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I haven't used WinAmp since I was in high school, but honestly how does it stack up against VLC? I can't imagine it is actually better than VLC these days.

herbst 10y ago
Did you just compare a blown up video player with a playlist function to a extendible music focused player
- grogenaut 10y ago
  did you just get angry about someone asking a question about a music player and a video player that also plays music perfectly fine. :)
  - herbst 10y ago
    No. Just wondering in a angry tone ;)
  - stan_rogers 10y ago
    It sort of plays disconnected songs fairly well; I wouldn't say it plays music perfectly fine.
themodelplumber 10y ago
Do you find that VLC stacks up as a daily driver audio player? Last I used it with playlists, etc. I felt like I was attempting to drive to the grocery store in an SR-71. I haven't used Winamp in a while (does it have Wine support for "new "skins yet?) but I enjoy using qmmp as a comfy little player.
- zeta0134 10y ago
  I don't for an audio quality reason. VLC is designed to play back video first and foremost, which means it has an actually quite excellent feature: it time stretches the audio to synchronize with whatever's playing. I'm a musician, so I can hear this happening; music played through VLC sounds like it's going in and out of tune, like an old cassette deck but more subtle. (This is worse on Windows for whatever reason, Linux is much less audible.) On Windows, I still run Media Player out of pure habit. It works, requires no installation, and generally sounds fine. I remember the good old days of Winamp though, that was my go-to player back in the day. Great media players seem harder to find now that the focus in the market is on internet streaming and less on local music.
  - scholia 10y ago
    I use MPC-HC for that, and haven't noticed that effect... though I haven't been listening for it. Yet.
  - davidgerard 10y ago
    > I'm a musician, so I can hear this happening; music played through VLC sounds like it's going in and out of tune, like an old cassette deck but more subtle. (This is worse on Windows for whatever reason, Linux is much less audible.) I occasionally hear this on MP3s or Oggs (never FLACs) on the Android version (my phone media player of choice), but never on the Desktop version. It's pretty obviously a bug, though I can't get it to happen with any reproducibility.
  - thirdsun 10y ago
    > Great media players seem harder to find now that the focus in the market is on internet streaming and less on local music. If you're serious about audio and managing your music library: Have you tried Roon? Yes, it's expensive, but I have tried them all and Roon ist the most complete package and a joy to use.
- krylon 10y ago
  I can recommend Clementine (https://clementine-player.org/ https://clementine-player.org/) - it's a fork (or clone?) of Amarok 1.4. It has a very nice playlist management and also supports various ways of streaming music as well as subscribing to Podcasts. It's not overly bloated, IMHO, but not exactly lightweight, either.
  - davidgerard 10y ago
    oooooooh. I miss Amarok 1 and particularly its excellent selection of radio streams. (Amarok 2 was less-functional buggy garbage.)
bigbugbag 10y ago
Winamp is designed to play music in a convenient manner, vlc has not such specific design and still offers a convoluted playlist experience that is not for the weak. Use whatever suits you most.

herbst 10y ago

Did you just compare a blown up video player with a playlist function to a extendible music focused player

grogenaut 10y ago
did you just get angry about someone asking a question about a music player and a video player that also plays music perfectly fine. :)
- herbst 10y ago
  No. Just wondering in a angry tone ;)
- stan_rogers 10y ago
  It sort of plays disconnected songs fairly well; I wouldn't say it plays music perfectly fine.

themodelplumber 10y ago

Do you find that VLC stacks up as a daily driver audio player? Last I used it with playlists, etc. I felt like I was attempting to drive to the grocery store in an SR-71. I haven't used Winamp in a while (does it have Wine support for "new "skins yet?) but I enjoy using qmmp as a comfy little player.

zeta0134 10y ago
I don't for an audio quality reason. VLC is designed to play back video first and foremost, which means it has an actually quite excellent feature: it time stretches the audio to synchronize with whatever's playing. I'm a musician, so I can hear this happening; music played through VLC sounds like it's going in and out of tune, like an old cassette deck but more subtle. (This is worse on Windows for whatever reason, Linux is much less audible.) On Windows, I still run Media Player out of pure habit. It works, requires no installation, and generally sounds fine. I remember the good old days of Winamp though, that was my go-to player back in the day. Great media players seem harder to find now that the focus in the market is on internet streaming and less on local music.
- scholia 10y ago
  I use MPC-HC for that, and haven't noticed that effect... though I haven't been listening for it. Yet.
- davidgerard 10y ago
  > I'm a musician, so I can hear this happening; music played through VLC sounds like it's going in and out of tune, like an old cassette deck but more subtle. (This is worse on Windows for whatever reason, Linux is much less audible.) I occasionally hear this on MP3s or Oggs (never FLACs) on the Android version (my phone media player of choice), but never on the Desktop version. It's pretty obviously a bug, though I can't get it to happen with any reproducibility.
- thirdsun 10y ago
  > Great media players seem harder to find now that the focus in the market is on internet streaming and less on local music. If you're serious about audio and managing your music library: Have you tried Roon? Yes, it's expensive, but I have tried them all and Roon ist the most complete package and a joy to use.
krylon 10y ago
I can recommend Clementine (https://clementine-player.org/ https://clementine-player.org/) - it's a fork (or clone?) of Amarok 1.4. It has a very nice playlist management and also supports various ways of streaming music as well as subscribing to Podcasts. It's not overly bloated, IMHO, but not exactly lightweight, either.
- davidgerard 10y ago
  oooooooh. I miss Amarok 1 and particularly its excellent selection of radio streams. (Amarok 2 was less-functional buggy garbage.)

bigbugbag 10y ago

Winamp is designed to play music in a convenient manner, vlc has not such specific design and still offers a convoluted playlist experience that is not for the weak. Use whatever suits you most.