Does anybody else NOT like Winamp 3?

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Broohaha

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Only thing I don't like about it is that it takes alot longer than 2.x to load. MMD is reason enought to use winamp 3

what is MMD?

an awesome skin with about 100 or so different color schemes

 

[slydecix]

I use QCD3
... don't be fooled by the default skin, there are some nice skins you can download

sound quality is better than winamp3, packed with tons of features too... it freakin rules

 

[SendTrash]

still using 2.81 because I don't like how theskins in 3.0 change the layout of the whole player

 

[LanEvoVI]

Tried Winamp 3 and went back to 2.81.

 

[CraigRT]

Winamp 3 is ass... I am now using a non-winamp mp3 player.

 

[SCSIfreek]

too much of a hassle while using WA3. going back to 2.xx as I'm uninstalling WA3 right now. takes a good 10-15sec in response time now that is not acceptable. :|



--Scsi

 

[Broohaha]

Originally posted by: SCSIfreek
too much of a hassle while using WA3. going back to 2.xx as I'm uninstalling WA3 right now. takes a good 10-15sec in response time now that is not acceptable. :| --Scsi

exactly... it is atrocious. i just uninstalled 3 myself and am back to two and loving it

also, the skins on 3 SUCK; they totally morph the shape of the player into a tiny circle or whatever. i prefer the 2 skins which are always the same shape so you know where your player is at.

all hail pre-aol winamp!

 

[mpitts]

I have to say that I prefer 2.x over 3.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: LordThing
Winamp 3 takes so friggin long to load up. Too bloated. Even the video viewing mode sucks. I am sticking with ver 2.x

Runs good on my system...


Ausm

 

[anxi80]

i dont like winamp 3 either. i llike using v2.65 because it doesnt use those hideous id3v2 tags. they make the id3 info window all huge and ugly. but winamp 3 takes too long to load up and i hate the jump feature on it.

 

[Superwormy]

I agree, 2.7ish is the best

 

[compslckr]

yeah, i think winamp 3 stinks, it is harder to use, and it has too many features that i will never use that clutter my work space, i ran back to 2 also.

 

Originally posted by: Broohaha
I find it much more difficul to use and more bloated than Winamp 2. Am I the only one who uninstalled it in favor of 2?

I uninstalled it to, it sucked and gave me problems to no avail. It looks pretty though.

 

[sean2002]

I much prefer QCD player Quinnware

 

[Confused]

As posted by me in the Any way to make Winamp3 not suck so much? thread StinkyMeat posted:

Originally posted by: Confused

Originally posted by: VBboy
Rule of VBboy: Any software has a 50/50 chance to become bloatware and suckware after version 3.0

Examples:
CuteFTP
WinAmp
Netscape

I use WinAmp2.

Add Windows to that list, too

I used Winamp3 for about 2 minutes, then uninstalled it and reinstalled 2.81 For videos I use WMP9 or WinDVD Platinum, and there are no other features of WA3 that I might have used. WA3 sucks



Confused

 

[Noid]

its as bloated as Anna Nicole Smith

 

[Kinesis]

I agree WinAmp 3.0 sucks. WinAmp 2.4 or whatever the previous version is was far better.

I personally have switched to MusicMatch Pro. Love it. WMP sucks too much resources for little gang and isn't much easier to use.

The big thing, next to performance issues with WinAmp 3.0 is that loss of ease to convert MP3 to Wav like the old WinAmp.

'Nuff said.

 

[Cabana]

Originally posted by: anxi80
i dont like winamp 3 either. i llike using v2.65 because it doesnt use those hideous id3v2 tags. they make the id3 info window all huge and ugly. but winamp 3 takes too long to load up and i hate the jump feature on it.

v2 tags are so much handier. They allow for longer names and there are more categories. I can't stand original id3 tags.

 

[TheWart]

Another 2.81 user, although I only used the beta 3.x it was too bloated at that stage.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Broohaha

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Only thing I don't like about it is that it takes alot longer than 2.x to load. MMD is reason enought to use winamp 3

what is MMD?

an awesome skin with about 100 or so different color schemes

Try Winamp 2.81, with Pipeamp skin and Statbar. It's brilliant, you hardly ever look at the Winamp screen anyway because you use Statbar to control the songs.

 

[NokiaDude]

Moi. I installed it once. Then un-installed it 5 mins later. Went back to my TDK Digital Mixmaster. I love it.

 

[NeoV]

I had all sorts of problems with Winamp2 in WinXP with my Audigy, and the problems went away with Winamp 3....it did bother me that it installs a ton of AOL shortcuts, but they take two seconds to delete, turn off the video portion and it is good to go. MusicMatch Jukebox kinda sucked to me, I could never get it to display the album cover art properly...

 

[clicknext]

My only problem with it is long load time, 5 seconds on a AXP2000 with 512MB ram. =/ Other than that it's good to me. Plus, I get to see little people dance to the music with my skin.

 

[datalink7]

Winamp 3 with MMD3 skin r0x0rs your b0x0rs.

But the real reason I use it is that the playlist feature is indespensible to me.

 

[Thor86]

Hmm, winamp 3 = crossfading. Luv it. And what are people talking about bloat or taking long to load? You did use Custom install right?