Winamp! It really whips the llama's ass! :-(
One of my favorite slogans ever.
Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
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Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#172I actually really like the Zune music player that you could (still can?) download from Microsoft. I never even owned a Zune, but the player software is a lightweight WMP with better design. Sure the Zune Marketplace/pass links were all there, but they are easy enough to ignore.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#173Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why winamp? my understanding is that it's long been surpassed by other apps, i.e. foobar, even VLC
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.
TheSOB88, you are dead, my friend. Another casualty of a poor policy.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#174I 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.
Why winamp? my understanding is that it's long been surpassed by other apps, i.e. foobar, even VLC
VLC can do many neat things but you can you easily rate an MP3 file nowadays?
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#175Was using Winamp 5 for the past year but recently switched back to v2.95, which is allegedly the best version out there. Although it's 10 years old (!!), it's still the best music player available: lightweight, fast, responsive, and kept simple . I had hopes for the Windows 7 Media Player. But it turned out to be a dreadful experience. Me: Can't I pause that song by hitting space? WMP: No, there are no keyboard short…
Did you ever try Foobar 2k - its arguably a better replacement for Winamp on windows
TheSOB88, you're hellbanned so barely anyone can see your comments.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#176I believe AOL owns Winamp now. I hope they open source the code!
AOL used to do some cool open-source stuff back in the 2000s. At the time, a lot of their tech was based on AOLServer which was an web server they acquired in the 90s and open-sourced. AOLServer is also tightly coupled with Tcl and AOL used to contribute to Tcl development as well.
Alas, I doubt anyone involved in open-sourcing anything is still there.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#177I 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.
Why winamp? my understanding is that it's long been surpassed by other apps, i.e. foobar, even VLC
Because it really whips the llama's ass.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why winamp? my understanding is that it's long been surpassed by other apps, i.e. foobar, even VLC
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.
AHK (http://www.autohotkey.com/) -- Global keybindings for any app you want.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#179And the llama may finally rest in peace.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#180Was using Winamp 5 for the past year but recently switched back to v2.95, which is allegedly the best version out there. Although it's 10 years old (!!), it's still the best music player available: lightweight, fast, responsive, and kept simple . I had hopes for the Windows 7 Media Player. But it turned out to be a dreadful experience. Me: Can't I pause that song by hitting space? WMP: No, there are no keyboard short…
Did you ever try Foobar 2k - its arguably a better replacement for Winamp on windows
TheSOB88, you've been hell banned for almost half a year by now.