Thanks for the memories, I will never stop using Winamp in my mind. I have so many memories tied to it. It was crazy you had to download it to play those surreal .mp3 files. Then it was my patient assistant when I had to make my first (teen) love compilation! I also used to show people how many beatiful skins it had. And what about when lyrics plugins came out and no no other players could do it. And what about breath taking, stunning visualizations plugins when WMP would just show you those low resolution ugly bricks? (has this last point got any better?) Thanks Justin for all you did!
Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
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Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#192I 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.
> 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 of a business, (is any tech company eternal and/or always interested in providing cloud services?)
The cloud is way overdone, after giving a variety of services a go over the last few years, I'm actually pulling back.
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#194Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#195Brings up a great question: What are the alternatives to Winamp? (No iTunes please)
I'm surprised MPD[1] isn't favored a bit more on HN. I primarily use ncmpcpp on desktop, but fall back to ario when using gnome, and MPDroid from android. The simplicity is great. I have a single NAS containing my entire collection connected to some speakers. In another room I have a rasp pi connected to a different set of speakers which streams the music being played via Icecast2. I can control the music in either r…
I do enjoy my MPD/ncmpcpp setup as well.
however, I also use plex connected to my roku for other media needs. But, I often find when on the go I will use plex on my phone primarily for music...or a superior remote for the roku...
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#196Winamp? I used it years ago. I use VLC and mplayer for quite a while already.
Re: Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013
#197It turns out that the lama came back and whooped it's arse.
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#198Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pitch in to archive all of their releases or a donation to Archive Team[1] to archive all of their releases. [1] http://www.archiveteam.org/
it's better to just let it die, unless they open source it. helping people find and use unmaintained software is a terrible idea.
It's better to archive software (well, everything!), regardless of what it is. Helping people find and use archived historical software is a wonderful idea.
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#200Winamp has a special place in my heart it was the first music app that I really like when I was in my teens.
I remember downloading a song in 15 minutes off Napster when my family first got an ISDN line. Oh man 10-15kbs was screaming.