Dr0 - I remember a post I made years ago about 64bit migration of the desktop client. I believe, the response was why...32bit works or something to the effect.
Silly, argument at the time... You just got me thinking by your post about it.
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As for the new builds. How, can what they build ever compare to the multitude of high value, routinely developed, patched and versioned high-end solutions?
- Music Bee
- AIMP
- Foobar
- XMPlay
- Itunes (blech)
- Clementine
- Media Monkey
- Amarok
- Banshee
- VLC Media Player
These are from memory, and relatively they are in many cases very well supported, include many of the features that winamp had/has; and are each quite usable. Then there are the various players for streaming subscriptions that are hands down amazing products on their own rights (spotify, amazon, etc.)
I think imho that winamp itself needs the investment and drive of developers wishing to put it into the 21 Century with a feature-set that covers all of the integration, services, capabilities of these peers now that it has been sleeping on the job; or it will remain in the shadows relegated to enthusiasts only; they have a-lot to catch up to; with very few that internally doing the work required to bring it to the masses.