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Winamp Alpha for Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-exactly-is-the-point dept.

nerdguy0 writes "It appears that Winamp isn't just for Windows anymore. Nullsoft has a Linux alpha of Winamp3 out on their site. Hopefully it doesn't overshadow all of the hard work the XMMS people have done." Does winamp have better playlist controls then xmms? I've taken to using freeamp just because it has decent playlist controls. I say decent, not good. I want something with a tivo type of intelligence, but everything that claims to do something like this, well, doesn't.

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  1. Re:Start For Scratch by terrymah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are you implying that just because code was once compiled for (and probably written on) on a windows machine it somehow makes that code less good and tainted? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. You have taken the "windows sux0rs l1nux is g00d d00d" mentality to a whole new level of ignorance.

  2. Who cares . . . fsck 'em by RealSalmon · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    So now that Linux is getting a little more popular, AOL/Winamp has decided to start jumping on board, eh? Kind of like the hot girl in high school who completely ignored you, but now that you're older, make a little money, and have beefed out a bit wants to get your number.

    I say who cares. We have XMMS, FreeAmp, and a whole host of other players. If your gratitude is based on the fact that WinAmp has better playlist controls, then do us all a favor and write a patch for one of the existing open source players. I'll admit that I haven't actually checked out the link, but are they making the source available? I doubt it, and so I say again, who cares.

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  3. Great news by CondeZer0 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    About the play list editor, from the WinAMP 3Beta page(http://winamp.com/nsdn/winamp3x/):

    Playlist Editor:
    Along with the usual world class MP3 playback, Winamp 3 is now equipped with quite possibly the world's most advanced playlist editor. It intelligently scans selected directories for media and maintains them in an insanely fast XML-based database wherein you can associate an indefinite number of user-defined attributes to each element. You can then quickly query the database for any attribute, such as album, artist and genre. Attributes are not limited to the data contained within the ID3 information, though. You will be able to associate pictures and/or Winamp commands as attributes. For instance, you could display a CD cover or start a specific visualization every time a certain song began play. The possibilities are endless, and the ability for Component crosstalk means the playlist editor will only grow more powerful as time goes by.


    Sounds really nice... I wish I could try it, sad that they don't have a FreeBSD version, I'll need to try to run it with binary emulation latter...

    I wish that they make it Open Source some day, AOL already supports Mozilla, so why not also opensource WinAMP?
    That would allow more ports to other Free and non Free *NIXs, and I'm sure it would create a great development community.

    BTW: Other great player is s.q.u.e.l.c.h(http://www.geoid.clara.net/rik/squel ch.html), haves a very nice Play List editor, and is very KISS, the only downside it that only plays Vorbis, but I already only use Vorbis any way...

    Best regards

    Uriel
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  4. Winamp and XMMS random song play by exceed · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Does winamp have better playlist controls then xmms?"

    I have noticed that XMMS seems to pre-build a list of "from this song I'll go to this one" type thing for random play every time you start it. If you keep playing the same song, the next "random" song will always be the same until you restart XMMS. I haven't noticed this in Winamp. Just my two cents.

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