Not sure if you ever got proper answers to this, so:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Minor" <kmi...@windstream.net>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:36 PM
Subject: Restating my questions was RE: Getting Winamp from Ninite.com was
RE:Where do you get WinampPro? was RE: WinampShutting downonDecember20, 2013
Hi.
I know Winamp will
keep working after AOL stops supporting it. I have two things I'm
wondering
about.
First, will it still be able to be retrieved from Ninite? When I got the
updater for Winamp from Ninite, and I updated Winamp with it, it reported
that Winamp was being downloaded. Where is this download coming from? If
from the Ninite site, and there isn't any copyright issue with Winamp,
then
there should be no problem getting it that way. If Ninite is retrieving
the
update from the Winamp site, then it won't work anymore.
I don't know, I've only fiddled with ninite a bit, but I always got winamp
from its own site. I wouldn't be surprised if it stopped being supported by
ninite in the future. But although there may not be new versions, winamp.com
might still be up, or you could probably get it from download.com or
something like that.
Second, does AOL control the database Winamp uses for auto tagging? If
not,
then this feature should still work. If AOL does control this database,
and
they consider it a service for Winamp, this feature may not work after
December 20.
I'm almost certain this works through cddb in some aspect, and has nothing
to do with AOL.
I hope this explains what I'm wondering about. I got the Winamp
installer,
so if I have to reformat this hard drive I still have a good copy to use
to
install it. We'll see what happens after December 20.
Yeah, i always keep the installers around on my external drive. Never know
when you might need to reinstall any ole' programme...even ones that are
incredibly stable like Winamp...it's happened before.
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