Well if the user wants additional formats then that’s up to them isn’t it? If they want to play ogg or whatever then they themselves surely can install the additional software as required. Windows itself supports a lot of audio formats right out of the box as they say including FLAC though I’m not sure about Ogg <smile>
> On 11 Oct 2018, at 7:46 am, Hamit Campos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah good old Windows Media Slayer. lol. Na dude. It's all good. I learned that > little joke from Hope Pavenmire. Remember her from Blind Cool Tech? Yeah > you're right why not just use Media Player? All though there are lots of > formats Media Player won't play. I don't think still today it does Ogg > Vorbus. But who really cares. No one seems to care about Ogg Vorbus no more. > I remember it being a big deal with the Plextalk PTR2. Also Flac I don't > think it does. Things like that could be why people don't like it. As for the > use of it I don't get what's people's beef with Media Player. Or slayer as > people like Hope called it. I use it cause it's so easy and like I said for > the SRS Wow inhancement. Use SRS Wow on the right computer at the right > settings and man it's glorious. > > > On 10/10/2018 4:40 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> The other thing I find fascinating about all this is that company’s who work >> for blind people setting up computers and the like still insist on >> installing Winamp and I obviously don’t agree with that. >> The first reason being that we don’t really know what the future of Winamp >> is apart from the fact that it really hasn’t been developed on a serious >> level for quite some time. >> What we do know however is that Windows Media Player is still being >> developed by Microsoft. >> Windows Media Player seems to be quite accessible and so to the question. >> Why bother installing Winamp and making possible problems, why not just use >> Windows Media Player which is installed by default anyway and save a great >> deal of time and trouble. >> >> >>> On 11 Oct 2018, at 7:10 am, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> all I can say is download and use at your own risk. >>> >>> >>>> On 11 Oct 2018, at 6:59 am, Brian Olesen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Famous media player Winamp new version with Windows 10 support leaks online >>>> >>>> By Mayank Parmar - September 17, 2018 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Winamp for Windows >>>> >>>> Remember Winamp? The popular media player for Windows is expected to make a >>>> comeback at some point. Winamp was launched by independent developers back >>>> in 1997 and it grew quickly popular with over 3 million downloads in a >>>> short >>>> span of time. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> In a couple of years, Winamp became one of the most downloaded Windows >>>> applications. The app was sold to AOL in 1999 for $80 million but it later >>>> acquired by Radionomy in 2014. Radionomy, the current developers of famous >>>> Winamp promised that the app will receive a new update with several new >>>> features. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> A while ago, the developers published release notes of an update but no >>>> downloadable package was available for users to try out. Winamp developers >>>> promised major updates ever since it took over the company and we are still >>>> waiting for that day. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It's an old and outdated app but it's still being used by millions of >>>> users. >>>> A new version of Winamp, which was last developed on October 26, 2016, has >>>> leaked online. Winamp 5.8 has been published by an unknown source and it's >>>> not from the official developers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It's also worth noting that VirusTotal scan generates two different >>>> warnings >>>> for the app, so we are not including the link to unreleased Winamp update >>>> in >>>> this article. >>>> >>>> Winamp works fine on Windows 10 >>>> >>>> The Winamp 5.8 comes with several new features and improvements including >>>> support for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It is, however, worth noting that public and stable version of the app >>>> works >>>> smoothly on Windows 10, but Winamp 5.8 is supposed to address compatibility >>>> issues with Windows 10. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> As noted above, this release of Winamp comes with several other >>>> improvements. For example, there's a dedicated setting that lets you >>>> disable >>>> Winamp's video support and the company has also fixed some bugs to improve >>>> the overall performance of the player. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The current owner hasn't officially announced any updates for the app but >>>> as >>>> the beta has just leaked out, there's a chance that an official statement >>>> will be released soon. It's also possible that the developers are >>>> internally >>>> testing a new and improved version of the app with better support for >>>> Windows 10. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> At this point, it's not yet known whether a new Winamp release is planned >>>> or >>>> not. We are waiting for additional details from the developers and we will >>>> update this article if and when a statement is available. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ********** >>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >>> halfwits in this world behind. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1347): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1347 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/27211494/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
