The llama's ass has been whipped: Winamp shutting down next month

[Hugo Drax]

Who cares if they are gone?
Their good releases were released 15+ years ago and they still work great.

They died many years ago, to me.

I was a big fan of it. I used to rip my 8 tracks on to a pdp-11 running RSX-11 with Winamp back In the 70s. Built an amazing music collection on punched tape.

I think I still got Wendy Carlos switched on Bach somewhere on punched tape.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Sad. I was introduced to it along with MP3 files in 1998.

Still use to this day

 

[ksheets]

Good News! Microsoft is buying it!

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

Oh wow, I'm still running version 2.04 with Polymer skin. The most stable and no memory hog.

 

[ViRGE]

Good News! Microsoft is buying it!

Wait, what!?

 

[_Rick_]

and it can contain high def audio from DVD-A and SACD.

I've not heard of any way to actually rip SACD, nor do I believe that its non-PCM format can be treated by FLAC without losses.

 

[sdifox]

I've not heard of any way to actually rip SACD, nor do I believe that its non-PCM format can be treated by FLAC without losses.

I don’t personally know how, but it seems you can. Evidences in ngs :awe:

 

[Zee]

I still use it too. under the modern skin. similar to my car's stereo faceplate that i like it

 

[Jimzz]

Wait, what!?

Yea Microsoft is in talks with Aol to buy Winamp and Shoutcast.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/source-microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-shoutcast-and-winamp-from-aol/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5130536/microsoft-aol-reportedly-working-on-winamp-sale

 

[TheSlamma]

Been using winamp since MP3's too an hour to rip

 

[DesiPower]

What a twist. I knew the story couldn't end that suddenly, it's too compelling.

I think it might be more of a BOGO deal, I think what Microsoft is really interested in is Shoutcast

 

[JM Aggie08]

I used to get retarded with all of the customizable skins.

 

[Fritzo]

Yea Microsoft is in talks with Aol to buy Winamp and Shoutcast.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/source-microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-shoutcast-and-winamp-from-aol/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5130536/microsoft-aol-reportedly-working-on-winamp-sale

Updated OP.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Well this sucks. I still use winamp on a daily basis, Itunes is a complete piece of shit and I don't even know of another comparable product.

The free mediaplayer VLC from videolan might be a possible comparable product.

http://www.videolan.org/index.html

 

[Jeffg010]

Yea Microsoft is in talks with Aol to buy Winamp and Shoutcast.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/source-microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-shoutcast-and-winamp-from-aol/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5130536/microsoft-aol-reportedly-working-on-winamp-sale

Interesting I would of liked to of seen Facebook make a play for it. It would have been nice to have a built in winamp and shoutcast right on your page. It would be a good avenue for Facebook to develop.

That first link says that Microsoft is more interested in shoutcast then the player itself and would add it to the xbox music platform. Shout cast has over 50,000 radio stations and that is no joke.

 

[thraashman]

I still use the winamp app on my phone and the program on my home pc. I've always been a huge fan of it with no desire to switch to anything else. And as someone else said, iTunes is a huge load of crap. I need to be sure to download executables before it shuts down so I can install it on any new machines I might get.

 

[DesiPower]

I still use the winamp app on my phone and the program on my home pc. I've always been a huge fan of it with no desire to switch to anything else. And as someone else said, iTunes is a huge load of crap. I need to be sure to download executables before it shuts down so I can install it on any new machines I might get.

enjoy!

 

[gevorg]

I've not heard of any way to actually rip SACD, nor do I believe that its non-PCM format can be treated by FLAC without losses.

PS3 was hacked to have an ability to digitally rip SACD disks, both PCM or DSD (completely lossless). The DSD data is typically stored as an ISO image (or individual *.dsf files rather than *.flac). With Foobar2000, you can play SACD images directly with foo_input_sacd component.

 

[ForumMaster]

may the llama rest in peace...