Goodbye Winamp :(

Have used it since forever and will continue to do so. Nothing beats vegging out to a trippy music track with Milkdrop plugin going full screen :D
 
Just downloaded MusicbBee on mrk's recommendation...anyone know why album art shows correctly in the main window, but in the taskbar I get 'no cover art'?

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Just downloaded MusicbBee on mrk's recommendation...anyone know why album art shows correctly in the main window, but in the taskbar I get 'no cover art'?

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Depends in how you've got MB set to read album art. I spent a whole evening tailoring everything on mine and art shows fine. My covers are embedded into every mp3 or flac file as well btw
 
Depends in how you've got MB set to read album art. I spent a whole evening tailoring everything on mine and art shows fine. My covers are embedded into every mp3 or flac file as well btw

Cheers. It randomly started working after I happened to reboot.

Another thing - don't want to turn this thread into a Musicbee support thread, but I can't seem to get the now playing section to display the track's bit rate...any ideas?
 
MusicBee is the one to use now :) Been using WinAmp for years, since the early 2000s even.

This. Totally this.

Downloaded it last night on Mrk's recommendation and it's a fantastic bit of software. I can't believe I've been 'making do' with WMP for the last few years :o
 
I actually bought a licence Eons ago (I think it was v1.9 and about £7quid!) for a Lifetime Licence!!. Hopefully Micro$oft will still honor these and not make me pay again for the extra functions I get (I can't even remember what Extras I get now!! :D )
 
Heh I also had an old Winamp pro key that never expires on new versions as u just kept updating without a reinstall :p

Cheers. It randomly started working after I happened to reboot.

Another thing - don't want to turn this thread into a Musicbee support thread, but I can't seem to get the now playing section to display the track's bit rate...any ideas?
There is a section to edit the column fields in the main window if you click the little buttons toward the top area of the main view hard to describe when i'm nowhere near a windows pc sadly though!

You can also add custom display variables and also enable the playing song info pane which I really like.

This. Totally this.

Downloaded it last night on Mrk's recommendation and it's a fantastic bit of software. I can't believe I've been 'making do' with WMP for the last few years :o
High five :D
 
A useful addition in v5.666

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It's annoying when you scroll and the volume goes up and down... Now it doesn't!! :D
 
Like others I've been using it forever because it "just works". They've been trying to make money out of it for years and clearly failed, its not been a viable business model, presumably because its doesn't try to constantly divert you to its music store and ram adverts down your throat. I by no means have the latest version but I'll keep on using it until windows breaks it or it becomes a security risk.

But they're all redundant these days. Phones, tablets, win8 all have built in music apps. Which are more than capable.

What are you, some sort of prophet of ultra modernism? Windows has had media players since the year dot and they've all been found wanting, I've been through at least six iteration of WMP and they've all been crap, which is why most people install 3rd party applications. Like Winamp.
 
What are you, some sort of prophet of ultra modernism? Windows has had media players since the year dot and they've all been found wanting, I've been through at least six iteration of WMP and they've all been crap, which is why most people install 3rd party applications. Like Winamp.

Modern apps preinstalled arent lacking though.
Theres just no reason to install a third party one.
I used too use winamp all the time, but havent in years.

Never needed a third party app on any phone in the last 6years be it ios, wp, symbian etc. same for tablets and finally since win8 with wondows machines.

It all leads to the decline and the ultimate choice to discontinue it.
 
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