Yeah, in all fairness, it is probably just the install of Winamp3 I have. I do suffer from odd crashes that seem to be video card/driver related, so I think it’s Winamp having problems with that.
I don’t have much recall of Winamp 2; I used Sonique on the Mac for all my music needs up till recently.
I bought a program called Media Jukebox as an alternative to MusicMatch and I couldn’t be happier. It’s got a great interface and tons of features. I went away from MusicMatch because they refuse to include support of OGG music files. It’s standard with Media Jukebox!
Just out of interest, is there a skin available to make Winamp look like an ordinary Windows app?
(I loathe skinned apps).
Mangetout, the default skin is very inocuous looking. It’s not very “Windows-y” IIRC but it’s basic black I believe.
I’m pretty happy with Winamp 3. But, I did try it before, probably just after it had been released, and for some reason I cannot remember went back to version 2. But I’m back to 3 with no problems.
So why, exactly, does everyone shun Windows Media Player?
Why dammit why?
Mangetout, the default skin is very inocuous looking. It’s not very “Windows-y” IIRC but it’s basic black I believe.
IIRC Winamp have a bit thing up the top of their page where you can download version 2 – which is where I got it after I decided I don’t like 3.
2 loads in miliseconds and takes almost no proccessing power.
3 bogs down my system.
Music sounds exactly the same on both.
A Windows version of iTunes is coming out eventually. Just so you know…
I had all sorts of trouble with MusicMatch JukeBox. It just WOULD NOT work on my PC. I didn’t like Winamp all that much either. On my PC, I just use Windows Media Player. On my Mac, I use iTunes. 
I just personally don’t like Media Player cuz… it’s not at all intuitive and it’s huge and stuff. I dunno, I just dislike it.
I’ll definitely check out iTunes for the PC. I <3 Mac apps!
So from all the discussions of Microsoft products, I’ve deduced:
Win = Suck.
WinAmp, WinDows, WinChesterCathedral.
Yeah, makes sense.
But be careful. The worst thing is to go ‘Accidently delete all. Automatically hit ctrl-s. FUCK!’
Actually, Winamp is still supporting and updating Version 2. Even the Moderators on their message boards admit that Version 2 uses less overhead and is the player of choice if you are only going to play music. They brought out Version 3 to compete with Windows Media Player, and (as far as I am concerned) it is just too close to a beta version, although it is supposed to be a full release. I would wait for a few updates before going to Version 3. I have never had problems with Version 2. (I think the latest revision of V2 is 2.90).
…and Winamp isn’t even a Microsoft product, it’s put out by Nullsoft.
… which is owned by AOL, if I understand it correctly. And since AOL is resposible for the screwed-up coding thrown into later versions of ICQ and Netscape, I’m not surprised that Winamp also tumbled down the slippery steps of bloatware and through the fiery gates of AOHell.
:eek:
I also enjoy using iTunes: it’s simple, leaves a small memory footprint and doesn’t offer so many extras and features that it constantly bogs down your system. Or, at the very least, my system.
I’ll be willing to give it a go when it comes out for PCs.
I’m not sure how it rates with the rest of you, but I did have a co-worker who loved using Sonique as an MP3 player. YMMV, of course.
3 is tooooooooo slooooooooooooooowwwwww. Why couldn’t they just have a “winamp2” option in 3 that allows you to use only the bare minimum features?
I know what you mean, but I still hate it; the furniture is too damn small.
I only use winamp because the visualisations are superior to WMP - plus I couldn’t find a way to get WMP to run them full-screen. This might seem like the most trivial reason for choosing it, but I use Winamp for the BGM at a youth club with a video projector; the kids love the eyecandy.
THe latest Windows Media Player has a feature that, when minimized, turns the taskbar item for the program into a mini-interface. I keep it minimized all the time, and uninstalled Winamp. No visual noise (though I kind of miss the rabidhamster R2 Extreme visualization every now and again from Winamp 2), decent interface… my god, MS does get things right, sometimes.
I have one thing to be grateful to Musicmatch for, it made me re-organise my tags.
Mmmmm, excessive anal retentivism (or whatever that word would be…)
I’ve never had any problems with Winamp3, although it takes AGES to load.
Oh well.