galahs Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=278159Notes:-Alas, Winamp 5.5 is no longer compatible with Win9x (Win 98/ME),-and all support for those OS'es has now been discontinued.-Win2k/XP/2003/Vista are all supported.Another one bytes the dust!Thankfully 5.35 is pretty **** good, so I'm not really worried. Looks like 5.5 is becoming "bloatware" anyway.
glocK_94 Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 Why do all nice small programs like Winamp tend to become huge bloatware full of thirdparty programs? Winamp toolbar, Winamp remote, eMusic account...Anyway, you're right, we don't need the new version... Personally, I'll stick with 2.77 : small is beautiful.
BenoitRen Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 Version 2.90 user here, so I don't care either. It all started going downhill after 2.xx.
galahs Posted October 10, 2007 Author Posted October 10, 2007 (edited) What Media Players still in active development still currently support Win9x?Windows Media Player, QuickTime and Winamp have all dropped support. So what's left? Edited October 10, 2007 by galahs
Andrew T. Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 I'm guessing that they also squeezed out NT 4.0 compatibility when I wasn't looking? I'm not sure what active media-player development remains for Windows 9x, but at least with a program like Winamp the functionality and format-compatibility have been stable for some time. I happen to have version 5.07 installed myself, and it still works like a charm.
glocK_94 Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 What Media Players still in active development still currently support Win9x?I think Media player classic still support 98.
Chozo4 Posted October 10, 2007 Posted October 10, 2007 (edited) Winamp toolbar, Winamp remoteIronically those were long available as even Winamp 2.x plugins if I'm correct. ^,~Personally, I've been using 2.92 for a very long time and it has yet to fail me in any way nor fail with any format's I've thrown at it. It's a pity though for the fans of the 5.x series that they're dropping it all of a sudden. Wasn't compatibility one of their focuses in the past? If they were dropping compatibility for the sake of code-size (I'm guessing here) through dropping the compatibility libraries, they should have provided the needed compatibility files as a separate download instead.For those still seeking older (functional) versions of winamp could benefit from taking a look at http://oldversion.com Edited October 10, 2007 by Chozo4
Ponch Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 What Media Players still in active development still currently support Win9x?I think Media player classic still support 98.last version from march 06. +Winamp install file has now passed the 8MB
galahs Posted October 11, 2007 Author Posted October 11, 2007 Media Player Classic still seems to support Win9xTheir latest beta 6.4.9.1 has a version available for 2000/XP and 98/Mehttp://www.free-codecs.com/download/Media_Player_Classic.htm
galahs Posted October 11, 2007 Author Posted October 11, 2007 I have just tested media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 and VLC 0.8.6c with some video files and I have to say Microsoft's Media Player 9 seams to handle the files better, faster and with less glitches.As for Audio, Winamp seams to be able to handle mp3 and wma whilst taking up a minimum of resources.
galahs Posted October 11, 2007 Author Posted October 11, 2007 Seams RealPlayer has dropped Win9x support in Version 11 as well The last RealPlayer Version that works on Windows 98/Me is Version 10.5
awergh Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 well for me vlc 0.8.6c didnt work very well, i couldnt really watch anything 0.8.6b works much better
galahs Posted October 11, 2007 Author Posted October 11, 2007 I am going to give MPlayer a try nextI found a nice bundle that has the command line MPlayer + GUI + Installer here...http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects
Andrew T. Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 (edited) "Win9x" includes Windows 95 as well as 98 and ME. This is the way things seem to break down:Winamp--Last 95-compatible version: Somewhere after 5.07 (I tried a more recent version once, and couldn't get it to work right)Last 98/ME-compatible version: 5.35RealPlayer--Last 95-compatible version: 8 (The last usable version too, IMO; at least after unchecking options and cleaning up the interface.)Last 98/ME-compatible version: 10.5Windows Media Player--Last 95-compatible version: 7.0 (although 6.4 is the last version I'd consider usable.)Last 98/ME-compatible version: 9.x?QuickTime--Last 95-compatible version: 5Last 98/ME-compatible version: 6Media Player Classic--Last 95-compatible version: ? (It claims to be compatible with Windows 95, but it prompts a kernel32.dll error on my system.)Of course, the "media players" that exist don't exactly afford a direct comparison: Different pieces of software do different things. I personally use Winamp to play WAV and MP3 audio files; Media Player, RealPlayer, and QuickTime for their own respective proprietary formats, and the ordinary CD Player accessory for audio CDs. Works for me... Edited October 11, 2007 by Andrew T.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now