Ramblings of an old Doc
and yes, it's customizable...but...
Published on April 14, 2023 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

The new Winamp is here as a customizable (on your machine) streaming webservice with video, audio, fanzone...

which you can read about here: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/04/12/the-new-winamp-player-will-launch-on-april-13-2023/

So, you create an account, and download the player which has a very cool flat black look, and then discover that

"the new Winamp player does not support integrating a local music library or online library of audio files to an account...This leaves a very small selection of artists, those who have signed up already to promote their music using Winamp, and the streaming options podcasts and radio stations.

From the closing words...

The new Winamp is totally different from the old. It is a web-based player that can't play local music. The idea to create an incentive for artists to publish their content on Winamp is not a novel idea, but Winamp might have more pull than other solutions that attempted it before the company. For now, it is a web-based podcast and radio player.

What about the standalone desktop player? Winamp users have used it for years without official support, and this won't change. Whether it is going to be abandoned or if development continues remains to be seen."

 What it looks like?

Ok...it's pretty, but others do more, at least for now.


Comments
on Apr 14, 2023

Im sticking with Dopamine music player and Plex. A far better option for my media content. lol

The new winamp reminds me of the leaked previews of windows 12. The bottom bar looks like the taskbar in the image shown below.

on Apr 14, 2023

The new Winamp is the dumbest thing done for years. 

on Apr 14, 2023

Great two new customers! Lol.

I hate the effing thing as well. Carl and SD...thanks for agreeing. We're clearly right.

Karma to you both.

 

on Apr 14, 2023

Not even tempted to try it out... I'll keep using Winamp version 5.666 from December 2013.

on Apr 14, 2023

Yet another happy customer! Yay! 🤣

on Apr 14, 2023

I am jumping on this bandwagon, it seems completely pointless to exist in that form

 

on Apr 14, 2023

Dopamine player for the win.. 

on Apr 14, 2023

TPScroggins

I am jumping on this bandwagon, it seems completely pointless to exist in that form

 

Precisely. And on high dpi screens, it's completely ridiculous. One needs a microscope to see and use the equalizer! 

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on Apr 14, 2023

'Let's ignore the fact, that Spotify, Tidal, Youtube Music, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and honorable mention my favorite Bandcamp are doing a more or less great job already.' Genius.




Not.