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Author Topic: Is Winamp required?  (Read 5296 times)

geronimo

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Is Winamp required?
« on: September 21, 2019, 12:19:48 AM »
I had been happily using several iterations of Windows 10 and old Winamp 5.666 Lite with iterations of DFx and Fx Sound Enhancer. After an update to Windows 10 v1903, the sound from winamp became muted, unless I disabled Fx Sound Enhancer. I stumbled across a Winamp forum post recommending WACUP as a general remedy for Windows 10 incompatibilities, and installed it. Everything returned to normal. Curiously, I downloaded the latest version Winamp for Windows 10, only to discover the sound was still muted. I totally deleted Winamp. The WACUP player works fine. Is winamp installation required, if so why?

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Re: Is Winamp required?
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2019, 12:32:21 AM »
The WACUP installer will download the necessary Winamp 5.666 files it needs, additionally it is also possible to upgrade a pre-existing Winamp installation to WACUP.
Maker of Plugins, I suppose.
gen_native:
https://github.com/0x5066/gen_native
vis_sdl2:
https://github.com/0x5066/WinampVis
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Re: Is Winamp required?
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2019, 10:10:05 PM »
That's good to hear that WACUP is working better for you than Winamp on the same OS install.

WACUP is at the moment of this reply a hybrid of Winamp & WACUP 5.666 files - I think we're around 70% of Winamp files replaced / removed for WACUP versions. Eventually the aim is to not use any Winamp 5.666 files but still be as compatible to it for existing Winamp plug-ins & skins to keep working which is essentially re-writing Winamp but still getting that Winamp-like experience (unlike a lot of Winamp clones that do it differently & don't quick match up).

The WACUP installer will as per your agreement to running the WACUP installer get & install the files from the 5.666 installer & copy them over as needed so you don't have to go out & install Winamp 5.666 first (it also makes it easier for testing purposes so you can more easily compare the 2 side-by-side).

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