I could not get others to do DSD Pass through and I could not get JRiver to work properly with DTS/AC3 Embedded in FLACs (or not embedded). If all you want is DSD Pass through and PCM 2 Channel FLACs, JRiver would be my choice. If when I tried to get some others to play AC3 they would crash when changing tracks and other glitches. In my opinion it's the only player that does everything technically correct (formally I say Winamp too). Ok I gave up on jRiver, MusicBee, MediaMonkey and went back to Foobar2000įinally after years of using Foobar2000 (as just a debug tool rather than a main player) I finally dug in more of how it works. Plugins for things like Pandora, Internet radio is a plus too. I can get 80% of the way with JRiver, MusicBee, or MediaMonkey. It's a damn shame Winamp has allowed to wither away.ġ) Winamp like "Browsing" and Tracking of tunes.ģ) Sniff FLACs for DTS/AC3 and decode and mix down to 2 channel.Ĥ) Support ASIO/WASAPI (they all do this pretty good). That's a lot of work, lot of wasted space and makes replenishing my library tedious. You have to unpack the FLAC and rename the file to DTS, AC3 etc. The problem with the others that do support Winamp plugins is they don't "sniff" the FLAC's. But none achieve 1-4 as well as WinAmp did or FooBar2000 did. I've tried JRiver, MusicBee and Media Monkey. The reason I did uninstall it is I now run a 4K monitor and it is not 4K aware and a bunch of icons are disproportionally small. I know I could run Winamp and I just stupidly uninstalled it and having trouble finding a safe mirror to down load from and a "Patch Kit". I know there are skins for FooBar2000 that can make it look Winamp-ish but I'm not sure it will have the smarts for items 2-4 above.
Problem is FooBar2000 user interface is fairly dumb/flat. It will sniff the Flac's too and do the right thing. Now Foobar2000 is also top dog doing all the technical stuff "right". Winamp is smart enough to "sniff" the FLAC and do DTS, AC3 decoding etc. My Flac Library is setup for Logitech Media Server and Home Theater that can decode DTS, AC3 etc. I would often put it on Random Play until I hit an album I was in the mood for and I could right click play artist or album.ģ) I also liked it's ability Marking tunes with Stars, and History of number of times played etc.Ĥ) Winamp also did this without mucking up your source library (which I occasionally will clone from home to work). MP3, FLAC, DTS/AC3 Embedded in FLAC - Mixed Down, DSD Decoder or Pass ThroughĢ) User interface was exactly how I like to listen/browse. I am a long time Winamp user and I loved it for several reasons.ġ) It could play ANYTHING.
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