Winamp announced on their webpage that they are shutting down Winamp and all associated services by December 20:th. Quote: 

 

"Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date"

Edited November 20, 201312 yr by ineseri

NOOO :( It's my favorite desktop media player... Guess I'll have to stick with Google Play Music only from now on.

I wouldn't really worry about it disappearing from the face of the internet, there will (hopefully) be free modifications and updates made by a third party.

I'm hoping the developers will release the source code for it before they leave the scene though. 

Edited November 20, 201312 yr by ineseri

I wouldn't really worry about it disappearing from the face of the internet, there will (hopefully) be free modifications and updates made by a third party.

I'm hoping the developers will release the source code for it before they leave the scene though.

Hopefully so. Still going to make sure I keep a copy of the latest installer on hand just in case. It's not the most elegant media player out there but I still love it either way.

Agreed, I use it too (in combination with Spotify).

WTF is winamp? Sounds like an infectious disease.    

I prefer Winamp over iTunes and WMP tbh lol. It's going to be a sad day that it's going away.

WTF is winamp? Sounds like an infectious disease.    

You never heard of Winamp? It's a music player.

You never heard of Winamp? It's a music player.

 

No, I haven't heard of it. I am somewhat of a simple minded person when it comes to this "Twitter" and "BookFace."

If I'm honest, I've always preferred VLC as my player for any type of media. Can play most codecs that Windows Movie Player can't, without having to download any additional files, and also has some nice features to clean up broken or damaged files.

This really is an end of an era :(

Guess for-profit media players can't really handle the Spotify/Grooveshark/Google Music competition any more.

I've used WinAmp for years, but over the past 2-3 I've been largely ignoring it with the exception of times I need to play audio files with odd extension types. I'll still miss it. I guess I can always use something like Foobar2000 (if that's still a thing) or VLCMedia Player, but they're both uglier in my opinion, and aesthetics matter to me since I liked to "skin" my WinAmp player to fit with my desktop theme.

I preferably use vlc media player, I have used it for a long time and cant get used to any other formats, and its a very popular media player.

Edited November 21, 201312 yr by sergiyj

http://www.broadcastingworld.net/news/view-476/

 

Okay, now it really is ruined.

-snip-

Oh dear... 

Edited November 22, 201312 yr by ineseri