Ah, fond memories of downloading MP3's via irc DCC :)
Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
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Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#432Earlier quoted context omitted.
One can very easily not run any desktop Java apps, and not run any applets. That's what he meant, and that's what matters. Who cares if he still uses some website that is build on servlets server side, or if his tv/car/fridge has a Java running CPU? That's totally besides the point. Java is not "everywhere". In fact it's getting nowhere fast (including it's use on microcontrollers and devices). The only exception is…
Java may be going nowhere fast as a language, but the JVM isn't going away anytime soon.
If you combine Scala, Clojure and Groovy, you still don't have enough momentum on the scape of what Java had or even Python.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
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There is so much lost when moving to the cloud. Off the top of my head: You tie your data to one provider instead of simply physical media, you lose discoverability (will your kids browse your album choices 30 years from now?), exporting/importing quality is at the mercy of the provider (for example Amazon dropped several dozen mp3s when I migrated a few gigs to Google), and of course you place your data at the mercy…
you're only making the case for improvements to cloud data providers, not making the case that physical media is still worth using. physical media has enormous problems for anything besides long term archival use.
I glad my music collection was on physical media when tornadoes knocked power out to just about the entire county. I had something to cure the boredom besides drinking and rioting! (Well, once the weather stopped trying to kill us all.)
I'm also glad my music is on physical media every time I don't have to pay insane rates for a couple hours of wifi on a flight just to listen to my music, or when I'm killing time somewhere where cell service is spotty at best.
I don't yet live in the future where access to the cloud is a given, and I prefer my devices don't become completely useless without a data connection.
Edit: My primary physical media isn't a pile of CDs—I have plenty of those too, but stopped carrying them the moment I got an MP3 player. Now I carry almost my entire collection on my phone and a whole lot more than that on my laptop. I see nothing wrong with having copies of things in the cloud (remote backup FTW), but I'm not about to take a shotgun to my local disks.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
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I used to run Subsonic, now I'm loving http://plexapp.com and the (paid) iOS app. I'm also an Rdio and Netflix subscriber, but running Plex on my server allows me to 'roll my own Netflix' and stream movies and music to my iPad or other computers, or even from my server to any computer in the web browser. I'm happy.
so, all that gets you is a interface and some search? i just have an apache serving all my videos and a bookmark on any device browser. click and play. for android i use mx player.
Plex is the only solution that I have found that seamlessly plays video on my flatscreen through my mobile with the content being served from my laptop.
Before you ask - yes I used to be running xbmc, minidlna, etc. previously. No, they are nowhere as good (actually, to rephrase, the client-server model is not xbmc's focus, which is completely wrong IMHO).
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#435Earlier quoted context omitted.
> This is a great example of why I don't move all my data to the cloud Music is a great use-case for keeping data in the cloud. You can have a consistent music library and can use any player client-side. Personally I prefer the spotify "all-you-can-listen" model, but I have a bunch of MP3s that aren't on spotify that I seamlessly stream from dropbox (either to winamp or the spotify client, which allows you to sync lo…
There is so much lost when moving to the cloud. Off the top of my head: You tie your data to one provider instead of simply physical media, you lose discoverability (will your kids browse your album choices 30 years from now?), exporting/importing quality is at the mercy of the provider (for example Amazon dropped several dozen mp3s when I migrated a few gigs to Google), and of course you place your data at the mercy…
Put your data in more than one cloud and keep a local backup.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#436Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you ever try Foobar 2k - its arguably a better replacement for Winamp on windows
Does it fade out songs when you pause them? If so, where can I download it and where can I donate to whoever wrote it?
Yes, preferences > playback > output and select output method DirectSound http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Pre... http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/foobar/foobar-5_files/image00... ; http://www.foobar2000.org/ ; http://flattr.com/thing/51681/foobar2000-freeware-audio-play...
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#437Winamp.com and associated web services
Associated web services sounds a lot like Shoutcast.
AOL wants to double down on stupid journalism. Winamp is a distraction.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#438Earlier quoted context omitted.
From the site: Based on Java technology Ugh.. lost me. I don't run Java anything anymore.
I hear a lot of people claim that, but the reality is that many people run applications they don't realize are Java, and a lot of the infrastructure you rely on runs Java behind it. As a JavaEE architect/developer, I whole-heartedly agree that you shouldn't run Applets in your browser anymore. In fact, unsigned applets will no longer run after January of 2014, which will break a lot of the banking infrastructure and…
This isn't even a java applet. It's java server side code. There is absolutely no reason for the former poster to boycott this aside from ignorant pig-headedness (and this is coming from someone who isn't exactly a fan of java himself)
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#439Brings up a great question: What are the alternatives to Winamp? (No iTunes please)
On Windows, MusicBee is pretty good with lot of possibilites. http://getmusicbee.com/
Having used Winamp for over a decade, I switched to MusicBee and never looked back. The level of customization, fluidity and smoothness were all I was looking in a media player. While it's not as lightweight as foobar it feels a lot more polished.
Sad to see the old folk go though.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#440Earlier quoted context omitted.
Plenty of cloud/online music services allow you to cache music offline to avoid those problems.
So to copy album into phone I have to upload to web, than download it to phone? I could also use USB 1.0 or serial port with similar speed. Until network will be more reliable and faster than my hdd, there is not much to discus.
What's the USB speed when you're three miles from home?