Throwback Thursday: Winamp

By on Jul 15, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Software July 15, 2010

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Remember when you could download all of the MP3s you wanted from peer-to-peer site Napster and not get sued by the RIAA? Remember trying to find an audio player that would play all of those pesky MP3s? Remember Winamp?!? Initially monikered WinAMP, the audio player was first released on April 21, 1997. Winamp gained popularity among audiophiles for being feature-rich, small, free, and compatible. Winamp also won fans over with its skinable interface, allowing you to inflict your personal steez on your media player. Winamp was developed by Nullsoft, a company who was known for their llama logo and humorous opening sound clip: “Winamp, it really whips the llama’s ass!” Winamp is still very much alive, and very much available; although it is now owned by AOL. Hit up their website and take a trip down memory lane.

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  • plifeb

    winamp with the shnamp plugin. Days of B&p’s – thats blanks and postage for all you digital dipsticks

  • Jason Harris

    I still consider Winamp’s media library by far the best to manage my (rather large) MP3 library and it’s my preferred media player.

    It’s amazing that Apple’s “Chrome Spreadsheet” approach somehow took over.

  • http://ekos06.student.ipb.ac.id Kojeje

    Woww.. Winamp..!
    Great plugin :)
    Btw, I am the 100th commenter :)

  • http://buku.um.ac.id fajar

    cool..

  • http://idl3mind.tubmlr.com idl3mind

    I’m ashamed to say I was a faithful Winamp user from 1998 until 2004 when I bought my first iPod (20GB 4th gen).

  • Justin

    I’ve been using Winamp since 1998 and can’t bring myself to use anything else. Winamp Classic skin with the Milk Drop visualization is all I need. Classic, simple, small footprint, etc. Don’t see any reason to learn something else.

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    and collecting many information about fashion ,another is that I have many girl friends who enjoy

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  • DroidX

    Winamp SUCKS

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