WA for Win95

Twilight Zone · 20th November 2005, 17:34

I tested this neat little trick on an old Win95 System...
(if you still use a Win95 you're in the right place)

First I installed Winamp 5
-It's sooo SLOW-& a lot of the addons are useless
SO I uninstalled Winamp 5
Modern skin is unusable...NOT ENOUGH RAM!

Then I went looking for the old wa2 which has
no MAJOR video acceleration, no modern interface, etc...

I found oldversion.com & used winamp2

I then installed the latest winamp5 over the wa2,
this time without all those addons & only with:
tiny fullscreen(really cool)
WA2 has this nice minivisual, pops on top of the visual

I tried it & it's much better!
Now it has all these files
which normally don't play on Win95!!!
Tell me if this trick works for you

DrO · 20th November 2005, 17:50

firstly optimising winamp installs has been documented, commented on many times and it has been publicised _many_ times that modern skins aren't intended for older systems.

secondly you didn't need to install 2.x and then install a custom 5.x install over the top, just installing the custom 5.x would have done the same.

thirdly this isn't really related to the dev forum so i'm moving it...

-daz

CraigF · 21st November 2005, 11:07

or just installing "winamp 5 lite", which you'll find is what its meant for.

20th November 2005, 17:34	#1
Twilight Zone Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Aruba Posts: 14	WA for Win95 I tested this neat little trick on an old Win95 System... (if you still use a Win95 you're in the right place) First I installed Winamp 5 -It's sooo SLOW-& a lot of the addons are useless SO I uninstalled Winamp 5 Modern skin is unusable...NOT ENOUGH RAM! Then I went looking for the old wa2 which has no MAJOR video acceleration, no modern interface, etc... I found oldversion.com & used winamp2 I then installed the latest winamp5 over the wa2, this time without all those addons & only with: tiny fullscreen(really cool) WA2 has this nice minivisual, pops on top of the visual I tried it & it's much better! Now it has all these files which normally don't play on Win95!!! Tell me if this trick works for you

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20th November 2005, 17:50	#2
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,204	firstly optimising winamp installs has been documented, commented on many times and it has been publicised _many_ times that modern skins aren't intended for older systems. secondly you didn't need to install 2.x and then install a custom 5.x install over the top, just installing the custom 5.x would have done the same. thirdly this isn't really related to the dev forum so i'm moving it... -daz

21st November 2005, 11:07	#3
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,437	or just installing "winamp 5 lite", which you'll find is what its meant for.