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I guess I am the only person in the world still using Winamp. Just feels odd when I listen to mp3s and can't look up the ID3 tags with alt-3. And I never felt t
by soulclap 13y ago
I guess I am the only person in the world still using Winamp. Just feels odd when I listen to mp3s and can't look up the ID3 tags with alt-3. And I never felt the need for a 'library', 'database' or huge spaceship cockpit UIs either.
- coldtea 13y ago>And I never felt the need for a 'library', 'database' or huge spaceship cockpit UIs either. Probably because you never experienced them. There are things "you feel the need for" (e.g water in a desert) and things you have to use for a while to say "fuck, how did I do without those?".
- mpyne 13y agoI've experienced all types, never needed anything fancier than Winamp's playlist support + searchbar.
- yareally 13y agoWinamp also has a library built into it. Whether one chooses to use it is another thing entirely though.
- aerique 13y agoNo really, there's actually people who prefer more basic players.
- lurkinggrue 13y agoI tried iTunes over the years it was was far too annoying.
- smrtinsert 13y agoWinamp still kicks the crap out of every current music player.
- Nav_Panel 13y agoI personally think foobar2000's fairly excellent. Flexible as hell, both in UI and in functionality. Quick and doesn't feel bulky at all. It's honestly the piece of software I miss most when I'm on my Linux install.
- w1ntermute 13y agoYeah, I miss foobar2k too in Linux. I usually use Exaile.
- Sniffnoy 13y agoI just run foobar2k under Wine. It works pretty well.
- rmk2 13y agoIt has been named in this thread before, but you might not have seen it. I used to run foobar under wine, but honestly, deadbeef[1] works better from an integration point of view (global shortcuts, GTK etc.). [1] http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/ http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/
- w1ntermute 13y agoNever heard of deadbeef, but it looks promising. I'll have to give it a shot.
- Sniffnoy 13y agoThis looks interesting. I'll have to check it out, thanks.
- codygman 13y agomocp and pianobar is what I use for music :D
- booruguru 13y ago
- yareally 13y agoI still use it for the fact I can reduce its size down to about 1/8" of my screen[1] (on a 23" 1920x1200 monitor) and scroll through my playlist with my mouse scroll wheel while docked on the taskbar of my screen. No other player (windows, linux or otherwise) can do that as far as I know. [1] http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/901/winampm.png http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/901/winampm.png *edit: added link
- lurkinggrue 13y agoDrag and drop music into it and I am all set. I know where my music is and if I don't a quick search finds it.
- Osmose 13y agoMy primary reason for staying on Winamp is that most of the plugins for playing video game console music formats (NSF, PSF, GSF, 2SF, USF, VGZ, KSS, SPC, and others) are written for Winamp. I've found a few programs that play a few of the formats, but Winamp is the only one that plays them all. (Any player that fully supports Winamp plugins would be an adequate replacement, but I'm also happy with Winamp in general)
- soulclap 13y agoTrue, that's another good point. Talking of plugins for other music formats, the Oldsk00l MOD Player Plugin for Winamp provides much more accurate playback of Amiga MOD files than the built-in Winamp MOD player. Absolutely recommended and essential if you like Amiga (crack intro) chiptunes. Hasn't been updated in ages but still works fine for me. It also supports some other Amiga formats, you can find it at http://www.rift.dk/page.php?1 http://www.rift.dk/page.php?1
- degenerate 13y ago"Most of my plugins for playing video game console music" = ChipAmp. http://www.chipamp.org/ http://www.chipamp.org/
- carry_bit 13y agoThe reason why I use Winamp (and can't stand almost every other music playing program I've found) is because Winamp has the Nullsoft Signal Processing Studio DSP plugin. Being able to adjust the playback speed (affecting pitch and tempo), among other things, is a killer feature for me.
- lmm 13y agoAmarok 1 was better, but it's harder to get hold of than winamp :(
- klearvue 13y agoClementine
- lmm 13y agoDoesn't have all the functionality - it can't play TTA properly, there are limitations in its cue support, playlist/queue/search don't interact the same way they did in amarok.
- TillE 13y agoAmarok used to be my favorite music player by far. I still can't believe how much good stuff in the Linux world was destroyed by the transition to Qt4/KDE4. It's been like a five year development setback.
- shrikant 13y agoFwiw, the music library functionality in winamp (IMHO) remains the fastest and best I've seen and used in any media player. And I've used pretty much all of them.
- salvadors 13y ago> I guess I am the only person in the world still using Winamp. Well, one of the 30 million people still using Winamp.
- lurkinggrue 13y agoSame here. It does playlists well and that's all I need.