• Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
    hexbear
    19
    1 month ago

    i still use Winamp. Plus Milkdrop is the best free visualizer. With an extra program(VB-Cable) you can play music through other apps and it will go through winamp and milkdrop. Spotify with Milkdrop is the shiiiiiit

  • geese_feces [comrade/them, love/loves]
    hexbear
    6
    1 month ago

    I could make a hexbear skin for winamp if anyone would be interested in using it; i have experince making both the classic and modern skins.

  • Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube
    hexbear
    3
    1 month ago

    Might be cool to hack in support for Plex and subsonic. It's not 1998 anymore, my mp3s aren't sitting in a folder on my desktop anymore. Would be fun to return to winamp and use it to stream music from my server though.

      • Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube
        hexbear
        2
        edit-2
        1 month ago

        If it works for you then no!

        But for me, I like using Plex or subsonic so that I can easily access my entire collection from my phone. I have my server setup with automated tooling to download new albums from artists I have monitored, torrent client is always on, I can search for and add music from my phone (as long as I connect to my VPN on the home network). All of this makes sense for my use case, especially considering that I already run the Plex server 24/7 so friends and family can stream whenever they want from it. None of it is on my desktop, so that the server doesn't grind to a halt when I'm gaming or visa-versa. Also I don't have to leave the gaming computer running all the time. And I have the server drives setup to pool their storage together, so adding new drives is relatively easy.

        But obviously a setup like this doesn't make sense for everyone. I've spent way too much money on server equipment (mostly hard drives), but one could do a similar but scaled back version of this stuff with an SBC like the raspberry pi. As long as you have the time and will to get it setup.

        • blakeus12 [he/him]
          hexbear
          2
          1 month ago

          ah, makes sense. definitely can't afford a server haha

  • huf [he/him]
    hexbear
    2
    1 month ago

    why does it say "Dec 16, 1" at the top when this seems to be a new announcement?

  • Red_sun_in_the_sky@lemmy.ml
    hexbear
    2
    1 month ago

    That's nice. I saw like andrew hulshult who made dusk soundtrack put up the album with the visualizer from winamp. That was neat. This is good to hear.