Winamp replacement?

[ncSkeet]

Since all the news about Winamp eventually going belly-up, I've been
looking around to see what I could use as a replacement. Anytime
something like this happens to one of my essential programs, I prefer to
go ahead and make the switch so as to get used to it ASAP. I tried
"Foobar2000", but dumped it when I couldn't find CDDB support. Anyway,
I'm looking for something that does have remote CDDB support like
Winamp, as well as the ability to play at least the most common audio
files. I also liked Winamp's toolbar configuration...it scrolled the
currently playing song title. I'm not interested in skins and "themes"
and so-on.

tia
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ncSkeet

 

[Newfdog]

Since all the news about Winamp eventually going belly-up, I've been
looking around to see what I could use as a replacement. Anytime
something like this happens to one of my essential programs, I prefer to
go ahead and make the switch so as to get used to it ASAP. I tried
"Foobar2000", but dumped it when I couldn't find CDDB support. Anyway,
I'm looking for something that does have remote CDDB support like
Winamp, as well as the ability to play at least the most common audio
files. I also liked Winamp's toolbar configuration...it scrolled the
currently playing song title. I'm not interested in skins and "themes"
and so-on.

tia
_______
ncSkeet

Try MediaMonkey.... I understand it is somewhat compatible with Winamp.

Newfdog

 

[Sweet Andy Licious]

Since all the news about Winamp eventually going belly-up, I've been
looking around to see what I could use as a replacement. Anytime
something like this happens to one of my essential programs, I prefer
to go ahead and make the switch so as to get used to it ASAP. I tried
"Foobar2000", but dumped it when I couldn't find CDDB support. Anyway,
I'm looking for something that does have remote CDDB support like
Winamp, as well as the ability to play at least the most common audio
files. I also liked Winamp's toolbar configuration...it scrolled the
currently playing song title. I'm not interested in skins and "themes"
and so-on.

tia
_______
ncSkeet

Huh?
http://napps.nwfusion.com/weblogs/multimedia/archives/003860.html

Music Match would be my choice, however, I use ITunes. If you disable all
the phone home options it works great...just can't use CDDB, but what the
hey.

Note: ITunes is like WMP, player and cataloger.

 

[dkg_ctc]

Huh?
http://napps.nwfusion.com/weblogs/multimedia/archives/003860.html

That link is old news...here's some of the new news

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/11/aol_axes_nullsoft/

http://www.betanews.com/article/Death_Knell_Sounds_for_Nullsoft_Winamp/1100111204

Of course, I don't trust The Register at all, but wouldn't be
terribly surprised to find out that they're right this time around.

 

[Sweet Andy Licious]

That link is old news...here's some of the new news

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/11/aol_axes_nullsoft/

http://www.betanews.com/article/Death_Knell_Sounds_for_Nullsoft_Winamp/1100111204

Of course, I don't trust The Register at all, but wouldn't be
terribly surprised to find out that they're right this time around.

Wow, sure sounds bad; I have (I think) the old 2.8 of winamp somewhere. I
pretty much use Itunes now though. For awhile there, though, Winamp was my
default audio amp after %$^^*() troubles with WMP and Real. Music Match
wasn't bad, but they bugged you all the time to buy things.

Thanks for the news.

 

[Markku V.]

I have been very satisfied with JetAudio Basic. Please check it up:
http://www.jetaudio.com/products/jetaudio/


Markku Virtanen

 

[Mike Andrade]

Since all the news about Winamp eventually going belly-up, I've
been looking around to see what I could use as a replacement.
Anytime something like this happens to one of my essential
programs, I prefer to go ahead and make the switch so as to get
used to it ASAP. I tried "Foobar2000", but dumped it when I
couldn't find CDDB support. Anyway, I'm looking for something that
does have remote CDDB support like Winamp, as well as the ability
to play at least the most common audio files. I also liked
Winamp's toolbar configuration...it scrolled the currently playing
song title. I'm not interested in skins and "themes" and so-on.

tia
_______
ncSkeet

http://support.xmplay.com/

 

[Ray]

<snip>

.. I tried "Foobar2000", but dumped it when I

couldn't find CDDB support. Anyway, I'm looking for something that
does have remote CDDB support

Quintessential Player

http://www.quinnware.com/index.php

 

[Chaos Master]

Wow, sure sounds bad; I have (I think) the old 2.8 of winamp somewhere. I
pretty much use Itunes now though. For awhile there, though, Winamp was my
default audio amp after %$^^*() troubles with WMP and Real. Music Match
wasn't bad, but they bugged you all the time to buy things.

IMHO, Winamp is still the best audio player.
MusicMatch is more like nagware/crippleware for me.

[]s
--
Chaos Master®, posting from Brazil.
"It's not what it seems, not what you think. No, I must be dreaming."

http://marreka.no-ip.com | http://tinyurl.com/46vru
http://renan182.no-ip.org | http://marreka.blogspot.com (in Portuguese)

 

[Onno Tasler]

ncSkeet scribebat:

Since all the news about Winamp eventually going belly-up, I've been
looking around to see what I could use as a replacement.

What about Zinf from http://www.zinf.org/ (if they are still alive)?

Another nice audio player I found is SnackAMP from
http://snackamp.sourceforge.net/

 

[domsters]

Since all the news about Winamp eventually going belly-up, I've been
looking around to see what I could use as a replacement.

why dont you stay with winamp?

i use foobar exclusively for play back of compressed audio,flawless!

but db poweramp is great for the tools,

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/.

 

[wald]

I tried "Foobar2000", but dumped it when I couldn't find
CDDB support.

That's right, it doesn't do CDDB, but it *does* do FreeDB. IMHO,
FreeDB is even better, since CDDB appears to have awful licensing
terms, requiring the developer to pay up for its use.

In short: the more people using freedb, the better the situation
will get for all of us. I've been on Foobar2K/FreeDB for about 3
weeks now, and until now FreeDB had all the CD info I needed. And I
must say, I have some not-very-common CD's over here...

Regards,
Wald

 

[Iain Cheyne]

That's right, it doesn't do CDDB, but it *does* do FreeDB.

FreeDB support is bundled in the Special Installer:

http://www.foobar2000.org/download.html

 

[Elephant]

I have been very satisfied with JetAudio Basic. Please check it up:
http://www.jetaudio.com/products/jetaudio/

Markku Virtanen

Jet Audio installed a bunch of crap that can't be removed.
Even after cleaning out my registry, Jet Audio remains in
the add/remove folder and will not go away.
Also, the program was constantly trying to "call home".
Thank god I was able to tell my firewall not to allow it.

Be warned!

 

[Elephant]

http://support.xmplay.com/

or http://un4seen.com/

I absolutely love this little player. So many features yet small
enough to fit on a floppy disk including plug-ins and play list.
Does a wonderful job of playing streaming audio stations like club 977.

What I really like is.......no installation! Just click on the exe
file and play your MP3's.

I don't impress easily, but this little gem blew me away.

 

[|3iff //ullins]

or http://un4seen.com/

I absolutely love this little player. So many features yet small
enough to fit on a floppy disk including plug-ins and play list.
Does a wonderful job of playing streaming audio stations like club 977.

What I really like is.......no installation! Just click on the exe
file and play your MP3's.

I don't impress easily, but this little gem blew me away.

agreed. i've been searching like crazy for something to fill winamp's
footsteps. most players i've toyed with lately have gotten deleted
within five minutes of installation. but not xmplay. not only is it a
keeper, it is now my NEW default audio player. what with its
supporting winamp plugins *and sonique visuals... yep. the BOMB.

 

[Dekaritae]

Since all the news about Winamp eventually going belly-up, I've been
looking around to see what I could use as a replacement. Anytime
something like this happens to one of my essential programs, I prefer to
go ahead and make the switch so as to get used to it ASAP. I tried
"Foobar2000", but dumped it when I couldn't find CDDB support. Anyway,
I'm looking for something that does have remote CDDB support like
Winamp, as well as the ability to play at least the most common audio
files. I also liked Winamp's toolbar configuration...it scrolled the
currently playing song title. I'm not interested in skins and "themes"
and so-on.

Foobar2000 uses a database called FreeDB, rather than CDDB. The
difference is purely monetary. The way I use it is to add all the tracks
ripped by CDex to a Foobar playlist, select them all, then right click
on one and select freedb > get tags.

You can also enable it to automatically get tags for any CD tracks added
to a playlist.

 

[Tim Weaver]

agreed. i've been searching like crazy for something to fill winamp's
footsteps. most players i've toyed with lately have gotten deleted
within five minutes of installation. but not xmplay. not only is it a
keeper, it is now my NEW default audio player. what with its
supporting winamp plugins *and sonique visuals... yep. the BOMB.

Quintessential Player is very good. One big plus is that it will record
streams and even title each track.

 

[Willy Nilly]

Since all the news about Winamp eventually going belly-up

I missed the news... what's the gist of the story?

I've been looking around to see what I could use as a replacement

I still use Winamp v2.65 -- why upgrade if it does the job?

 

[Iain Cheyne]

I still use Winamp v2.65 -- why upgrade if it does the job?

Because Foobar does the job a bit better. It's lighter on resources,
plays more formats and has some great plugins.

On the other hand, 1by1 has the best interface, so I'd be tempted to
just stick with that.