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Winamp 2 + Winamp 3 = Winamp 5!
An anonymous coward writes: Having been a loyal iTunes user for quite some time, after seeing the report on Ars Technica about the newly released Winamp 5 Final, I simply had to try it out. It's pretty amazing, rivaling iTunes in many ways on Windows (mainly, speed). Ripping, library, etc: They're all there. Plus it comes with a slew of of new scriptable features. Simply put, it's dead sexy. Get your copy now! Note, last link requires some other OS.
I'm still using 2.whatever because it's faster than the newer versions, which have no additional features worth the speed decrease.
Note, last link requires some other OS.
Imagine that a product called Winamp requires windows.
I've been watching videos in winamp 2 for a while. It even runs better than Windows Media Player, though sometimes it's upside-down. I don't think the reviewer ever tried to run video in winamp.
And another thing: 4MB?
Winamp 2 is 1MB. No, thanks. I'll stick with my winamp 2.
Wow, you really are walled-up in your own little world, aren't you!
Corporations do run amok. Look at what SCO is doing -- other countries have put a stop to that kind of behaviour.
Invading Iraq violated international laws.
And exactly how did Iraw attack you first? Do you really believe what you've just said?
Get out more! There's a whole world out there.
Ultimately, who cares if they track the referrer or not? This has nothing to do with anything...
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Nothing big there methinks.Their help page, which is available by clicking on the help in winamp is also not available see! /. effect (got the link from ars) , and it does look dfferent. Equaliser is no longer a seperate panel, it is part of the main panel (I am calling each seperate piece in winamp 2.x a panel, eg. main player, equaliser, playlist , visualistation etc.) .
I just downloaded it before the
The preferences menu is back to what it was in 2.x almost.The player appears bigger than 2.x or 3.x on my screen, I suppose it is designed for some huge resolution monitors.
Maybe some internal changes too, turning on equaliser to maximum somehow doesnt seem to cause the cracking sound on my speakers anymore, Im not sure but it does seem to do software amplification better.
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Use what works for you, and quit trying to change the masses....You'll find that if people discover stuff for themselves, they would be more likely to embrace it due to them having ownership in it.
It is any wonder why noone takes this site seriously anymore!!!
The Trolls have finally won!
you can't do a lot of things [in Winamp] (like ripping to MP3) unless you pay for the Pro version.
MP3 is patented, and the patent holder is not willing to license encoders on royalty-free terms.
iTunes is free, right?
The iTunes client is proprietary, and the no-charge version's MP3 encoder licensing fees are presumably subsidized by QuickTime Pro revenue and Macintosh hardware revenue.
Didn't iTunes for Windows only drop a month or two ago? How does one count a month as being a "long time" user?
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It's actually was named Winamp3, not Winamp 3. Supposedly Nullsoft really wanted to have mp3 in the product name...
Why don't you go sell some of your foodstamps and just fork up the $15...
For the price of one CD, you can copy thousands.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
Actually, if you were to actually READ THE OPTIONS ON THE DOWNLOAD PAGE (link), instead of just blindly clicking "submit", you would see the following options:
:P
Download the free player
Select your operating system:
[ ] Mac OS X v10.2.5-10.2.8
[ ] Mac OS 8.6/9
[ ] Win 98/Me/2000/XP
[*] QuickTime and iTunes for Windows 2000/XP
Perhaps you should concider reading the entire page before bitching about it on Slashdot. It makes you look like a jackass.
The company that AOL wants you to forget they own... Nullsoft releases cool software called Waste, AOL pulls plug almost instantly. Nullsoft releases cool software called AIMazing, AOL pulls plug almost instantly.
I still use WinAmp, but this company no longer whips the llama's ass.
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Horrendous privacy flaw? The heck? The only potential privacy flaw is that some stupid web site might encode private data using a GET request (a Bad Idea), and you might move from there to another untrustworthy site. But in the vast majority of cases all the web site learns is where you came from. Is that such a terrible secret? Getting a general sense of where people are coming from can be quite helpful for improving your web pages, understanding your audience, and reacting to changing circumstances (Am I under a DDOS attack, or did Slashdot link to me?).
On a related note, if you're concerned about it, feel free to switch it off. A few people doing so really isn't a big deal. And if everyone actively choses to do it, so be it, but I think the web will be worse for it. If you run into problems accessing some poorly designed sites, I'm willing to yield that perhaps you should automatically set the referrer to the page you're retreiving (but I'd suggest visiting less brain-dead sites). But please don't change the referrer to something arbitrary like "Field protected by Outpost (http://www.RETARD-SOFTWARE-VENDER-NAME-HERE.com/) " You're just making a nuisance for the guy examining the logs. Don't be rude. The standard makes the field optional, if it bothers you, just don't send it.
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And I've always used EAC and LAME on W32 which are both free (and damn good also).
/. style, this will be modded down as off topic, BUT if I portrayed the Apple zealots in a good way it would somehow be considered +5 insightful. Go figure
These do not get mentioned because it does not fit into the Apple zealots agenda when they feel the urge to contantly defend thier position.
I guess an "all in wonder" solution that some think the iTunes provides is good for some people but the Apple defenders will never admit to an Apple product as not being perfect without 15 lame excuses about why Apple did it the way they did and how you too should feel that is was in your best interest that it was done that way.
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mention the fact that you can't do a lot of things (like ripping to MP3) unless you pay for the Pro version.
Why would I want to use ripping software that doesn't detect read errors? I use Exact Audio Copy because I don't want to rip a CD and then discover, by ear, that the rip had errors. So who the hell cares if iTunes, Audiograbber, Zlurp!, Musicmatch Jukebox, etc. all have ripping features that might or might not properly rip any given CD?
Not at all. First of all, both addresses could be pointing to different interfaces on the same machine. Second, I can almost guarantee that one of the IP addresses/hostnames is tied to an SSL certificate (for online registration/payment, perhaps?) Or possibly firewall rules based on the destination class C.
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It has _always_ been there, mon ami. Therefore, I submit that your statement:was complely made up as it has absolutely no factual basis.
Perhaps if you actually paid attention to what you were doing, instead of bitching when something doesn't behave precisely as you expected, you'd get more milage out of the web.
*Shrug* Don't start attacking me just because you didn't RTFP. I don't quite see how that's mature/intelligent/fair/logical... but that does explain why you are posting as an anonymous coward instead of being willing to back up your opinions.
Since when is it acceptable to post a link to an EXE file on another website from the front page of slashdot? Sure, we're all geeky enough to check for the atpersand in the url, but it's still a disgrace, IMHO. Not to mention it's bad etiquette toward the creator of the app, who would probably prefer a link to their site homepage, or the download page at the very least.
Unfortunately, no.
NullSoft is being really stupid on this issues. They have stated you paid for "WinAmp" and that this new product is "WinAmp Pro". You still have the ability to receive "WinAmp" for free, but not "WinAmp Pro".
This is quite a poor decision -- especially since it will only affect a handful of users (and would not really put a dent in their sales).
Yay for being greedy!
Hey Man-Who-Loves-Stereotypes-Dude:
I'm an "Apple defender." And look:
The following Apple products are not perfect:
Mac OS X
iTunes
Safari
Mail
There are more, but I suppose you get the idea.
The poster was trying to make the point that with one (admittedly big) free download iTunes seamlessly supports MP3 and AAC encoding and CD burning, while Winamp charges you for this. This is a valid point. He didn't say it was perfect. I mean come on, your counterargument was essentially: No, iTunes having more features than WinAmp is not reason to give it any credit--because one can get other software to implement those missing features! Well duh. The point is that with iTunes, you only need one program for both those tasks instead of needing to install two. And the integration is good: Does EAC add the encoded tracks to your favorite player's library? Does your favorite burning app write a CD from a playlist with two clicks, within the player? I doubt it. Winamp's Pro version probably does these things, but it's, y'know, not free. iTunes is. Free is good.
And if Apple was the one charging for this, you people would be screaming all over the place that Apple is ripping you off, "when program XYZ does this for FREE!" Take for example the way the Anti-Apple-Zealots seethe with hatred every time they see the "Get QuickTime Pro" nag screen. Word to the wise: If you don't like the nag screen, then GET A KEYGEN AND CRACK IT! It's not that hard to find it. It's not even unethical to do that if you don't use the pro features.
Well, they changed the decoder back to the older version, which was apparently better. Certainly, I can tell you that my MP3 seem subjectively to sound better with the new WinAmp 5 than they did with WinAmp 3, which managed to make them all sound like shit.