What Are Plug-ins?Music

[Shannon]

I use Winamp but I'm not quite sure what plug-ins are. Can some please explain to me what they are?

 

[Pako]

Plug-ins are mearly software extensions to enhance a certain software package within it's shell coding..

Example:

You have winamp and want to play a avi file. Lets say that Winamp won't play the file, so you install (load) a avi plugin for it, and *poof* now you can view the avi file using Winamp.

Another example:

Your tired of the basic 15 band parametric eq that comes with winamp, so you install (load) a 30 band eq. *poof* Now you have a 30 band eq instead of a 15 band eq.

Basically, a plugin is a little program, seperate from the program that your going to be using it with, but needs the core program (like winamp) to do anything for ya.

 

[Shannon]

thanks pako, so i could play movies on winamp if I downloaded a avi. plugin.

 

[Klostrophobic]

If they make one for WinAMP.

 

[Shannon]

they do, I think I've seen a games one (but I wasn't to sure what they do so I didn't download it)