I used this for years, from version 1.9 all the way to 5.x when I moved onto other software.

EDIT: Here is the full press release.

Press Release- Inside information May 16, 2024 – 08:30 CEST Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows. Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application’s source code will be open to developers worldwide. Winamp will open up its code for the player used on Windows, enabling the entire community to participate in its development. This is an invitation to global collaboration, where developers worldwide can contribute their expertise, ideas, and passion to help this iconic software evolve. Winamp has become much more than just a music player. It embodies a unique digital culture, aesthetic, and user experience. With this initiative to open the source code, Winamp is taking the next step in its history, allowing its users to contribute directly to improving the product. “This is a decision that will delight millions of users around the world. Our focus will be on new mobile players and other platforms. We will be releasing a new mobile player at the beginning of July. Still, we don’t want to forget the tens of millions of users who use the software on Windows and will benefit from thousands of developers’ experience and creativity. Winamp will remain the owner of the software and will decide on the innovations made in the official version,” explains Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO of Winamp. Interested developers can now make themselves known at the following address: about.winamp.com/free-llama

  • petrescatraian@libranet.de
    2·
    6 months ago

    Just tried the mobile version of Winamp looking for a better Android music player. The interface looks great tbh, but man, they got no support for wma files and some of the tags are not read correctly (on the songs I own). I know this is not an issue for most of the people, but for me, it’s really limiting on the music players I can use on my phone. Sadly, Winamp doesn’t fit in this category either. Thank god there is Foobar that supports all these from day 1

    • voxel@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      6 months ago

      try Poweramp, it’s paid but it costs like 10 cents and comes with a 3 day trial (no subscriptions or other bs)
      definitely the most feature packed player with no competition

      • petrescatraian@libranet.de
        1·
        6 months ago

        Thanks! I’ll check it out. Foobar is fine and does a lot of things that I do not see other players doing. What I didn’t like was the fact that it has no adaptive icon and there is no way to display the lyrics of a song. Plus that I was looking for something that was following the material design guidelines more.

        Edit: just checked it. Seems like it’s not properly reading some artist tags, so it cannot find them:

        i.postimg.cc/Y249YqV3/Screensh…

        Plus, in Foobar, a split album is displayed in both artist’s views. Poweramp simply creates a different artist entry, just for the split:

        i.postimg.cc/66DQ0xxN/Screensh…

        I did not check how an album with multiple discs is displayed, but I still find Foobar’s library management capabilities unlike any other’s.

        I do have to admit that Poweramp has a cool interface though.