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    I use VLC for video - never tried it just for audio.
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    VLC is great for those short films of an adult nature. Oh wait, that should have been my inside voice. Never mind.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerjo View Post
    VLC is great for those short films of an adult nature. Oh wait, that should have been my inside voice. Never mind.


    I like to download mine to a flashdrive and watch from my Oppo on the big screen. I can't even stand to watch porn on a 'puter let alone a real movie. Gets kind of messy when you want to smear yourself with peanut butter and need to hit a button on the keyboard...

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    Give it a try - http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en
    I was using it for a long time now and never looked back.
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    After years of watching Annabelle the Sheep dance, I changed to a Lama...
    I love using WinAmp for streaming.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave (in MA) View Post
    Nice!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Azol View Post
    Give it a try - http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en
    I was using it for a long time now and never looked back.

    Is this a bad link? When I click on it, it opens a tab to this thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by davis View Post

    WMP doesn't read the encoded details of my roios. I put any of those into WMP and I get 'Unknown Album" and no song titles. If there's something I can do so it WILL read the encoded details, please tell me!
    Most of the time it recognizes mine. About the only time it doesn't is when I have something that I compiled myself (typically when I have a show where there's like 15 minutes that spilled over from the previous disc of a show, so I take two or three of those, or sometimes a radio session or whatever).

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    Quote Originally Posted by davis View Post

    WMP doesn't read the encoded details of my roios. I put any of those into WMP and I get 'Unknown Album" and no song titles. If there's something I can do so it WILL read the encoded details, please tell me!
    Most of the time it recognizes mine. About the only time it doesn't is when I have something that I compiled myself (typically when I have a show where there's like 15 minutes that spilled over from the previous disc of a show, so I take two or three of those, or sometimes a radio session or whatever).

    What irritated me was when it was screw up on official releases. One of the Glass Hammer albums, I think it might have been the Live At NEARfest deal, it mistook for Chronomotree. And it got some of the Grateful Dead Dick's Picks things mixed up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Bails View Post
    Is this a bad link? When I click on it, it opens a tab to this thread.
    Hmm, it seems that the forum software hijacks the link somehow... try just inputting aimp.ru into your browser address bar.
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    I added some jams to two of my I-pods yesterday as a test with Winamp, painfully simple

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    When a URL says .ru I am allways on guard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate View Post
    When a URL says .ru I am allways on guard.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIMP
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate View Post
    When a URL says .ru I am allways on guard.
    Yeah, that will usually end up with your computer acting like Rand's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duncan Glenday View Post
    Bloody tragedy, IMO! I've been using it for about 13 years (IIRC) and appreciate its simple, faultless performance, and its small footprint.

    If you just want a tool to play music and do it well, without using a tool that's bloated with 100 other capabilities you don't want or need or that tries to be too f***ing smartass in its user interface - then Winamp has always been the best-of-breed.

    I will download the latest update for my PC and Android, and will continue to use it for as long as I can...


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    Not sure how much it would interest folks, but I switched to Media Monkey not too long ago. Mostly because Windows Media Player choked on the size of my file library. Pretty solid librarian/player.
    If you're actually reading this then chances are you already have my last album but if NOT and you're curious:
    https://battema.bandcamp.com/

    Also, Ephemeral Sun: it's a thing and we like making things that might be your thing: https://ephemeralsun.bandcamp.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Bails
    I'll have to check out RealPlayer.

    Quote Originally Posted by trurl View Post
    NOOOOOOOO no no no no no no no no no for the love of God and baby Jesus NO
    did'you have a Ron Burgundy moment? ;-) Whataya have against RealPlayer?

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    RealPlayer is almost as big a POS a Itunes, bloated with unwanted shite as I recall

    My baby boi, (an IT guy), told me at dinner last night that it would be better if MS doesn't buy the rights to Winamp, as it would then likely become "open source", and be in the hands of rouge enthusiasts

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    Petition to make AOL let the winamp be open source:
    http://www.change.org/en-AU/petition...go-open-source

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    Still have it as the basic player on my mobile phone... Computer-wise I switched to Foobar200 and VLC (for video) some years ago.
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    I tire of the ubiquitous iTunes and its many failings on my iPad and iPhone. Any ideas for a better media player to add?
    I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart

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    This is unfortunate news. I've long used Winamp as I find it's less inclined to install crapware along with it (as long as you do a custom install). Also one of the main things I like about it is that with the modern skin I can stretch the interface so it is about 8 - 10 inches long and about 1/2 inch tall. Then it will 'dock' nicely at the very top of a window. In that space that's almost never used for anything. The song names scroll and I can see the all of the functions I need to see. And with the 'Always on top' feature it stays docked at the top of the screen over any windows I move or open on that monitor. If I was at home I could include a screen shot. I've not seen any other players that do this.

    -Thonk98

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    Quote Originally Posted by battema View Post
    Not sure how much it would interest folks, but I switched to Media Monkey not too long ago. Mostly because Windows Media Player choked on the size of my file library. Pretty solid librarian/player.
    Based on your experience, I downloaded & installed this. It seems to do everything very nicely, so thanks for the recommendation.

    Thonk98: Media Monkey also has that same docking capability that you mentioned (all stretched across the screen, 1/2" tall, & always on top).

    iTunes went into my computer's recycle bin some time ago. I may just as well do the same with Winamp, but I'm inclined to wait a little while first to see what happens.

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