It's just one word. Your going to get offended because of that one
word? Seriously? I heard it, laughed, and moved on.
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*From:* Bryan Peterson <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* Walt Cone <mailto:[email protected]> ; 'erik burggraaf'
<mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:33 AM
*Subject:* Re: What's the Best Winamp Alternative now that it is
Shutting Down?
LOL I know.
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
*From:* Walt Cone <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, November 23, 2013 9:28 AM
*To:* 'erik burggraaf' <mailto:[email protected]> ;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* RE: What's the Best Winamp Alternative now that it is
Shutting Down?
I need to find an MP3 recording of that. It was great and I know
a lot of people who wouldn’t use winamp because of that filthy
language file saying ass.
*From:*erik burggraaf [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Friday, November 22, 2013 12:17 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: What's the Best Winamp Alternative now that it is
Shutting Down?
They forgot about the KM player. That's my favourite one on
windows these days over and above winamp. I've been disillusioned
with winamp for a few years because of it's inaccessible update
screen, and it's adware bundle and bloat of low quality mp3
material in the distrobution package.
One thing I really will mis about winamp though is DJMike's
llama-wippin intro.
Have fun,
Erik Burggraaf
Ebony Consulting will close it's doors for good on december 20th.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the past four years of
success for my little consulting business. It means a lot to me.
Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
On 2013-11-22, at 9:56 AM, <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The below article should help down the road should someone decide
to use
a different media player either than Winamp. I know that Apple
iTunes,
Windows Media Player and VLC Media Player work OK with Window-Eyes on
Windows 7 and XP platforms. I don't have any experience with the
others
mentioned. If you are not interested in reading on, remember the
delete
or control+D keys are our friends.
What's the best Winamp alternative now that it is shutting down?
By Martin Brinkmann, November 21, 2013.
in Music and Video 61
If you have visited the Winamp website recently, you may have
noticed a
banner at the top of the page stating that Winamp.com
<http://Winamp.com> and associated web
services" and "Winamp Media players" will be shut down as of December
20, 2013.
What this means is that AOL, the current owners of all Winamp
properties, has made the decision to shut down the website, all
associated services, and all versions of the media player Winamp as
well.
Winamp was the go-to program back when it was first released and a
lot
of years thereafter. The music player had a lot to offer back then,
thanks to its great list of features, plug-ins and skins support.
AOL acquired the Winamp team and technology in 1999 and things
started
to go downhill from then ever since. Updates were still released
for the
player, and a professional version was created to earn revenue, but
innovation more or less stopped.
It was clear though that the player was neglected for the most
part, and
while it did earn AOL some money -- Ars Technica mentioned of $6
million
annually -- the player lost market share and users to other services
and programs. The shutdown won't have an immediate effect on Winamp
installations on user systems. The player will work fine for the most
part even after the deadline has passed. Updates however won't be
released anymore for it, which means that bugs or security issues
won't
be fixed anymore.
It is therefore best to look at Winamp alternatives instead.
Winamp alternatives
The following alternatives are divided into Winamp-like media
players,
full music management solutions, and other solutions.
I have listed a maximum of four in each category. If you think
that one
is missing, let everyone know in the comments please.
Standalone Players
AIMP
One of the players that resembles Winamp on many levels is AIMP. The
music player supports all popular formats, is lightweight, ships
with a
Winamp-like interface, supports plugins, and offers dozens of other
interesting features.
This includes support for Internet Radio -- and an Internet Radio
browser --, the creation and handling of playlists, an 18-band
equalizer, file search, fully configurable hotkeys and more.
Foobar
Foobar is another lightweight and highly customizable music player
for
Windows. It supports all major audio formats, the ripping of audio
CDs,
tagging, ReplayGain and Gapless playback, as well as fully
customizable
keyboard shortcuts and plugin support.
XMPlay
xmplayAnother player that resembles Winamp on many levels. What is
interesting about it is that it supports some Winamp plugins, which
means that you can load them into the player to make use of them.
While
it does not support them all, you may want to give this one a try
if you
rely on a particular plugin.
The player supports all major audio formats and a lot of other
features
including DSP, net streaming, gapless output, a library, or full
Windows
integration.
Music Management
Apple iTunes
Apple iTunes may not be the most obvious choice, considering that
it is
rather heavyweight when compared to Winamp. While that gets you a
lot of
additional features, like the integrated store, it also means that it
may take longer before the program opens and music starts to play.
It is free on the other hand, comes with a player that can play local
music files or streams, and options to sync data between devices.
Clementine
A cross-platform music player that supports a wide variety of
formats.
It offers integration of several streaming services, including those
from Spotify, Groveshark or Last.fm, visualizations, smart and
dynamic
playlist support, and options to download missing cover art.
Media Monkey
Media Monkey is available as a free and commercial gold version.
The free version enables you to manage your music effortlessly. This
includes organizing, renaming and tagging music, maintaining
libraries,
synchronization, options to play and burn audio files, and to
identify
tracks among other things.
Not so obvious alternatives / Other options Besides the obvious
choices, there are also players that may also be used as a
replacement.
Amarok
Another cross-platform player with a rich set of features. Various
web
services have been integrated into Amarok, including the excellent
Kamendo and Last.fm. The player supports management features, dynamic
playlists, scripts, and the option to import the database from iTunes
directly.
Banshee
Banshee supports a wide variety of operating systems including
Windows,
Mac OS X and various Linux distributions. The music management
software
offers lots of features, including options to sync between devices,
display cover art automatically or create smart playlists.
VLC Media Player
VLC plays video and audio files. While its controls and features are
basic compared to pure audio players, it is still a viable choice
if all
you want to do is play one or multiple songs on your system.
Windows Media Player
It is the default media player that ships with every version of
Windows.
While it may not be the best or least resource hungry, it does the
job
just fine, especially if you have installed all relevant codecs to
add
support for some music formats that it does not support out of the
box.
Closing Words
It is sad to see a program like Winamp being shut down, as it was
part
of the Internet for a long time. It is not clear why AOL made the
decision to shut the service down, and not sell it instead to the
highest bidder.
Another option would be to open source the technology, so that a
dedicated community could improve and maintain the player and website
instead. While it would not generate any revenue for AOL in this
case,
the company's overall image would certainly benefit from such a move.
About Martin Brinkmann
Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks
Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things
tech and
knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can
follow Martin on Facebook, Twitter or Google+
2013 gHacks Technology News.
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