Hello! I think i wrote about it on the pc-auio list about half a year ago but did not get any answers so i thougt no one was interested. Tyats why. I like it its great. GREAT! It starts much faster and is under continously developping. /Anders. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:11 PM Subject: RE: The Future of Winamp
> Is it continually under development? If it is not, then we're in the same > situation as with Winamp. What about plugins for cross-fading and sound > normalization and other things? Which formats can it support? Why has no > one been talking about it until now? > > Bruce > > -- > Bruce Toews > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net > For the best oldies anywhere visit http://www.treasureislandoldies.com > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Andre van Deventer wrote: > > > I cannot agree more! I think the only problem is actually for those of you > > who do broadcasting. Although you can use Foobar 2000 to listen to > > streams you cannot use it for broadcasting. > > > > It is extremely screenreader friendly and has menus and shortcuts to work > > with. > > > > Go to > > www.foobar2000.org > > To download it. > > > > Andre > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg > > Sent: 15 November 2004 09:05 AM > > To: PC audio discussion list. > > Subject: Re: The Future of Winamp > > > > Hello! > > Or change to foobar2000. > > Its a very nice litle fast player. > > /Anders. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 6:42 PM > > Subject: Re: The Future of Winamp > > > > > >> It may be a good idea to write AOL, but as Marty stated, even if they > > don't > >> make future versions of Winamp, we can still get the benefits of using the > >> latest versions we have now. > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:22 PM > >> Subject: Re: The Future of Winamp > >> > >> > >>> Are people writing AOL? > >>> I am serious.. I was amazed during oneo f the Nine Eleven fundraisers > >>> hosted by AOL that oone of their telephone volunteers knew all about > > the > >>> legitimate compalints by blind people about AOL. > >>> I am willing to write and call on this issue. > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 11:26 AM > >>> Subject: Re: The Future of Winamp > >>> > >>> > >>>> It's too bad this is happening to one of the best players around. If > >>>> they > >>>> stop development of Winamp, we'll just have to keep the one we've got, > > if > >>> we > >>>> can use it. > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 5:39 AM > >>>> Subject: Fwd: The Future of Winamp > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** > >>>>> On 11/11/2004 at 3:44 PM geoff chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> check this out, AOL pays 100 million dollars for this one little > >>>>> nullsoft > >>>>> company? amazing! just amazing! > >>>>> > >>>>> If anyone would like to educate me as to how one little program that > >>>>> does > >>>>> one little job, could possibly become worth, such a huge figure to > > one > >>>>> company to pay, to acquire another, I'd reeeeeeally love to > > understand > >>>>> this. > >>>>> something about the world I just don't get here yet obviously. > >>>>> > >>>>> ... goodness, one more thing! <grin>. > >>>>> > >>>>>> From an article on the Betanews site: > >>>>> Death Knell Sounds for Nullsoft, Winamp > >>>>> By > >>>>> Nate Mook > >>>>> , BetaNews > >>>>> November 10, 2004, 1:26 PM > >>>>> The last members of the original Winamp team have said goodbye to AOL > >>>>> and > >>>>> the door > >>>>> has all but shut on the Nullsoft era, BetaNews has learned. > >>>>> Only a few employees remain to prop up the once-ubiquitous digital > >>>>> audio > >>>>> player with > >>>>> minor updates, but no further improvements to Winamp are expected. > >>>>> \ > >>>>> Winamp's demise comes as no surprise to those close to the company > > who > >>>>> say > >>>>> the software > >>>>> has been on life support since the resignation of Nullsoft founder > > and > >>>>> Winamp creator > >>>>> Justin Frankel last January. > >>>>> The marriage of Nullsoft and AOL was always one of discontent. After > >>>>> AOL > >>>>> acquired > >>>>> the small company in 1999 for around $100 million, the young team of > >>>>> Winamp developers > >>>>> was assimilated into a strict corporate culture that begged for > >>>>> rebellion. > >>>>> Although > >>>>> Nullsoft was initially given a long leash by AOL, It wasn't long > > until > >>>>> the > >>>>> two ideologies > >>>>> collided. > >>>>> Frankel and his team were accustomed to simply brainstorming ideas > > over > >>>>> coffee and > >>>>> bringing them to the masses without approval. So when Frankel and > >>>>> fellow > >>>>> Nullsoft > >>>>> developer Tom Pepper devised a decentralized peer-to-peer file > > sharing > >>>>> system, dubbed > >>>>> Gnutella, parent AOL was left in the dark. > >>>>> Gnutella was unveiled > >>>>> in March 2000, much to the chagrin of an unprepared AOL; executives > >>>>> feared > >>>>> the program > >>>>> would encourage copyright infringement and damage the company's > > pending > >>>>> merger with > >>>>> Time Warner. AOL quickly clamped down on Gnutella, but not before the > >>>>> software's > >>>>> source code leaked. Gnutella-based alternatives soon followed, > > igniting > >>>>> a > >>>>> peer-to-peer > >>>>> land grab that has yet to subside. > >>>>> But AOL knew it had to protect its investment and turn a profit from > >>>>> the > >>>>> freely available > >>>>> Winamp. Frankel and crew found themselves in hot water numerous > > times, > >>>>> but > >>>>> always > >>>>> escaped with little more than a proverbial slap on the wrist. > >>>>> However, growing displeasure reached a boiling point with Nullsoft's > >>>>> unsanctioned > >>>>> release of WASTE > >>>>> -- an encrypted file-sharing network -- in June 2003. Frankel > >>>>> threatened > >>>>> to resign > >>>>> after AOL > >>>>> removed WASTE > >>>>> , but remained with the company long enough to finish Winamp 5.0. > >>>>> Frankel's departure followed AOL layoffs and the closure of > > Nullsoft's > >>>>> San > >>>>> Francisco > >>>>> offices in December 2003. > >>>>> With AOL struggling to stave off declining subscriber numbers and > >>>>> 700 additional layoffs > >>>>> planned for next month, the company's focus has shifted away from > >>>>> supporting acquisitions > >>>>> such as Winamp. > >>>>> Despite the somber farewell, Nullsoft's former masterminds are proud > > of > >>>>> their accomplishments. > >>>>> Winamp helped start a digital audio revolution and boasts an > > incredible > >>>>> 60 > >>>>> million > >>>>> users per month. > >>>>> After a disappointing > >>>>> Winamp3 > >>>>> , Nullsoft developers returned to the drawing board and completed > >>>>> long-standing goals > >>>>> with the release of > >>>>> Winamp 5.0 > >>>>> in late 2003. > >>>>> Nullsoft's > >>>>> Shoutcast > >>>>> , which pioneered audio streaming over the Internet, is called "the > >>>>> Net's > >>>>> best secret" > >>>>> by its creator Tom Pepper and has reached 170,000 simultaneous users > >>>>> accounting for > >>>>> 70 million hours of listening each month. > >>>>> For its part, AOL says it remains committed to Winamp, stating it is > > "a > >>>>> thriving > >>>>> product that AOL continues to support and will continue to support." > >>>>> But without those who poured their heart and soul into building the > >>>>> software, Winamp > >>>>> seems destined to meet a fate similar to fellow audio player > >>>>> Sonique > >>>>> , after Lycos saw the departure of its development team. Sonique has > >>>>> stagnated for > >>>>> years, and development ceased altogether last March. > >>>>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> When you have eliminated the impossible. > >>>>> whatever remains, however improbable, > >>>>> must be the truth. > >>>>> *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards Steve, > >>>>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> Skype: steve1963 > >>>>> MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >>>>> http://www.pc-audio.org > >>>>> > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >>>> http://www.pc-audio.org > >>>> > >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >>> http://www.pc-audio.org > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >> http://www.pc-audio.org > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
