Hi Guys,
I was looking for a new mp3 player since Winamp is sluggish. Was using Winamp with Cool Edit Pro long before Reaper. Not a bad player, but I just want something to open mp3 or wav files to preview and play them without excess delay and beating down popups.
I got Winamp 5.55 installed. Seemed like it was better in ancient times, so I went through the archived stuff and found Winamp 2.91, historically frozen in time with Justin and Christophe in the credits. Installing 2.91 over 5.55 was a mess, but after deleting everything from 5.x, Justin's ver 2.91 installed on win XP. There’s the familiar theme of kicking some anatomical parts of a Yak.
What a difference. Winamp 2.91 loads and plays in less than a second. Lean and optimized program. Fantastic. Too bad J&C didn’t bring Winamp with them.
Unless I missed it, there’s not a Reaper-like archive on winamp.com where you can download previous Winamp versions. It’s 5 bloat or shop elsewhere.
Just curious here. Justin’s separation from Winamp was the end of an era. The guys left and efficiency took a major hit in subsequent upgrades. Anyone have an opinion where the optimized point was before J&C left and everything went to hell in a cyberbasket. Would like to get that version.
Here’s a link for Winamp 2.91. Fewer bells and whistles, but blows the current competition away. Speed and stability. Too bad what happened to it.
https://stash.reaper.fm/oldsb/539056/winamp291.exe
John