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Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

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Post by ghssds » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 9:43 PM UTC

lacy_tinpot wrote: post #120

debo_ wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

machamp

Isn't that a Pokeman?

Seems fishy

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

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Post by teekert » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 10:01 PM UTC

Ah I miss the days when my own music felt like something valuable (now it feels like a mess). When I’d turn on music via the computer (using xmms or Amarok hooked up to the amplifier. I feel a bit like Sonos and iOS/Android and Spotify are a trap. And I fell for it. I’m getting old.

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

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Post by stackghost » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 10:08 PM UTC

andreww_young wrote: post #3

Memories from over 20 years ago, but later I switched to foobar. I prefer foobar's simple interface. Does anyone still remember foobar?

>Does anyone still remember foobar?

I remember foobar. I also seem to recall that it does not really whip the llama's ass.

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

#124

Post by brulard » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 10:23 PM UTC

newman314 wrote: post #116

Missed a chance to call this swiftamp instead and avoid namespace collision.

Or swamp to be shorter

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

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Post by superultra » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 10:28 PM UTC

Man, seeing the visualizations here reminded me of how great it was to load up some music in Winamp (downloaded via soulseek), turn on the geiss visualizer, and get stoned.

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

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Post by xenophonf » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 10:46 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #104

xenophonf wrote: post #14

Pretty misleading headline. This isn't actually Winamp. It's someone's attempt at a clone.

Ok, we've cloned the title above. (Submitted title was "Winamp for OS/X")

Thanks, Dang. You're the bestest.

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

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Post by cyberpunk » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 11:22 PM UTC

superultra wrote: post #125

Man, seeing the visualizations here reminded me of how great it was to load up some music in Winamp (downloaded via soulseek), turn on the geiss visualizer, and get stoned.

milkdrop and project m, those were the days.

Why aren’t these really a thing anymore? Does anyone know any non-shit way to get nice visuals from apple music or spotify or whatever these days?

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

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Post by lproven » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 11:24 PM UTC

Been running Foobar 2000 for macOS for a year, but this is pretty in a retro way, I guess.

https://www.foobar2000.org/mac

<- the least bollocks-infested media player on macOS since about, oh, September 2000.

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

#129

Post by musictubes » Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 11:29 PM UTC

cyberpunk wrote: post #127

superultra wrote: post #125

Man, seeing the visualizations here reminded me of how great it was to load up some music in Winamp (downloaded via soulseek), turn on the geiss visualizer, and get stoned.

milkdrop and project m, those were the days. Why aren’t these really a thing anymore? Does anyone know any non-shit way to get nice visuals from apple music or spotify or whatever these days?

There are some visualizers in the Mac App Store. I'm using Ferromagnetic right now and like it well enough. There are still visualizers in Apple Music left over from the iTunes days but they're kind of lame.

Re: Winamp clone in Swift for macOS

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Post by ks2048 » Sat, Nov 15, 2025, 12:08 AM UTC

iOS version? Considering ditching Spotify for local files.