Is it still possible to get the source code? I never knew it was available.
Unsurprising given that their repo’s license was a contradictory mess
Anyways I’d recommend using Strawberry instead
It’s an actual Free and Open Source music player:
I mostly use mpv to play local music nowadays. (Most of the music I play is streamed using a Navidrome server with Feishin as the frontend.) Back when I did use a proper audio player on Linux, Harmonoid was my go-to.
Lovely that it is open source, but dear lord that UI is a blast from the past 😂😂 👴👵🏚️
It’s ugly af. Hope some designer can volunteer to set them straight.
It’s an Amarok fork, so yes
So that’s why I thought: finally a viable Amarok replacement.
Most players out there seem to be built for like 40 songs?
Oh that makes sense. I think I last used Amarok 20 years ago.
WACUP
Replacing native Winamp code with modern code with frequent updates by one of the most prolific classic Winamp developers.
It’s fantastic.
Geiss support tho?
And you can set the visuals to unlimited fps, which is fun on a good screen
But does it whip the llamas ass?
Naturally
wacup! it really whips the ladspa’s ass!
kicked by the llamas ass
I’m surprised they kept it up for so long honestly. It was very clear they had no fucking clue what they were doing. What with the nonsensical license that violated Github’s tos, the Dolby Code they leaked, and the fact they kept every commit public for everyone to see.
Can someone explain me what’s the business model of an app that’s free for three decades? They claim to have 100 devs, how can they pay them?
They’re sponsored by WinRAR. Those guys are loaded.
The current revived version appears to be tied to a content streaming platform for “creators,” and also sells NFT’s. The mothership certainly gets a cut of all of those sales. Just like seemingly every other techbro venture nowadays, their business model entirely revolves around being a “service,” and the media player itself is apparently just a side hobby. (Note that this is basically exactly the same mutation that happened to Napster. That worked well.)
Otherwise, the answer is sponsorship by a corporate sugar daddy. Even the OG Winamp was sponsored by and then ultimately bought outright by AOL.
sells NFTs*
I’m using foobar2000. Should I be using something else?
I’m an old soul so I use music bee with the Tron skin, it’s very 2000s
Still miss foobar which isn’t on Linux, though deadbeef is fairly similar at least. Never got the hang of all the beautiful themes/skins users put together for foobar but it was still my go to music player. Excellent layout customisation, tagging and conversion UI, as well as as nice range of plugins
I really like deadbeef, coming from fb2k as well. Someone recommended it to me two weeks ago, and I’ve immediately recognized the similarities.
Foobar’s Dev should have just taken their project open source imo. Although I suspect winamp’s lawyers would have jumped on that.
