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Loved this web project ever since I learned about it. Also think Winamp, hands down is one of the best pieces of software to withstand the test of time. Winam
by desktopninja 6y ago
Loved this web project ever since I learned about it.
Also think Winamp, hands down is one of the best pieces of software to withstand the test of time.
Winamp v2.92 still runs on Windows $LATEST. Geiss/Milkdrop Plugins and all.
Lets not forget the high quality audio output; its 834 KB (854,016 bytes) binary size and next to nothing CPU/MEM usage (Testimonial: left it playing my entire music collection in a forever loop and memory usage never budged more than it start with <3)
My primary music player still to this day and when on Linux Audacious or VLC
Of course other notable players:
FooBar2000
Media Player Classic (MPC-HC)
- dehrmann 6y ago> Winamp v2.92 still runs on Windows $LATEST I loved Winamp, but this has more to do with Microsoft maintaining backwards compatibility for a long time. Try running something from Mac OS 9 on a modern Mac.
- LeoPanthera 6y agoFor what it's worth, qemu-system-ppc works extremely well on a modern Mac and setting up a virtual OS 9 system is very easy. And because you're emulating and not virtualizing, it works just as well on ARM Macs, too. Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/3usNwXz.png https://i.imgur.com/3usNwXz.png
- machello13 6y agoI think his point was that no average user is going to do that -- whereas any Windows user can just double-click the .EXE and it works.
- LeoPanthera 6y agoI wonder how difficult it would be to make a wrapper program around qemu to reduce this problem to a couple of clicks.
- rantwasp 6y agowinamp 2.92 was the last version I used. Never bought into 3/5 and all the flashy things they tried in. It did one thing and did it well.
- AdmiralAsshat 6y ago> (Testimonial: left it playing my entire music collection in a forever loop and memory usage never budged more than it start with <3) Were you trying to bump up your Scrobble count, or what?