If this gets updated and ported to Linux, I’d switch. Until then, Sayonara Player is still the best I have found on Linux.
I have never found a Linux media player I liked (I don’t really like Sayonara). I would love Winamp for Linux!
What about xmms? It was basically a winamp clone, I used to use that on my Linux boxes 20+ years ago
Use Audacity. You can even load all the old Winamp skins.
You mean Audacious, right?
Yes, sorry, I always get them mixed up.
this is cool but what is the point now given all the options today and the way we listen to music now?
Even back then the real power of winamp was in plugins. You can’t get away with the truly hacky crap and windows anymore.
The only thing I really cared for back in the day was visualization and the aggressive crossfade plugin.
I have mine configured as a background service with a Rainmeter desktop widget to play music at a moment’s notice. Works better than any official Windows option.
It’s been a while since I’ve used Rainmeter, but I love that thing. Such a flexible utility.
OK, I’m confused.
I have seen 2 different articles that claim WinAmp is NOt going to be open sourced. At least in the common sense. But rather kind - of - sort - of - but - not - really.
Here is a https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/winamp-is-not-going-open-source-heres-what-it-is-doing-and-why/ ZDNET article about it.
They are open sourcing, just keeping a proprietary license on it. Yes, it’s weird, but it is not unheard of. The Unreal game engine’s entire source code is open, anyone can read or submit changes to it. Even make changes and distribute said changes. But it’s still a proprietary product owned by Epic Games, and commercial use is strictly controlled under the licensing terms. Open doesn’t mean Free (as in beer), or Freedom (licensing). Those are three different things. It is just that people have associated the term open source with the entire Free and Open Source Software philosophy. But they aren’t the same thing.
ZDNET is wrong, Winamp is open sourcing their code. The article is obtuse and refuses to elaborate or provide reasons about their claim that Winamp isn’t open sourcing.
it cannot be open source with that level of corporate control
Why?
It not only can, we have several examples of corporate products that are open source precisely like this with this level of control.
Open source requiring a specific license is a decades old debate that continues to this day. We have like a million different licenses and people argue and bicker all the time about which ones are Truly Open source ™ and which ones aren’t. It’s all legalese that make most people have headaches. But there’s one crux on this whole thing: Open source does not preclude commercialization of software. This is why people are proposing the term source-available software. Winamp might go for that model and the debate would still go on.
There is a different term for that:source-available
Thanks for the explanation!
It is NOT open source. There is a meaning behind that specific term and they are said it in their announcement that they are only “opening up its source”. Don’t use that term for this.
A lot of companies are starting to do this most people are referring to it as source available rather than open source. I’m kind of surprised I don’t just turn it into an electron app and get it over with.
Man. I still use winamp to this day and I’ve been using them since they came out.
It’s the only music player that organizes the music in a way that makes sense. I love the library interface.
Same. My only gripe is that the ui doesn’t scale at all which makes it hard to use on 4K.
Apparently the newer version fixed that issue but it’s not default. If you update it you can mess around with it in the settings.
There’s someone in the comment here that explains it.
It really whips the llama’s ass.
I can still hear this.
Came here to say that. Somebody better warn the llama.
I don’t like animal abuse but I make an exception for llamas
How else will they learn to not eat hands?
Baaaaaa! 🦙
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Still whipping the llama’s ass all these years later! So glad this one never died. Way too much time getting all my music tags right so everything would be formatted correctly in Winamp when I was young.
This is the ONLY music player I found with a logical and reasonably laid out library.
Ever try Media Monkey?
MediaMonkey is the GOAT for ease of use and library management. Been using them for years since like 3.x, maybe 2.x.
No mention of a license but it talks about being the “official version”, suggesting one can fork it.
Depends if it’s source available vs open source.
I wonder what language it is in and what compiler is needed? I’m tempted to make some of my own tweaks when the source is released.
Interesting. As much as I’m a Foobar2000 fan, it’s not open source. Looks like I’ll be giving Winamp another spin soon.
Musicbee is a pretty good Foobar alternative.
… which is also not open-source. But yeah, it’s areally good music player and organizer.
Nice. It’s still my favorite music player.
No mention of license in this article. Are they going to be releasing it through a git of some kind?
First: Surprised it still exists.
Second: More surprised there are Apple AppStore and Google PlayStore links on the bottom.
Woohoo!
I’m still using Winamp 2.91. I’m just too used to it to change. Now, if someone added Flac support to the same interface, I’d be happy. And if someone ported it to Linux and Android, I’d pay big bucks for it.
I’m using winamp 5.666 for windows.
There is finally a decent winamp for Android, but I use the Samsung music player instead.
Would love a Winamp for Linux
Not sure if that version supports them, but there’s a FLAC plugin for Winamp.
Maybe I would try an Android version, but Linux would be a pass, nothing they would come up with could displace MPD+ncmpc++ for me at this point.
Maybe I would try an Android version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.winamp.release
Have at it. It’s been there for as long as I’ve owned an Android phone.
