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Winamp returns in 2019 to whip the llama’s ass harder than ever
- Thread starter FernandoRocker
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I remember Winamp 3 being not as good as 2, and so I reverted back to it until I eventually left Winamp forever. At least, I think it was 3 that I didn't like? Maybe it was 5.
I could never trust someone who still uses Winamp in the year of our lord 2018.
It's like still watching VHS. It's the first step in being fucking old and 'not with it' anymore. Next thing you know you're facetiming your kids to ask them to explain how to install a printer and when you show them the box you actually bought a paper shredder. Friends don't let other friends keep using Winamp.
It's like still watching VHS. It's the first step in being fucking old and 'not with it' anymore. Next thing you know you're facetiming your kids to ask them to explain how to install a printer and when you show them the box you actually bought a paper shredder. Friends don't let other friends keep using Winamp.
Would yall want Mplayer back?
That was my first experience with trying to meet a random girl on the internet. We had a private room voice chatting and DAMN if my teenage ass wasn't ready to take a train 300 miles to Fresno for some (potential) sex. Ah teenagers, what idiots we were.
But yeah mainly used Mplayer to play online games... but those were some of the first times I had with voice chatting with strangers.
That was my first experience with trying to meet a random girl on the internet. We had a private room voice chatting and DAMN if my teenage ass wasn't ready to take a train 300 miles to Fresno for some (potential) sex. Ah teenagers, what idiots we were.
But yeah mainly used Mplayer to play online games... but those were some of the first times I had with voice chatting with strangers.
Good times, I eventually switched to Foobar2000 and I have been rocking it ever since.Nice!
(I never stopped using it...)
Winamp, more like Skinamp. I've never seen so many community designs in any other app. Great app though, good quality, top equalizer and add-ons were insane.
EDIT: Shit give me a sub type service to replace Google Music or use it as the interface to such devices/subs and I'll jump back on with Winamp.
EDIT: Shit give me a sub type service to replace Google Music or use it as the interface to such devices/subs and I'll jump back on with Winamp.
I remember that skin! Looks great and lightweight.but it had the best skins. remember skins? oh those were the days
But I moved to spotify.
I used to addict changing skins back in my young days when I randomly downloaded any themes for free from Netscape just to fit with my mood. It was very nostalgia thing.
Would do it again when it got released.
Would do it again when it got released.
I never really used Winamp for anything other than chiptune emulation (which I haven't done since game music became prevalent on YouTube). It's nice and compact, but it had some weird bugs and interface oddities.
After Windows Media Player started getting bloated, I switched to Media Player Classic, which has a super clean interface and high (but not universal, alas) compatibility. Many people swear by VLC, but I find it harder to configure and not quite as responsive as MPC.
My only real problem now is that MPC has stopped major updates, and nobody has volunteered to continue...
P.S. Later versions of Winamp changed the intro to "Llama tested, mother approved."
After Windows Media Player started getting bloated, I switched to Media Player Classic, which has a super clean interface and high (but not universal, alas) compatibility. Many people swear by VLC, but I find it harder to configure and not quite as responsive as MPC.
My only real problem now is that MPC has stopped major updates, and nobody has volunteered to continue...
P.S. Later versions of Winamp changed the intro to "Llama tested, mother approved."
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Now I remembered that one time I downloaded 5mb full Evangelion episodes
Still using it. I like how it compresses to be tiny enough to fit inside the header of another window - there's always somewhere I can place it.
I won't either. I used it tonight. I have my music in Musicbee for organization purposes but to actually play the music, its in winamp.
but it had the best skins. remember skins? oh those were the days
And visualization man, fuck, man I remember spending hours and hours looking for the perfect skin/visualization. Fuck I feel old :(
It will be difficult to go back to WinAmp when foobar2000 now has all the necessary plug-ins for audiophiles.
Still using Winamp to this day and refuse to change. I'm suspicious of this relaunch and will watch it closely. After years of using the same program and getting it set up just right, using it the same way every single day... It would be weird to accept any changes.
I don't really feel any reason to be trustful of the people in charge of it now I guess.
I don't really feel any reason to be trustful of the people in charge of it now I guess.
I guess I've been with winamp for 20+ damn years now, and until anything new comes along that's even half as intuitive and easy to use, I'm never getting rid of it. Parks easily on the side of the screen, instant program response, easy sorting, easy search. It's hyper minimalist by today's standards, which is why it's perfect. Ignore the plugins and skins. Just the base program.
I'm still using Winamp for chiptunes. Winamp + Chipamp = GOAT chiptune player.
I could use foobar but god damn I want something easy to install and have a dark skin. Don't even try to argue against this foobar users. I do not care about outdated pre packaged releases or 10 step manuals that want me to download additional shit like columns ui and shit.
I could use foobar but god damn I want something easy to install and have a dark skin. Don't even try to argue against this foobar users. I do not care about outdated pre packaged releases or 10 step manuals that want me to download additional shit like columns ui and shit.
Now that I also think back to it, be you're right.
Also, I remember being able to watch random episodes of TV on Winamp by streaming from random servers I clicked on.
Same, never needed nor wanted anything else. It's simple, it's not a resource hog like iTunes and it works with literally every format.
I'm happy with MusicBee and Spotify (I still check in on foobar2000 every now and again too), was a Winamp die-hard for many years though. I'm not sure what place Winamp has in today's ecosystem... but if they can win people back, I'll be there.
What I loved about the Winamp community was all the cool extensions and skins people made for it. Hopefully it's a robust platform that can lure those creatives in because that's what gives the software it's life.
There used to be some REALLY cool content on Winamp's built-in video streaming feature too. Most of it was unlicensed obviously, but it was still an awesome feature that I really miss. There was a stream that just showed Sifl & Olly episodes nonstop, stuff like that.
What I loved about the Winamp community was all the cool extensions and skins people made for it. Hopefully it's a robust platform that can lure those creatives in because that's what gives the software it's life.
There used to be some REALLY cool content on Winamp's built-in video streaming feature too. Most of it was unlicensed obviously, but it was still an awesome feature that I really miss. There was a stream that just showed Sifl & Olly episodes nonstop, stuff like that.
I'm using Winamp 5.0 right now (love this skin):
But I guess it's great that new version comes.
But I guess it's great that new version comes.
I love Winamp and have used it for a very long time. Unfortunately, I'm now really used to having Spotify and use streaming clients in my flat as well, so Winamp doesn't get as much use as it once did.
It still has the best implementation of a "Now Playing" playlist there is, however. Spotify's, especially, is an unholy abomination. Yes, Spotify, I do want to listen to some tracks I added a while ago but never listened to after the first track of an album I just started. That totally makes sense.
It still has the best implementation of a "Now Playing" playlist there is, however. Spotify's, especially, is an unholy abomination. Yes, Spotify, I do want to listen to some tracks I added a while ago but never listened to after the first track of an album I just started. That totally makes sense.
I remember they tried to make a mobile app for Android a few years back, but it's no longer on the Play store. Seems APKMirror still have it though, last updated in 2014.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/nulls...5-release/winamp-1-4-15-android-apk-download/
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/nulls...5-release/winamp-1-4-15-android-apk-download/
I still use Winamp, everything else I tried feels like a bloated piece of adware for a tiny fraction of its features...
All I want from Winamp 6 is a new clear skin and improved, automatic replaygain support/calculation aswell as support for the plugins from older versions. I would actually switch back from MusicBee to Winamp then because MusicBee doesn't play chiptunes.
I will never understand how people can use VLC for listening to audio... Like... Do you just open explorer, double click every song you want to play? Or use the awful playlist of VLC? And then for me Spotify isn't an alternative either because that thing doesn't even support FLAC.
I will never understand how people can use VLC for listening to audio... Like... Do you just open explorer, double click every song you want to play? Or use the awful playlist of VLC? And then for me Spotify isn't an alternative either because that thing doesn't even support FLAC.
