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Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by _piif »

cyber_kinetist wrote: post #19
caddywompus wrote: post #12

Interestingly enough, there has been a community project dedicated to keeping the last Winamp version alive (last version from the original creators), and it really great to use. https://getwacup.com/ It includes a skin that allows it to work on modern display resolutions. It's really interesting to see just how low-res screens were when it was in it's hey-day, given that they are nearly unusable on a 4k monitor. Edi…

For context, here's the new revamped(!) Winamp coming up soon: https://www.winamp.com/ It's just... the complete opposite of what Winamp was all about, and it's horrible and leaves a bad taste in your mouth (-100 points for the atrocious "modern" website which loads MBs of Javascript, screams BIG TEXT at you, hijacks your scroll wheel, and still tells you nothing about the actual software other than it will probably…

Interestingly in contrast to the others it loads up fine on both my laptop and my S9 with Firefox, even after disabling my adblocker and unblocking all scripts in NoScript.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by totetsu »

0des wrote: post #23
tiffanyh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My memory is fuzzy on this but didn’t most consider Winamp 2.x the best. Winamp 3.x was considered bloated. So to help rectify the problems of 3.x, Winamp release version 5.x (the best of 2 + 3). Though I recall many still used version 2.x even after the 5.x release. Question: so when you say folks are trying to keep the "last version" alive, which version are you referring too since later versions weren’t loved.

Winamp 2 was generally preferred. If I recall correctly, it skipped version 4 not because v2 + v3 = v5 but because nobody would want to download a Winamp 4 skin. Not kidding.

NB four and fore are sound the same in some accents

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by tombert »

Honest question, as someone who actually used Winamp back in ~2004: why would you want to use it now?

I have some nostalgia for it, sure, but what exactly does it actually offer you that something like VLC doesn't? It seems like it plays my music and videos competently enough, and I don't know anyone who actually uses Shoutcast anymore.

This isn't a passive aggressive dig or anything, I would actually like to know.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by taf2 »

tiffanyh wrote: post #17
caddywompus wrote: post #12

Interestingly enough, there has been a community project dedicated to keeping the last Winamp version alive (last version from the original creators), and it really great to use. https://getwacup.com/ It includes a skin that allows it to work on modern display resolutions. It's really interesting to see just how low-res screens were when it was in it's hey-day, given that they are nearly unusable on a 4k monitor. Edi…

My memory is fuzzy on this but didn’t most consider Winamp 2.x the best. Winamp 3.x was considered bloated. So to help rectify the problems of 3.x, Winamp release version 5.x (the best of 2 + 3). Though I recall many still used version 2.x even after the 5.x release. Question: so when you say folks are trying to keep the "last version" alive, which version are you referring too since later versions weren’t loved.

Yes I loved Winamp 2.x - the transition from tapes to mp3 was great for me. My car had a tape player and not a CD player and it was more fun to make tapes that’s cds imo

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by spicybright »

bluedino wrote: post #44
thefourthchime wrote: post #21

I nearly got a job with them back around 2001. At the time they were revamping their development group. I had written some plug-ins for Winamp so I familiar with the plug-in structure. It looks like the new lead developer wanted to rewrite everything. Using all kinds of object-oriented methodologies. The older code was all C based and very simple. I wasn’t fan of the new direction.

> The older code was all C based and very simple. I wasn’t fan of the new direction. Pretty sure the original author hung out in #winprog (EFnet IRC), I wasn't a great Windows programmer but I remember him showing off how he created the skinnable interface and everything. I also remember spending a half hour downloading a Rob Zombie MP3, using Winamp to play it, and wondering what the big deal was :)

There's something special about how limited media availability was back then. Made every track you could manage to get your hands on really special!

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by smcl »

echelon wrote: post #40
fps_doug wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does work

Sorry for bringing the thread completely off topic, but your username triggered a tinge of nostalgia for something I haven't seen referenced or thought of in a long while. Is your username a reference to the mid-2000s pre-youtube video series, "Pure Pwnage"? That's right before the Internet became dominated by platforms. EzBoard was taken over by phpBB, Invision, etc. Blogs. Sorry, I need to turn off the nostalgia. F…

I agree very era-appropriate username to be commenting on this story! I have distinct memories of fps_doug leaping around (crouch-jumping?) and screaming "I could dance all day! BOOM headshot!" (and the other guy doing "uber macro") in those videos though I couldn't for the life of me tell you what happened in any of them

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by spicybright »

haunter wrote: post #37
MrGilbert wrote: post #2

I'm afraid that, at one point in time, a DMCA takedown might backfire at the archive. I mean, it has been taken down on Github, but it's of course available at archive.org - it would hurt the internet as a whole if the archive needs to close it's doors. Hopefully that will never happen.

I never get how Archive.org can get away with... everything? Like every single console game is there. Nintendo is very famous to take down ROM sites yet their full library is on Archive.org. And that's Nintendo only, all the PS1, PS2, PS3 games and the whole Xbox/360 catalog is there as well. It's crazy In some aspect Archive.org is better than some private torrent trackers

I'm so happy they somehow keep going. I've found so much otherwise dead software there, esp. obscure windows 3.1 games I played growing up :)

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by smcl »

Sosh101 wrote: post #6
opless wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you not check 'code -> download zip' ?

Doesn't work

I thought so too, after I clicked I was shown a page saying "Got an HTTP 302 response at crawl time" then about 10 seconds later Firefox prompted me to download "winamp-main.zip"
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