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Re:Winamp source code leak by tomc1985 on Monday November 29, 2021 @12:37PM (#29382641)
foobar2000's library features kind of suck IMO.

Clementine/Strawberry have issues with large libraries or just skip tracks

Spotify is cloud, automatically eliminated there

VLC Player gets used for porn and videos

Winamp quietly Just Works(tm), it scans all my songs, plays them, and is great for tag grooming and setting ReplayGain levels

What else is there?

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Re:Winamp source code leak by jasonfarnon on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:19PM (#29386649)
Why does VLC Player getting used for porn and videos eliminate it? You mean you want to watch porn and listen to music at the same time and dont want to launch multiple instances?
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Re:Winamp source code leak by bee_rider on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:54PM (#29388371)
Perhaps they are worried about mixing the content up? Like if they have some friends over and want to play some music...
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Re:Winamp source code leak by tomc1985 on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:20AM (#29389784)
Mainly that. Plus you can configure VLC to always start with the volume down, kind of annoying for listening to music
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Re:Winamp source code leak by standardly on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:47PM (#29385695)
Really though, what else is there? Besides what is left of WinAmp.. Foobar is too basic for me (not good for managing larger libraries). iTunes used to work well for me, but I don't use Apple.

Is there any other alternative I can try?

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Re:Winamp source code leak by bwat48 on Monday November 29, 2021 @10:23PM (#29388578)
musicbee is pretty good
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