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

don't forget Macamp.

Remember that before Winamp, there was DOSamp! I used to use version 0.8. Playback was jerky on a 486DX2/66 but once I upgraded to a Pentium, it was smooth sailing.

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

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

you'd have a hard time replicating this UI [1] or other winamp skins in foobar2000, so i'm not sure i'd call it a successor except in the sense that it can play anything you throw at it. [1] https://getwacup.com/screenshots/

I consider it a successor in that it's compact with an emphasis on user customization and community-designed plugins/components. Like Winamp, most functionality you get out of the box is provided by bundled plugins, and they can be replaced with alternatives.

Out of the box, you could certainly customize it to have a similar layout to winamp even if none of the dressing looks at all the same.

My layout[1] is certainly very different than Winamp, but still conforms a lot more to the basic shape of Winamp than the usual giant screen-filling squares that are iTunes, Windows Media Player or the Spotify desktop client.

1. https://i.postimg.cc/R0JzVTK8/image.png

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

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

foobar2000 has been my go-to player on both Windows and Mac for about a decade now. Particularly, I like the dense (yet uncluttered) interface and functionality I take for granted, like selecting a dozen files and editing metadata all at once. A few of my friends complain that the layout "sucks" or foobar lacks functionality they need, but for my use case, it's in a Goldilocks state. With that said, for people used t…

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

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post #63

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

foobar2000 has been my go-to player on both Windows and Mac for about a decade now. Particularly, I like the dense (yet uncluttered) interface and functionality I take for granted, like selecting a dozen files and editing metadata all at once. A few of my friends complain that the layout "sucks" or foobar lacks functionality they need, but for my use case, it's in a Goldilocks state. With that said, for people used t…

I find it amusing that modern foobar2k theming is based around Javascript.

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

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It's windows-only? Weird.

Weird? It's Win amp lol

Yeah, if you want something similar for other systems, try x11amp.

(Yes I know it's not called that anymore and I'm showing my age).

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/

It's windows-only? Weird.

There have been Linux-based clones of Winamp for a long time, such as XMMS (which directly supports Winamp skins).

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

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

There once was xmms

Before that it was called x11amp, and after that it's been succeeded by a fork that ended up being Audacious, apparently.
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