Winamp 3 release candidate!

Wednesday, August 7, 2002 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

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joetheblow
Reply #1 Thursday, August 8, 2002 8:12 AM
Its still in alpha, is that good??? As oppose to a full release? I have been very tempted to upload it but I wasn't sure if I should. I guess I should give it a shot.

c242
Reply #2 Thursday, August 8, 2002 9:49 AM
The FINAL is out.

capn
Reply #3 Thursday, August 8, 2002 10:17 AM
it looks like its still in alpha....... and some of the new elements are not compatible with old skins... like the new playlist thing, so you've got the rest of the thing skinned, but the playlist and one or two other new elements are still that ugly standard skin. Very cool though, XMMS is still better

~capn

Woodbridge
Reply #4 Thursday, August 8, 2002 10:40 AM
It seems to crash on my work machine (2k box), but when its not crashing it does its job well. But then so does 2.80.

craeonics
Reply #5 Thursday, August 8, 2002 10:58 AM
Can someone please enlighten me why alpha/beta releases are considered inferior by most? Cutting edge mechanics, you know. You should be thrilled by it.

Entilza
Reply #6 Thursday, August 8, 2002 12:09 PM
Because they are inferior, Alpha's are possible to eat your machine up and spit it out.

While beta's have had a little more testing and bug fixing.. and as such is less likely to do verious nasty things to your computer.

Though you should note there is a chance beta's could still do so.

Before you install Alpha's and Beta's think carefully !

(I have spent more than a few hours in dos fixing my baby)

Because of alpha's and beta's.. but i have not done so in quite sometime.

Yes it is thrilling.. even when your pc goes wahh wahh oops! boom

Anything less than a final release are inferior.. that's why it was given a Alpha or beta status..

A bug here maybe something not been implemented as yet or maybe the program is hungery and likes to eat pc's because of the said bug.

Frogboy
Reply #7 Thursday, August 8, 2002 1:31 PM
This is claiming to be a release, ont an alpha or beta.

Carlitus
Reply #8 Thursday, August 8, 2002 1:35 PM
Yes, it is a FINAL version! But it crashes with some old/alpha-beta versions skins.
But really it rocks!

Tarkus
Reply #9 Thursday, August 8, 2002 3:55 PM
Actually, it's a release candidate, not the final version. They clearly state that there may be bugs and the version you see might differ from the final version.

Having said that, the Mad Magazine skin is pretty cool.

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c242
Reply #10 Thursday, August 8, 2002 4:04 PM
Hmm, the MAD release in the link was an RC, but there is a final one, too... (Downloaded it from deviantart...)

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Tarkus
Reply #11 Thursday, August 8, 2002 5:29 PM
I don't get it. Why would Deviantart have a final, but Nullsoft only has a release candidate? Even the main Winamp home page only mentions a release candiate preview.

In short, I'll believe it's final when Nullsoft says it's final.

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Woodbridge
Reply #12 Thursday, August 8, 2002 5:38 PM
Installed it on my XP box at home and its been running for 4 hours without crashing and i've been playing around with nearly all the settings.

Entilza
Reply #13 Thursday, August 8, 2002 9:31 PM
I see you have not tried the selfdestruct button yet ? ha ha just joking

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Entilza
Reply #14 Thursday, August 8, 2002 9:34 PM
Well i'd take it that Deviantart has got it wrong if nullsoft say's it's still a beta for final release... it happens

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bakerstreet
Reply #15 Friday, August 9, 2002 2:46 AM
This has a 3.0 splash that I haven't seen, so i think this is somewhat official. It's running very smoothly for me at present. There is also a 2.x plugin WAC for those who control it externally or use other 2x plugins. Dunno how many old plugs are supported yet, though. I posted a link on the messageboard here.

c242
Reply #16 Friday, August 9, 2002 3:06 AM
Seems that Nullsoft was a little slow with updating their site. V 3.0 is on there now. http://www.winamp.com

Tarkus
Reply #17 Friday, August 9, 2002 1:33 PM
Now I believe it's final.

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Entilza
Reply #18 Friday, August 9, 2002 4:57 PM
Great stuff! I'll postpone my pc exploding this weekend then

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geekboy2000
Reply #19 Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:38 AM
Ah,... it's okay. I think the biggest problem I have with it is that WinAmp 2.x was so good, it's hard to beat. If I want all the bells and whistles with a media library, video, etc, I use Media Jukebox. WinAmp has always been the "other" audio app I used when I just wanted quick access to some tunes. Now, it's grown, but I'm not sure it's better. I look at it the way I look at ACDSEE. I still use their 2.x version, because it was the best for quick image browsing. Their 4.x version has grown into something that no longer serves the original purpose. I guess my point is that bigger and more features isn't always better.

JamMeister33
Reply #20 Saturday, August 10, 2002 1:53 PM
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to use my OS as a guinea pig. I'll wait for the final release before I download this version...

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