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Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by Strom »

tombert wrote: post #55

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.

For me, Winamp still offers two things that most other players don't:

1) Global hotkeys to navigate through my playlists, enqueue songs, control playback etc. Also the global pop-up window (Ctrl+Alt+J) with my current playlist has a really fast search function as I type. Only 'Everything' has faster search. Otherwise modern apps have very slow searches.

2) Milkdrop 2. I have a very large curated collection of visualization presets for Milkdrop 2. This is not something I use when I'm behind the computer, but it's awesome to have running on some screens during a party as the visualizations are in sync with the music.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by lelandfe »

hermitdev wrote: post #170
ConceptJunkie wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So I can't imagine that the clowns that made that awful new Winamp site would be cool enough to call the new one Winamp 8. Or release a version that anyone actually wants, for that matter.

If the new website is any indicator of the quality of the new Winamp, it's going to be a huge nope from me.

They may win for the worst scrolljacking I've seen to date

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by tombert »

shikoba wrote: post #155
tombert wrote: post #55

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.

I can force mono with Winamp. That's the sole player I know that has that option.

Out of curiosity, why do you want mono? Just a preference?

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by andai »

firekvz wrote: post #32
cyber_kinetist wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

The browser on my pixel 6 crashed, haven't seen a site lag a phone for like 2 years

Holy shit, you weren't kidding! What the heck is this thing doing, mining bitcoins? How did this ever get approved?

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by conradfr »

tombert wrote: post #55

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.

I like to be able to pause my music, watch a video file, and resume the music, so a unified player is not ideal.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by toast0 »

tombert wrote: post #55

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.

> I don't know anyone who actually uses Shoutcast anymore.

I don't know you, but I use a shoutcast based premium streaming service. Free tier has to use the official apps or the web. Winamp is still perfect for this; it loads quickly, my playlist has the couple of stations I want to listen to, etc. Foobar2000 works pretty well too, but llamas. VLC could work, but I don't think it starts as fast, and there are so many updates to install.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by dkonofalski »

andrew_ wrote: post #114
Y_Y wrote: post #100

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> 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. A tale as old as time.

Is it bad that I start hearing the Aladdin (1992) soundtrack whenever I read that line?

Yes, it is bad. You got the wrong movie. ;)

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by shikoba »

tombert wrote: post #174
shikoba wrote: post #155

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I can force mono with Winamp. That's the sole player I know that has that option.

Out of curiosity, why do you want mono? Just a preference?

Yes. And especially when listening with headphone, some artists find it fun to have a moving song from one side to the other, in that case I turn my head thinking that there is something near me, absolutely annoying. With mono the sound is always located in the middle of my brain.
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