Winamp Alpha for Linux

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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XMMS will continue

[larien]

XMMS isn't just a linux MP3 player; there are now plugins for Solaris, AIX, IRIX and other Unixes.

Perhaps more importantly (for linux users, at least) is that the open source nature make developing plugins easier.

What would be good would be binary compatibilty between XMMS and Winamp plugins. Having not looked at Winamp plugin development, I don't know how hard that would be; anyone know how compatible they are/could be?

I'll be using winamp on lunix

[ukyoCE]

One of the biggest reasons I don't use linux all that much is the quality of programs for doing my everyday things. High on that list is listening to mp3s/oggs. I tried both freeamp and xmms, and while I thought they were decent, both seemed to be trying their damndest to copy winamp, and failing. Both had many quirks that annoy the hell out of me. For instance on XMMS you have to hold down the mouse button to navigate the right-click and options menus. The add-files in xmms is extremely clunky too. I can't even read half the names of my songs because of it.

WINAMP being ported to Linux is a GOOD THING. It is definetly the best media player. Even if it wasn't, with 99% of windows people using Winamp, seeing the software they use ported to linux is a great way to convince them to get off Windows.

If anyone wants to stick to XMMS or Freeamp because of their religious open source ideals, regardless of player quality, go right ahead. I'll be using winamp as soon as it's out of beta for linux.

Winamp better than Xmms?

[deragon]

I tried Winamp. Its not beta, its alpha.
I got it playing an mp3, but many features
do not work/work well.

However, when it played, it played my mp3 much
better than xmms. For some reason, my mp3
has a sort of "skip" sound at some point.
Under Xmms, it plays loud. Under Winamp and
mpg123, the "skip" is muted. You can hear
it, but its much less intrusive.

BTW, what can cause these "skips" to occur?
Bad riping?

Re:all very strange...

[ShaunC]

>In all of this I'm starting to wonder where AOL comes in

What continues to intrigue me is the fact that AOL (as AOL Time Warner) also owns Warner Records. For the time being, the left hand seems to be operating without regard to the right; but who knows how long this will keep up? The conflict of interest is way too obvious and way too intentional.

It's sort of like having the Moms Against Guns buy Smith & Wesson... You know there's got to be something shady in the works. I'm curious what Winamp will (d)evolve into over the coming years.

Shaun