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Winamp has announced that it is "opening up" its source code

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Re: Winamp has announced that it is "opening up" its source code

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Kinda late. Maybe it would've been cool in 2006 when I still used Windows. But what I really want to know is: will it really kick the LLaMAs ass now with AI features?

I'm surprised they haven't announced any AI features yet. It seems like every 5 years ago there's a big "Winamp is BACK" announcement paired with some new nonsense related to whatever the big tech buzzword of the day is. Last time it was blockchains.

It's what's left of AOL. Give them another 20 years.

Re: Winamp has announced that it is "opening up" its source code

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I owe my entire career to the fact that Winamp added the ability to re-skin. I had just graduated graduate school for international economics, and was working for a government contractor who only hired me because I had a masters (they could charge the government more). Because of this, I literally had nothing to do and would just sit in the office. I eventually figured out an excuse to get my employer to buy Photosho…

Did you create Macromedia Flash? Or otherwise worked on it Anyway your winamp skin is cool

I worked with the team and had input on the Player, but my job was in community / evangelism.

Re: Winamp has announced that it is "opening up" its source code

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I use the community update of Winamp, WACUP, and it's excellent. I've tried other media players but always come back here. I'm not even one of those people who likes the shitty visualisations, I just think the interface works perfectly. https://getwacup.com/

Have you checked out foobar2000? To me, it always felt like the true successor to Winamp.

foobar2000 is great! I love the minimal (default) UI. Never even bothered to customize.
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