winamp was aquired from AOL (not amazon,my bad), but they released the code to some developers which worked on it and removed some issues (also security). i use the latest (stable) build (WACUP) and anything works like charm. i need to adjust some settings, because of plugins. latest official: 5.6.6.3516 (5.666 build 3516) latest stable build WACUP https://getwacup.com/ "Preview v1.0.21.7236" (newer need registration: https://getwacup.com/community/) the article is not correct at that time, limited to 5.8 which is rather old and not under development. edit: correction: aol
it seems that potplayer has focus on videos, not audio like winamp. for video winamp never was the right choice i say. most people changed to foobar(2000) or aimp. i like winamp because of small skins, i can reduce it to small line. but in case of multi monitor working this seems outdated. VLC 3 lost here 4-channel output (vlc 2 can do), winamp need plugin (matrixmixer), WM also can no longer use 4-channel here, lost it somehow. 4-channel means - 2 front, 2 back, not realtek. what i hardly need is a remote plugin, winamp has 2, AIMP pages only offer monkeymote which is not that nice as ampwifi (gen_ajaxamp) clementine stopped obviously, 2016 https://www.clementine-player.org/ amarok still updated, this is windows link https://community.kde.org/Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Windows but only x86 available (same as clementine) note: gen_ajaxamp works as aimp_ajaxamp in a subfolder in aimp plugins (like monkemote), but it has issues which makes it not really usable. monkeymote do right and it has the ability to remote volume with the android buttons which is not working on WACUP. i should try switch files to winamp, maybe the aimp dll is newer. nice, very nice - matrixmixer is not recognized, but the channel mixing is working - 2 front, 2 back. thank you
I'm still using an old version, to listen to my MP3 music collection (mostly hip hop and R&B), it works just fine, at least on Win 8.
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=458120 installed it over my current build which is still the public preview: https://getwacup.com/ WACUP formerly known as Winamp cannot use modern skins. maybe i need to investigate into skin editor http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=278579 and create a mixed setup from newer libs with the preview. otherwise it will crash for sure.
OK, so now Winamp is officially dead after all. https://www.ghacks.net/2023/04/13/surprise-the-new-winamp-player-is-web-based/
seriously? omg. i tried one of the latest rc/final (do not remember exactly), then i returned to the latest before they messed around with it -> 5.6.6.3516 i had crashes, missing plugins and more. the crashes were the most annoying part. bye bye winamp, case closed
That's a shame. I haven't used Winamp on any of my computers for many years. But about 9 years ago was I using it with visualisations, with the video sent to some LED panels at a club I worked at.
I sometimes still use an old version to play MP3 files. The newer Winamp v5 version was already a bit bloated.
Winamp source code release https://www.ghacks.net/2024/05/17/winamp-new-music-platform-and-source-code-release/
only for those who are really willing to contribute and work on it, no one else. but let's face it - winamp as it "whipped the llama's ass" is gone and dead. my current version is 5.6.6.3516 and this is NOT wacup. wacup sucks a lot, its buggy and anything else than downward compatible. lots of plugins and in special none of the skins are usable. my pity - its the only player i can control remote from my smartphone with easy, and for free. ajaxmp and the remote control got an update some weeks ago, its still alive.
Winamp source code released, but developers criticize its restrictive license https://www.ghacks.net/2024/09/26/w...developers-criticize-its-restrictive-license/
The issues section is the very epitome of a dumpster fire. While I favour using Wacup anyway, I don't see the need for so much trolling
