AOL Bastards are dropping Winamp

Morag

AOL are discontinuing Winamp as of next month Best damn music player I have ever used either on pc or andriod. http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en

Havent ever used anything else, iTune is a heap of shíte in comparison.
Many long gone are the days when films would have their own winamp skin
as part of their launch promotion.

cruhoortwunk

****heads, could they not flog it to someone that could continue it? I've used it since '99.

Sh1tbag OToole

Audacious / VLC or else for something more fancy Sonata and music player daemon are good enough for me

Skylinehead

I will continue to use it in defiance. Best media player out there still, despite AOLs best efforts to ruin it.

donvito99

[Homer Simpson] NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/Homer Simpson]

Sauve

Winamp. Jaysus that takes me back.

4zn76tysfajdxp

So long as I have my Real Player, I'm happy.

wandatowell

WINAMP, it really whips the llama's ass


wtf does that mean?

Morag

wandatowell wrote: »

WINAMP, it really whips the llama's ass


wtf does that mean?

You don't know Man, you weren't there!

Skylinehead

wandatowell wrote: »

WINAMP, it really whips the llama's ass


wtf does that mean?

What you think it means :cool:

Gandhi

Sauve wrote: »

Winamp. Jaysus that takes me back.

That was my first thought when I saw the thread title. Winamp (and AOL for that matter) still exist????????

JustAddWater

Gandhi wrote: »

That was my first thought when I saw the thread title. Winamp (and AOL for that matter) still exist????????

Yup, right up there with Gandhi himself

Ruu

Will still use it anyway, have version 2.81 still. Because newer is not always better.

Creamy Goodness

Winamp v2.8 forever.

I've yet to use a better music player.

Pushtrak

Gandhi wrote: »

That was my first thought when I saw the thread title. Winamp (and AOL for that matter) still exist????????

Winamp: Too outdated for Gandhi.

Augmerson

There was an awesome Resident Evil 2 skin for it once.

Banjo String

Used it way back when I had an sgs1.

Yeah, it was OK I suppose.

Question is, if it's all that OP, why the hell would they be dropping it?

Ask yourself that one

Dyr

I still install it on all my home pcs even though I never really play local media anymore


Surely its community or the open source fairy or something will keep it alive

Skylinehead

Banjo String wrote: »

Used it way back when I had an sgs1.

Yeah, it was OK I suppose.

Question is, if it's all that OP, why the hell would they be dropping it?

Ask yourself that one

SGS1 as in the Samsung Galaxy? The Android version isn't a patch on the PC version, especially the older ones.

GLaDOS

I use the Android app, quite good for a free music player. I'd say somebody would pick it up.

entropi

I still use this and I'll keep on using it as long as I can.

krudler

Jaysus winamp and napster were the job in the early 00's.

KyussBishop

http://www.foobar2000.org/

Ah those were the days around 10 years ago, finally got broadband so I could download anime and while waiting play my 30GB music collection through WinAMP. It really felt like a big deal back then.

Cianos

We used to sit and watch the visualisations for ages.

GTE

Mediamonkey, a Winamp derivative, is the best media player I have come across having used Winamp for a good chunk of time. I am sure they will continue to develop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKqKrH0O9yg

Frank Garrett

Never used, but AOL aren't renowned for their smart decisions; eg: buying Bebo.

wandatowell

wandatowell wrote: »

WINAMP, it really whips the llama's ass

wtf does that mean?

It means it gets results!!!

Skylinehead

Deleted User wrote: »

It means it gets results!!!

You stupid chief!

Sarky

Banjo String wrote: »

Question is, if it's all that OP, why the hell would they be dropping it?

Ask yourself that one

AOL have a long and distinguished history of being absolutely terrified of money and popularity.

Ruu

Fisher Better Wood wrote: »

So long as I have my Real Player, I'm happy.

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keith16

Skylinehead wrote: »

You stupid chief!

You're off your case!

anncoates

I've been using it for around 10 years

Stinicker

Move to iTunes :D You know you want to!

Custardpi

What's better about it than other programmes? Currently using Foobar myself which I find great.

Mycroft H

Foobar2000. Or VLC.

Always thought Winamp was a relic from the millennium

anncoates

Stinicker wrote: »

You know you want to!

I really don't.

Maximus Alexander

Does it not just play music? How does it do that better than others?

Seaneh

Winamp's been ****e for nearly a decade...

Cienciano

I can't believe people use winamp on their phones. Poweramp ftw.
PC version was still decent.

keith16 wrote: »

You're off your case!

What the hell does that even mean?

Mycroft H

Apollo for a classy looking UI or Poweramp for the massive library.

K-9

Sarky wrote: »

AOL have a long and distinguished history of being absolutely terrified of money and popularity.

At last, a conspiracy theory that makes sense.

Simi

I'll look forward to winamp classic coming soon to SourceForge then.

Tramps Like Us

I use jaangle

c_man

I'm still using it. Open source it maaannn

pickarooney

If you're still using a version that was released 10 years ago, what the hell difference does it make to you that they're not going to make any updates?