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We take granted how good VLC or MPC-HC as software are.
For long, I wished Winamp would be open sourced. I don't understand the benefit of keeping it closed. I'm not sure I would be back to using it though. I'm used to my current player, which already does everything I would expect from Winamp, with a (arguably) worse look but much better UX. Audacious with the Winamp classic interface is also a great Winamp for those who (still) fancy this look and feel.
I could only find the changelog for the previous March 2021 release, what's changed in this release?
Few weeks ago I actually installed WinAmp because I needed that nostalgia dopamine hit of Milkdrop visualizer and those sweet skins. I downloaded some mp3 files from a YouTube playlist using FFMPEG. Unfortunately none of the mp3 worked. I think it was an encoding issue. Then I remembered the last time I faced a media file encoding problem was close to a decade ago. We take granted how good VLC or MPC-HC as software a…
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The benefit of keeping it closed: squeeze some money from people googling winamp. Why would you give up that revenue stream? It might also have some residual allure to attract investment capital.
It must be there somewhere, a friend recently told me it’s in AUR - and I replied with “I don’t have mp3s anymore” he sent a screenshot of just under a TB of music. I guess some people just moved to streaming (me) and others stuck true to their roots
For long, I wished Winamp would be open sourced. I don't understand the benefit of keeping it closed. I'm not sure I would be back to using it though. I'm used to my current player, which already does everything I would expect from Winamp, with a (arguably) worse look but much better UX. Audacious with the Winamp classic interface is also a great Winamp for those who (still) fancy this look and feel.
Let me explain: if you want to use your computer ofline, with a local store of MP3 files that you play on limited hardware without any impact on your computer, it is great. Go download it.
However in practice you almost certainly won't want to do that. What you want is to be constantly connected to the internet, you want the ability to listen to whatever track you want at whatever time you want.
And for that, Winamp won't serve your needs.
I get the nostalgia and I am not really sure if the XP time wasn't better than our current one, but do keep in mind what you are trading of.
Few weeks ago I actually installed WinAmp because I needed that nostalgia dopamine hit of Milkdrop visualizer and those sweet skins. I downloaded some mp3 files from a YouTube playlist using FFMPEG. Unfortunately none of the mp3 worked. I think it was an encoding issue. Then I remembered the last time I faced a media file encoding problem was close to a decade ago. We take granted how good VLC or MPC-HC as software a…