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I had used Winamp since its original release, but when development on it seemed to die off and it looked like it was becoming abandonware, I switched to MusicBe

I had used Winamp since its original release, but when development on it seemed to die off and it looked like it was becoming abandonware, I switched to MusicBee, which I thoroughly love. Maybe there's better software out there, but I've yet to find it.

baal80spam 6y ago
I wholeheartedly recommend AIMP (http://www.aimp.ru http://www.aimp.ru). I've used this player for the last 8 years and it only gets better.
- Lindaz 6y ago
  FYI - https://www.myaimp.com https://www.myaimp.com
  - cbozeman 6y ago
    Wow, I really love that clean look. Thank you for sharing this.
- aleksandrm 6y ago
  +1 for AIMP, been using it forever and it's rock solid. A great alternative to Winamp.
- SubiculumCode 6y ago
  Not too excited by Ru made software, but perhaps that is just me being excessively worried.
  - kyboren 6y ago
    If you're worried, you should probably upgrade your suspicion of all software, not just Russian-made software. The fact that it's made in Russia should not matter much: You should audit the code, compartment it from the rest of your system (e.g. with virtualization), or not run the software. You're right to be worried about what software you run, but Russia is not necessarily the most relevant threat actor. Take this as an opportunity to develop your threat model and apply mitigations where sensible.
    - GoblinSlayer 6y ago
      How do you audit the code of aimp and foobar? You can't. Use free software instead, like mpc.
  - ZoomZoomZoom 6y ago
    Yeah, right. Russian developers have no time fixing bugs as they need to write the reports for their detailed FSB curator on how many backdoors they coded in this day. On a serious note, there's thousands of ex-USSR coders involved in many important software projects. Does it really worry you? It does worry me as long as the software is not Free or at least Open Source, but then it doesn't really matter where the coders came from.
ClawsOnPaws 6y ago
I personally love foobar2000. Tons of customization, lots of plugins and honestly it's just amazing imho. edit: http://foobar2000.com/ http://foobar2000.com/
- codeulike 6y ago
  Foobar2000 is also in the microsoft store which avoids a load of 'find the right download button that isnt an ad pretending to be a download button' nonsense https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PDJ8X9SPF2K https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PDJ8X9SPF2K
  - pndy 6y ago
    Eh? I don't think there are any issue with finding download section on foobar homepage and installer link.
    - codeulike 6y ago
      You're probably right but in general it's a problem with downloading windows software
      - ivank 6y ago
        choco install -y foobar2000
        contravariant 6y ago
        Are people actually using chocolately? I never could get over the way they get you to install it with the equivalent of piping curl into. Or the way it kept advertising the paid version, which is really disconcerting when something has become effectively the only way to manage what software you have installed (or will be eventually).
        opan 6y ago
kxrm 6y ago
foobar2000 is my go to when I'd like to use something that supports Windows 10 properly. https://www.foobar2000.org/ https://www.foobar2000.org/ Happy to see Winamp isn't completely done, been using it since 1999
kkdaemas 6y ago
Anyone remember Songbird?
- Lindaz 6y ago
  Sure, https://www.my-old-version.com/songbird/ https://www.my-old-version.com/songbird/ I remember it! Oh My God! This was 15 years ago...
- rzzzt 6y ago
  The Hype Machine is still up, it was one of the bookmarks/start pages in it IIRC: https://hypem.com/ https://hypem.com/
- mook 6y ago
  I'm surprised anyone still does. Unfortunately that was deeply tied into the Mozilla stack, and they didn't want to be a platform vendor, so just running an old version isn't really tenable. (To bring things back on topic, I believe a couple of people involved in Songbird was previously related to Winamp.)
- dleslie 6y ago
  Yes. It was a pig for resources and altogether miserable to use.
- eloisant 6y ago
  Yes, I was working in Silicon Valley for a company that was also using Mozilla technologies. I remember the XULRunner meetups with them, in Mozilla HQ where the Moz people were basically saying: - OK, our product is Firefox. We focus on fixing bugs that affect Firefox, so if the bug in XULRunner doesn't affect it you're on your own. Feel free to send a patch. - Yeah we did that, the patch have been sitting in Bugzilla for 2 years - ... shrug Anyway even with full support of Mozilla they probably wouldn't have survived to iTunes+iPod, but clearly using a technology that the vendor has no interest in didn't help them.
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swebs 6y ago
VLC in playlist mode has been working great for me. To enable it, just go to View > Playlist.

baal80spam 6y ago

I wholeheartedly recommend AIMP (http://www.aimp.ru http://www.aimp.ru). I've used this player for the last 8 years and it only gets better.

Lindaz 6y ago
FYI - https://www.myaimp.com https://www.myaimp.com
- cbozeman 6y ago
  Wow, I really love that clean look. Thank you for sharing this.
aleksandrm 6y ago
+1 for AIMP, been using it forever and it's rock solid. A great alternative to Winamp.
SubiculumCode 6y ago
Not too excited by Ru made software, but perhaps that is just me being excessively worried.
- kyboren 6y ago
  If you're worried, you should probably upgrade your suspicion of all software, not just Russian-made software. The fact that it's made in Russia should not matter much: You should audit the code, compartment it from the rest of your system (e.g. with virtualization), or not run the software. You're right to be worried about what software you run, but Russia is not necessarily the most relevant threat actor. Take this as an opportunity to develop your threat model and apply mitigations where sensible.
  - GoblinSlayer 6y ago
    How do you audit the code of aimp and foobar? You can't. Use free software instead, like mpc.
- ZoomZoomZoom 6y ago
  Yeah, right. Russian developers have no time fixing bugs as they need to write the reports for their detailed FSB curator on how many backdoors they coded in this day. On a serious note, there's thousands of ex-USSR coders involved in many important software projects. Does it really worry you? It does worry me as long as the software is not Free or at least Open Source, but then it doesn't really matter where the coders came from.

ClawsOnPaws 6y ago

I personally love foobar2000. Tons of customization, lots of plugins and honestly it's just amazing imho. edit: http://foobar2000.com/ http://foobar2000.com/

codeulike 6y ago
Foobar2000 is also in the microsoft store which avoids a load of 'find the right download button that isnt an ad pretending to be a download button' nonsense https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PDJ8X9SPF2K https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PDJ8X9SPF2K
- pndy 6y ago
  Eh? I don't think there are any issue with finding download section on foobar homepage and installer link.
  - codeulike 6y ago
    You're probably right but in general it's a problem with downloading windows software
    - ivank 6y ago
      choco install -y foobar2000
      - contravariant 6y ago
        Are people actually using chocolately? I never could get over the way they get you to install it with the equivalent of piping curl into. Or the way it kept advertising the paid version, which is really disconcerting when something has become effectively the only way to manage what software you have installed (or will be eventually).
        opan 6y ago

kxrm 6y ago

foobar2000 is my go to when I'd like to use something that supports Windows 10 properly. https://www.foobar2000.org/ https://www.foobar2000.org/ Happy to see Winamp isn't completely done, been using it since 1999

kkdaemas 6y ago

Anyone remember Songbird?

Lindaz 6y ago
Sure, https://www.my-old-version.com/songbird/ https://www.my-old-version.com/songbird/ I remember it! Oh My God! This was 15 years ago...
rzzzt 6y ago
The Hype Machine is still up, it was one of the bookmarks/start pages in it IIRC: https://hypem.com/ https://hypem.com/
mook 6y ago
I'm surprised anyone still does. Unfortunately that was deeply tied into the Mozilla stack, and they didn't want to be a platform vendor, so just running an old version isn't really tenable. (To bring things back on topic, I believe a couple of people involved in Songbird was previously related to Winamp.)
dleslie 6y ago
Yes. It was a pig for resources and altogether miserable to use.
eloisant 6y ago
Yes, I was working in Silicon Valley for a company that was also using Mozilla technologies. I remember the XULRunner meetups with them, in Mozilla HQ where the Moz people were basically saying: - OK, our product is Firefox. We focus on fixing bugs that affect Firefox, so if the bug in XULRunner doesn't affect it you're on your own. Feel free to send a patch. - Yeah we did that, the patch have been sitting in Bugzilla for 2 years - ... shrug Anyway even with full support of Mozilla they probably wouldn't have survived to iTunes+iPod, but clearly using a technology that the vendor has no interest in didn't help them.

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swebs 6y ago

VLC in playlist mode has been working great for me. To enable it, just go to View > Playlist.