Winamp vs Clementine

Modern features are essential for power listeners nowadays, proving that Winamp (while an old app) still offers features users look for in a modern player.

Winamp allows skinning the interface and there are thousands of community created skins available.

A wide variety of DSP, input, and visualization plugins have been created by the community.

Considerable functions to search and develop playlists.

The sound quality of Winamp is good, especially with DSP plugins like enhancer.

HTTP streaming is necessary for both live and on-demand content, which it can deliver without lengthy buffering or waiting periods. It is also less susceptible to network hiccups than other forms of streaming.

Clementine features competent tag managing for all music files, be it album art or just simple text entries.

Clementine is easy to get up and running with lyrics, equalizer, online info, etc., within minutes after installation.

A fork of the 1.X line of Amarok, Clementine favours usability over design trends.

Organizes your music folder based on the tags of your library.

There is a very good remote app for Android. The app lets you do a lot: from the usual volume controls to checking the lyrics on your phone. You can even download the songs from Clementine onto your phone.

Clementine includes support for services such as Ampache, Google Play Music, Spotify, and many internet radio stations such as Jamendo and Icecast. It's also possible to search all available sources (local and online) at once, as well as mixed content playlists.

There is a built-in equalizer with many presets from genre-specific rock, pop, and party, to experiences such as large hall and live. You can also tweak it yourself and name your own preset.

Clementine gathers the user's listening data to use for smart playlists. Clementine uses your listening history to play music similar to the music you play most - which typically is music you will like but maybe haven't discovered yet.

Users can format any of their music files to a different format with Clementine's built-in format conversion tool.

Fetches lyrics from several lyric providers.

Unlike some other players in this list, Clementine doesn't seem to go unresponsive in the Ubuntu 16.04 system and looks really good with options for Visualization too.

Clementine allows the user to move and organize audio files easily. Some examples include the following:

• It's easy to find a specific album song (find artist, select album, select song).
• It's easy to add songs to a playlist and queue the songs.
• It's easy to rename files from their metadata (artist, album, song number, etc).
• It's easy to add cover images.
• There are options to find duplicates, untagged songs, etc.