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Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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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.

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

Also, I highly recommend Foobar2000 Mobile. I use it on Android as my primary player.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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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.

I modified the embedded app-manifest inside Winamp.exe because Winamp incorrectly claims to support high-DPI mode. After patching that I’m able to use Winamp on my 200% displays without turning on Winamp’s built-in pixel-doubling.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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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.

Many projects use more licensed commercial code than you’d imagine and are not able to open source.

And later versions of Winamp bundled or included popular third-party plugins and features too. IIRC things like Jump-to-File and the Media library were originally written by third-parties and were license-to or acquired-by Nullsoft... I think? Then there’s probably some stuff AOL added too.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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I unironically like the default Groove Music player on Windows 10. It is simple, extremely easy to use and just does its job without nonsense.

Seriously? It's incredibly slow to boot up and behaves really weirdly, also it seems to have drag controls even with a mouse which makes it a jarring experience to use. Immediately got Foobar2000 after using it for a bit.

Huh? Im not sure what you're saying, but it behaves like every other player wrt controls and never observed boot delay, it opens as soon as I click it.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Same. I don't know if civilization peaked then or if it was just that we were young in a good time

Between those two, young in a good time for sure. But really, just young in a time. Essentially none of the issues we face today are new in the last 20 years. You were just less aware of them then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999

I’m not aware of any raging worldwide pandemic like we have today though - not in anyone’s lifetimes going back a few generations.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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

You're probably right but in general it's a problem with downloading windows software

Only if you don’t have adblock

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Seriously? It's incredibly slow to boot up and behaves really weirdly, also it seems to have drag controls even with a mouse which makes it a jarring experience to use. Immediately got Foobar2000 after using it for a bit.

Huh? Im not sure what you're saying, but it behaves like every other player wrt controls and never observed boot delay, it opens as soon as I click it.

Maybe it's because you're on a high speed SSD. Spinning rust suffers greatly from Windows 10's bloat.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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I don't know why but an awful lot of pro audio software had to be updated for Windows 10. I remember Audacity not working at first either.

That's because the windows audio stack was massively changed with windows 10 (notably introduced lower latency audio). Didn't affect players or tools that used the top level api, but anything that interacted with the stack and its drivers had to be updated.

Seems like exactly the kind of thing compatibility mode should have worked for though.
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