I'm surprised they kept it up for so long honestly. It was very clear they had no fucking clue what they were doing. What with the nonsensical license that violated Github's tos, the Dolby Code they leaked, and the fact they kept every commit public for everyone to see.
WACUP
Replacing native Winamp code with modern code with frequent updates by one of the most prolific classic Winamp developers.
It's fantastic.
Geiss support tho?
Can someone explain me what's the business model of an app that's free for three decades? They claim to have 100 devs, how can they pay them?
I'm using foobar2000. Should I be using something else?
Still miss foobar which isn't on Linux, though deadbeef is fairly similar at least. Never got the hang of all the beautiful themes/skins users put together for foobar but it was still my go to music player. Excellent layout customisation, tagging and conversion UI, as well as as nice range of plugins
Foobar is still the best there is, although the classic style interface might not appeal to younger people.
Is it still possible to get the source code? I never knew it was available.
Well, that really sucks the llama's ass.
Uhhh
Unsurprising given that their repo's license was a contradictory mess
Anyways I'd recommend using Strawberry instead
It's an actual Free and Open Source music player:
...That site's UI looks like someone saw the marketing literature for the Frigidaire produce preserver and said, "Yeah, that'll do."
lmaoπ
btw did you mean the background?
UI typically refers to the user interactable elements
The whole look n' feel. Not UI, then, maybe just call it overall design.
But it was the first thing I thought of as soon as I saw it. Even the cursive font, in pink...
Lovely that it is open source, but dear lord that UI is a blast from the past ππ π΄π΅ποΈ
It's an Amarok fork, so yes
Itβs ugly af. Hope some designer can volunteer to set them straight.
I just use Audacious with a winamp skin. Looks identical but actually FOSS.
Been doing this recently too. I've just got the default Winamp skin, but it's so nice to have that part of my childhood back.
I think I tried Winamp back in the day but never really understood it.
One has to admit it's good that they released the source code (while it was available) so users can learn what their software is actually doing on their computer. Better for yourself as a dev too: you will probably avoid including other people's work in yours. However, wanting contributions while retaining the exclusive right to distribute the software is anti-collaborative. I'm reluctant to say it might as well be proprietary again but since it doesn't meet the standard of software freedom then it's equally not worth trying on my computer.
In its day Winamp was the most comprehensive media player and users were super into its skinability which was a big deal at the time. Nowadays the "plays everything" throne is very firmly occupied by VLC, with a little cushioned stool next to it for Media Player Classic to sit on. However, neither of them offer the user interface experience that Winamp does/did.
Winamp was iTunes before iTunes. It was Spotify before Spotify. It did an excellent job of managing the hordes of totally legitimate MP3's we all had back in the day, and did so with an aplomb that nothing else seemed to manage. Really, its playlist and library management was top notch. Newer apps still piss me off because none of them do it the way Winamp did.
Side note, if you have an old iPod kicking around and don't feel like dealing with Apple's ecosystem, Winamp can still, to this very day, stick music on your device natively without having to install or use iTunes. Just saying.
But this source code release thing really baffles me. I have no idea what the point of that was supposed to be.
Really, its playlist and library management was top notch. Newer apps still piss me off because none of them do it the way Winamp did.
It's why I still use winamp.
It did an excellent job of managing the hordes of totally legitimate MP3βs we all had back in the day, and did so with an aplomb that nothing else seemed to manage. Really, its playlist and library management was top notch.
This is why I'm still on the eternal search for a replacement. Library management was really, really good in Winamp. I use Strawberry these days and it's absolutely great at playing stuff but the playlist management is just 'good enough'.
If you're running Windows you can still use old versions of Winamp.
On Linux, I dunno. I'll bet you it'll run in Wine.
Yep, I still use 5.666 on Windows, but I use Windows very infrequently anymore. I switched to Linux as my primary OS earlier this year and only use Windows for games that don't work right in Linux. And thanks to Valve that's becoming pretty rare these days.
I haven't tried getting Winamp to work in Wine but there's probably a guide out there somewhere! Good suggestion, thanks.
WineDB has it marked as silver.
Honestly, for a modern PC I can't imagine Winamp is all that taxing of a program to run. I think the biggest bugbear will be its fairly tight integration with the Windows shell for file management and enqueuing things from an Explorer window, and maybe the external device integrations which would rely heavily on the Windows API and possibly WDM.
I'd say that mpv also has a place near VLC when comes to playing everything.
I think I tried Winamp back in the day but never really understood it.
What was there not to understand? It was a basic music player with playlist functionality, a plugin infrastructure to support playback of pirated music in underground formats like MP3, at the price of completely free and no ads (the website had banners but not the player).
Not sure what I could have expected from it back then. I just recall it being recommended online and ended up just using Win Media player (with the cool graphical effects).
Milkdrop is in Kodi these days, so my winamp love affair is more nostalgic than anything real
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