[rarestia]

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*

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

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

[Calvin Locke]

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.

[Chode]

naaa... it'll still work, they just aren't going to update it anymore, rock-on

[corkoman]

I too have an attachment for Winamp having used it after first "discovering" MP3s in 1996. And then the Shoutcast service which led me to SOMAFM the internet radio station I listen to at work. That led me to 'discover' ambient Groove Salad music which has enriched my life.

Some things we just get attached to.

[Bikkuri]

Ya, same here... :/ Had just recommended it to someone last weekend,, he downloaded and installed... His response to me was, “WOW, I didn’t know a laptop could sound so good!”

:/

[Bikkuri]

Oh.. and it beats the heck out of Linux’s Amerok... hate that app :p

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

and now I have to find something new?

Why?