Does Anyone Remember WinAmp (General File Sharing Conversation)

Motley Crue · 14-01-2009 12:58PM #1

WinAmp, LimeWire, Bear Share

Who remembers using these services back in the day before the Industry began going mad about this kind of thing. Back when Napster was free, back when File Sharing was something only teenagers with no money did....

And what is your view on File Sharing?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 14-01-2009 01:00PM

winamp is an mp3 player...

SoWatchaWant · 14-01-2009 01:00PM

I approve. Keeps musicians touring.

thelordofcheese · 14-01-2009 01:01PM

Father Mordmas wrote: »

winamp is an mp3 player...

This.

Also limewire and bearshare are just vectors for virii, spyware and other kinds of malware.

Terry · 14-01-2009 01:05PM

It's mostly illegal. Don't do it or discuss how to do it here.

Mark200 · 14-01-2009 01:11PM

I think you mean WinMX or something like that?

Whatever it was got shut down anyway.

I don't download stuff anymore really. If I ever have a song I like I download it from youtube

Slumdog · 14-01-2009 01:11PM

winamp is mp3 player.. the rest are bad.

rapidshare legal file-sharing ftw.

tk123 · 14-01-2009 01:12PM

AudioGalaxy was the best of the time IMO.

Dord · 14-01-2009 01:26PM

Winamp is an Mp3 (and other audio/video file) player. It's also still around.

MagicMarker · 14-01-2009 01:38PM

Winamp kicks WMP's ass.

Stephen · 14-01-2009 01:40PM

Slumdog wrote: »

winamp is mp3 player.. the rest are bad.

rapidshare legal file-sharing ftw.

Somehow I doubt the majority of stuff being shared on rapidshare is legal.

Insect Overlord · 14-01-2009 01:43PM

I once received an email from somebody who said they knew me from BearShare. I had no idea who they were or what was going on.

I've lived too-sheltered an Internet life.

thelordofcheese · 14-01-2009 01:43PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Winamp kicks WMP's ass.

foobar 2000 is superior.

biko · 14-01-2009 01:52PM

*remembers napster back in the day*

AnonoBoy · 14-01-2009 02:02PM

biko wrote: »

*remembers napster back in the day*

I was just about to post this. It was all Napster before you young 'uns started coming in with your Limewiring and your Bearsharing.

doggone · 14-01-2009 02:02PM

Unleash the power!!! Great little program and would never trust file sharing. Far too many ropey guys out there with a little knowledge and pretty invasive software. Keep your music original and your privacy safe. :P

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 14-01-2009 02:03PM

god damn I had completely forgotten about audiogalaxy, that ****ing owned

SirLemonhead · 14-01-2009 02:04PM

thelordofcheese wrote: »

foobar 2000 is superior.

Lies! get back to work..

Biggins · 14-01-2009 02:06PM

Winamp is for music,
A great little tool
Media player sucked like hell
And Bill Gates is a fool!

File share tools are full of crap
Viruses seeped in galore
I'd be lost without Rapidshare
Else downloads would be no more.

Wagon · 14-01-2009 02:06PM

Winamp looks great. crashes a little bit though...apart from that it's cool! I was a fan of RealPlayer myself.

Ponster · 14-01-2009 02:07PM

tk123 wrote: »

AudioGalaxy was the best of the time IMO.

QFT

Robbo · 14-01-2009 02:08PM

Father Mordmas wrote: »

god damn I had completely forgotten about audiogalaxy, that ****ing owned

When you could look at the process list on Frink and see at least a dozen instances running. Classic times.

I remember when it was all ratio FTP. Over 56k modems. The horror. The horror.

Sherifu · 14-01-2009 02:08PM

Stephen wrote: »

Somehow I doubt the majority of stuff being shared on rapidshare is legal.

:eek:

Danbo! · 14-01-2009 02:22PM

Anyone remember buying 90 min BASF tapes? They were teh shit

thelordofcheese · 14-01-2009 02:22PM

SirLemonhead wrote: »

Lies! get back to work..

I am working, dagnabit!

And foobar is still awesome-sauce, you heathen.

ntlbell · 14-01-2009 02:24PM

napster + esat no limits + auto dialer = teh awsome.

Professey Chin · 14-01-2009 02:24PM

I hate what winamp has become. Seems really really bloated compared to what it used to be. Then again I have the memory of tuna so I could be imagining a much smaller cleaner older version

ntlbell · 14-01-2009 02:24PM

Stephen wrote: »

Somehow I doubt the majority of stuff being shared on rapidshare is legal.

hear say.

Professey Chin · 14-01-2009 02:25PM

noblestee wrote: »

Anyone remember buying 90 min BASF tapes? They were teh shit

I remember I used to get them in a pack with 180 minute VHS's :eek:

ntlbell · 14-01-2009 02:25PM

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

I hate what winamp has become. Seems really really bloated compared to what it used to be. Then again I have the memory of tuna so I could be imagining a much smaller cleaner older version

just get the basic with classic skin nice and light and still full of awesome.

Kirnsy · 14-01-2009 02:30PM

limewire ... pffft

frostwire ftw

BaconZombie · 14-01-2009 02:34PM

Dos, Usenet and IRC channels accessed via 8086 and a 9600bps modems, those were the days....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6lqza1WNqI

SirLemonhead · 14-01-2009 02:35PM

Anyone remember Winplay3?

I used to use this before winamp and the like came about

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinPlay3

stovelid · 14-01-2009 02:36PM

Dord wrote: »

Winamp is an Mp3 (and other audio/video file) player. It's also still around.

I still use it.

SoulSeek would be the client I've found as good as Audiogalaxy. Not that I use that stuff, of course.

AnonoBoy · 14-01-2009 02:36PM

ntlbell wrote: »

napster + esat no limits + auto dialer = teh awsome.

Ah jaysus those were the days. Until 'Esat No Limits' became 'Esat get the **** off our service ya bastards there are lots of limits' :mad:

ntlbell · 14-01-2009 02:36PM

BOFH_139 wrote: »

Dos, Usenet and IRC channels accessed via 8086 and a 9600bps modems, those were the days....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6lqza1WNqI

!latestcrappypronfilm

no slots available

waah

ntlbell · 14-01-2009 02:38PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Ah jaysus those were the days. Until 'Esat No Limits' became 'Esat get the **** off our service ya bastards there are lots of limits' :mad:

it's close to the likes of "do you remember where you were when the twin towers was hit"

one of the worst days of my life when i got that letter :mad:

ntlbell · 14-01-2009 02:39PM

stovelid wrote: »

I still use it.

SoulSeek would be the client I've found as good as Audiogalaxy. Not that I use that stuff, of course.

I still use it too, soulseek seems to fail at some point during every download

very upsetting.

and as for them feckers putting all their music in one folder...

grrr

stovelid · 14-01-2009 02:46PM

ntlbell wrote: »

soulseek seems to fail at some point during every download
very upsetting.

and as for them feckers putting all their music in one folder...

Aye. In my admittedly limited experience, I always found it to have the most decent range of music, like AG.

cython · 14-01-2009 03:19PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Winamp kicks WMP's ass.

"Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass!"

Blazer · 14-01-2009 03:27PM

First came across winamp late 97 when i started working in a pc company.
Was amazed by the few songs on the pc as I'd never thought of this before.
Within about 2 weeks I discovered mp3.com and boom..I was hooked.
Remember about 3 years ago I discovered my old pc down in a tech's lab and lo and behold all the old songs were still on it.

BaconZombie · 14-01-2009 03:59PM

Acoustic Coupler FTW

Professey Chin · 14-01-2009 04:50PM

Mathew Reilly wrote: »

First came across winamp late 97 when i started working in a pc company.
Was amazed by the few songs on the pc as I'd never thought of this before.
Within about 2 weeks I discovered mp3.com and boom..I was hooked.
Remember about 3 years ago I discovered my old pc down in a tech's lab and lo and behold all the old songs were still on it.

Anything good?

m83 · 14-01-2009 05:27PM

Re: winamp

VNC player ftw

14-01-2009 06:31PM

Stephen wrote: »

Somehow I doubt the majority of stuff being shared on rapidshare is legal.

i routinely max out rapidshare storing my word documents and excel files.. they ad up to alot of gig very fast.

there's illegal stuff on it?

galwayrush · 14-01-2009 07:05PM

Back in the day, a top of the range tape recorder had a counter on it.:D

artvandulet · 14-01-2009 09:51PM

thelordofcheese wrote: »

foobar 2000 is superior.

MediaMonkey is even more superior.

And the best in its day (during the height of Napster) was Scour. anyone else remember it?

SirLemonhead · 14-01-2009 10:37PM

artvandulet wrote: »

MediaMonkey is even more superior.

And the best in its day (during the height of Napster) was Scour. anyone else remember it?

I vaguely remember it being horrible..

stovelid · 14-01-2009 10:50PM

The media payer arms race is getting out of control here.

Cormic · 14-01-2009 10:58PM

I used to use WinAmp. I use Media Player Classic now. Neat and basic and none of the rubbish that comes with some of the other players. I am looking at you WMP.

artvandulet · 14-01-2009 11:20PM

SirLemonhead wrote: »

I vaguely remember it being horrible..

I clearly remember it being great! When Kazza came out it was almost identical. Even Limewire now has a very similar interface to Scour back in 99/2000. Had more files then Napster at the time too as it wasn't just audio.
I've blocked out of my mind how long a file took to download though:D

Does Anyone Remember WinAmp (General File Sharing Conversation)

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