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Winamp Shutting Down On December 20
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| 11/20/2013
Posted on 11/20/2013 6:00:42 PM PST by markomalley
New submitter Cid Highwind writes "If you want to download the latest version of Winamp, you'd better do it soon. According to a new banner on the download page, AOL will be pulling the plug on the iconic llama-whipping music player in a month. 'Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date. See release notes for latest improvements to this last release. Thanks for supporting the Winamp community for over 15 years.' Ars Technica ran an article last year detailing how the music player lost its dominance."
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: winamp
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The Ars Technica article is pretty interesting...but, can't post Ars Technica to FR.
Download it while you can!
To: markomalley
Wow, I’ve been using Winamp for well over a decade.
this is sad...
loved the visual effects.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:09:32 PM PST
by
mowowie
To: markomalley
What’s next, they gonna shut down Realplayer?
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:12:39 PM PST
by
mowowie
To: markomalley
My first audio download on the old IBM Pentium 166hz. Loved the display.
To: markomalley
WinAmp is still around? Haven't used it since the early nineties, and it's not listed as far as I can recall on any of the main linux repositories.
Well, I've been meaning to dust off some old computers and have a go at them once again, and I think I have one that still has W95b OSR2 on it so perhaps I will have a look at that now.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:25:24 PM PST
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
To: mowowie
"What’s next, they gonna shut down Realplayer?" Big Media doesn't like gadgets like Winamp. Not enough control for them.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:27:46 PM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: markomalley
damn... just checked and i am still running V1.70
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:30:40 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
I still use WinAmp all the time too, but at least I’m at v5.6 :).
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:35:05 PM PST
by
MCH
To: Chode
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:48:11 PM PST
by
mowowie
To: Chode
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:48:21 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: markomalley
Running 5.6 right now, with Loop Master and PaceMaker plugins. The BEST way to learn how to play guitar leads of your favorite songs.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:52:31 PM PST
by
leadpencil1
(jam as often as you can)
To: mowowie
me too...
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:53:14 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: MCH
time passes quickly
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:55:11 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: markomalley
Thanks for posting this. I installed the mobile version on my phone and downloaded the full version to my desktop.
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:55:16 PM PST
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: Darksheare
1.7 does all i needed it to do and i never thought to update it... all things come to pass
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:57:47 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Utilizer
You mean the one with USB support? Radical!
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posted on
11/20/2013 6:58:56 PM PST
by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: markomalley
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posted on
11/20/2013 7:01:58 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: mowowie
Ohhh, it's a
'Doze-ONLY program! With no obvious ports to other OS's, needs a 1.5GHz processsor with 512 MB of system memory and 'Doze XP SP3 or later to run.
However, it IS a free download, so I suppose that's a blessing.
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posted on
11/20/2013 7:02:16 PM PST
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
To: markomalley
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posted on
11/20/2013 7:03:22 PM PST
by
50sDad
(A Liberal prevents me from telling you anything here.)
To: daniel1212
You mean the one with USB support? Radical! *laugh!* No, unfortunately. W95b OSR2 was the earliest release that at least marginally supported USB (1.1) and it was iffy at best. You actually had to purchase a separate peripheral card, PCI not ISA, and it wasn't until W98 came out that MS began noticing that USB was becoming a standard and began grudging 'support' for it.
I think only under W98SE did it become relatively stable and did not automatically ignore it, but you had to have the specific drivers for each device or it would complain on every boot-up unless you listed it under "unknown devices - disabled" in the Hardware Listing.
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posted on
11/20/2013 7:09:16 PM PST
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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