Wow, at the new winamp

archcommus

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Me too. Winamp continues to impress me. So much customization, there is nothing I want it can't do.
 

Gooberlx2

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I thought Winamp always had tagging capability...even mass-tagging....last time I used 5.x (years ago) I could swear it did. *shrug*
 

Muse

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Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I thought Winamp always had tagging capability...even mass-tagging....last time I used 5.x (years ago) I could swear it did. *shrug*

What I've been doing is playing a file and then from the top left corner click View File Info. In there, I can add an album name, title, artist, and it copies that info automatically to the tags. I just started doing that recently. When I open Winamp now it informs me that 5.53 is available. Is that what you folks are talking about? I've been ignoring it because I'm installing a new mobo this week, and that doesn't take precedence.
 

Muse

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Originally posted by: Muse
Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I thought Winamp always had tagging capability...even mass-tagging....last time I used 5.x (years ago) I could swear it did. *shrug*

What I've been doing is playing a file and then from the top left corner click View File Info. In there, I can add an album name, title, artist, and it copies that info automatically to the tags. I just started doing that recently. When I open Winamp now it informs me that 5.53 is available. Is that what you folks are talking about? I've been ignoring it because I'm installing a new mobo this week, and that doesn't take precedence.
Are you talking about 5.53? I'm downloading it now (free version).

 

Muse

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
its getting bloated is whats happening.

I figure you might have it there. I'm using 5.52 (the new one's 5.53), and it takes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer to load than the 2.93 I was running until around a month ago. I mean, when I double click an MP3 file I want to hear it now, not in 10 seconds. OK, I just timed it ... fully 9 seconds (I'll see how it goes with my new mobo when I rev it up on Wednesday). I only upgraded because of the security concerns of the old version. I wonder if there's a snappier version that's reasonably secure.

I'm using Winamp principally because it works in conjunction with the MP3 split utility that I use very frequently (MP3 Trackmaker 1.2).
 

papaschtroumpf

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agreed, it takes forever to load, and that's annoying!

IMO, winamp has never been the most stable program, wasn't 5 years ago, still isn't.
On the other hand its' better than iTunes, adn is the only good alternative I found to drive my iPod as well as several other MP3 players the family owns.
 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: Muse
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
its getting bloated is whats happening.

I figure you might have it there. I'm using 5.52 (the new one's 5.53), and it takes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer to load than the 2.93 I was running until around a month ago. I mean, when I double click an MP3 file I want to hear it now, not in 10 seconds. OK, I just timed it ... fully 9 seconds (I'll see how it goes with my new mobo when I rev it up on Wednesday). I only upgraded because of the security concerns of the old version. I wonder if there's a snappier version that's reasonably secure.

I'm using Winamp principally because it works in conjunction with the MP3 split utility that I use very frequently (MP3 Trackmaker 1.2).

yea i recently installed the newest version, apparently they try to do everything now..webstreaming/video etc. and yea it loaded up slow. i dropped back to 5.03
 

Muse

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: Muse
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
its getting bloated is whats happening.

I figure you might have it there. I'm using 5.52 (the new one's 5.53), and it takes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer to load than the 2.93 I was running until around a month ago. I mean, when I double click an MP3 file I want to hear it now, not in 10 seconds. OK, I just timed it ... fully 9 seconds (I'll see how it goes with my new mobo when I rev it up on Wednesday). I only upgraded because of the security concerns of the old version. I wonder if there's a snappier version that's reasonably secure.

I'm using Winamp principally because it works in conjunction with the MP3 split utility that I use very frequently (MP3 Trackmaker 1.2).

yea i recently installed the newest version, apparently they try to do everything now..webstreaming/video etc. and yea it loaded up slow. i dropped back to 5.03

OK, so 5.03 is a lot faster? Reasonably secure? Really those are my priorities with Winamp. I don't need a version that does everything 3/4 of which I'll never use at the expense of it being slow to open.
 

0roo0roo

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hm, i dunno about secure because i tend not to use it for streaming,i block it with firewall to begin with. i had a left over winamp directory install from a previous installation and it works without reinstall straight from the directory so i'm using it like that. maybe i installed the lite version? i just know i installed the latest regular version and it was bloated as hell. if they still have a lite version that might be the ticket.
 

Pabster

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Winamp still rocks. I've used it for years.

Turn off all the "modern skin" crap and you can make it snappy as ever. Not sure what "bloat" or "delay" some of you are referring to. It loads instantly on my machines.
 

archcommus

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Originally posted by: Pabster
Winamp still rocks. I've used it for years.

Turn off all the "modern skin" crap and you can make it snappy as ever. Not sure what "bloat" or "delay" some of you are referring to. It loads instantly on my machines.
Agreed, I don't see much "bloat". I do in fact use the new Bento skin and like it very much, even with that it takes about 3 seconds to come up on the screen, another 1-2 for the media library to be ready to go. But I don't really care about that anyway because I leave it running all the time in the tray. Doing so makes for instant MP3 playback any time I click a file, without even seeing the program that's playing it. But I mostly just pull it up from the tray, use the library, and then minimize it again. Ctrl+Shift+W works very well for this while doing something in another program and wanting to change the song quickly. As I've said, the customizations are endless, it's a great program.
 

Muse

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Originally posted by: Pabster
Winamp still rocks. I've used it for years.

Turn off all the "modern skin" crap and you can make it snappy as ever. Not sure what "bloat" or "delay" some of you are referring to. It loads instantly on my machines.
:Q

It could be that I'm running on my old mobo with 133 mhz FSB. I'll be swapping that out this week (had a mobo failure recently).

Originally posted by: archcommus
Originally posted by: Pabster
Winamp still rocks. I've used it for years.

Turn off all the "modern skin" crap and you can make it snappy as ever. Not sure what "bloat" or "delay" some of you are referring to. It loads instantly on my machines.
Agreed, I don't see much "bloat". I do in fact use the new Bento skin and like it very much, even with that it takes about 3 seconds to come up on the screen, another 1-2 for the media library to be ready to go. But I don't really care about that anyway because I leave it running all the time in the tray. Doing so makes for instant MP3 playback any time I click a file, without even seeing the program that's playing it. But I mostly just pull it up from the tray, use the library, and then minimize it again. Ctrl+Shift+W works very well for this while doing something in another program and wanting to change the song quickly. As I've said, the customizations are endless, it's a great program.

Thanks for the tips.
 

Scouzer

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I wish it could automatically download the album art for all my songs, but it cannot...
 

CP5670

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Originally posted by: Pabster
Winamp still rocks. I've used it for years.

Turn off all the "modern skin" crap and you can make it snappy as ever. Not sure what "bloat" or "delay" some of you are referring to. It loads instantly on my machines.

Same here. I think the modern skin slows it down, but I've always unchecked that during the install.
 

secretanchitman

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i disable EVERYTHING except for audio, hotkey support (useful for changing songs while playing games), and modern skins (even though i never use them - i just have it in case there is a skin i'd like to try out - like clearONE).

ive still been using winamp since the 1.0 days...
 

Muse

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So, having just installed XP, I installed the new Winamp.

I am getting messages every time I boot asking me if I want to install Winamp Remote. I can answer

OK
Remind me later
No

WTH is it?
 

Muse

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Originally posted by: Muse
So, having just installed XP, I installed the new Winamp.

I am getting messages every time I boot asking me if I want to install Winamp Remote. I can answer

OK
Remind me later
No

WTH is it?

It kept coming up but the last few times it wouldn't let me hit any of those radio buttons, no response from the dumb little window, so I had to go into Add/Remove Programs and delete the sucka.
 
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