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

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Post by captbaritone » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:46 PM UTC

yumraj wrote: post #28

is there a good Mac port that supports newer, especially loss less, codecs?

The closest I've seen is https://re-amp.ru. Not sure about codecs

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

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Post by nuxi » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:50 PM UTC

yazzku wrote: post #17

hodder wrote: post #6

It really whips the llama's ass.

Certainly whipped my ass after hearing that intro again 20 years later.

it’s Wesley Willis, all the way down…

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

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Post by sn0n » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:53 PM UTC

Can we get a Godot port for winamp on all the systems? Kthnx. ^>^

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

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Post by Lammy » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:54 PM UTC

QuercusMax wrote: post #25

bcraven wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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/

It's windows-only? Weird.

Weird? It's Winamp lol

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

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Post by ndiddy » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:55 PM UTC

GGO wrote: post #14

why wait this long (until Sept 2024) to opensource the code?

Winamp has a ton of proprietary licensed library code (codecs, Gracenote API, etc) that all has to be replaced with open source equivalents before the code can be released. I believe the skeleton crew that they had working on maintaining Winamp a few years ago started on some of this work, but I'm assuming that the whole codebase needs to be audited to make sure that they're legally in the clear.

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

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Post by foxandmouse » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:56 PM UTC

I can't remember the last time I thought of winamp, I moved on to foobar2000 and then to streaming services. Even with this announcement, there's no mention of a licence... Too little too late, maybe if foobar2000 became open source but I'd doubt it.

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

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Post by Lammy » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:56 PM UTC

This leaked a couple years ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29379346

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

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Post by xnx » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:56 PM UTC

Lammy wrote: post #34

QuercusMax wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's windows-only? Weird.

Weird? It's Win amp lol

With the source code someone can port it to make Linamp.

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

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Post by callwhendone » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:57 PM UTC

xnx wrote: post #38

Lammy wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weird? It's Win amp lol

With the source code someone can port it to make Linamp.

don't forget Macamp.

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

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Post by callwhendone » Thu, May 16, 2024, 9:57 PM UTC

LocutusOfBorges wrote: post #3

Twenty years too late for it to possibly matter, but it's still nice to see. Interesting that there's no mention of what licence the source is being released under - and it's only available following email enquiries, of all things. I'm surprised they're even bothering, at this point - the software's so obsolete that it's not like it has much in the way of value anymore beyond nostalgia.

took them 20 years to figure out that they can't monetize their media player