RIP Winamp

Yathosho · 20th November 2013, 20:12

thanks to onionring for pointing me to this article

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5...-over-15-years

to be honest, i'm not even shocked at all. i remember winamp as my long-time favourite player, but that was also a long time ago. in the end, it became just a tool for me to play visuals, but my primary audioplayer had been something else for a long time (these days i mostly listen to spotify).

my real concern is the forums, what will happen to it? it's such a great resource outside the winamp discussion, it would be a great loss.

edit: now that there's an announcement on the winamp page, it's clear that the forums will be gone as well. it would be nice if some forum admin would give us access to all the posts of the avs forum, but the move to announce the winamp a month before the shutdown makes me doubt it will happen. great move, aol!

InCUbuS-94 · 20th November 2013, 20:37

That makes the both of us, I've known winamp for almost a decade and started using it like 6 or so years ago. I guess this was just a matter of time before this happened, first with AVS, then Winamp.

goebish · 20th November 2013, 22:27

This is really sad, I'm still using Winamp as my daily player and AVS at parties

DrO · 21st November 2013, 00:22

nothing stopping you from still doing just that.

greatWho · 21st November 2013, 13:37

DrO will there be a possibility to import a Backup from this Forum in the winampforum.com or is all the resources lost?

DrO · 21st November 2013, 14:01

well from what i've heard, a number of people are scraping the forums and everything else but as far as importing things go, i'd expect it'll have to be a manual process but i really don't know.

Tuggummi · 22nd November 2013, 12:43

I'll only miss the forums, as i've explained on my journal.

Good run WinAmp. Good job Nullsoft. Sleep now, earned it you have. [/yoda]

Yathosho · 22nd November 2013, 15:42

http://visbot.github.io/AVS-Forums/

Enjoy and reminisce!

Yathosho · 25th November 2013, 11:01

working on version 2.0 as we speak, featuring proper blockquotes, codes and links. running some more tests before uploading it to the same address

Tuggummi · 25th November 2013, 16:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yathosho

working on version 2.0 as we speak, featuring proper blockquotes, codes and links. running some more tests before uploading it to the same address

Working how? I thought you were just gonna archive the forums and that you have done already. Im confused

Yathosho · 25th November 2013, 23:15

new version here. unlike in the previous version, you can click links. also blockquotes (and code blocks) are indicated, that was a bit confusing in the previous version.

Doggy Dog · 28th November 2013, 05:24

Eh... a hi and bye from me. Said everything else on the Classic Skins board.

AVS and you guys meant a lot to me once and still do in some ways. Thank you for tolerating an overenthusiastic, sometimes misguided, sometimes annoying, but always well meaning kid.

InCUbuS-94 · 28th November 2013, 08:47

By the way, if you're interested, there's another forum which will take over this one when the time comes, click here

Yathosho · 28th November 2013, 12:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by InCUbuS-94

By the way, if you're interested, there's another forum which will take over this one when the time comes, click here

fugly. wondering if they'll run into legal trouble with using the name.

personally, i'm only interested where the all the webvs discussion is going to. my suggestion would be to keep it on github.

DrO · 28th November 2013, 12:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yathosho

wondering if they'll run into legal trouble with using the name.

i've explained things to death about the current naming and 'legal' aspects about the alternate forum (is easily found in my posting history).

QOAL · 28th November 2013, 12:54

I don't see how/where github provides actual discussion support. You can't/shouldn't use bugs for everything.

fragmer · 8th December 2013, 08:14

Thanks to Nullsoft, and thanks to all AVSers.

I've been playing with AVS for 12 years now. It inspired me to get into programming / math / generative art, and to eventually pursue a career in computer science / game development.

Hopefully DeviantART and Customize.org will keep their AVS categories up.

I plan to continue using Winamp. I've perfected the configs over the years, and it has been pretty much bug-free for me, for years. And I have not seen anything even close to AVS in other players though.

Cheers

garetjax · 10th December 2013, 01:41

1001skins - now supports many of these solutions as well. Users can now upload skins, templates, plugins, etc and more...

20th November 2013, 20:12	#1
Yathosho Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: AT-DE Posts: 3,244	RIP Winamp thanks to onionring for pointing me to this article http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5...-over-15-years to be honest, i'm not even shocked at all. i remember winamp as my long-time favourite player, but that was also a long time ago. in the end, it became just a tool for me to play visuals, but my primary audioplayer had been something else for a long time (these days i mostly listen to spotify). my real concern is the forums, what will happen to it? it's such a great resource outside the winamp discussion, it would be a great loss. edit: now that there's an announcement on the winamp page, it's clear that the forums will be gone as well. it would be nice if some forum admin would give us access to all the posts of the avs forum, but the move to announce the winamp a month before the shutdown makes me doubt it will happen. great move, aol! Winamp: Fossil 2002 III \| My AVS Presets \| visboTVisbot \| PimpBot \| How to setup AVS? NSIS: Sublime Text Packages \| NSIS-Linker.user.js \| highlight.js \| Icons & Graphics \| Twitter

20th November 2013, 20:37	#2
InCUbuS-94 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Behind your house Posts: 81	That makes the both of us, I've known winamp for almost a decade and started using it like 6 or so years ago. I guess this was just a matter of time before this happened, first with AVS, then Winamp. It cannot rain forever

20th November 2013, 22:27	#3
goebish Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: my UFO near planet earth Posts: 164	This is really sad, I'm still using Winamp as my daily player and AVS at parties Get more APEs

21st November 2013, 00:22	#4
DrO Winamp / SHOUTcast Developer and continuing 3rd Party Plug-in Developer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 24,388	nothing stopping you from still doing just that. Find my plug-ins at http://nunzioweb.com/daz/ and yes i will still be developing plug-ins for Winamp. http://winampforum.com/ - Replacement Winamp Forums.

21st November 2013, 13:37	#5
greatWho Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Switzerland Posts: 154	DrO will there be a possibility to import a Backup from this Forum in the winampforum.com or is all the resources lost? my presetpacks: GreatWho 1st Generation GreatWho's Eyecandy

21st November 2013, 14:01	#6
DrO Winamp / SHOUTcast Developer and continuing 3rd Party Plug-in Developer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 24,388	well from what i've heard, a number of people are scraping the forums and everything else but as far as importing things go, i'd expect it'll have to be a manual process but i really don't know. Find my plug-ins at http://nunzioweb.com/daz/ and yes i will still be developing plug-ins for Winamp. http://winampforum.com/ - Replacement Winamp Forums.

22nd November 2013, 12:43	#7
Tuggummi Bin King Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 2,170	I'll only miss the forums, as i've explained on my journal. Good run WinAmp. Good job Nullsoft. Sleep now, earned it you have. [/yoda] Texer Resources Im retarded... err i mean retired! Probably both...

22nd November 2013, 15:42	#8
Yathosho Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: AT-DE Posts: 3,244	http://visbot.github.io/AVS-Forums/ Enjoy and reminisce! Winamp: Fossil 2002 III \| My AVS Presets \| visboTVisbot \| PimpBot \| How to setup AVS? NSIS: Sublime Text Packages \| NSIS-Linker.user.js \| highlight.js \| Icons & Graphics \| Twitter

25th November 2013, 11:01	#9
Yathosho Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: AT-DE Posts: 3,244	working on version 2.0 as we speak, featuring proper blockquotes, codes and links. running some more tests before uploading it to the same address Winamp: Fossil 2002 III \| My AVS Presets \| visboTVisbot \| PimpBot \| How to setup AVS? NSIS: Sublime Text Packages \| NSIS-Linker.user.js \| highlight.js \| Icons & Graphics \| Twitter

25th November 2013, 23:15	#11
Yathosho Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: AT-DE Posts: 3,244	new version here. unlike in the previous version, you can click links. also blockquotes (and code blocks) are indicated, that was a bit confusing in the previous version. Winamp: Fossil 2002 III \| My AVS Presets \| visboTVisbot \| PimpBot \| How to setup AVS? NSIS: Sublime Text Packages \| NSIS-Linker.user.js \| highlight.js \| Icons & Graphics \| Twitter

28th November 2013, 05:24	#12
Doggy Dog Canis Sapiens (Reviewer) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Split, Croatia Posts: 1,832	Eh... a hi and bye from me. Said everything else on the Classic Skins board. AVS and you guys meant a lot to me once and still do in some ways. Thank you for tolerating an overenthusiastic, sometimes misguided, sometimes annoying, but always well meaning kid. My latest pack (old): http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=134260 My latest skin: A Skin ? v1.0: http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=135874

28th November 2013, 08:47	#13
InCUbuS-94 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Behind your house Posts: 81	By the way, if you're interested, there's another forum which will take over this one when the time comes, click here It cannot rain forever

28th November 2013, 12:54	#16
QOAL [STILL a retard!] Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 1,160	I don't see how/where github provides actual discussion support. You can't/shouldn't use bugs for everything. count! • last.fm • da • stylish • planner

8th December 2013, 08:14	#17
fragmer Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 97	Thanks to Nullsoft, and thanks to all AVSers. I've been playing with AVS for 12 years now. It inspired me to get into programming / math / generative art, and to eventually pursue a career in computer science / game development. Hopefully DeviantART and Customize.org will keep their AVS categories up. I plan to continue using Winamp. I've perfected the configs over the years, and it has been pretty much bug-free for me, for years. And I have not seen anything even close to AVS in other players though. Cheers

10th December 2013, 01:41	#18
garetjax Candyass (Major Dude) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Benton, AR Posts: 2,006	1001skins - now supports many of these solutions as well. Users can now upload skins, templates, plugins, etc and more... Owner - 1001 Skins \| My Blog \| WMC/WCL Project \| Facebook Group That's not a skin, it's some god awful piece of skinner gunk. - Mr. Jones

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