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I am a long time Winamp user and I loved it for several reasons.
1) It could play ANYTHING. MP3, FLAC, DTS/AC3 Embedded in FLAC - Mixed Down, DSD Decoder or Pass Through
2) User interface was exactly how I like to listen/browse. I would often put it on Random Play until I hit an album I was in the mood for and I could right click play artist or album.
3) I also liked it's ability Marking tunes with Stars, and History of number of times played etc.
4) Winamp also did this without mucking up your source library (which I occasionally will clone from home to work).
My Flac Library is setup for Logitech Media Server and Home Theater that can decode DTS, AC3 etc. It's all "Pass Through".
Winamp is smart enough to "sniff" the FLAC and do DTS, AC3 decoding etc.
Now Foobar2000 is also top dog doing all the technical stuff "right". It will sniff the Flac's too and do the right thing.
Problem is FooBar2000 user interface is fairly dumb/flat.
I know there are skins for FooBar2000 that can make it look Winamp-ish but I'm not sure it will have the smarts for items 2-4 above.
I know I could run Winamp and I just stupidly uninstalled it and having trouble finding a safe mirror to down load from and a "Patch Kit".
The reason I did uninstall it is I now run a 4K monitor and it is not 4K aware and a bunch of icons are disproportionally small.
I've tried JRiver, MusicBee and Media Monkey. They are all pretty darn good. But none achieve 1-4 as well as WinAmp did or FooBar2000 did.
The problem with the others that do support Winamp plugins is they don't "sniff" the FLAC's. You have to unpack the FLAC and rename the file to DTS, AC3 etc.
That's a lot of work, lot of wasted space and makes replenishing my library tedious.
Any suggestions.
It's a damn shame Winamp has allowed to wither away.
So my requirements are:
1) Winamp like "Browsing" and Tracking of tunes.
2) Pass through on DSD files (to Mojo)
3) Sniff FLACs for DTS/AC3 and decode and mix down to 2 channel.
4) Support ASIO/WASAPI (they all do this pretty good).
I can get 80% of the way with JRiver, MusicBee, or MediaMonkey.
Which is the best route to take?
Plugins for things like Pandora, Internet radio is a plus too.
I have no issue if the player cost $$$
1) It could play ANYTHING. MP3, FLAC, DTS/AC3 Embedded in FLAC - Mixed Down, DSD Decoder or Pass Through
2) User interface was exactly how I like to listen/browse. I would often put it on Random Play until I hit an album I was in the mood for and I could right click play artist or album.
3) I also liked it's ability Marking tunes with Stars, and History of number of times played etc.
4) Winamp also did this without mucking up your source library (which I occasionally will clone from home to work).
My Flac Library is setup for Logitech Media Server and Home Theater that can decode DTS, AC3 etc. It's all "Pass Through".
Winamp is smart enough to "sniff" the FLAC and do DTS, AC3 decoding etc.
Now Foobar2000 is also top dog doing all the technical stuff "right". It will sniff the Flac's too and do the right thing.
Problem is FooBar2000 user interface is fairly dumb/flat.
I know there are skins for FooBar2000 that can make it look Winamp-ish but I'm not sure it will have the smarts for items 2-4 above.
I know I could run Winamp and I just stupidly uninstalled it and having trouble finding a safe mirror to down load from and a "Patch Kit".
The reason I did uninstall it is I now run a 4K monitor and it is not 4K aware and a bunch of icons are disproportionally small.
I've tried JRiver, MusicBee and Media Monkey. They are all pretty darn good. But none achieve 1-4 as well as WinAmp did or FooBar2000 did.
The problem with the others that do support Winamp plugins is they don't "sniff" the FLAC's. You have to unpack the FLAC and rename the file to DTS, AC3 etc.
That's a lot of work, lot of wasted space and makes replenishing my library tedious.
Any suggestions.
It's a damn shame Winamp has allowed to wither away.
So my requirements are:
1) Winamp like "Browsing" and Tracking of tunes.
2) Pass through on DSD files (to Mojo)
3) Sniff FLACs for DTS/AC3 and decode and mix down to 2 channel.
4) Support ASIO/WASAPI (they all do this pretty good).
I can get 80% of the way with JRiver, MusicBee, or MediaMonkey.
Which is the best route to take?
Plugins for things like Pandora, Internet radio is a plus too.
I have no issue if the player cost $$$