Why does the title call it OS/X? It's macOS and it's described that way on the repo.
Unfortunately his is just a recreation rather than an actual port, since the license for the source that was released prevents derivative works.
Foobar2000 is the spiritual successor to Winamp and it runs on Windows and macOS as well as mobile.
Minor point: I read this as OS/2. The author may want to correct that. macOS naming and versioning is confusing enough.
macOS was never known as OS/X. It was formerly known as OS X and Mac OS X.
As a former OS/2 user, it really threw me off for a second.
100%! I first read as OS/2 as well, and was like interesting.
Same, actually... I'd probably just say "for macOS" at this point, since it is the current term from what I understand.
Aside: the project seems interesting enough, didn't see support for (icecast) streaming listed in the project though, which although less common today still exists.
The page itself has a more accurate description (Winamp *clone* in swift for OS/X) than the headline here.
Since the actual Winamp had a questionable source code release, it could feasibly have been ported to other platforms, so we need to know that it is in fact a clone, and not a port of the real Winamp.
Every single time something like this comes up I feel compelled to mention Audacious.
See my previous comments:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779590
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39965620
Like most days, I am using it right now on macOS.
[MacAMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacAmp) was real and official, directly from Nullsoft, a million years ago.
Why do people insist on still calling macOS "OS X" (or "OS/X" for that matter)?
If it doesn't run on Windows, how can it call itself Winamp? Macosamp makes more sense.
OS/Xamp perhaps.
Joking aside, there's Audacious[1], which is an excellent and cross-platform player, with support for Winamp skins. Also check out WebAmp[2] and the skin museum[3].
[1] <https://audacious-media-player.org> [2] <https://webamp.org> [3] <https://skins.webamp.org>
OS/Xamp, pronounced Oh-sex-amp :o)
A winamp clone for os/x - interested in learning swift, and wanted a stable version of winamp for os/x - two itches scratched
What was the most fun and least fun you had while learning Swift for this project?
I remember having trouble making a Swift UI for my C app because I forgot to disable sandboxing in Xcode project settings. Spent a frustrating two hours debugging
Nice. Maybe next step can be integration with one of the music services
Apple Music would seem the obvious choice.
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