Winamp to shutdown after 20th Dec 2013

My most favourite media player before VLC came along.

Could be one of the best media players out there. Extremely skinnable and support for thousands of plugins. It was so popular that Digit use to provide Winamp skins with every disc during the heydays. This will be a sad demise.

Download Winamp Media Player - Free MP3, Video, and Music Player - Winamp

So long and thanks for whipping the Llama's a$$.

*userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/34175215/DJ+Mike+Llama+winamp.jpg

sad news early in the morning......
This was my first music player that i had used in my life ...

They had to. Who uses winamp these days.

saswat23 said:
They had to. Who uses winamp these days.

I do... Best player there ever was!!! Auto-Tag was the best feature ever invented!!! :mrgreen:

RIP Llama!!! :cry:

I also use winamp from last 12 years...its a sad news

i love its simplicity

It was fun back when I got my first PC. Various and skins and other cool things.

But now foobar 2000 for audio and VLC for video.

I first started using it in 2000 then I moved to GOM Player and then to VLC but still I use Winamp for my audio.

After seeing all these shutdowns, I feel old already.

I used to use Winamp since 2003 to 2010. Loved the Enhancer plugin.

I still use winamp...Its still one of the best softwares around.Really saddened

P

Old days when we used winamp mostly for the Skins...... Only 90's kids will remember them

I stopped using winamp since windows media player 9 came along.
No I wont miss it. But yeah it was my first music player. It was fast and I loved the equalizer on it. Not much of a skins guy but I like the speed.

R

Sad to read this. As many guys said above, Winamp is also my first ever media player. It is one of the best. I still loving using it.

Winamp Winamp
Still the best for me.

N

I love WMP. Never really liked Winamp.

O

that's really sad...i too use Winamp..gonna miss it

saswat23 said:
They had to. Who uses winamp these days.

recently i switched to iTunes...my first one was Winamp
i used to change the equalizer in winamp and save that in another preset

N

For me, AIMP3 is the best player. Simple, very fast loading, lets me edit tags, awesome player.

I am not going to miss Winamp. I still use and intend to use it as long as I possibly can. And then, I will certainly miss it

I never used winamp
~~i dont know how it ended up on my laptop~~
hmmmm :chinscratch:

It was so popular that Digit use to provide Winamp skins with every disc .

T

Sachin retires. CHIP shuts down. Google+ Messes up YouTube. WinAMP shuts down. :cry:

(End of the world 2012 effect?)

Its been years since i have used Winamp..
It was certainly the first ( & most frequent) media player that i was using with my old HCL PC .. i loved the various skins..
VLC is almost the unanimous choice now..

R.I.P Winamp

Oh,that's sad

It was the first music player which I used.
Atleast we feel regret that it is shutting down, maybe new generation kids won't have any attachment with their technology as they have many options and the technology always keeps updating.
It reminded of the times when I used to visit my uncle's place, to play Dave on his PC, do some timepass on Paint,play Solitaire

Internet was very new then and I didnt even knew how to create an account on Yahoo or send an email
Seems totally weird now :blink:

Really sad news. They should have made it completely public managed.
I use Foobar 2000 BTW and I'm never EVER going to change it.

*i.imgur.com/DSIPOx8.png

I miss Winamp. Brings back those ol days. I skinned to my heart's content

I even remember Napster screwing up. Such were those days.
Then I switched to Musicmatch. Courtesy, my bro. But then came along this thing called Mediamonkey. Don't know why but it got worse with updates

Lot of you guys use Foobar. Will definitely give that a try :thumbs:

The Conqueror said:
Sachin retires. CHIP shuts down. Google+ Messes up YouTube. WinAMP shuts down. (End of the world 2012 effect?)

Totally

Iam using winamp for a decade +.. .from the dawn of my PC ,i have used winamp till the date ..now which one ?

ssdivisiongermany1933 said:
Iam using winamp for a decade +.. .from the dawn of my PC ,i have used winamp till the date ..now which one ?

Foobar2k

is it just going to stop updating?? i dont see anything wrong with that, its already very robust...
anyways its just my opinion

For those who are looking for alternatives, I see v 2.9x more than enough for me. I don't see any need for updating to higher version or any alternatives.

BTW, I bet many here remember how and why Netscape went into oblivion. Then, along came Firefox.

N

Feeling nostalgic about my PC experience already now, yes, for me too it was the first media player i used and it was the the first I saw everywhere as a kid, i really liked the response and how easy it was, shoutcast Tv

, i stopped it after wmp10, but used it to make playlists, it was sooo easy to make and edit playlists in it

The Conqueror said:
Sachin retires. CHIP shuts down. Google+ Messes up YouTube. WinAMP shuts down. (End of the world 2012 effect?)

EXACTLY

i still use it daily, one of my most used apps..

M

man I feel like im becoming old!! lost winamp, sachin, CHIP, dravid, laxman, all spinners in india(spinners bowl medium pace now

).

I can remember 3 idiots now...
Give me some sunshine, give me some rain
Give me another chance I want to grow up one again

The grand daddy of all music players. Rest in peace, big guy.

It was 1998 when i used winamp. Nope its just not right. Perhaps the right term i wanted to use was, it was 1998 when i used computer as a music source and ofcourse after about using music on pc for month, i came later to know its winamp a software that doesnt come builtin but rather sourced from CD's/ friends.

This is what winamp for me. Its almost like saying bye music....

well i have switched to jet audio after upgrading my system........

The Conqueror said:
Sachin retires. CHIP shuts down. Google+ Messes up YouTube. WinAMP shuts down. (End of the world 2012 effect?)

More like "a new, privacy-less beginning".

To all the guys using other audio players instead of Winamp, do they support Auto-Tagging???
Die-hard Winamp fan here... :-D

Auto-Tagging is one of the best features in Winamp and helps to keep a large library organised...

Also, once they stop supporting Winamp, will they stop it's access to the Auto-Tagging database??? The Gracenote metadata database, that is???
Need some alternatives with Auto-Tagging to prepare for the worst!!! :cry:

My most favourite plugin was Enchancer, it allowed you to tweak the fidelity of dull sounding tracks. A tweakers wet dream.

Also lets not forget the no. of visualizations that came with Winamp, not only that, there was a fully functional platform to create your own and edit other people's visualization.

WildTangent used to have a plugin that allowed you to play games in Winamp. There were plugins to make it into a DJ workstation, DSP plugins, mixer plugins and many more. Winamp is somewhat like Firefox, there are tons of plugins to accomplish anything. I believe there are very few media players with that level of plugin support as Winamp does.

Winamp + MMD3 skin + iZotope ozone = unmatched looks and audio quality.

Even I started my journey with it, followed by jet audio courtesy: Digit), then J river m.c. (one of the most feature packed around there), finally to wmp from v10.

PratikV said:
Old days when we used winamp mostly for the Skins...... Only 90's kids will remember them

Yo

cutemug said:
Oh,that's sad
It was the first music player which I used.
Atleast we feel regret that it is shutting down, maybe new generation kids won't have any attachment with their technology as they have many options and the technology always keeps updating.
It reminded of the times when I used to visit my uncle's place, to play Dave on his PC, do some timepass on Paint,play Solitaire Internet was very new then and I didnt even knew how to create an account on Yahoo or send an email
Seems totally weird now

Bhai rulayega kya

powerhoney said:
Auto-Tagging is one of the best features in Winamp and helps to keep a large library organised...

For bollywood also?

dashing.sujay said:
For bollywood also?

Yes. I even tag Ilayaraja's '80s music with Gracenote. It seems support for Gracenote will continue even after Dec 15. Source: Winamp

BTW, Winamp v5.66 has been released on Nov 20.

dashing.sujay said:
For bollywood also?

Yup... It fills up all the ID3 tags, even some obscure ones like composer and all!!! :mrgreen:

lywyre said:
Yes. I even tag Ilayaraja's '80s music with Gracenote. It seems support for Gracenote will continue even after Dec 15. Source: Winamp

BTW, Winamp v5.66 has been released on Nov 20.

Whoa... Finally some good news!!! Woo Hoo!!! :-D

Btw, I didn't know that most "Digitians" were oblivious of the Auto-Tagging feature!!! :shock:

Even more good news: Microsoft tipped for Winamp and Shoutcast acquisitions from AOL - SlashGear

For fun: Winamp, it really whips Ballmer's a**

shoutcast too? as long as anyone buys it
pretty sure too many radio apps use shoutcast as the streamer, so hope this does not go down

AFAIK, way too many people use Shoutcast for them to shut it down. But there have been rumors quite a long time back that they were going to shut it down. I remember people putting up petitions to prevent AOL from shutting down Shoutcast.

But please no Microsoft. Anyone but Microsoft and Apple. I would love it if Google were interested.

I prefer it going open source.
If it is not going that way, better MS than no one. Atleast that will keep them alive and Winamp as default media player: why not?

I don't see any reason for Google to pick it up, though I would be very happy if that happens.

The year was 1998 and my first PC was assembled. Winamp was my first player. I was simply overwhelmed and filled with joy seeing all the games, softwares, wallpapers etc. Now nothing excites me much. Guess its just a part of becoming old

Winamp, musicmatch jukebox and jetaudio.. My alltime and most used music player. Sad to hear the news

Ahhh first MP that is used by me... but not using it since last 3-4 years.. Windows Media player is best..

RohanM said:
Ahhh first MP that is used by me... but not using it since last 3-4 years.. Windows Media player is best..

RohanM said:
Ahhh first MP that is used by me... but not using it since last 3-4 years.. Windows Media player is best..

Everyone knows where this post is going

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/chit-chat...ouve-ever-heard-about-technology-cool-12.html

harshilsharma63 said:
Everyone where this post is going

?????

RohanM said:
?????

Sorry, edited.

I used to operate winamp during my initial computing days ... I would not forget those days along with this app

Well, i wont really say that Winamp was bad .... skin feature was gr8 but the memorable moment will only be the installation .... u may know why ?

if not ill tell u

Uh why?

W

^^*forums.winamp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=43348&d=1215771456

^^ Perfect

I never used Winamp, Foobar FTW lol.

Man, that is just sad! Reminiscing the old days when Winamp was the only player on my P1 bulky slow pc, ahhh those days

Yes mine too on a P2 always listening to music.

A

Winamp news made me remember of those old days when my father gifted me my first computer and the only player with Windows was Winamp.

iSh0w said:
Man, that is just sad! Reminiscing the old days when Winamp was the only player on my P1 bulky slow pc, ahhh those days

bavusani said:
Yes mine too on a P2 always listening to music.

That makes me remember my Packard Bell powered by a 286 with 4x4MB EDO RAM and 512MB Quantum HDD. It was run by Win '95 which had no problem running Winamp.

Anorion said:
Uh why?

cuz of a ass icon !

Perhaps you mean Llama.

no man ! there was a nice, cute butt with a orange bikini.

In the old days along with Winamp there used to be Jet Audio player. Now when VLC Player came it became a rage just like Winamp in those old days. The player where we can convert mp3 songs from 128KBPS to 256 and more is Winamp. Lets hope that MS buys it and keeps it afloat.

More drama.

Fans of Winamp have launched a website to save it. If you still love Winamp, feel free to sign the petition.

Source : Winamp lovers beg AOL to open source code | Ars Technica

Here is how the downfall of Winamp came about over the years : Winamp’s woes: how the greatest MP3 player undid itself

For the kiddies over here who do not know about Winamp :

ashs1 said:
Its been years since i have used Winamp..
It was certainly the first ( & most frequent) media player that i was using with my old HCL PC .. i loved the various skins..
VLC is almost the unanimous choice now..

R.I.P Winamp

Even HCL sold its PC manufacturing division.

Winamp May Live On Thanks to New Owner

:-D

R

ASHISH65 said:
Winamp May Live On Thanks to New Owner

Wow..

Please no M$ :pray:

winamp current version 5.666 :twisted:

ASHISH65 said:
Winamp May Live On Thanks to New Owner

good to know

A

this sucks :'(

Radionomy acquires Winamp and Shoutcast.

Radionomy, which provides one of the largest platforms for radio producers and broadcasters and the world’s largest digital audio advertising network through the business combination with TargetSpot, announced that it has acquired media player Winamp and internet radio platform Shoutcast from AOL. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition will give Radionomy exposure to a much larger audience and pave the way for offering Radionomy listeners an enhanced experience.

Winamp: the future of the multi-device experience
The Winamp media player offers the ability to listen to, watch and manage music, video, podcasts and internet radio on desktop and mobile devices, while customizing the experience to personal tastes.

“Winamp is a top independent player that gives millions of people the best player functionality available,” said Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO, Radionomy Group. “Its role is clear in the future evolution of online media – we plan to make the player ubiquitous, developing new functionalities dedicated to desktop, mobile, car systems, connected devices and all other platforms.”

Additionally, Radionomy will give Winamp listeners access to one of the world’s largest networks of online radio stations, spanning numerous music genres and cultures. As the newest member of the Radionomy Group, Winamp now offers:

Access to more than 60,000 internet radio stations
Playback for 60 audio and video formats
6,000 add-ons, including skins, plug-ins, online services and visualizations
Availability in 16 languages
Tools for managing podcast subscriptions

The Radionomy Network: the world’s choice for streaming online radio
Radionomy allows anyone -- from music enthusiast to professional broadcaster -- to easily create an online station, complete with advertising, promotion and monetization. The acquisition of Shoutcast will expand Radionomy’s presence, notably in the U.S, making it the source of approximately half of all streamed internet radio worldwide. This will greatly enhance Radionomy producers’ and Shoutcast stations’ ability to build their audiences and monetize their networks with Targetspot, offering access to a much wider range of listeners.

“Radionomy has always focused on creating a unique platform for any radio broadcaster or pure play that enables them to build a large audience and monetize their stream.” said Saboundjian. “With Shoutcast, we have expanded our reach to include roughly half of the world’s online radio streaming, leaving Radionomy well-positioned to change the face of online radio.”

Furthermore, Winamp browsing and streaming capabilities also offer an opportunity to expose more listeners to Radionomy and Shoutcast stations.

"Winamp and Shoutcast are great brands with significant value in the right situation, which Radionomy will provide,” said Susan Lyne, CEO of AOL’s Brand Group. “This is a very positive outcome for the enthusiastic users of these products.”

Source : Radionomy acquires SHOUTcast and Winamp, announces future plans. - Broadcasting World

phew. shoutcast lives. yay.

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winamp. everyone's first player. mine too

Finally Winamp back

Spotify’s tribute to Winamp as Spotiamp

Here..........

AOL recently sold Winamp – its ageing
but still popular media player – to the
internet radio company Radionomy
(www.radionomy.com/en). Before the
sale was announced, it looked as if
Winamp was going to be killed off
forever on 20 December 2013, so
Spotify released a tribute download
called Spotiamp (spotiamp.com). This
fully functional music player looks
exactly like Winamp and even supports
Winamp skins and visualisation plug-ins.
You can search for tracks to play, tune
into thousands of web radio stations
and stream music to any device that
supports Shoutcast. The only catch is
that you need a Spotify Premium
account to use Spotiamp, which costs
£9.99 per month.

Too bad Spotify is not available in India.

A

I have been using this since I discovered it for the first time years ago. Along with other players I use this one too.

spotify is available in india if you sign up from where it is available

Anorion said:
spotify is available in india if you sign up from where it is available

Good to know, proxies

Another O/T question, can we do something like that Google Music? Idiots won't let me pay for my music, fk music is down.

yep. if you have a google music account, you can use it in india.