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Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by mook »

kkdaemas wrote: post #11
cbozeman wrote: post #2

I had used Winamp since its original release, but when development on it seemed to die off and it looked like it was becoming abandonware, I switched to MusicBee, which I thoroughly love. Maybe there's better software out there, but I've yet to find it.

Anyone remember Songbird?

I'm surprised anyone still does. Unfortunately that was deeply tied into the Mozilla stack, and they didn't want to be a platform vendor, so just running an old version isn't really tenable.

(To bring things back on topic, I believe a couple of people involved in Songbird was previously related to Winamp.)

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by heyflyguy »

I was a die-hard Winamp user for years. Anytime I got a new PC and uninstalled the bloatware, the first of a few apps installed was Winamp. But in recent times, I don't use it much. I'll turn on Radio Paradise now and again, but am finding myself listening to Amazon music nearly all the time.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by dcanelhas »

nogabebop23 wrote: post #30
bstar77 wrote: post #25

I tried Winamp a few months ago and was disappointed to find that it's evolved into a media center more than a player. I was hoping just for a simple player where I can easily drop files in a running playlist, like VLC does. There were also some issues I experienced (that I don't remember), but I'm guessing they have been ironed out since win 10 is officially supported now.

I just want a simple player as well, so I've been using foobar2000: https://www.foobar2000.org/ It doesn't get much more basic...

I think you might be able to run mplayer in wsl if you want to go one step further in your quest for basic listening experience.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by ubercow13 »

Dirlewanger wrote: post #29
ClawsOnPaws wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally love foobar2000. Tons of customization, lots of plugins and honestly it's just amazing imho. edit: http://foobar2000.com/

Does foobar allow you to just start playing music without adding it to a playlist yet? I remember trying to switch off of Winamp years ago and was shocked that I needed to add files to a playlist before they'd even play. With Winamp you just search for the song, play it, and the whole album is added to a temporary unsaved playlist that automatically changes depending on what album is being played.

Foobar just makes the hidden playlists of other players all explicit. That doesn't preclude what you're asking for. The best way to do what you're talking about is probably with the Facets component or the search functionality of the columns_ui interface. You can do it with the default library search but it will switch out the playlist that's playing as soon as you search for something else.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by muppetman »

kichik wrote: post #12
muppetman wrote: post #3

Darren Owen (Dr_O) keeps Winamp updated here at the Winamp Community Update Project: https://getwacup.com/ He's been releasing new updates every few months for the last couple of years, and it's great. It's still how I use/listen to a lot of my old Media that's hard to find on streaming sites. It also still supports the DSP plugins, a favourite of mine is Stereotool. I wish I could find a way to plug DSPs into Browse…

He was also involved with the original developers for many years.

Yes I forgot to mention that in my comment! He's a really nice, kind guy. And he puts a lot of love into WACUP.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by everyone »

I never stopped using it. Still the best music player I've seen. The version I have is a little crashy on windows 10 though.. Sometimes it wont play music and I have to stop any instances of it in task manager, and the restart it before it works.. Its fairly common. I wonder if this new update has fixed that?

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by muppetman »

bstar77 wrote: post #25

I tried Winamp a few months ago and was disappointed to find that it's evolved into a media center more than a player. I was hoping just for a simple player where I can easily drop files in a running playlist, like VLC does. There were also some issues I experienced (that I don't remember), but I'm guessing they have been ironed out since win 10 is officially supported now.

Winamp at its core IS a simple media player. If you install it and don't include all the addon modules, you end up with a small, light player and not much else.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by 51Cards »

lazyjeff wrote: post #5
gordaco wrote: post #4

Wait, winamp didn't work on Windows 10? Why is that? I've been using it -version 2.91- in Windows 7 without problems (in fact I'm currently listening to it right now). I thought that it was solidly programmed and that it could work with any Windows as long as the underlying OS API was compatible. Is that not the case? EDIT: Ok, after reading the comments, it seems that Winamp does indeed work in W10. So I guess that…

I use winamp 2.91 on Windows 10 as my main music player. It works fine except .wav files have clipping/static which doesn't occur in other players, and some newer formats are not supported. But still works great for flac (with a plugin) and mp3. I use the double size feature so it's not tiny on a 4K HiDPI monitor.

All points mirror my use. MP3 only, double size on my 4K monitor, and it works perfectly. I didn't realize it had any Win10 issues.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by AdmiralAsshat »

Wish they'd open source the thing already. Surely it can't be pulling the holding company much revenue at this point; I don't think you can even buy the premium version anymore. Just let me get a proper Linux port and I'll drop Audacious in a heartbeat.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by pndy »

codeulike wrote: post #13
ClawsOnPaws wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally love foobar2000. Tons of customization, lots of plugins and honestly it's just amazing imho. edit: http://foobar2000.com/

Foobar2000 is also in the microsoft store which avoids a load of 'find the right download button that isnt an ad pretending to be a download button' nonsense https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PDJ8X9SPF2K

Eh? I don't think there are any issue with finding download section on foobar homepage and installer link.
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