Teddy Rogers Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 The title sums it up, WinAmp and it's associated services are to cease on the 20th December this year. Bit surprised really as it still seems a very popular application... Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date. See release notes for latest improvements to this last release. Thanks for supporting the Winamp community for over 15 years. If you want to see this great media player kept in development there is a push for it be made open source. Personally I don't see it happening but you never know... https://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/aol-keep-winamp-alive-or-let-it-go-open-source Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguila Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Winamp always sucked in my opinion. Their license model was really crap and a lot of advertisement. if you want the best player: http://www.foobar2000.org 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Used to like winamp years ago, back at v1.0.... switched to VLC when that arrived though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 aimp i am using outstanding player match better then winamp well that is my opinion . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpirate Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 hehe i use winamp since 2001 and currently 5.65 installed here basic skin! love it! hope that petition will solve someting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 have to agree on other players being better. Stopped using winamp more than like 5 yrs ago and foobar2000 and aimp being much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbutt Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I've been using this player for so long it's crazy. Their video streaming protocol and services are awesome, as are the audio ones. I don't ever see it going open, based on the greed they demonstrate with their codec and protocol work licensing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurapica Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I used it since Windows 98, After version 2.95 It was rubbish, ads and security holes. for those who are interested : http://www.oldapps.com/winamp.php all versions from the begging to the end ... XM-Player can be a good alternative imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainrain Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Sad to see this, it is/was a really great application which didn't have any xmas functions which nobody uses. I still use v2.91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMC31337 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Winamp..inspired by the lyrics of Wesley Willis: "Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass!"Nullsoft was sold to AOL Edited December 31, 2013 by JMC31337 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Rogers Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Nullsoft is already owned by AOL, they bought Nullsoft on the 1st June 1999. As far as I am aware AOL are still in discussions with a mystery buyer over the sale of WinAMP and it's associated services... Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMC31337 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) “Silicon Valley is a pig pile .. Everyone is putting out the same services, the devices have become more commoditized and the platforms are the same,” said Armstrong. He added that, over time, content is what will differentiate the platforms and that AOL’s strategy is to be the content “arms dealer to Silicon Valley.” Cyber Content Arms dealer, my kinda business! winamp.com most surely does have the AOL proudly displayed... "Earlier this week, it was announced that AOL was shutting down media player Winamp. But a new report says that Microsoft is in talks to purchase both Winamp and media streaming service SHOUTcast from AOL. The same source revealed that, prior to these negotiations, SHOUTast was also scheduled to be shuttered." Microsoft.. Just the other night i saw a MCSFT commercial, it rather bluntly displayed: Microsoft has released a new commercial called, "Windows Everywhere". As the name implies, the commercial highlights that Windows is on everything that you use and that the software is a complete solution for all of your technology needs Can we say; Umbrella Corporation Edited January 1, 2014 by JMC31337 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artic Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 aimp i am using outstanding player match better then winamp well that is my opinion . switched after a friend gave me a beta version of aimp around 2006? since then a hardcore aimp user. there is no day aimp isnt open at least once. used sonique before and for good 3 years winamp) the model of ads funded apps died long time ago and nobody wants to pay a few bucks for an audio player. im so happy with my aimp (always running the beta version here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CondZero Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Can we say; Umbrella Corporation Can we say that if you can't develop it, buy it. Something MS is very good at doing. Fortunately, even with their size, money and clout, people are still smart enough to look at the alternatives. MS and Walmart, perfect together.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMC31337 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 hey i just got a 16 gig usb flash for $15 at WalMart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artic Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) hey i just got a 16 gig usb flash for $15 at WalMart bought last year 32GB USB flash for 20€. well Winamp wasnt updaing their gui either and all that "bloatware" came with it. Edited January 2, 2014 by Artic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMC31337 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) bought last year 32GB USB flash for 20€.well Winamp wasnt updaing their gui either and all that "bloatware" came with it.Nice... I had to use the gift card... U couldn't reverse engineer the bloatware adware crap out of winamp; or was it not worth the time to do so? Edited January 3, 2014 by JMC31337 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonspin Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Radionomy aquired winamp incl. shoutcast. w/b winamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leina Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 vlc media player ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIV Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) GIV=Foobar 2000 on a Sound Blaster Live! with ASIO with a 5.1 800W RMS sound system.Is concrete breaking combination. Edited October 29, 2014 by GIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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