A brief history of Winamp

A history of the iconic media player, from its humble beginnings as a DOS media player to the latest mobile-device enabled version. More info here : http://www.oldversion.com/blog/the-history-of-winamp/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Winamp
• software
• windows
• MS-DOS
• Computer
• Microsoft
• mp3
• music
• audio
• player
• plugin
• skin
• nullsoft
• history
• documentary
• retrospective
• old
• version
• oldversion

[Paraboxify]

@TheRasteri Are you only going to do these type of videos only for Windows-related things, or also other (sub-)OSs? I find your videos very entertaining and informative, and wouldn't mind seeing more stuff if doing only Windows-related stuff is holding you back a bit.

[TheRasteri]

@Paraboxify I'd certainly be open to the idea of doing things with other OSs. I don't know much about Mac OS so I'm probably the wrong person for that, but Linux is something I'm very familiar with. I did consider installing a bunch of older Linux versions but I didn't think it'd be very interesting.

[TheRasteri]

Sorry for the re-upload, youtube is being screwy for me tonight. I spent longer fiddling with codecs than I did cutting the video together...

[hdbuster18]

This brings back memories :)

[Vmt16]

I never see ANY ads in my Winamp and I don't have the Pro version. Maybe it's because I have all music in a playlist and it just fills most of the player in that window? Anyways, it works the best for me, has for years and I personally won't change unless they stop releasing updates.

[needforspeedboy]

I really enjoy these videos, is there any chance of doing a brief history of Windows Media Player, or DOS?

[AshManXP]

I wish they's make a MacAmp.

[sagat4]

haha i used Winamp way back in summer of 97 when i was in my first year of uni so yeah im old:)

[vav00m]

i really enjoyed the video, and then i realize you also did the chain of fools video! congrats man keep it up. ive been an avid winamp supporter for over 10 years and i was looking forward to someone eventually making a video like this.

[kryptman40k]

I still use it. Fuck itunes

[tauio111]

Winamp Classic UI (L)

[xsni]

Cool video brah