2024-09-24 Hacker News Top Articles and Its Summaries
1. Winamp Legacy player source code Total comment counts : 54 Summary The article discusses the iconic multimedia player Winamp, which was launched in 1997 by Nullsoft and is celebrated for its flexibility and compatibility with various audio formats. While its development has slowed, the source code has been opened to the community, allowing developers to modernize the player. The current Winamp desktop client is built using Visual Studio 2019 and requires specific libraries such as libvpx, libmpg123, OpenSSL, DirectX 9 SDK, and Intel IPP....