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New WinAmp update brings online music stores
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article published on 17 July, 2008
AOL has announced that the latest update to their popular WinAmp software will give the program access to online music stores.
The update, to version 5.54, lets users buy songs, ringtones, tickets and physical CDs directly from the Jukebox although AOL has not revealed which online music stores will be integrated into the software. There was word that the stores integrated would offer DRM-free MP3s.
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18. July 2008 @ 05:52 |
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O well.
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18. July 2008 @ 08:38 |
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as long as they don;t screw with the online radio.....
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A_Klingon
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18. July 2008 @ 08:45 |
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Originally posted by area_51:
O well.
O Well? (O Well What?)
Oh well, since AOL bought out WinAmp from the original owners, it has metamorphosed into something galacticly different from what it first gained acclaimed prominence for - Audio playback. I never use WinAmp for video, let alone use it for buying online tracks.
In fact, my favourite version is 2.91 which, I believe, predates AOL's takeover by a wide margin. How's that for living-in-the-past?
In fact, you can get everything from versions 0.20 (!!!) to 5.24 here:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp
Some things - the tried-and-true ones, I don't like to tamper with. Newer is not necessarily better. ("O Well") :-)
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18. July 2008 @ 08:47 |
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Howdy Klingy! Long time no see buddy!
Lol...yeah, that's living in the past! :)
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18. July 2008 @ 08:49 |
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"The flimsier the product,the higher the price"
Ferengi 82nd rule of aqusition
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18. July 2008 @ 08:52 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by area_51:
O well.
O Well? (O Well What?)
Oh well, since AOL bought out WinAmp from the original owners, it has metamorphosed into something galacticly different from what it first gained acclaimed prominence for - Audio playback. I never use WinAmp for video, let alone use it for buying online tracks.
In fact, my favourite version is 2.91 which, I believe, predates AOL's takeover by a wide margin. How's that for living-in-the-past?
In fact, you can get everything from versions 0.20 (!!!) to 5.24 here:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp
Some things - the tried-and-true ones, I don't like to tamper with. Newer is not necessarily better. ("O Well") :-)
I use Fubar for palyback and winamp for online radio.
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18. July 2008 @ 16:06 |
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O well nobody cares.
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A_Klingon
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19. July 2008 @ 19:34 |
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Originally posted by area_51:
O well "nobody" cares.
Whew! I guess it's a good thing my name isn't "nobody" then!
Where wouldja be today without the venerable .mp3 file ???
WinAmp and P2P go hand-in-hand, for all you ipod afficianados out there.
(I'm glad you have it all figured out, though, area_51.) Welcome to AfterDawn. Kwingy Wuvs You. :-)
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A_Klingon
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19. July 2008 @ 19:43 |
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Hi 7thsinger! Hi iluvendo!
I've just been too busy at work to play on the internet these days, I'm afraid. (sulk.....)
Gotta head out for work in fact, in just 1 hour from now (another 12-hour graveyard shift 12:00am to 12:00pm; then another 8-hour jobbie; then the Klingon High Council will let me off the hook for two days, and I promise to answer my private messages which I've been shamefully ignoring lately).
[I can be such a lazy shmuck, I know.] Spending too much time listening to WinAmp, I guess <gg>
-- Be good to each other! --
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A_Klingon
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19. July 2008 @ 19:45 |
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...I use Fubar for palyback and winamp for online radio.
Yep, I have found WinAmp to be a superb radio tuner, Zippy.
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19. July 2008 @ 19:48 |
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Originally posted by "A_Klingon":
Where wouldja be today without the venerable .mp3 file ???
Using ogg and flac free open source codecs perchance?
vlc makes a belting radio and tv tuner too... handles more formats ;)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. July 2008 @ 19:49
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A_Klingon
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19. July 2008 @ 20:05 |
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Originally posted by iluvendo:
Klingy, my favorite right and honorable Klingon(did I mention dog gone handsome too) friend. Long time no see. Glad you are back.
Please take a look here
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/681888
Sorry if I'm off topic
Yikes! I just have a few mins to run out and catch the bus! Running real late.
I briefly visited that thread, iluvendo - dropped a coupla posts there, BUT I _will_ return to 'properly' torment you guys later.
(Heading out the door now ....Whooooooooooooooooooshhhh!!)
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A_Klingon
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23. July 2008 @ 01:14 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
Originally posted by "A_Klingon":
Where wouldja be today without the venerable .mp3 file ???
Using ogg and flac free open source codecs perchance?
vlc makes a belting radio and tv tuner too... handles more formats ;)
Not familiar with 'vlc'; there's many media software players out there - I'm sure they all work well enough.
Ogg Vorbis - *lovely* format even if, traditionally, a bit overhyped, better than .mp3 (so is .wma, but what-the-hell?), and flac? ...... great stuff, no loss, BUT nobody really needs lossless audio listening to music thru .88c headphones while commuting to work on the local bus. (i.e, IPOD)
.mp3 reigns supreme - for better or for worse - you _know_ that varnull. The best compression formats often (usually?) don't make it into the mainstream.
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