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Nostalgia

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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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1. Respectful Nostalgia Share nostalgic content and memories respectfully. Avoid offensive or insensitive references that may be hurtful to others.

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[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think winamp and all those skins are still available...

Yes! Here is winamp: https://winamp.en.lo4d.com/windows

Skins: https://winampheritage.com/skins

I use VLC for this now. I wonder why VLC doesn't have so many awesome skins. It does have a few lame visualizers built in.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think most people have moved on to other programs past VLC. I think the "informed nerd choice" is MPC Classic now for videos, but don't quote me on that.

For music, the last time I checked it was MusicBee. Intensely customizable, tons of skins, visualizers, and some (kinda janky) support for WinAmp visualizers.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Interesting. Thanks.

I've been ripping with windows media player. Any recommendations for a better ripper?

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use EAC- Exact Audio Copy. It's definitely more hardcore than the average person needs, including features for testing the physical capabilites of your disc drive and having settings for detecting and attempting to re-read CD sectors that have errors, but after you set it up you can easily rip to .flac (lossless, technically the best format to rip to, but larger) or to .mp3 vbr0 (99.9% of people can't tell the quality difference from flac, and it's much smaller size).

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

I know EAC and have used it. Have it on this PC, actually.

I've been just doing quick and easy rips to flac with Windoze Media Player.

I'll have to try ripping to flac with EAC. Sounds like an adventure.