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Winamp 5.8, the First Update In 4 Years, Is Released (bleepingcomputer.com) 198

Winamp, the world's most famous media player, has released version 5.8 to make it compatible with today's modern operating systems such as Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Bleeping Computer notes that there hasn't been a new updates released since 2014, when Radionomy purchased Winamp from AOL. Some other new features include standalone audio player support, an auto-fullscreen option for videos, updates scrollbars and buttons, and bug fixes.

From the report: Radionomy has stated that they are not stopping here and have big plans for Winamp. In an interview with TechCrunch, Radionomy CEO Alexandre Saboundjian, revealed that a massive release is planned for 2019 that aims to add cloud support for streaming music, podcasts, and more. "There will be a completely new version next year, with the legacy of Winamp but a more complete listening experience," Saboundjian stated in the interview. "You can listen to the MP3s you may have at home, but also to the cloud, to podcasts, to streaming radio stations, to a playlist you perhaps have built."
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Winamp 5.8, the First Update In 4 Years, Is Released

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  • But (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Vinegar Joe ( 998110 ) on Saturday October 20, 2018 @05:13AM (#57508304)

    Does it still whip the llama's ass?

    • Re: (Score:1, Interesting)

      by Anonymous Coward

      Does it still whip the llama's ass?

      It never stopped.

      Right now, I'm running the old version of WinAmp (5.66) on the latest version of Windows 10 and it works just fine. It's small, simple, it works and it plays any audio file I want.

      When I see "Big Update Planned" it just means "We're going to fuck things up".

      • Re: (Score:1, Informative)

        by Anonymous Coward

        Oh, yes it did. Winamp is long obsolete.

        foobar2000 is objectively the best audio player but a long, long way. It's so far ahead that nothing else is even close to catching up.

        XMPlay is a player with a simplistic, Winamp-like interface, but it plays many more file formats and is just a lot more finished and professional feeling than Winamp.

        1by1 is great if you want a basic player directory player without any extras.

        • I switched to foobar2000 many years ago for my Windows audio player and never looked back.

          The cloud stuff is intriguing though. I haven't researched it recently but I am not aware of a plugin for FB2K that streams media directly from cloud storage. I use CloudPlayer on Android for that. That could be a killer feature for WA on mobile platforms....

          • ooooorrrrrrrr......
            The population as a whole doesn't care about hording digital music files anymore and pays for a music service that has 99% of what they are looking for.

            • Re: (Score:1, Insightful)

              by Anonymous Coward

              Non-sequitur much? How does your comment relate in any way to what the guy above you said?

              I think you've got mental problems. You're imagining things and having fake arguments.

              Also, I don't care what the population as a whole does because I can think for myself. Some of us aren't into mainstream pop music and I like having my music locally with me. It means I never have to worry about having a reliable internet connection (or a connection at all) or internet congestion or services removing stuff or perpetua

        • I don't know about 1by1, but in cases I want a basic file/directory player I use Media Player Classic homecinema.
        • I think MediaMonkey is the best music player by far.

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      • I've though so about earlier updates and you run the latest (before this leaked one) and are happy with that so I don't understand your worries.

      • Right now, I'm running the old version of WinAmp (5.66) on the latest version of Windows 10 and it works just fine. It's small, simple, it works and it plays any audio file I want.

        I actually bought it back in the day, and it works just fine on Win10 for me as well, including visualizations.

    • Re:But (Score:4, Interesting)

      by Chris Katko ( 2923353 ) on Saturday October 20, 2018 @08:43AM (#57508702)

      I seriously still use Winamp to this day.

      https://i.imgur.com/ZjA2AcC.pn... [imgur.com]

      It plays MP3s, FLAC, OGG, etc. It has modular plugin API for obscure things like NES music. It supports global hotkeys. Skins.

      And uses 16MB of RAM and 0% CPU to play an MP3. AS IT !@#$'ING SHOULD.

      I haven't tried the newest version yet. But every "winamp clone" I've tried (on Linux included) was actually far more CPU and RAM usage and missed actual useful features like global hotkeys.

      Although, in the last few years, I've really started to use YouTube (+Ublock) as a music player since it has literally everything ever.

      • by Zumbs ( 1241138 )
        On my computer, VLC uses 0-0.1 % CPU and 12.8 MB of RAM when playing a single mp3 file. Treating my entire music library as a playlist and rolling it out does increase the memory usage, but with more than 7000 music files taking up 29 GB, that is not surprising.
      • So a few quick comparisons:

        Foobar2000: 15.6MB of RAM, 0% CPU playing an MP3. - Plugin ecosystem bigger than Winamp's
        VLC: 18.2MB of RAM, 0% CPU playing an MP3. - Haven't installed any customisations, plays everything I've ever thrown at it.

        Now to insult your requirements a bit:
        Windows Media Player: 19.5MB of RAM, 0% CPU playing an MP3. - Plays anything for which a DS filter exists, which is pretty much everything.

        But since we're measurbating:
        Media Player Classic - Home Cinema: 9MB of RAM, 0% CPU playing an M

    • And for a non-retarded question... does it come with an updated version of Milkdrop??

    • by EvilSS ( 557649 )
      Unfortunately no. When AOL purchased them, they sold off all the llamas to a sweater company in Denver.
    • Well after installing 5.8 and running Malwarebytes just terminates the process at once. Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com -Log Details- Protection Event Date: 10/22/18 Protection Event Time: 5:02 PM Log File: b9c8ba42-d63d-11e8-b9d0-54bef704d6f7.json -Software Information- Version: 3.6.1.2711 Components Version: 1.0.463 Update Package Version: 1.0.7473 License: Premium -System Information- OS: Windows 10 (Build 17134.345) CPU: x64 File System: NTFS User: System -Exploit Details- File: 0 (No malicious i
  • Too bad... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by demon driver ( 1046738 ) on Saturday October 20, 2018 @05:19AM (#57508322) Journal

    ... that in the meantime I've completely moved to Linux, where one thing is surely not missing: decent audio player options.

    • vlc
    • where one thing is surely not missing: decent audio player options.

      Please give us some recommendations as well. I have personally found the media players in Linux to be lacking in various departments. Mind you I don't like Winamp's interface otherwise XMMS may be suitable but what do you actually use that you consider decent?

  • My llama's ass has never been so whipped.

    • by SpzToid ( 869795 )

      Didn't the plethora of open-source, and linux players eclipse Winamp's functionality long-ago? Thought so, but I stopped paying attention.

      • Re: (Score:2, Informative)

        by Anonymous Coward

        Functionality? Yes.

        Usability? Nope.

        WinAmp works so well because it has a relatively narrow focus, which actually covers the majority of what folks use. It doesn't do 'album art' and only tangentially supports even the most basic of video playback, it's entire purpose for being is audio playback with optional visualizations and a straightforward EQ that has enough bands to be useful for headphone/cheap desktop speaker compensation.

        Most of the alternative players were made to scratch some itch for a section W

        • It does do "Album art" Seeing as you obviously know fuckall about winamp.. You should probably rant about things you know more about. And yes I stopped reading there as you're a moron. Open the damn audio library.

          • by Luckyo ( 1726890 )

            "I found that one thing that you're sorta, kinda wrong on that is tangential to the whole you're saying and in no way key to it. Therefore you're wrong on everything".

            In reality, this is an admission that you concede the remainder of the points.

  • by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20, 2018 @05:48AM (#57508366)

    "Modern" operating systems are, literally, Linux and MacOS.
    Microsoft's Windows, any version, isn't one.
    Maybe what you wanted to say was "recent" Windows versions?

    • by Anonymous Coward

      The NT kernel is also modern and in active development. Troll harder.

      • It is in active development?

        So there IS hope after all?

        • by Anonymous Coward

          Yup. It even has a stable driver ABI. Maybe with Torvalds off trying to get "woke" Linux can start catching up!

    • I remember the Slashdot of old where trolling drivel wouldn't be voted Insightful.

      If you're 12 maybe give it a Funny vote. But seriously, people here should grow up a bit. (not the ACs, but rather the moderators).

  • by Anonymous Coward

    It's a bit bloated at 2.36M, but it does an excellent job of playing my mp3 files.

    Winamp 2.95 [oldversion.com]

  • Ya! WinAmp is back! Is DonkeyMesh still around to download stuff?
  • by martiniturbide ( 1203660 ) on Saturday October 20, 2018 @08:26AM (#57508654) Homepage Journal
    ...that is a dead link: https://www.winamp.com/legal/e... [winamp.com]. Also the privacy: https://www.winamp.com/legal/p... [winamp.com] Let's hope it get fixed.
    • You have to agree to a license which is a dead link? Awesome! That means you only have to agree that there was a 404. Document this fact for posterity.

    • by EvilSS ( 557649 )
      Well in any contract vagueness or mistakes favor the party that didn't write it, so broken EULA = no EULA.
  • ... foobar is a decent option if your needs are just music.

    http://www.foobar2000.org/ [foobar2000.org]

  • Comment removed (Score:4, Insightful)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Saturday October 20, 2018 @08:38AM (#57508692)
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    • by xeoron ( 639412 )
      Runs on Windows, and even OSX and Linux with WINE :)
  • by jrq ( 119773 ) on Saturday October 20, 2018 @08:43AM (#57508704)
    I'm still running version 2.79 (nullsoft)
    • Stable
    • Easily skinned
    • Takes up 3MB of RAM
    • Plays everything
    • Even streams
    • I'd forgotten about skinning....I wonder if I still have my Armitage III and/or Gunnm skins somewhere. Heh.
  • I can do that now? Wow, thanks for that incredible addition. I must have been doing something else for at least the last 15 years...

  • by Anonymous Coward

    the world's most famous media player

    So... Windows Media Player is less famous? VLC? Kodi?

    I don't have a preference really (I use mpv normally), but I'd think "the famous media player" would have been sufficient.

  • Audio distortion (Score:4, Insightful)

    by hackertourist ( 2202674 ) on Saturday October 20, 2018 @09:37AM (#57508850)

    Does it still distort the audio if you get close to 100% volume?
    (That was the reason I moved from Winamp to VLC a long time ago)

    • by Anonymous Coward

      Sounds like you had a hardware problem.

    • by Nkwe ( 604125 )

      Does it still distort the audio if you get close to 100% volume? (That was the reason I moved from Winamp to VLC a long time ago)

      So with VLC you can get to 110%?

      • VLC allows you to set the volume to more than 100%, yes. The control goes up to 200%.
        This is useful for very quiet tracks. Distortion doesn't set in until the audio starts clipping because the signal doesn't fit in 16 bits any more.

      • Why not just make it louder, but still 100%?

        • by Nkwe ( 604125 )

          Why not just make it louder, but still 100%?

          These go to 110%

        • At 100%, there is no attenuation or amplification of the signal in the audio file: the signal gets sent to the OS' audio system unmodified.

  • I'm still happily using their last version 5.666 (right now, in fact). Works fine. No Internet connection needed. I'm not aware of any bugs. It's light and easy to use.
  • Try it.

    I use it in windows and android. Nice design. Easy to use. Light.

  • ...and let me know why I'd possibly replace the nice little old winamp that I STILL USE?

  • I think Radionomy should have open sourced Winamp after acquiring it. I really have no interest in it or them anymore.

  • It's now officially sanctioned, but it's still a beta. I have previously been shouted down for proposing stories of beta releases -- "we aren't interested in unstable releases", I was told. Why is this one different?

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