Winamp fail

[taq8ojh]

I got a little facepalm situation here. I've been using Winamp for ages, probably since 1998 or something, and always liked and used the most "lite" version possible. Today I came to the conclusion media library is not a bad thing and probably good upgrade from regular playlist, and started messing around... only to find out I can't for the love of god and satan both make it work.
I figured I needed full installation. Allright. I finally managed to open the library... and it's just a window with no functionality whatsoever. I tried to google up how to add files there, and the few results I got said "open the file menu and...". There's no file menu! There is no menu at all!
What did I do wrong? Someone please enlighten me

 

[smitbret]

Not sure exactly what you're looking for.

For the Media Library, just click 'Media Library' towards the top of the tree on the left. If there's nothing in the library then the big, empty window on the right is where you can just drag and drop folders, files, etc. And it will be added to the media library where you can sort by artist, filename, track, album, genre, etc. It took me awhile to figure out that most of the really cool features of WinAmp were in the right-click context menus once a file had been added to the Media Library.

 

[taq8ojh]

I figured it out. I didn't select some stuff during installation. Unfortunately, it's pretty unclear what you need and what not. They really should make components required for specific feature autoselect and grey out.

 

[Ketchup]

Glad you figured it out. It has been a decade of more since I have used Winamp.

 

[taq8ojh]

I really like it, it's still fairly lightweight program with great interface and not much to bug out on you.

 

[Ketchup]

I really like it, it's still fairly lightweight program with great interface and not much to bug out on you.

Cool, I wasn't implying that there is anything wrong with it, it's whatever you get used to. Several years ago I found some features of Windows Media player that I really liked (I think MS was on XP at the time) and haven't looked back sense.

 

[smitbret]

I like WinAmp for the exact same reasons. Everything on Windows Media Player or Media Monkey seemed so focused on being pretty that it was difficult to figure out where everything was. With WinAmp, features stay out of the way unless you right-click and then boom there's your functions. I just wish it had better support for importing album covers into the metadata for .mp3. I keep MP3tag on my system just for this reason. I've found the tagger on WinAmp is so much better than any other software I've used.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I'm still using an earlier version of WinAMP. I do wish it supported album art, and DVD-A too come to think of it, but otherwise I love it. I found the right input plugin for WinAMP that makes my mp3s sound glorious.

I use MediaMonkey for my tag editing.

 

[taq8ojh]

I'm still using an earlier version of WinAMP. I do wish it supported album art, and DVD-A too come to think of it, but otherwise I love it. I found the right input plugin for WinAMP that makes my mp3s sound glorious.

I use MediaMonkey for my tag editing.

Any particular reason for not upgrading?
Before I wanted to give media library a shot, I always used english lite version, and there were virtually no additional features on top of the very basic ones. So if being light is your thing, there's no reason not to use the latest version.

Tag editing, good you brought that up. I need something to replace the ages old Mp3BookHelper. Something that can batch add/remove/change tags even on FLAC files, and can do filename to tag thing.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Any particular reason for not upgrading?
Before I wanted to give media library a shot, I always used english lite version, and there were virtually no additional features on top of the very basic ones. So if being light is your thing, there's no reason not to use the latest version.

Tag editing, good you brought that up. I need something to replace the ages old Mp3BookHelper. Something that can batch add/remove/change tags even on FLAC files, and can do filename to tag thing.

My chief reason for not upgrading is contentment. I installed a 3rd party Winamp plugin that re-samples. My mp3s sound glorious now and I hate to mess with sonic perfection. () I tried out Songbird and MediaMonkey a couple years ago but my mp3s sounded so lackluster there was no way I'd part with Winamp. I'm not actively seeking alternative players these days.

Also complaints of bloat discouraged me from upgrading to a newer Winamp. Not sure what version I use and I'm not at home to check my pc at the moment. It's not Winamp Lite - that sounds a little too "lite" for me. Maybe 5.3 ?? I don't know if the plugin would still work if I upgraded. IIRC it's called IN_MAD

I don't do much batch or any flac editing, so I'll let someone else weigh in on that.

 

[Clay Aichin]

In the years since Winamp was introduced and considered popular, many have switched over to Foobar or some other player. While I like Foobar, my go to program is still Winamp, mainly due to the plugins. When I use the Muchfx2 Winamp Plugin Stacker with Enhancer .17 and a few other DSP plug-ins, no player sounds close.

When I want a quick player with an equalizer, I just use VLC (Videolan.org). The problem with that is that I can't keep different equalizer settings.

 

[jaqie]

www.oldversion.com

winamp 2.95 still runs fine, even on win8 and win7.

 

[JasonCoder]

I use winamp every fricking day for 8+ hours on Win8. Somebody knew what they were fucking doing when they wrote this software.

 

[gevorg]

time to graduate from winamp to foobar

 

[Raduque]

Windowshade mode FTW.

 

[lxskllr]

time to graduate from winamp to foobar

I've been resisting crapping in someone else's thread, but yea. Foobar is what other players aspire to when they grow up. It's the music player for music fans.

 

[taq8ojh]

I've been resisting crapping in someone else's thread, but yea. Foobar is what other players aspire to when they grow up. It's the music player for music fans.

To each his own I guess (and I don't think I need to grow up or anything), but I am curious what's so extremely better about it Winamp doesn't have.

 

[lxskllr]

To each his own I guess (and I don't think I need to grow up or anything), but I am curious what's so extremely better about it Winamp doesn't have.

Customization. It can be any player you want it to be if you put in the work. In it's stock form, it Just Works®, but has an extensive plugin system for adding features.

 

[Clay Aichin]

I've been resisting crapping in someone else's thread, but yea. Foobar is what other players aspire to when they grow up. It's the music player for music fans.

I've used them both, and when I want to hear a more powerful and adjusted sound, I always choose Winamp. Another reason is the ease of searching Shoutcast with Winamp.

That's not to say Foobar doesn't have its advantages like quick format conversions.
It's also a great player when adding the available plug-ins. Does anyone know how to change the default folder for customized equalization settings in Foobar? With Winamp, I can save them and know where they are, but in Foobar they always default to a desktop setting that takes awhile to click for.

 

[jaqie]

Customization. It can be any player you want it to be if you put in the work. In it's stock form, it Just Works®, but has an extensive plugin system for adding features.

sounds like good ol winamp 2.95 to me.