For those of you that use WinAmp

[Cristatus]

Why do you use WinAmp? I use WinAmp, but am considering switching over to WMP, because it has pretty much the same stuff, but also better integration with the buttons on my laptop's chassis.

Why do you use WinAmp, and not WMP?

 

[PoPPeR]

speed, simplicity, no bloated features that i don't care for.

then again i have seen many people that use things like itunes and stuff and I can understand why they use them. I just have no use for those features.

 

[NTB]

I made a skin for Winamp ages ago that I still like to use. that, and it's just force of habit by now

Nate

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
speed

You must have a very slow computer.

 

[Jpark]

I used to swear by winamp but wmp works better with napster so i switched over. wmp 10 is a little buggy I think, but 9 is pretty good.

edit: however, iirc winamp uses less resources than wmp

 

[Glitchny]

speed, useability, a playlist thats infinitly better then WMPs, it minamizes better, so i can haveit always on top and barley noticable

 

[OutHouse]

I have used winamp since it first came out. I am use to it, know everything it does and have no need to switch to something different.

 

[chrisms]

Winamp is much easier for me to use, especially the playlist. I have thousands of songs and WMP absolutely sucks when it comes to playlists.. I mean it is such a simple feature why can't they make it easy just to add all your MP3s without removing the artists name from the listing? Or trying to get me to seperate my playlists into neat sections? Screw WMP, it's only good for porn

 

[Sqube]

The fact that I can see the current track playing and have all the important playback buttons on two rows that are like 30 pixels high is a nice bonus.

Also, while there are playback buttons on my keyboard, I set it up so that they work with Winamp. I don't use Napster/iTunes/any other music-buying software.

I also prefer Winamp's playlist functions and media library to that of Windows Media Player.

So, yeah... as far as I'm concerned (for music playback) Winamp > *.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

For simplicity,

WinAmp 2.79 > *

It's probably just me, but WMP will forever feel like bloatware to me.

 

[beyonddc]

Habit and just use to it.

People don't like to change, and I guess I'm one of them.

 

[ravana]

Keyboard shortcuts is the reason I use it mostly

Ctrl+Alt+J :heart:

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: ming2020
For simplicity,

WinAmp 2.79 > *

It's probably just me, but WMP will forever feel like bloatware to me.

Winamp 5.* isn't too bad either if you get the basic winamp and use the classic skin. But yeah, I like the 2.79 the best too.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: ravana
Keyboard shortcuts is the reason I use it mostly

Ctrl+Alt+J :heart:

IDK what version of winamp you are useig butin 5.x crtl+alt+ J does nothing

just hitting J opens the Jump window

 

[JDub02]

it's what I'm used to. it does it's job and does it well. i see no point in switching.

 

[alexeikgb]

J for Jump

 

[Monkey muppet]

I hate how WMP10 tries to tag MP3's

W'amp:

Quicker to launch
Quicker to search
Looks better
Uses less resources
Has better support for Divx, VCd's, with out the use of crappy codex's

 

[Audiotherapy]

WA has plugin for reading CUE files :thumbsup:

 

[Scarpozzi]

I switched to WMP a few years back because of the album download features. I can rip cds and have it automatically catalog them for me. Then my streaming media player in my livingroom can index my albums more easily. I used to prefer winamp before it got bloated around version 3.

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
I hate how WMP10 tries to tag MP3's

W'amp:

Quicker to launch
Quicker to search
Looks better
Uses less resources
Has better support for Divx, VCd's, with out the use of crappy codex's

I was waiting for a post to come up about codecs

Isn't there a way to use different codecs for WMP? I'm sure there is...

 

[Pabster]

Is this a joke?

WMP sucks! Why would I use a bloated PoS like that when WinAmp can do the same thing?

P.S. WinAmp can rip your CDs too.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
Winamp 5.* isn't too bad either if you get the basic winamp and use the classic skin. But yeah, I like the 2.79 the best too.

Thank goodness for sites like oldversion.com.

Speaking of skins, I still have that skin pack from the winamp official site, back when the whole installer was still ~400kbyte. Anyone remember the collection with SexAmp, WoodAmp, SketchAmp, PurpleHaze? At one point even Adrenaline Vault chipped in with their own superb AdrenalineAmp.

 

[samgau]

Awesome skins... boatload of plug ins for almost anything related to playing media.... plays almost anything, can handle my giant playlist without any problems...

 

[StrangerGuy]

Loading speed, uncluttered UI, simplicity of use, tons of useful plug-ins.

 

[Sunbird]

I use WinAmp 5 lite for my mp3's. Simple to use interface, and nice skins. You just can't make WMP look nice.

And WMP10 for my Movies.