[ae101]

Winamp shuts down after 15 years, one more gem of the 90's fades away

Though the kids of today might not even recognise the name, the popular media player Winamp will always be remembered as the go-to media player of the 90's. AOL officially announced Winamp's shut down on Wednesday, which should happen by next month. Though it's popularity waned over the course of the late 90's and early 2000's, it was at one point the essential media player for listening to local music, MP-3 audio files, or radio streams.

In 2002, Winamp's original creator, Nullsoft was acquired by AOL for a stock price of a little north of $80 million, where it has been in development until now.

Over the years to change with the times, Mac and Android versions were released, but these versions couldn't compete with the already existing Windows Media Player fan base.

As of now, no direct reason has been released for Winamp's shutdown after 15 years, but given its decline in popularity and the rise in popularity of iTunes and Windows Media Player, it isn't that hard to guess why they're closing shop.

There is still a small window left for those who want to relive old times with Winamp. The official site will close down on December 21.

Justin Frankel, the producer closely associated with Winamp took to Twitter to assure the fans that Mike, the llama, who was basically the mascot of the media player, will get through these hard times.

Winamp shuts down after 15 years, one more gem of the 90's fades away - Sci/Tech - DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-winamp-shuts-down-after-15-years-one-more-gem-of-the-90-s-fades-away-1922550)

man im gonna miss this for sure, i remember all the different skins i can download for the player for free

[mos_skeeto]

i guess they won't be whipping the llama's ass no more

[bcrdukes]

:fuuuuu:

[chin3se604]

I remember matching my ICQ skin with my Winamp skin

[dyan]

:fuuuuu:

what music player to use now..

[GGnoRE]

People use Windows Media Player??? Da fuq...

[jtrinh]

I've been using winamp everyday for who knows how long. Long live winamp!

[ae101]

People use Windows Media Player??? Da fuq...

:seriously:
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[lilaznviper]

i've been using winamp since i started using the interwebs... and really who uses WMP or Itunes....

[knight604]

i just wmp , basic shit..

dont need anything special

winamp too mainstream

[FN-2199]

^ Hipster.

[Gh0stRider]

you can still use it, just can't download it afterwards. so download the file and keep a backup.

[ScizzMoney]

I use iTunes. Plays the music I want, not sure what else I need.

[SkinnyPupp]

Winamp is still the best 'basic' media player out there. For library, WMP is the best. I have tried all the ones people suggest that are supposed to combine the two, but they all suck

Nothing is worse than itunes though, at least on windows

[bcrdukes]

Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

Out of the box, Winamp played and supported a lot of file formats iTunes and WMP did not without having to download patches/hacks/extensions for etc. And fuck iTunes to hell and back a thousand times.

[winson604]

I still use winamp on my PC and phone. RIP
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[SpeedStars]

Wat bout VLC guise

[winson604]

I only use VLC for video. Winamp is too classic for me to let go.
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[SkinnyPupp]

Here's hoping they make it open source and it gets improved even further (and the crapware that got built into it gets taken out)

I wish :fuckthatshit:

[Traum]

^^ Apparently there are some patent problems that are preventing Winamp from going open source, so I wouldn't count on it going in that direction.

[Prolowtone]

I was just talking about winamp with a coworker the otherday :(
guess ill be downloading skins

[Mr.Money]

foobar2000 - better SQ then winamp...

[HonestTea]

Winamp was the shit! It'll be missed :(
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[Gazorcoop]

Still using Winamp today. Will definitely miss it. Always use it cause of the cool skins and layouts, but my number one reason is the SQ addons. Those enhancers rock.
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[.Renn.Sport]

I stopped using winamp ever since I got my first iPod, iTunes is far better at managing your library and smart playlist.

I don't think I've manually organised my music for the past 10 years.

But i remember winamp sounded better than iTunes when playing MP3 files.

[Vansterdam]

winamp and it's custom skins FTW! Been using it for many years
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[Ulic Qel-Droma]

winamp here...

classic mode.. ghetto.

i only use it for one reason.. milk drop. lol.

[FerrariEnzo]

People use Windows Media Player??? Da fuq...
I still use Windows Media Player Classic Home Cinema :badpokerface:


I used Winamp just to listen to the part where it Whips the Llamas ass.. haha that intro is awesome...
Winamp whips llama - YouTube

[ae101]

im going to download the file tomorrow & just keep it on my usb, i love those EQ on winamp
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[twitchyzero]

winamp is OG
been using foobar in the last year or so tho

[Preemo]

foobar2000 - better SQ then winamp...

This.

Been using Foobar for a couple of years after my Winamp days.

[Manic!]

Guys software never dies it just goes to Old versions of Windows, Mac and Linux Software, Apps & Abandonware Games - Download at OldVersion.com (http://www.oldversion.com) Winamp 2.95 is the best version. Les than 3 megs and downloads and installs in about a minute.

[hotjoint]

winamp classic ftw!

[Nlkko]

Winamp used to be the shit back in the day.
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[lowside67]

Wat bout VLC guise
No kidding... WinAmp got replaced by VLC for power users and iTunes for mainstream users, not Windows Media Player rofl...

[strykn]

been using winamp past 10 years.. long live WINAMP!

[Great68]

I used Winamp in the 90's, then moved over to Media player through the mid-late 00's, but since WMP got too bloated for the last few years I've been back on Winamp Lite.

Low resource use, simple, small desktop footprint, plays almost everything.

Just drag music into playlist and play. I really don't care about libraries and album art and all that, I have all my music organized into file folders on my hard drive.

[ae101]

i use windows media player just cuz not every pc had winamp (especially public ones), i never really fully use my itunes for music as its just for syncing stuff on to my crappy apple devices (yes i have bad luck with apple devices)

every since youtube became super mainstream & everone started upload stuff on there, i just used that as my media player (yes im serious on that)
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[RRxtar]

dem feels

http://downloads.techweekeurope.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/winamp-lite.jpg

[LightKeeper]

I used winamp because of its simple layout. I like how the theme kind of looks like a 90's cd player(the kind with the equalizer, sub and speakers).

The online radio rocked too!

But, I guess it's time to move on to something new..

[Gnomes]

Also loved the simple layout of winamp. None of those billshit cover art, album sorting, RAM hogging in other players.

[danned]

great simple layout...

old memories....i missed this old winamp

[neggo]

Before I got into Winamp I was using sonique. Man, media players back in the day just send me into nostalgia.
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[ae101]

do u guys still use the online radio
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[bcrdukes]

I still use it to stream radio.