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Re: Unofficial Winamp Web Site

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Post by ubercow13 »

mxmilkb wrote: post #47

Is there anything for Linux that has similar functionality to the Jump To File mechanism for finding and enqueuing songs to play next within in a playlist without altering the playlist itself? It was so good that it was integrated into (IIRC) Winamp 3. https://winampplugins.co.uk/jtfe.html https://old.reddit.com/r/winamp/comments/9rw9fb/winamp_58_se... (Bonus points of anyone knows of an MPD client that can make it a…

Audacious can actually load Winamp (2) skins, and has the same 'jump to' feature (make sure you use the GTK version, the QT one doesn't have this yet). The search is actually much faster and properly asynchronous wrt your typing, so it's better than Winamp's.

https://audacious-media-player.org/

Re: Unofficial Winamp Web Site

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Post by Hamuko »

mxmilkb wrote: post #47

Is there anything for Linux that has similar functionality to the Jump To File mechanism for finding and enqueuing songs to play next within in a playlist without altering the playlist itself? It was so good that it was integrated into (IIRC) Winamp 3. https://winampplugins.co.uk/jtfe.html https://old.reddit.com/r/winamp/comments/9rw9fb/winamp_58_se... (Bonus points of anyone knows of an MPD client that can make it a…

Well, in MPD the queue and playlists are separate entities, so you can just add things to the queue without affecting the playlist which you were playing from. But I don't really understand what that Winamp feature does all in all.

Re: Unofficial Winamp Web Site

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Post by ubercow13 »

mrweasel wrote: post #17
deanCommie wrote: post #7

One could argue we made better ways to play MP3s on our computers. But nothing has come anywhere close to improving or replacing Milkdrop

I would argue that WinAmp and XMMS where the last good audio players. Why is it that modern music players think that the need to do library management, why are they fullscreen applications? We need to start maintaining winamp and the clones again.

Audacious is a maintained descendent of XMMS that doesn't really have a library.

Also, foobar2000 is very well maintained, and implying it's not a good audio player is simply sacrilege!

Re: Unofficial Winamp Web Site

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Post by jpswade »

On January 14, 2014, it was officially announced that Belgian online radio aggregator Radionomy had bought Winamp and Shoutcast, formerly owned by Nullsoft.

- https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/14/5263086/winamp-radionomy-...

So since this site was launched, it looks like you can now download Winamp from the Official Winamp website:

- http://winamp.com/

For those asking for old versions of Winamp, you can get them here:

- http://www.oldversion.com/windows/winamp/

For those asking for alternatives, there are some:

- https://alternativeto.net/software/winamp/

For other Nullsoft magic, including Gnutella and WASTE, see:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullsoft

Also worth checking out founder Justin Frankel and his new company see:

- https://www.cockos.com/

LICEcap is great.

Re: Unofficial Winamp Web Site

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Post by jansan »

lazyjeff wrote: post #14
ktzar wrote: post #11

There's is a website that's keeping versions of Winamp, including the one I consider the best 2.95 https://winampheritage.com/download-winamp-player

Winamp 2 has been my music player for 20 years and it's still my main player that I use with the flac plugin. I never upgraded to Winamp 3 or 5, and Winamp 2.95 is still fully functional on Windows 10. Selecting "Double Size" makes it mostly fine on a HiDPI monitor, except some controls are a bit pixelated. Winamp 2.95 didn't need to connect to the internet, there is no background service, no application manager bloa…

>>> What happened?

Marketing. It has become extremely difficult to be found by a large audience on the internet. There are many gatekeepers who want their share before they allow you to become visible to the audience they control.

Re: Unofficial Winamp Web Site

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Post by jacquesm »

gonesilent wrote: post #50
tomtomtom777 wrote: post #16

Early Winamp was truly revolutionary in terms of UX and quality. Highly intuitive, beautiful and always "just working", with an elegant plugin system. It is no coincidence that the authors went on to create Gnutella, which could be considered the starting point of decentralized networking.

Justin has done the same for DAWS see https:/reaper.fm and gone full circle to making music.

Linux supported too!

Re: Unofficial Winamp Web Site

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Post by erfgh »

benboughton1 wrote: post #39

Winamp is great, ah the memories. But just like my gripe with video media, is there anywhere to buy plain mp3s for all artists, store them on my hdd and manage them in winamp? Is that still an option in 2020 without a subscription to something?

iTunes store will give you plain AAC.

Re: Unofficial Winamp Web Site

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Post by unixhero »

mxmilkb wrote: post #47

Is there anything for Linux that has similar functionality to the Jump To File mechanism for finding and enqueuing songs to play next within in a playlist without altering the playlist itself? It was so good that it was integrated into (IIRC) Winamp 3. https://winampplugins.co.uk/jtfe.html https://old.reddit.com/r/winamp/comments/9rw9fb/winamp_58_se... (Bonus points of anyone knows of an MPD client that can make it a…

Xmms
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