Editing Winamp (section)

=== Winamp 2 ===
[[File:Winamp2.PNG|thumb|Winamp 2, shown with default Base Skin]]

Winamp 2.0 was released on September 8, 1998. The new version improved the usability of the playlist, made the equalizer more accurate, and introduced more plug-ins. The modular windows for playlist and equalizer now matched the player's skin and could be moved around and be separated or "docked" to each other anywhere in any order.

The 2.x versions were widely used and made Winamp one of the most [[download]]ed pieces of software for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].<ref name="AutoMZ-18"/> By the end of 1998, there were already over 60 plugins and hundreds of skins made for the software.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winamp.com/winamp/overview.html |title=Winamp &#124; Overview &#124; |website=www.winamp.com |access-date=January 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981203055250/http://www.winamp.com/winamp/overview.html |archive-date=December 3, 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

PlayMedia filed a federal lawsuit against Nullsoft in March 1999. In May 1999, PlayMedia was granted an [[injunction]] by Federal Judge [[A. Howard Matz]] against distribution of Nitrane by Nullsoft, and the same month the lawsuit was settled out-of-court with licensing and confidentiality agreements.<ref name=Haring/> Soon after, Nullsoft switched to an [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] decoder from the [[Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft]], the developers of the MP3 format.

Winamp 2.10, released March 24, 1999, included a new version of the "Llama" ''demo.mp3'' featuring a musical [[Sting (musical phrase)|sting]] and [[bleating]].

Nullsoft was purchased by [[AOL]] in June 1999 for $80&nbsp;million in stock,<ref name="rtd/winAMP"/> with Nullsoft becoming a subsidiary.<ref name="AOL1"/><ref name="AutoMZ-19"/> AOL itself merged with [[Time Warner]] in 2000.

Nullsoft relaunched the Winamp-specific winamp.com in December 1999 to provide easier access to skins, plug-ins, streaming audio, song downloads, forums, and developer resources.

As of June 22, 2000, Winamp surpassed 25 million registrants.<ref name=AOL1/>