On June 10, 1999, 4Front Technologies decided to sponsor x11amp development and the project was renamed to XMMS[3] - the name being an acronym for X MultiMedia System.
[4] In 2002, Peter Alm initiated the XMMS2 project, aiming to produce a successor to XMMS using all new code and devoted solely to audio playback.
The primary reason for this reluctance to upgrade is that many XMMS plugins (written by third parties) are dependent on the older version of GTK+ to properly function, e.g., "about" boxes and configuration dialogs.
Many software developers also consider the XMMS codebase to be poorly designed and difficult to maintain.
These factors led to various forks and related projects: XMMS currently supports the following audio and video file formats: XMMS has a default skin provided, but it is also possible to use any WSZ classic skins to enhance the graphic attractiveness of the player.
xmms-coverviewer
in action on
Ubuntu
11.10.