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by astrodust 4802 days ago
WinAMP is a great product by the standards of 1998.
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If "standards of 1998" means proper parsing and display of metadata in various character sets from various sources (local file, internet streams etc), wide input format support, gapless playback and Replaygain support, relatively low resource usage, instantaneous search and unrestricted customizability then I wished more music players followed them.
Foobar is my current end all and be all in these terms. It does all of that and is endlessly extensible.
I use FB2k too, though I had to adapt to its creator's hate for the "Now Playing" list, forcing media library browsers to maintain playlists instead.
You're right - it's an excellent product by today's standards. :)