Winamp Plug-in Details

Winamp Staff Review

Web browser control of Winamp, designed specifically for PDA's and phones
More about function than fashion... this is especially useful for PDA's or phones. A good amount of help documentation provided to get you started.

User Reviews

Great Idea

Nov. 24th, 2007

Loved it works great one thing would be nice is the ability to adjust volume, other than that great concept
- greg gogola

it's good

Dec. 17th, 2005

Yes there was that feeling that i was going to have to create a playlist for each album in my collection - but then i reilized that it was for the better - and that those that where complaining about it had no room to..then i found that only one folder can be in at a time - that blows-in the next rev orangepeel - could you use the meida lib to do the datamining from?
- Orion Shock

Response To Carl

Sep. 19th, 2005

Cygnus doesn't touch the winamp.ini (the place that holds you skin preference).Cygnus runs a small web server. If you already have a service on the same port then it's natural that they will not work together.Finally, as I said to Ryan, Cygnus MUST have playlists and DOES search subdirectories.If you want technical support for Cygnus, check the manual that comes with it. The email address is in there.
- orangepeel orangepeel

Screwed up winamp totally Had to remove and re-install

Aug. 31st, 2005

I thought this was going to be the greatest plugin. But is just screwed everything up. Winam loaded in the classic skin and my modern skin was gone. Then when I re-installed it and tried to use winamp again a couple of times it loaded the classic skin and then switched to the modern skin then played one song and crashed. Now I cannot even get it to run. It starts with the classic skin then briefely shows the modern skin then crashes. On top of that when I did try to configure it it does not scan sub directories. (I don't really want to create a play list that includes my whole database) and it kept moaning about the port being in use or something. That of course was before it totally crashed my winamp and won't even let me run it after I re-installed. Now I will have to remove winamp (Probably losing all my statistical info I have accumalated) and re-install from scratch. This really sucks that big one!!
- Carl T

Response to Ryan.

Jun. 30th, 2005

Cygnus does search subfolders.The manual states that Cygnus is only designed for playlists (.m3u files).Finally, it's actually designed for very large collections of albums as opposed to large collections of individual MP3's.
- orangepeel orangepeel

Lacking in some important areas

Jun. 9th, 2005

The software does not scan subfolders, so is only useful for those who place all of their MP3s in a single directory. Needs more support for large, organized collections. Ideally would allow access to all MP3s in their existing file system.
- Ryan Michael

Amazing

May. 28th, 2005

This is great, I can now remote control the computers on my LAN.Get going with Cygnus in three easy steps:(1) Install the plugin on Computer A.(2) Under the plugin configuration, click "Users..." and create an admin account.(3) On any other computer, type Computer A's IP address into a web browser and log in.Orangepeel, Cygnus has all I need except for volume control. I hope you add this in the next version. Still, this is 5-star work.
- Pascal Getreuer

Great for Hiptop/Sidekick, customization fuzzy, login too often

Apr. 4th, 2005

The web interface for this plugin is as advertised, slim and functional. You can do a lot with very little screen space - perfect.The documentation is very long but not complete. It's excellent a free plugin has been documented, but it needs a review - for example, there is a section on customizing the HTML of the "Monitor" page, but nothing to tell you what the filename of such a page should be. You have to guess.Monitor HTML filename:cygnus_mon.htmlYou also can't get next/prev functionality unless you login as "Admin," which is a bit of a stretch of the word "Admin." This is annoying on a phone like the Sidekick that can't auto-reload, as you are constantly logged out, so a simple operation like "Next" is:Login(wait)NextThe login process can be abbreviated by bookmarking the page that results from logging in though.Finally, the documentation could consider having a bit on general webserver/firewall operation, or better yet links to resources on it. I doubt most users would know how to set this up without that kind of help.
- Soopah Man

Excelent! Exactly what i was looking for!

Mar. 19th, 2005

Excelent plugin! Exactly what i was looking for. I just tried about 7 plugings and standalone programs and found this the best one and i'm sticking with this. No need for a standalone server/client program (yuck). Just a plugin in winamp and you can control it via HTTP on a customisable port and you can even add authentication via username and password to control how can see and control your playlists. Download your songs directly from your playlist. Enqeue entire playlists. I'd definately try it!
- Maurits Grootveld

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