RIP WinAmp

WINAMP 5.66 WILL KEEP RUNNING ON YOUR PC AS IT DID LAST YEARS (actually, BETTER, and it probably will for at least YEARS more).
SO STOP FREAKIN´ OUT!
NOBODY SAYS YOU SHOULD STOP USING WINAMP ON 20/12/2013!

It means that playing music, managing your library, updating tags (now even in mass form directly from the Playlist editor!) or managing your iPod / Android / Mp5 player can still be done like if nothing ever happened.

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So, what remains (and can still be created / fixed):

• New fixes (in various forms according to DrO)
• Gracenote database (to be confirmed)
• Crash reporter (in case of emergency)
• New Plugins and plugins updates
• Skins (newer and updates if needed)
• SDK updates (80% chances to stay)

What is lost

• Online services (like Now playing, MoodAgent, etc). The good thing about it is that now people can use / create custom services to use with it, like Broser Pro / Reader already does in cPro skins.
• Shoutcast (needs confirmation, but there are alternatives like Icecast)
• Nullsoft TV (access, not the ability to play it, if you have the links you´re good, get some here)
• Winamp.com Forums (with luck it will get moved, or live trough Skin Consortium or alike)
• Winamp.com access to skins (not critical, there´s DeviantArt / 1001skins..)
• Winamp.com access to plugins (saving working plugins IS NEEDED, later it can be uploaded somewhere)

The good news (yes! there are!)

• People can now create Online services
• Winamp can still be improved by plugins. Tutorials are all over internet and there will still be some devs to ask to in case of emergency.
• There can still be "life" for Winamp after this, if enough Plugin developers join again, A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS CAN STILL BE DONE. Now more than ever, the power to make Winamp even better is in Community´s hands.
• DrO, the main dev of Winamp 5.66 (among other things..) will keep on working on his plugins, let´s help him in what we can and don´t forget that, as usual he only does it for the love to Winamp, no money was ever gained from this.. so keep that in mind when requesting / asking.
• Last but not least, personal thinking.. if AOL is not interested any more in Winamp, then now more than ever is more likely that someone could buy it and start to do things like it should`ve been done years ago.. or set it free to the community.

Microsoft In Talks To Buy Shoutcast And Winamp From AOL