The new Winamp is here
and yes, it's customizable...but...
Friday, April 14, 2023 by DrJBHL | Discussion: Personal Computing
The new Winamp is here as a customizable (on your machine) streaming webservice with video, audio, fanzone...
which you can read about here: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/04/12/the-new-winamp-player-will-launch-on-april-13-2023/
So, you create an account, and download the player which has a very cool flat black look, and then discover that
"the new Winamp player does not support integrating a local music library or online library of audio files to an account...This leaves a very small selection of artists, those who have signed up already to promote their music using Winamp, and the streaming options podcasts and radio stations.
From the closing words...
The new Winamp is totally different from the old. It is a web-based player that can't play local music. The idea to create an incentive for artists to publish their content on Winamp is not a novel idea, but Winamp might have more pull than other solutions that attempted it before the company. For now, it is a web-based podcast and radio player.
What about the standalone desktop player? Winamp users have used it for years without official support, and this won't change. Whether it is going to be abandoned or if development continues remains to be seen."
What it looks like?
Ok...it's pretty, but others do more, at least for now.
Reply #3 Friday, April 14, 2023 5:09 AM
Great two new customers! Lol.
I hate the effing thing as well. Carl and SD...thanks for agreeing. We're clearly right.
Karma to you both.
Reply #4 Friday, April 14, 2023 5:49 AM
Not even tempted to try it out... 
I'll keep using Winamp version 5.666 from December 2013.
Reply #6 Friday, April 14, 2023 8:37 AM
I am jumping on this bandwagon, it seems completely pointless to exist in that form
Reply #9 Friday, April 14, 2023 9:40 AM
'Let's ignore the fact, that Spotify, Tidal, Youtube Music, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and honorable mention my favorite Bandcamp are doing a more or less great job already.' Genius.
Not.
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
Reply #1 Friday, April 14, 2023 4:41 AM
Im sticking with Dopamine music player and Plex. A far better option for my media content. lol
The new winamp reminds me of the leaked previews of windows 12. The bottom bar looks like the taskbar in the image shown below.