Link: https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/19/windows-11-is-breaking-legacy-media-player-features-to-push-you-to-a-modern-app-that-uses-3x-more-ram/

Crossposted from https://lemmy.today/post/58642043

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https://winamp.com/

and if you have a 1080p or less screen, you can get a Windows Media Player skin for VLC

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php

(it works on larger displays but it doesnt scale and i don't have the eyes for that)

its quite shit now actually btw.. wacup is kinda like a fork of it

Can't fork closed source. But it's trying to reimplement it and have the same feel.

technically yeah it seems like they're reimplementing the whole thing step by step

I use Media Player Classic too - been using it since about Win7 when MS started bloating the native player.

But then I don't really watch stuff on my PC, so it's just for quick things.

Since both VLC and MPHC start fast and just work, that's all I need.

I still use WinAmp, altho for the same sorts of things I was doing ages ago. It still hits the Shoutcast network (sorta), still has the gorgeous Milkdrop built-in, still handles music perfectly well and can fill-in missing song info from online sources IIRC.

What would you say about it now is "quite shit?"

@snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world

their official build is a barely updated beta version, the company behind it has done some sketchy stuff lately (NFT..)

there's just no reason to use it over WACUP since its based on 5.666 and compatible with all the old plugins

I welcome you all to Linux. Give Linux Mint, Fedora, heck even Zorin a shot.

I use this too and probably for the same time and reasons as you. It's light weight and can open as many players as needed.

Who the fuck uses wmp over vlc