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3 years ago by Dr. Wesker to c/retronet

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RIP Winamp. Still using the old 2.91 here, still works great (as if it could wear over time like hardware...)

It really whips the llama's ass.

matogoro 4 points 3 years ago

Have you tried QMMP? It's an awesome modern alternative

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JSkier 3 points 3 years ago

Audacious on *nix also supports Winamp skins and the classic player đź‘Ť

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Spudger 3 points 3 years ago

I'll second that for Linux. On Windows I used to use XMplay.

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thomask 4 points 3 years ago

I may never have mastered vim but in Winamp 2 I had Q (queue) and J (jump to & alt-Q queue) absolutely nailed. Even with my peasantlike 15k tracks I felt like a boss navigating around my collection-as-a-playlist in split-second bursts of keyboard scrabbling. Sadly these shortcuts didn't make it into Winamp 5. Ever since, it's always struck me how popular music player UIs have become slower - doing the equivalent search/queue in Spotify or Apple Music might require the mouse and waiting for loading spinners.

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llii 4 points 3 years ago

Ever since, it’s always struck me how popular music player UIs have become slower

100 x the processing power, 10 x slower. Unfortunately that's where most software is heading.

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lackthought 3 points 3 years ago

I used to put on my music and have MilkDrop go fullscreen

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natecox 1 point 3 years ago

Winamp can’t be retro, it only came out a couple of years ago!!

Man I feel old.

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kai 1 point 3 years ago

Back when software had personality lol

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Some Cool Links

Archive.org Software Library

BBS: The Documentary

Classic Websites: Random Page / Search Engine

cool-retro-term: terminal emulator mimicing old cathode displays

Neocities: webhost homage to Geocities

Web Design Museum

Webamp / Webamp Desktop / Skin Library: cross-platform re-implementation of Winamp 2.9

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