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Re: Winamp 5.9

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>Updated: [in_mod] libopenmpt huhhh I thought they had their own in-house tracker parser. I always had the impression that some songs just sound better in winamp compared to any other player I've tried.

I read they were swapping some components for FOSS equivalents, so perhaps it is a result of that.

Kind of a bummer to hear they are giving up on theirs (if it even exists lol)

But at the same time I wouldn't expect the people that put out that abomination of a frontpage to even know what's an xm file.

Re: Winamp 5.9

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read they were swapping some components for FOSS equivalents, so perhaps it is a result of that.

Kind of a bummer to hear they are giving up on theirs (if it even exists lol) But at the same time I wouldn't expect the people that put out that abomination of a frontpage to even know what's an xm file.

WinAmp's mod player was wildly inaccurate anyway, so it's probably not a great loss. IIRC it specifically didn't support a lot of IT features (instrument filter envelopes, etc)

Re: Winamp 5.9

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post #14

It's too bad they won't just open source it...

XMMS is the closest we had, I don't think it's kept up anymore.

There's another open-source media player that will let you load up WinAmp skins. But heck if I can remember what it was, or find it. It looks nothing like WinAmp without the skins though...

While I was searching, I did find this though. http://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/ QMMP seems to be a QT-based player that looks like WinAmp.

And I can't find a WinAmp clone that works on MacOS, either. I'm dying for one since I have to use a Mac for work, and that's when I do most of my listening. I love having the little tiny player up in the corner. Visible, accessible, but out of the way because it's so small and you can shade the window!

EDIT: I found it! Audacious supports WinAmp skins also!

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