jan. 7th, 2006

to those of you who are comparing this to bitrates at 320kBps and 1440kBps... go to mp3PROzone.com!! THE OFFICIAL SITE. READ IT. mp3PRO at 64kBps was made comparable to 128kBps not 320 or 1440 so obviously the quality is going to be much better at 320 or 1440 rather than enhanced 64 comparable with 128That said, compared correctly, mp3PRO is pretty good... cuts file size 30-50% while keeping quality around 128kBps. 4 of o 5 stars
- Alex Roberts

Playing in STEREO

Sep. 28th, 2005

I see a bunch of negative reviews???? I am listening to streaming music from KKJZ as I type and it is most certainly playing in STEREO. Sounds as good as listening to the \"real\" radio broadcast.
- D Blues

crap

Sep. 3rd, 2005

So... Do you actually know how mp3PRO works? It codes half like normal mp3 and the rest is "predicted" by the mp3PRO filter. That said, it is of course great for internet radio etc. but it is crap for any music fan. I can hear the difference between 320kbit/sec normal MP3 and CD audio (1440kbit/sec).mp3PRO is like listening to CDs through a speaker the size of a mobile phone speaker. Not good at all.Why don't you try ogg vorbis? it is way better than mp3PRO! (really!)
- Sleepwalker Designs

LC Stereo is really Mono

Aug. 25th, 2005

As far as I can tell, with extensive testing and configuration changes, the mp3PRO decoder does NOT decode LC Stereo as STEREO, it decodes it as MONO, even though Winamp sais it's stereo. To me Stereo means that there is CLEAR seperation between left and right. When they both sound the same most of the time, no matter what I do, even when there is the occasional strange artifact in the right or left side, I concider it to be MONO.I've tested version 1.2 of the Thompson mp3PRO decoder on Winamp version 2.81, and version 5.08, the result is the same, the so-called Stereo is actualy comming through as Mono. When I am doing a Stereo stream, or Dual Mono, the Stereo seperation is crisp and clear, but LC Stereo and Mono encoding sound the same.I've been working with Mono and Stereo systems for most of my life, my family is very musical, we all have great ears for tunes, rythm, and stereo and surround sound. My grandfather was a Radio Announcer for many years, and a TV actor. As a result there was a lot of State of the Art audio equipment around, including a Record Recorder, which at the time only Radio Stations were allowed to purchase.So, when I say I can tell the difference between MONO and STEREO, I freaking Mean it people!!!!
- Aaron Ingebrigtsen

Lots of problems

Jul. 11th, 2005

This used to work fine for Winamp2+ but has problems with Winamp 5. When I try to listen to a Mp3Pro stream on Live365.com it causes the time to flash and the program to lock up. Changing the output plugins didnt help. Also I WISH it would just incode Mp3pro files only and leave others to Nullsofts encoder.
- Billy G

HQ, less disk space.

Jun. 30th, 2005

This one is special for old computers and huge mp3 collections without losing quality. Hey, let's face it, it rocks.
- hernan tello

Use it right

May. 6th, 2005

Hi.. I read about how bad this plugin works, and i think you guys got it wrong.I can't understand why you use it for all you mp3 files? 320 Kb/s is the only bitrate to use! If you want more space on your hard disks, get a new one!200 gb disk cost 100$ and contains more than 20000 songs in 320 kb/s.Mp3 PRO is best for streaming audio.Listen to an 64 kb/s streaming audio in mp3 PRO, and you got a new experiencein internet radio.To changes all you mp3files to mp3 PRO is the most stupid thing i ever heard...Soon we don't have to compress the music at all.Ulf Radio 88 Sweden
- ulf Ligander

Tagging

Apr. 26th, 2005

Totally messes up the MP3 file tags in the Media LibraryIs a disaster for organization
- Stephen Thompson

Weird

Oct. 7th, 2004

First off, to all those that refer to this as encoding - it is not. It is a decoder.This is a Thomson decoder. I have no idea what Coding Technologies has to do with it. In any event the version available for download is earlier than the Thomson version 1.2 that I have. So why are Coding Technologies not publishing the latest decoder?
- Clive Goldman

I wish it encoded Mp3pro only

Jun. 21st, 2004

It works fine, but I wish it would re-encode Mp3pro only instead of all Mp3 files. You have to uncheck it in its settings if you want to use Nullsofts better Mp3 encoder.
- Billy Spradlin

ok

Jun. 15th, 2004

works well, i just wish it had more options. still decent.
- bart heyman

Tag problems

May. 19th, 2004

Everything works well, bet loading new items to library, tags are not loaded, only filenames
- erkki p

Its pretty damn good

May. 1st, 2004

Gotta hand it these guys for coming up with something that should be incorporated into winamp already! It works just fine for me, and theres no quality loss with the normal mp3 files either. Another review said it sounded horrible on decent speakers. I'm running a 5.1 setup, and can notice no difference in the normal files, only a good difference in the mp3pro files. Good Stuff!
- Ron Maran

Bad Plugin

Apr. 1st, 2004

It is a good thing that they invented mp3pro files cause they are way smaller. I started changing all my mp3 files (almost 6000) into mp3pro files. At first i liked it cause i saved big gigas of hdd space, and with my old two speakers there was no problem listening to them smoothly (or so i thought). Now I have a 5.1 sound system, and the normal mp3 files sound great, but if i dont install this mp3pro plugin the mp3pro files sound bad. Once I install it, the mp3pro files sound a little better, but the normal mp3 files sound awful. So I don't like this plugin at all. That's y I rated it only 1 star. Thanks.
- Slim Shady

Nice try, but...

Feb. 25th, 2004

MP3Pro in and of itself is fantastic--I live the way it dramatically boosts the sound quality of moderate-bitrate streams. However, the MP3Pro 1.2 plugin makes Winamp crash constantly on my system, and thus it is unusable. And to compound my aggravation, you can't just enable MP3Pro for MP3Pro files--you either use MP3Pro for *all* MP3 files and streams, or you don't use it at all. That sucks.And so, because stability issues make this plugin unusable for me, I give it the lowest-possible rating. I absolutely hate stability problems.P.S. What sense does it make to say "Try OGG Vorbis"? This is a different plugin for a different format. Go to SHOUTcast.com and find how many wonderful OGG streams there are, you turkey.
- Phake Name

Minor features missing

Jan. 5th, 2004

this format is good, but this little decoder has some missing features such as ALT+3(file info) does not work, elapsed time shows in playlist during online streaming, and the most importantly, it ignores the minibrowser totally!, my minibrowser cannot update the correct page anymore!
- kow kay bin

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Jan. 5th, 2004

Try OGG Vorbis!
- Riccardo Bassani

error

Nov. 17th, 2003

mp3PRODecoder causes mistake , computer hangs, sie use 100% processor appears. Is this decoder compatible with version winampa 2.9 ? Where from do to take compatible version?
- Andrzej DFase

Great, but could be greater...

May. 24th, 2003

I've known mp3PRO for some time, but I never wanted to use mp3PRO before because Thomson's crappy encoder only allows encoding to 64kbps, which sounds much worse than a 320kbps encoded "normal" mp3. A few days ago I got a copy of JetAudio 5.13 plus, and to my surprise it can encode mp3PRO to 192kbps vbr. So I thought I'd give it a try again. And it's amazing. The sound quality is just great at 192kbps vbr. So I guess I'll migrate to mp3PRO anyway... :)PS. and Winamp is still my favorite audio player. :)
- Abiya Wyanto

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