WinAmp Panel

The WinAmp Panel is a very nice addition to make to your Desktop Sidebar. In order for this panel to function properly you need a version of WinAmp on your computer. You can download the latest copy for free from WinAmp's Website.

Follow these steps to access the options for the WinAmp Panel:

• Right mouse click on the WinAmp Panel and choose Panel Properties
• You will need to enter the path to WinAmp on you computer. You can choose to browse by clicking on the button to the right of the path text field.
• You will also need to select the Version of WinAmp that is installed on your computer. (You can find this information by opening WinAmp click on Help from the toolbar select Version History.)
• Next you can select your View options
• Selecting Show only minidisplay will switch between showing the title of the song and the artist currently playing in WinAmp every few seconds.
• With the minidisplay option you can also choose to enable/disable Scroll media information. The option scrolls the current track number, artist, and title across the panel.
• Selecting Show full size display will show both the Artist and Title of the song playing in WinAmp.

When you right click on the WinAmp Panel you will see a list of command that you can choose. These commands allow you to control the playback of WinAmp from you Desktop Sidebar.

• Toggle Player will bring the WinAmp Player up into view.
• Play will instruct WinAmp to start playing the current file in WinAmp or Pause the file currentlly playing.
• Stop will instruct WinAmp to stop playing the song.
• Prev will instruct WinAmp to go to the Previous Song in the Playlist.
• Next will instruct WinAmp to go to the Next Song in the Playlist.
• Mute will instruct WinAmp to Mute/Un-Mute the Volume.
• Play File will open a browser window for you to find and select a file and instruct WinAmp to start playing it.

The buttons on the panel have the same commands as those in the menu.
From Left to Right:

• Play/Pause Button will instruct WinAmp to start playing the current file in WinAmp or Pause the file currently playing.
• Stop Button will instruct WinAmp to stop playing the song.
• Prev Button will instruct WinAmp to go to the Previous Song in the Playlist.
• Next Button will instruct WinAmp to go to the Next Song in the Playlist.
• Mute Button will instruct WinAmp to Mute/Un-Mute the Volume.
• Toggle Button will bring the WinAmp Player up into view.