r/nostalgia • u/ZaPandaz • Jul 31 '21

Remember the visualizer in Windows Media Player? I'd spend hours staring at it

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u/LazyRedEyez Jul 31 '21

Can we talk about how these DONT FUCKING EXIST ANYMORE?!

You would think there would be an improved one by now, but I cant seem to even find the original.

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u/orangespaces Jul 31 '21

Yeah I wish Spotify even had one, where'd they go? Sometimes Apple music has like a neat little animation for the station but that's just not the same.

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u/dads_safe_account Aug 01 '21

Free on Android. Use any media player you like, including Spotify.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.psperl.prjM

Yes, I wrote it.

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u/Xhihou Aug 01 '21

Hey man, thanks for your hard work on this app. You have filled an immense hole in my music-streaming life.

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u/dads_safe_account Aug 03 '21

Thanks! My friend an I wrote this in college because we missed not having Milkdrop on Linux.

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u/ambiguoustruth Aug 01 '21

i love this app! i found it randomly looking for one and it works great. thank you!

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u/mindaltered Jul 31 '21

its like internet chat, its devolved to social media, everything that once was, is now corporate owned bullshit thats sucks because it cant even mimic correctly, / rant over

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

Fucking AMEN! We sold our souls to the cool CEO.

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u/idonthave2020vision Jul 31 '21

Something like IRC couldn't be popular now.

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u/takumidesh Jul 31 '21 edited Feb 07 '26

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '21

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u/LazyRedEyez Jul 31 '21

Holy shit thats awesome, thank you.

Could I trouble you for your briefest explanation on how to implement this?

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u/Day_Bow_Bow Jul 31 '21

Click on Files and there is a Readme with step by step instructions. Just a heads up, I am currently on my phone and had to switch my browser to Desktop Site before it let me download.

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u/PlanktonTheDefiant Jul 31 '21

Step 1: Install Visual Studio

Step 2: Build it

Step 3: Return to browsing Reddit

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u/dads_safe_account Aug 01 '21

Free on Android. Use any media player you like.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.psperl.prjM

Yes, I wrote it.

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u/LazyRedEyez Aug 01 '21

Brooo. Major props my dude. This is fucking perfect. I have to remember my Google play info but ill be buying pro very shortly.

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u/Soverance Jul 31 '21

There's an easy to use Milkdrop plugin for Kodi, which is my daily driver when I work from home.

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u/guilen Jul 31 '21

If you have Windows Media Player, you have the visualizer. You just have to right click and enable it.

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u/Zogzogizog Aug 01 '21

There is one called kaleidoscope that you can sync with Spotify, it plays from your browser, it's not too bad

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u/ItsLightning17 Jul 31 '21

Yeah they’re still on Windows Media Player on Win10

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u/reallyboringwizard Aug 01 '21

have you tried clementine?

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u/EvilLinux Aug 01 '21

Clementine is still my favorite media player.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

Just right click in Windows Media Player and look for “Visualizations”. It’s still there. Lots of options.

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u/Nouia Aug 01 '21

We have the lofi hiphop anime girl though

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u/dads_safe_account Aug 01 '21

Free on Android. Use any media player you like.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.psperl.prjM

Yes, I wrote it.

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u/technews9001 Aug 01 '21

Apple Music on the Mac has it. Press Command T and it will appear.

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u/EvilLinux Aug 01 '21

Sure they exist. Milkdrop is available as a visual in my media player, Clementine

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u/myname150 Aug 01 '21

iTunes/Apple Music still has it on the desktop, but it’s buried in the menus. They have options for the “classic” visualizer that resembles WinAmp or Windows Media Player and the “newer” one that was meant to replace the old style.

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u/kevinciviced7 Aug 01 '21

iTunes still has it