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Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by bee_rider »

jasonfarnon wrote: post #275
tomc1985 wrote: post #194

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foobar2000's library features kind of suck IMO. Clementine/Strawberry have issues with large libraries or just skip tracks Spotify is cloud, automatically eliminated there VLC Player gets used for porn and videos Winamp quietly Just Works(tm), it scans all my songs, plays them, and is great for tag grooming and setting ReplayGain levels What else is there?

Why does VLC Player getting used for porn and videos eliminate it? You mean you want to watch porn and listen to music at the same time and dont want to launch multiple instances?

Perhaps they are worried about mixing the content up? Like if they have some friends over and want to play some music...

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Post by Nursie »

hk1337 wrote: post #118
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…

XMMS was a really nice Winamp clone for Linux way back when. Might be a good starting point. http://www.xmms.org/

I liked XMMS, it was very clean. I spent far too long building it for my Sun workstation in about 2004...

TIL - Audacious was a fork of XMMS!

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by bee_rider »

trulyme wrote: post #196
giarc wrote: post #123

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That has to be one of the best advertising campaigns in history. I've heard non-technical people in the last few years still say things like "I think our new computer has a Pentium or something". The word Pentium was synonymous with quality and speed.

They might be right, though I wouldn't say the name is synonymous with speed anymore. Intel is still using this name for entry level cpus [0]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium

They should have left Celeron as the low-end SKU. Then they could use Pentium again nowadays. Core was a sensible branding to emphasize the fact that they were multicore when it was a new feature, but now that's old hat.

Now is actually a decent time for a naming scheme change, right? Apparently Golden Cove is supposed to be a bit of a jump.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by bwat48 »

standardly wrote: post #259
tomc1985 wrote: post #194

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foobar2000's library features kind of suck IMO. Clementine/Strawberry have issues with large libraries or just skip tracks Spotify is cloud, automatically eliminated there VLC Player gets used for porn and videos Winamp quietly Just Works(tm), it scans all my songs, plays them, and is great for tag grooming and setting ReplayGain levels What else is there?

Really though, what else is there? Besides what is left of WinAmp.. Foobar is too basic for me (not good for managing larger libraries). iTunes used to work well for me, but I don't use Apple. Is there any other alternative I can try?

musicbee is pretty good

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by radlad »

scubbo wrote: post #281
monkeycantype wrote: post #258

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on multiple occasions when i've needed to know command line syntax I've googled 'man find'

While learning jQuery and figuring out how to retrieve elements of the DOM, I googled "how to get head".

Get the TLD for python.org wrong and it's less than work appropriate.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by EMIRELADERO »

VortexDream wrote: post #241
EMIRELADERO wrote: post #230

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> Also it goes both ways on the trust aspects & maybe when the likes of fb2k, aimp & musicbee go OSS I might eventually reconsider my dinosaur like approach to development but there has to be a tangible benefit for me to do it. Forgive me for asking, but if the reason for you releasing WACUP to the public at all isn't purely personal benefit (if it was only about that might as well keep it to yourself right?) but to…

Releasing a project as open source is associated with a lot of work and responsibility. People get quite entitled over open source projects and get quite upset when developers don't do what they want. I can see why he's unwilling to undergo all that stress and pressure if he feels it doesn't benefit him.

Or he could just do it FamiTracker style: make no mention of source code on the website/communications, include a zip named "SOURCE" on the normal download which contains the source code, license, and a simple text file with build instructions.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by superasn »

kblev wrote: post #296
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.

Winamp has a media library feature, it can keep track of what you're listening to and builds playlists of your most listened and top rated tracks. Quite handy.

It also had grace note integration that used to fill the id3 info and rename files.. very useful back in the days of cd ripping.

Re: Winamp source code leak

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Post by 3np »

scubbo wrote: post #281
monkeycantype wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

on multiple occasions when i've needed to know command line syntax I've googled 'man find'

While learning jQuery and figuring out how to retrieve elements of the DOM, I googled "how to get head".

"how to get head" expertsexchange
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