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Webamp: Winamp 2 in the browser

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 3 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
5
observed span
2018–2022
peak thread · 104 comments
281 pts
latest 20+ return · 2022-09-16
135 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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Hey! Project author here! Happy to answer any questions. This project is open source and the code, and instructions to use it on your site, can be found here: https://github.com/captbaritone/webamp Webamp's ability to render classic Winamp skins led to a collaboration with the Internet Archive where we preserved ~70k (and counting) classic Winamp skins. I also built the Winamp Skin Museum (https://skins.webamp.org/) where you can infinite scroll through those 70k skins and try them out in your browser with one…

Previous discussion from 5 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16333550 (208 comments)

okket·139-point thread·

Hey! Author of the project here (not op). Happy to answer any questions. The code, and instructions for using it on your own site, can be found here on GitHub: https://github.com/captbaritone/webamp

But does it really whip the llama’s ass?

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Breakout years
3

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
574

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
212

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-07-12Webamp – Winamp 2 in your browserphyllostachys20
2018-07-21WebAmp: WinAmp 2 in Your BrowserFirst breakoutArtWomb13941
2020-03-24Webamp – Winamp 2 in the browser, plays MP3s from local storage9nGQluzmnq3M175
2021-04-14Webamp: Winamp 2 in the browserBest threadDyslexicAtheist281104
2022-09-16Webamp – Winamp 2 in the BrowserHall induction · Latest 20+ point returncolinprince13562