How come?

andrei31 · 27th February 2007, 19:21

How come that winamp opens the mp3's the fastest. I compared WMP, and other player, and they dont do competion

, how come it opens the fastest the mp3 from the playlist, and when you enter it, it opens the hardest?

andrei31 · 27th February 2007, 21:05

I'm sorry for my english competion=competion, player+'s.

andrei31 · 27th February 2007, 21:06

competion=competition player= players how come it opens the mp3's the fastest

CraigF · 27th February 2007, 23:38

its just a tiny fast app when configured correctly.

andrei31 · 28th February 2007, 21:07

Yes craig, it's fast but how did you made it whis way?? how come is winamp so great, and make look others like the last mp3's players on earth?
Give me details... how did you done it, the configured it the correct way?

Kieran Walker · 1st March 2007, 00:43

If I had to take a guess, I'd say it's due to the fact that Winamp has been in development for somewhere in the neighborhood of ten years. That's a lot of time to fine tune and tweak your code.

Thunder Pussy · 1st March 2007, 00:56

Partly because it's made up of many small, optional components. Nearly everything Winamp does is done via plug-ins.

CraigF · 1st March 2007, 09:39

Winamps goal has always been to offer functionality without bloat. As Kieran Walker and Early Devil stated, its been in development for a long time, with constant efforts towards that goal. Where people may cry bloat, its usually a case of them not being willing to simply disable to functionality they do not use.

The download still remains small compared to other applications out there (I believe that the full package is now sat at 6mb), so they really have little reason to make that judgement.

Edu Camargo · 5th March 2007, 04:46

Winamp ain't the last nor the first player... But the-player.

Best,

Du.

andrei31 · 5th March 2007, 21:32

But how come nullsoft made millions, over a tiny app, named winamp? or that's not the only product?

Edu Camargo · 6th March 2007, 00:15

It all depends on the things that Winamp uses when you open the player to audition content. There are lots of visual things I don't use due to my blindness, so I simply disable them, because music is more interesting when you try to feel it.
One thing that is disabled in my Winamp is the agent on the system tray. Btw, I bought the talk of disabling this from <a href="http://www.freedomscientific.com/">Freedom Scientific</a>, developpers of JAWS for Windows, the screen reader I use to interact with Windows. Winamp now works like breeze on my system.

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andrei31 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TG-Jiu Posts: 42	How come? How come that winamp opens the mp3's the fastest. I compared WMP, and other player, and they dont do competion , how come it opens the fastest the mp3 from the playlist, and when you enter it, it opens the hardest?

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27th February 2007, 21:05	#2
andrei31 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TG-Jiu Posts: 42	I'm sorry for my english competion=competion, player+'s.

27th February 2007, 21:06	#3
andrei31 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TG-Jiu Posts: 42	competion=competition player= players how come it opens the mp3's the fastest

27th February 2007, 23:38	#4
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,435	its just a tiny fast app when configured correctly.

28th February 2007, 21:07	#5
andrei31 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TG-Jiu Posts: 42	Yes craig, it's fast but how did you made it whis way?? how come is winamp so great, and make look others like the last mp3's players on earth? Give me details... how did you done it, the configured it the correct way?

1st March 2007, 00:43	#6
Kieran Walker Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Wyoming Posts: 155	If I had to take a guess, I'd say it's due to the fact that Winamp has been in development for somewhere in the neighborhood of ten years. That's a lot of time to fine tune and tweak your code.

1st March 2007, 00:56	#7
Thunder Pussy Feed me a stray dog (Major Dude) Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,122	Partly because it's made up of many small, optional components. Nearly everything Winamp does is done via plug-ins.

1st March 2007, 09:39	#8
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,435	Winamps goal has always been to offer functionality without bloat. As Kieran Walker and Early Devil stated, its been in development for a long time, with constant efforts towards that goal. Where people may cry bloat, its usually a case of them not being willing to simply disable to functionality they do not use. The download still remains small compared to other applications out there (I believe that the full package is now sat at 6mb), so they really have little reason to make that judgement.

5th March 2007, 04:46	#9
Edu Camargo Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SÃ£o Paulo, SP, Brazil Posts: 28	Winamp ain't the last nor the first player... But the-player. Best, Du.

5th March 2007, 21:32	#10
andrei31 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TG-Jiu Posts: 42	But how come nullsoft made millions, over a tiny app, named winamp? or that's not the only product?

6th March 2007, 00:15	#11
Edu Camargo Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SÃ£o Paulo, SP, Brazil Posts: 28	It all depends on the things that Winamp uses when you open the player to audition content. There are lots of visual things I don't use due to my blindness, so I simply disable them, because music is more interesting when you try to feel it. One thing that is disabled in my Winamp is the agent on the system tray. Btw, I bought the talk of disabling this from <a href="http://www.freedomscientific.com/">Freedom Scientific</a>, developpers of JAWS for Windows, the screen reader I use to interact with Windows. Winamp now works like breeze on my system.