Winamp Charts and Orgler Tutorial

Category: Winamp Updates, Category: Tutorials Posted by Tarik, Jul 2nd 2009 12:30AM

Winamp 5.56 is now available... so you can Orgle to your heart's content!
New in this release is the Winamp Orgler^TM which powers the Charts experience. Check it out...

What's a Winamp Orgler^TM?
The Orgler lets you track, chart and share your Winamp listening history.

What does that really mean?
Each time you listen to a song through Winamp, while the Orgler is enabled, it sends the basic metadata (e.g. song name and artist name) associated with that file to Winamp. Currently the Orgler only supports local media playback, but not streaming playback (internet radio), however we are currently in planning for future enhancements. The Orgler is a community driven feature so the more you & your friends use it... and the more time it has to grow... the more robust it will become. We're pretty excited because with the size of the Winamp community worldwide, it has the potential to cover so many styles of music, in so many places.

Am I automatically Orgling?
Nope, you are not automatically Orgling. To start, you need to do two things. First, you need to download Winamp 5.56 which already includes the Orgler plug-in (technically, you can use 5.5x & download the Orgler plug-in separately but it's recommended that you just use the latest and greatest). Secondly, you need to log-in using your Winamp.com username & password. Don't have a Winamp.com username & password? No problem... you can register here.

Why should I Orgle?
You see, the Orgler is just the beginning. Once you've signed-in and started Orgling, we can feature the eclectic musical tastes of the Winamp community. The Charts, available in both the media player & on Winamp.com, allow you to stay on top of the latest trends by seeing which songs and artists are popular. View worldwide charts or filter down by a specific country or time period. You can even view your own listening history by selecting "My Charts" (media player feature only) to see what you've spent your time listening to today, this week or last month.

How do I add Charts to my Winamp Media Player?
To add Charts to Winamp, go to your media library tab and select "Online Services". Then browse through the "Featured Services" or you can use the online services search box. Once you've found "Winamp Charts" in the gallery, simply click the "+Add to Winamp" button.

Watch the below video for a quick demo & tour:

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21. I listened yesterday a lot of songs but no songs in the charts :-(

Posted at 11:52PM on Jul 25th 2009 by Webi

22. Is this the sprinkling of corporate AOL showing? Why not just integrate with Last.fm?

Posted at 4:56PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Don

23. Excellent! I've been waiting for something like this but it seams that the functionality I'm looking I'll have to wait for a future release. Specifically I want winamp to post a running list of the tunes I'm listening from shoutcast radio (di.fm/evolved.fm/friskyradio/etc) to an rss feed that I can then pump into a word press plugin. Much like you can from Last.fm

It looks like this is an end goal of this project, I hope so. Keep up the great work!

Posted at 2:55PM on Jul 31st 2009 by rob

24. I see this useless, don't see the point of having all the music the world is listening...

what is this about? some kind of music encyclopedia or something?

lastfm.com never helped me at all in aqurate info about my favourite artists or songs.

Posted at 2:50PM on Aug 3rd 2009 by VideoX

25. thanks

Posted at 2:54PM on Aug 7th 2009 by need

26. Isn't this just a blatant ripoff of last.fm and their audioscrobbler? I mean, come on guys; you couldn't even come up with a word that didn't song like scrobble. Orgler -- scrobbler?

Posted at 8:59PM on Aug 7th 2009 by TH

27. Like it!

And... It IS usefull!!! Just collecting what i play till at least half a song so i can see in a while what i could use for mixin!

I used to write or typ it, this saves time.

Thanks! (But... still waiting for the realtime update for the played songs...;))

Posted at 8:52AM on Aug 10th 2009 by Chaos

28. Netscape are morphed, WinAmp are morphing.

Posted at 10:27AM on Aug 10th 2009 by james

29. Sorry to say that but you should give a Last.fm integration instead of starting something new.
This 'Orgler' has no chances with Last.fm.
But it's only my opinion and I will be still using Winamp anyway

Posted at 6:57PM on Aug 10th 2009 by alexandr

30. rob crow is a genius

Posted at 10:28PM on Aug 28th 2009 by jack

31. What kind of privacy is there for this product? I mean, will the government have access to your playlists and then figure out if you've bought those tracks or not?

Posted at 10:15AM on Sep 3rd 2009 by Dan Zee

32. @Dan Zee - Here's a link to the Winamp Privacy Policy - http://www.winamp.com/legal/privacy

Posted at 11:10AM on Sep 3rd 2009 by The Winamp Team

33. last.fm can go to hell after revoking free priveleges for those not living in the UK, US or Germany. this is the perfect alternative for me once RSS is functional

Posted at 11:34AM on Sep 7th 2009 by @jackshigh

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Posted at 9:35PM on Sep 10th 2009 by Can Çelik

35. winamp rules!!!!itunes can twitter my nuts!!

Posted at 12:17PM on Sep 18th 2009 by mykey

36. Lost Tribe has been a great ride
Accompanying me with an extremely
laid groove with which I can
accomplish much work in the way
of Photography and writing.
To boot it has inspired me to pick my guitar up

Posted at 6:02PM on Sep 22nd 2009 by jason

37. Is there a way to share my orgler charts on my blog? via rss or something?

Posted at 9:22AM on Sep 24th 2009 by DJital Sneaky

38. @DJital Sneaky - stay tuned! We are working on a few syndication options in upcoming releases.

Posted at 11:56AM on Sep 25th 2009 by The Winamp Team

39. I am often getting "Page Not Found" error when I look through the top artists and songs. Today Orgler tells me I have not listened to any songs in the past when it has been showing songs and artists I have played for the past few weeks. Now nothing.

Posted at 10:01AM on Oct 16th 2009 by aquinn

40. I hate to ask the obvious, but just to make sure are you sure that you are (or were) logged into the Orgler? In either case I'll check with the team to verify if they are reporting any issues. Thanks for the heads-up.

Posted at 10:23AM on Oct 16th 2009 by The Winamp Team

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