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11-20-2013, 01:39 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Berlin
Posts: 11,818
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Winamp going away on Dec20th
According to Slashdot ( http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/11...on-december-20 ) Winamp will no longer be made available.
I used v0.something onwards. My favorite music player for years.
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11-20-2013, 01:59 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 20,859
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Hmmm.... Maybe you can talk Justin into making Ghostamp.
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11-20-2013, 02:01 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Seattle
Posts: 5,637
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That's a bummer. The last great music player that didn't try to integrate itself into every aspect of your technology stack or kill you with adds.
I can't believe AOL is still a thing.
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11-20-2013, 02:30 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Watford UK
Posts: 192
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Say goodbye to Winamp!
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11-20-2013, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 2,763
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the way I feel about this is like an old relative dying.
you'll miss them, but you're glad they're out of misery.
it was a great product that AOL destroyed and kept undead for far too long.
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11-20-2013, 02:35 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,987
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I just read some comments below the article on Slashdhot.
One said they should opensauce it.
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11-20-2013, 02:40 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodal
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I dumped Winamp in...like...2000? Foobar2000 is so much better anyway.
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11-20-2013, 03:57 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Oulu, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jerome_oneil
The last great music player that didn't try to integrate itself into every aspect of your technology stack or kill you with adds.
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Are you sure about that...? The reason I gave up on Winamp back in 2006 or so was because they started adding all that crap that dealt with watching videos, browsing the net inside the player, advertisements and so on...It just got too annoying.
(I know the older versions were much simpler and cleaner but I didn't have any interest in using those, too simple and limited for my taste.)
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11-20-2013, 04:33 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Seattle
Posts: 5,637
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Xenakios
Are you sure about that...? The reason I gave up on Winamp back in 2006 or so was because they started adding all that crap that dealt with watching videos, browsing the net inside the player, advertisements and so on...It just got too annoying.
(I know the older versions were much simpler and cleaner but I didn't have any interest in using those, too simple and limited for my taste.)
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I haven't used it in a while, but if that's what they did to it, perhaps it deserves to die.
Which makes it a double bummer.
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11-20-2013, 04:34 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,068
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How about ReaAmp?
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11-20-2013, 04:44 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: England, UK
Posts: 158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WyattRice
How about ReaAmp?
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Lol..why not? i used it for years in early 90's... good plan :-)
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11-20-2013, 05:09 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Online
Posts: 4,896
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jerome_oneil
That's a bummer. The last great music player that didn't try to integrate itself into every aspect of your technology stack or kill you with adds.
I can't believe AOL is still a thing.
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FOOBAR 2000
Winamp was good in its day.
But Foobar is the last word.
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11-20-2013, 05:44 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Oulu, Finland
Posts: 8,062
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No votes for iTunes as the Winamp replacement?
Of course I am joking. iTunes can go to hell. Long live Foobar2000!
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11-20-2013, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Right Hear
Posts: 15,618
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perhaps the lama guy will get back into such things and release uToones... I can hardly wait!
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11-20-2013, 09:49 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 296
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Wow, I am kinda shocked. I remember my parents used winamp when I was... like... a toddler.
Has Justin still had any involvement in Winamp/Nullsoft, or is it completely controlled by AOL?
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11-20-2013, 10:10 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: In your compressor, making coffee.
Posts: 1,165
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RIP.
I had an old version, from way before the buyout. Worked like a champ. That computer died sometime around 2005. Lost a lot of hours' worth of manually inputting track titles on imported CD's. Ahhh, the good old days.
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11-21-2013, 12:47 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 499
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Winamp will cease to exist at XMas
http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en
Justin, it´s time to make a good crossplatform audio/video player again :-)
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11-21-2013, 01:03 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,826
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http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=131529
Definitely worth reading the forum before posting
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11-21-2013, 01:04 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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I never got on with Foobar at all
I'm using Aimp at the moment
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11-21-2013, 02:52 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Paris, France
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gpunk_w
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oops, sorry, I was on my mobile
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11-21-2013, 03:51 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Croatia
Posts: 24,798
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gpunk_w
I never got on with Foobar at all
I'm using Aimp at the moment
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Clever man! AIMP3 here, and it's great! I never liked foobar either.
Last edited by EvilDragon; 11-21-2013 at 12:51 PM.
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11-21-2013, 05:22 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Northeast Michigan
Posts: 3,460
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I've been using Winamp for years! It's kind of like that well worn t-shirt your wife wants you to throw away, ya know? I haven't changed versions in years as well...
Looked at Foobar and it just doesn't look like something I'm interested in but AIMP has just been installed. I think I should hold on to Winamp though... just to keep around...
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11-21-2013, 06:28 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 81
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Byebye Winamp, hello Aimp*.
*Thx for the suggestion. Already installed and tweaked it to my liking.
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11-21-2013, 07:21 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Greece
Posts: 100
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very strong, now we have a really stable release.
still using 8yrs old builds from the 5.0x series,
i assume that the latest version is future proof
for the next decade. in the meantime aliens are
very busy with R&D to bring something more powerful.
things aren't as bad as they presented, the worst
case scenario i can imagine is to have as only option
the bit perfect foo crap then i would rather go back to
audio cassettes, by far more usable.
all good romances end <3
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11-21-2013, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sweden
Posts: 1,347
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I switched to Foobar2000 some years ago after making this test:
http://user.tninet.se/~zmj477m/mp3players/
...and I've been perfectly happy with it since.
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11-21-2013, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sweden
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I've never got why a music player should look like a star ship. All you need is a play button, a file list, and shuffle play hahaha
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11-21-2013, 08:32 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Austin
Posts: 289
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Plugins Make the Player
I use WinAmp because of the plugins. There are some I can live without, but MIDI control has made my life much better.
Is there another media player with a plugin that lets you control transport and volume via MIDI or OSC? Or - is there anyone here with experience who could make one for Foobar2000? I have zero experience with FB2k plugins just downloaded the SDK today.
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11-21-2013, 09:18 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boray
I've never got why a music player should look like a star ship. All you need is a play button, a file list, and shuffle play hahaha
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It takes some trickery setting up, but once I got the large album art squares view I never went back to any other player. Especially now that I have touch devices, it is just the best way to tap scroll, tap and listen to an album at a time. I don't ever fiddle with playlists or podcasts. I just like to have my album grid and pick one, with the ability to use the search bar to pick a year, artist, or album title easily. That's why I'm a WinAmp user. The rest of the features I've hidden or disabled.
Like this:
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11-21-2013, 10:39 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Posts: 138
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toddhisattva
I use WinAmp because of the plugins. There are some I can live without,
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Exactly my case.
And forgive me if I'm wrong, but Winamp Lite installs zero sh*t. No ads, no browser crap, just the player. But of course, if you go for the überhugefullofshityoullneveruse version, you'll get what you're "paying" for.
I've been using Winamp for all those 15 years and I'm planning to keep using it for another 15 if the OS allows it.
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11-21-2013, 01:30 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,987
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Here is more info on this.
I truly realize now how important Winamp was for the Cockos ambition to get out a formidable daw for only $60 with an unlimited, uncrippled trial.
If it was not for Winamp then the Reaper world might have totally different today.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013...namp-for-good/
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11-21-2013, 01:33 PM
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I wonder what could have saved winamp.
An online store for music? Streaming radio like spotify?
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11-21-2013, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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I used Winamp when it was simple (up to 2.x if I remember correctly) but abandoned it for Musikcube (defunct).
Recently, I switched to Clementine which is quite a pleasant player and works both on Windows and Linux.
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11-21-2013, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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I've never used iTunes
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11-21-2013, 02:04 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Eesti
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I think Foobar2000 is a bit too raw without special skins.
I remember there have been different ways of using user skins on Foobar.
What's the preferred way today and where are the nicest skins?
Or a pretty alternative for Foobar?
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11-21-2013, 02:06 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: my space
Posts: 932
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmic
I've never used iTunes
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But maybe iTunes has used you.
There's no escape. I'm surprised I come even here.
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11-21-2013, 02:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: my space
Posts: 932
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carbon
I think Foobar2000 is a bit too raw without special skins.
I remember there have been different ways of using user skins on Foobar.
What's the preferred way today and where are the nicest skins?
Or a pretty alternative for Foobar?
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AIMP3!
If Evil Dragon likes it, it's good!
http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=features
I just downloaded....checking.....
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Analogue dB meters!
I'm in!!!!
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Last edited by RoboPlankton; 11-21-2013 at 02:17 PM.
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11-21-2013, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 21,551
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Well... it's not exactly 1990 anymore.
Playing music from a computer is pretty darned easy these days... even if you only ever use the built in OS player, Media Player, Quicktime, whatever Linux uses for that.
I don't really need a skin or fancy db meters, I only need to hear the music playing.
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11-21-2013, 02:29 PM
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#39
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Thats true.
I often just use the Windows one
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11-21-2013, 02:43 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sweden
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carbon
I think Foobar2000 is a bit too raw without special skins.
I remember there have been different ways of using user skins on Foobar.
What's the preferred way today and where are the nicest skins?
Or a pretty alternative for Foobar?
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Here is one way: Use Foobar to play music, then open up a picture you like (of something with skin perhaps), and watch that while listening to the music.
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