naaa... it'll still work, they just aren't going to update it anymore, rock-on
Posted on 12/15/2013 4:50:42 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Winamp media player is no more after AOL decided to close the company on December 20, 2013, saying goodbye to 15 years of good and loyal service to the public.
For the millions of people who used this player, whose glory days were in the 90s, it's time for some meditation. Before finally drawing a line through Winamp, here are 5 things that only true fans of Winamp will understand.
(Excerpt) Read more at features.en.softonic.com ...
NOOOO!
I’ve been using Winamp since 96. It’s been with me from high school through college, grad school, and now I have to find something new?
*sob*
Of course from the thread title alone some ‘older’ folks like me might ask what the hell is a Winamp?
Best bet is VLC Media Player. Free. Not as pretty, but they play just about anything out there. No spyware, adware, or user tracking.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
Here are the formats they play.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html
Well, for starters, it really whips the llama's ass.
Ha!
Bummer. Not that I’ve been using it of late, my primary use has been as a tv app with an add-on that worked just fine with a very old Hauppauge TV card.
It started freezing, on me, but I think it was a combo of MS updates and what turned out to be a flaky Creative sound card.
The other use was online listening. It was stable when FF releases stared messing their add-ons.
I’ll miss the “psychedelic” interpretations, and other real features, but I’ll still use it until it becomes more of a hindrance than a benefit.
FWIW, K-Lite’s Media Player supports a heck of a lot of formats, albeit not as polished presentation-wise.
Thanks Berlin_Freeper.
cat file.sound > /dev/audio
That's all you need.
/johnny
One should never, ever load Real Player on your computer.
One should never, ever load Media Monkey on your computer.
In the 90s , i used Real player, free version. Bought the
upgrade and got the “record” button with it. The original
version looked like the front of a chrome car radio sort of.
About a year later after paying for it , Real updated to
a new version and radio stations upgraded as well making
the older version obsolete. Somewhere in the mix - the
“record” button disappeared. I think i paid for a new upgrade a second time and I called them and asked why the upgrade when the one they had was already near perfect.
Lady said that there were new features and i said i paid for one (or two?) already and i will no longer be buying their product. Looking around at the software world, i realized the scam system becoming prevalent.
AOL, killing things off since Netscape.
naaa... it'll still work, they just aren't going to update it anymore, rock-on
I use Winamp for music and MPC for video, I don’t see that changing for a long time.
Some things we just get attached to.
I have a dog. Anything for him?
LOL!
What OS are you using? TV Tuner cards, especially with windoww xp, were notorious for having IRQ issues when paired with a soundcard. Certain PCI slots shared IRQ’s in windows and this made playback a nightmare.
I stopped using Winamp with the release of Windows 7 and DLNA streaming in Mediaplayer and Mediacenter. Havent looked back since. Still sad so see Winamp go.
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