Wątek: The End of Winamp Player May Be Near!

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1 z 18: railwayguy

Old Winamp becomes open source
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It's been a year since the legendary Winamp got a new launch as a web version. But now there's also news for those who still have nostalgia – or even use – Winamp's time-honored desktop player. On September 24, the source code of that very popular music player will be made 'open source' worldwide for developers. This has been announced by Llama Group.That is the current name of what used to be called Radionomy, AudioValley and Targetspot. This Belgian group has owned Winamp since 2014, but did little or nothing with it for years. The last update to the old desktop version dates back to April 2023. Of course, it remains to be seen whether the opening up of the source code can still save the player.

22.05.2024 22:13

2 z 18: Janagirl

Oh my goodness! It would be a drama for me! I'm using it so so so often, I can't think of how it is if it isn't available anymore!
Gruß von Janagirl!
23.05.2024 01:44

3 z 18: daszekmdn

All who think that making something open source mean that project will be discontinued or die amaze me.
Source publication in a lot of cases, opens a lot of new ways and speed up the new releases process. especially in the case of Winamp, just look how many fans of this media player over the world.
Also, is a safeguard for users when the original developers abandon the project.
Take a look, for example, at mpchc (media player classic), Their authors abandoned it, but it was taken over by another person and is successfully developed to this day.

23.05.2024 09:46

4 z 18: Janagirl

@2 you're right, I didn't thought about these things. Because of the many fans of winamp, they can't simply give up this project! And so many features that winamp has.
Gruß von Janagirl!
23.05.2024 10:04

5 z 18: thespyde

Winamp stopped working for me years ago so I've abandoned it.
Charles Wells
23.05.2024 11:11

6 z 18: Musicant

Wow! Was surprised that there aare any people still using this thing. Interesting, what features do you consider to be unique?

23.05.2024 11:29

7 z 18: thespyde

I liked the fact that I could put it on shuffle and it would remember that the next time I fired it up. There was so much I liked about it and I was sad when it stopped working for me. I don't like VLC Media Player, the replacement, nearly as much, but it's what I ended up with after I tried a few alternatives.
Charles Wells
23.05.2024 12:06

8 z 18: ArcticMoon

Use foobar guys. It's that simple
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23.05.2024 16:25

9 z 18: Janagirl

Yeah, the shuffle feature really is good. And I like the feature to play console musics with it and choose how it is played. As a loop or only a specific time. I really use winamp over ten years now.
Gruß von Janagirl!
23.05.2024 16:47

10 z 18: thespyde

I tried Foobar and didn't like it.
Charles Wells
23.05.2024 17:31

11 z 18: rudolf

I didn'T tried one of these both, even.
#MCMacy4admin2024
23.05.2024 17:34

12 z 18: techboy

what's so special about winamp anyway?
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23.05.2024 21:57

13 z 18: GeorgeWu

I use VLC media player and I don't mind it for me to listen to stuff

24.05.2024 02:47

14 z 18: balteam

Winamp has easz shortcuts and youdon't have to set them manually.
Zapraszam osoby posiadające piesy, lub chcące je posiadać, do dołączenia do grupy o psach przewodnikach.
24.05.2024 11:01

15 z 18: ArcticMoon

Well you set it up only once and happily live your entire life with the same configuration again and again. I mean it's not rocket science.

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24.05.2024 18:30

16 z 18: Sir-Charlie

I haven't heard of Winamp since 2016 or so. Had no idea it still existed.
All that I survey, I could easily destroy. From time to time, it is important to remind these small creatures of the true extent of my power.
24.05.2024 21:01

17 z 18: balteam

Ye, I agree, and I don't have winamp, but still, it has easy shortcuts :D
You even don't have to set it.
Zapraszam osoby posiadające piesy, lub chcące je posiadać, do dołączenia do grupy o psach przewodnikach.
24.05.2024 21:31

18 z 18: daszekmdn

The topic is not about what makes winamp stand out.

25.05.2024 09:26