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Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by auxym »

alnorth wrote: post #16
ClawsOnPaws wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally love foobar2000. Tons of customization, lots of plugins and honestly it's just amazing imho. edit: http://foobar2000.com/

I have very fond memories of foobar2000. Mostly I just loved how fast it was to use! Does anyone know of an equivalent for the Mac?

Deadbeef maybe? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeaDBeeF

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by pizza »

muppetman wrote: post #3

Darren Owen (Dr_O) keeps Winamp updated here at the Winamp Community Update Project: https://getwacup.com/ He's been releasing new updates every few months for the last couple of years, and it's great. It's still how I use/listen to a lot of my old Media that's hard to find on streaming sites. It also still supports the DSP plugins, a favourite of mine is Stereotool. I wish I could find a way to plug DSPs into Browse…

You might want to look into EqualizerAPO. You could use a browser that you don't normally use (eg if your default is Firefox, use Chrome), set up a virtual output using e.g. VB-Audio Virtual Cable, have it to go out via EqualizerAPO, and then run VSTs or other DSP software via EqualizerAPO on that particular output device.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by ChrisGranger »

sien wrote: post #20
sxt wrote: post #15

I knew I had to get Winamp again when I saw a site with an insane collection of themes. Probably one of the only times I would make a switch because themes

Was it the one at the Internet Archive? https://archive.org/details/winampskins

Not OP, but maybe it was Winamp Skin Museum, which was recently featured here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24373699

https://skins.webamp.org/

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by bstar77 »

I tried Winamp a few months ago and was disappointed to find that it's evolved into a media center more than a player. I was hoping just for a simple player where I can easily drop files in a running playlist, like VLC does. There were also some issues I experienced (that I don't remember), but I'm guessing they have been ironed out since win 10 is officially supported now.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by shantara »

auxym wrote: post #21
alnorth wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have very fond memories of foobar2000. Mostly I just loved how fast it was to use! Does anyone know of an equivalent for the Mac?

Deadbeef maybe? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeaDBeeF

While Deadbeef is a great player in general, it doesn't buffer the data when playing from a network drive, which causes a playback interruption every time there's a connection problem, even for a split second.

For this reason I've been resorting to using mpv as an audio player, even though it's interface is not really designed with music playback in mind.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by CharlesDodgson »

All this winamp talk! This makes me nostalgic of hours of 15 year old me downloading every skin to find the "best one", and listening to the Fragile by NIN. Boomy late 90s pre-9/11 days when everything seemed so solid and successful.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by SubiculumCode »

baal80spam wrote: post #6
cbozeman wrote: post #2

I had used Winamp since its original release, but when development on it seemed to die off and it looked like it was becoming abandonware, I switched to MusicBee, which I thoroughly love. Maybe there's better software out there, but I've yet to find it.

I wholeheartedly recommend AIMP ( http://www.aimp.ru ). I've used this player for the last 8 years and it only gets better.

Not too excited by Ru made software, but perhaps that is just me being excessively worried.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by Dirlewanger »

ClawsOnPaws wrote: post #8
cbozeman wrote: post #2

I had used Winamp since its original release, but when development on it seemed to die off and it looked like it was becoming abandonware, I switched to MusicBee, which I thoroughly love. Maybe there's better software out there, but I've yet to find it.

I personally love foobar2000. Tons of customization, lots of plugins and honestly it's just amazing imho. edit: http://foobar2000.com/

Does foobar allow you to just start playing music without adding it to a playlist yet? I remember trying to switch off of Winamp years ago and was shocked that I needed to add files to a playlist before they'd even play. With Winamp you just search for the song, play it, and the whole album is added to a temporary unsaved playlist that automatically changes depending on what album is being played.

Re: Winamp for Windows 10

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Post by nogabebop23 »

bstar77 wrote: post #25

I tried Winamp a few months ago and was disappointed to find that it's evolved into a media center more than a player. I was hoping just for a simple player where I can easily drop files in a running playlist, like VLC does. There were also some issues I experienced (that I don't remember), but I'm guessing they have been ironed out since win 10 is officially supported now.

I just want a simple player as well, so I've been using foobar2000: https://www.foobar2000.org/

It doesn't get much more basic...

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