Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years

Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by dzek69 on Friday October 19, 2018 @03:41PM (#18259405)

Oh, of course I don't believe in Google music/Spotify/iTunes proving an API for winamp.

Reverse engineering is possible here, but will result in ban/lawsuit after it gains some traction.

How they're gonna do that then? No idea.

Still I dream about alternative client every say

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Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by supermdguy on Friday October 19, 2018 @03:58PM (#18259551)

Spotify has a playback SDK[0]. It's meant for web use, but it could probably be used to create a custom native player. You'd just need to have a webview somewhere.

[0]: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk...

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Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by RexM on Friday October 19, 2018 @06:38PM (#18260603)

They used to have a C library called libspotify that they quietly stopped supporting and later killed off.

https://jonaslundqvist.net/2015/05/06/do-not-use-libspotify/

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Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by earenndil on Saturday October 20, 2018 @12:41AM (#18261799)

There's an oss alternative called librespot https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot

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Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by RexM on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @12:33PM (#18284866)

Thanks, I didn't know that existed.

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Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by SSLy on Friday October 19, 2018 @04:54PM (#18259983)

IIRC this is used by Clementine, a QT-based desktop player.

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Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by dewey on Friday October 19, 2018 @06:44PM (#18260620)

Apple Music also has a player SDK via MusicKit if I understand it correctly. Some people already build third party players and web interfaces.

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