Winamp is one of those names that for many transports us at the speed of light to another era. Back in the days when streaming music services were yet to come, when digital music stores were tied to various DRM systems. The times when there were major ways to have music tear your own CDs and/or use Napster, Audiogalaxy, eMule and similar services. The days when it was very common to have a library of Mp3 files distributed on all types of storage media.

I won’t say that there were better times, because streaming music services have undoubtedly made it much more convenient and faster to access the music that we want to listen to at any time, and in fact it has greatly affected the reduction of music. piracy. However, while this is a pure exercise in nostalgia, It’s very hard not to remember those times and their means with a good deal of fondness.

Among the huge number of MP3 players for Windows that have been released over the years, the most successful was undoubtedly Winamp and to this day it is the most remembered from that time, although it is true that what we find today under this name does not even remotely resemble the classic player. However, given the comings and goings he’s experienced over the last decade in particular, we can at least celebrate that he’s alive.

Yes, although it hasn’t been updated in years, it’s still alive, and thanks to the decisions of those in charge, there will be much more soon. And as you can read in the tweet they posted, Those responsible for Winamp will release the source code of their player in September. And no, they don’t do it as a dot exercise. On the contrary, they invite developers, quote, “contribute to its development and help create the perfect player for Windows users«. Those interested in more information can register on this website.

As I said earlier, local music playback has largely been replaced by streaming services, but This does not mean that Mp3 collections and local players have lost their reason for being.. The choice of the discography, which you can see in the image above, is not accidental, and in the end, the songs of El Último de la Fila finally reached the main streaming services, but for many years they were largely absent. And it’s just one of many examples of music that isn’t in their catalogs for various reasons.

The current version of Winamp, the service we talked about more than a year ago, does not appeal to the classic application and competes in a market in which it is quite difficult. However, this move with a classic player can help not only to remain a link, but also to May there be (let’s be) many users who restore it from the trunk of memoriesfor all those occasions when streaming music services don’t give us what we want.

And by the way, if this “rebirth” of Winamp encourages you to brush up your Mp3 collection (or start building it, which is also not a bad choice), a few months ago we told you how to have files properly labeled in this format using another classic and timeless Mp3Tag application.