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Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Post by dkersten »

serf wrote: post #390
dkersten wrote: post #367

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Serious question: why?

Well, I wouldn't let Java stop me from using something, but to play devil's advocate : "Because I have a resource limited platform in which I cannot handle many dependencies." Subsonic on a Cubieboard is a dreary task.

That sounds reasonable enough, but doesn't really explain the statement "I don't run Java anything anymore."

Limited resource platforms can run java just fine - but large software with many dependencies, sure, that's a valid concern.

Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Post by dkersten »

ams6110 wrote: post #414
thibaut_barrere wrote: post #365

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I think he has a tiny point actually: I saw a number of people around me removing Java (or not installing it on new computers) after the numerous vulnerabilities reported recently. Just a data point but well - I wonder if this could affect sales of java-based product etc.

This is why. The never ending stream of security issues. The installer hijacking my browser search bar. The never ending nags about new versions, which hijack my browser all over again. It's just not worth it. I have removed Java from all my computers and will never install it again. I fully realize many web sites and services are implemented in Java, that's not what I was talking about. I will not install or run any…

I've never ever had this problem, but I also run OpenJDK, so...

Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Post by Havoc »

Freaky wrote: post #239
jay_m wrote: post #124

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The main reason I use Winamp is because it has global keyboard shortcuts for controlling playback. I'm not sure if any other media players have that, if anyone knows of one that does I would love to know.

foobar2000, Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Add/select appropriate entry and check "Global hotkey". I have Ctrl-Pause bound to Play/Pause, Ctrl-PgUp to Previous and Ctrl-PgDn to Next.

NB if you have a media keyboard with the play/pause buttons etc then this is no necessary.

Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Post by el_duderino »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #74

I just switched back to Winamp after getting fed up with the latest release of iTunes. At least it's a real application that I can download and own for myself, and doesn't stop working just because it's no longer being supported. This is a great example of why I don't move all my data to the cloud, or use browser-based apps for things that matter to me. Hopefully they'll release the codebase to the world.

AIMP is Winamp's successor.

Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Post by mathiasben »

josefresco wrote: post #475

Anyone here old enough to remember Sonique? Back in the late 90's skinning your MP3 player was the bees knees. I remember having debates about Winamp plugins, flame wars about the direction of the software ... the good ol' days. iTune sucks.

My favorite winamp plugin was Punkie. it was a visualization that had seemingly endless randomness to it. and file was only 72K and it managed to look incredible on even the lowliest video cards and resolutions.

Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Post by slig »

albertzeyer wrote: post #461
slig wrote: post #61

It's been a couple of years since I tried to find a good alternative to iTunes on OS X. Does it exist yet? Is there a Winamp for mac yet?

I'm working on an own player which supports >=MacOSX 10.6. Maybe it is already usable enough for you. http://albertz.github.io/music-player/

Hi Albertz,

It looks something I've been looking. I'll give it a try.

Thanks for the extra effort on keeping it 10.6-compatible!

Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Post by csmuk »

72deluxe wrote: post #455
csmuk wrote: post #303

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Agree. I'm doing the same with everything related to "the cloud". The current international political climate doesn't support this model. Also with music, I point blank refuse to let music turn into a subscription based service. I still buy CDs when something agrees with my ears and listen to them. I also quite happily transcribe things to sheet music and play it breaking many a royalty and public performance law. Fu…

Hurray for the CD purchasers! I thought I was the only one left doing this! I too cannot abide a cloud based service for listening to music. I understand the merits of Google's music service but given the fleeting nature of cloud based services, I would rather have a physical copy of something that I can rerip if necessary (and look at the sleeve notes). Having to download music over my limited mobile connection whil…

I live in London and coverage here is pretty bad at times. My phone barely manages GPRS at times.

There are plenty of us CD buyers left :). We're just not as noisy.

Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

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Post by sciurus »

fletchowns wrote: post #205
smrtinsert wrote: post #192

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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…

That's why you run your own "cloud" music service. Personally I use Subsonic, and it is amazing. http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp

Also there's Ampache.

https://github.com/ampache/ampache

https://web.archive.org/web/20130302160313/http://ampache.or...

https://web.archive.org/web/20130306044144/http://ampache.or...

Within the last year the project ditched their website in favor of just using github. However, strangely they didn't migrate any the content from their website to it.

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