Favorite Media Player
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Topic: Favorite Media Player
Posted By: javajeff
Subject: Favorite Media Player
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 17:56
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What is your favorite media player application for your progressive collection? I seem to always return to to iTunes, but I have spent time with winamp and foobar 2000. Winamp used to be a small application, but it is now about the same as iTunes. |
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 17:57
Foobar by far 
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Posted By: Rune2000
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 17:59
Spotify 
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Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 18:02
| Winamp. I have a strong dislike for iTunes. I also like Foobar but don't use it too much. |
Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 18:03
| I use itunes. Although I do want to get into Winamp for the cool visualizers! |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 18:06
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Winamp is the one I use the most by far (music mainly). Then Media Player Classic for DVD reproduction...
------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 18:27
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Media Player on Windows 7 corrupted the meta data of some of my MP3 files. It is nice, but I do not trust it. I think iTunes is the most trustworthy, but it is a bloated pig that installs a bunch of extra stuff that I do not want. If you use Winamp, state if you purchased the Pro version or just use the free player. I love how iTunes burns MP3 CDs for the car, and I would have to buy Pro winamp to have the same burning speed. |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 18:44
| Winamp(free). I use it the most, but I use VLC sometimes and I use WMP for ripping CDs and watching DVDs. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 19:06
| not really a prog music subject, is it? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 19:12
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Atavachron wrote:Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 19:14
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^ Thanks Dean.
I use Zune software......I love the band picture collage that scrolls across my screen while playing music. You don't get all artists...but most. -------------   
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 21:30
| I use iTunes, because I have an ipod |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 21:54
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I don't have an iPod so I don't have iTunes, lol.
I use Windows Media Player 7. |
Posted By: Shevrzl
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 00:04
| Winamp Pro, has everything I need. Plus, with the cPro skins it looks nice on the desktop too. |
Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 00:12
Exactly why I use it lol. ------------- 
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 00:18
I use Winamp now because my new computer's Windows Media Player don't play my Napster tracks, damnit. Anyhow now I'm suitably impressed by Winamp and believe I prefer it. I used Windows Media Player in its various incarnations since I was a little boy.  Say regularly from when I got my own computer until March? 2002-2010. Edit: the free winamp by the way |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 00:20
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are there any good players that aren't memory intensive like iTunes but have good features and compatibility? I definitely want something that keeps a "library" of your songs like itunes or WMP
I don't want winamp
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 04:04
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I still use WMP but I have added the flac codec to it so I can play my lossless files.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 04:22
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Windows Media 11.................................mp3 format suits the best. I find iTunes invasive and until I own a Mac............... ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 04:59
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I don't like any of them - they all do things I don't want them to do and none of them are as intuitive as they like to think they.
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 05:37
That is exactly why I started this thread. I was hoping that someone here found something I missed. |
Posted By: Tursake
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 07:28
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 13:04
Ditto.
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 14:04
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I've always quite liked WMP, and gave up on both Real Player and Media Monkey in favour of WMP. A few people here have mentioned WinAmp - what are the benefits of this, i.e. what do I get that WMP does not do? ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 14:19
Win Amp plays flac files, whereas WMP doesnt. Unless you download the codec for WMP: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/madFLAC.htm - http://www.free-codecs.com/download/madFLAC.htm |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 15:59
Me too. The sound is very nice as well.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 17:44
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I rip with Windows Media player and I rip to two computers currently. I have a Zune so I use that, too. My main gripe with Zune is the lack of information it displays. I've tried WinAmp and whatever the i thing was. Neither of those won me over. Use the Zune for home playback and WMP when I'd like some more information about my music at my fingertips. Can't knock the others though. One other that I am totally drawing a blank on...
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 19:30
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What other information do you miss displaying? I have tried them all and Zune software works and looks the best for me. My son has a Sony Walkman and I have been able to sync protected Zune Pass content to it also....So it does not just work with Zune media players. -------------
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 19:49
| Currently I use iTunes because of my iPhone. Before that, I was using WMP11, which I loved because of how easy it was to navigate the music library and adjust playlists on the go. I still don't love iTunes but I've got to the point where I can use it pretty well. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 19:52
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WMP for music, iTunes for podcasts. |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 12:10
| Foobar2000 is the one I prefer. I use it set at 24 bits all data lossless and usb digital streamed to an outboard DAC. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 12:27
Unless I'm missing something, (which is entirely possible) you don't get release year, date of rip, date of last play, etc. I've also fooled around with Realplayer, which is decent, but I've pretty much settled with Zune and WMP. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 13:00
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Under Collection you can sort for Release Year, A-Z, By Date Added (but it does not show the date, will list in the order you added to your Collection) and By Artist.
If you view by Songs you can choose all the info you are looking for. Right click the row where it says Song, Song Artists..... and "choose columns" shows with much more info you can pick to view.
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 15:41
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WMP for music... is just good and did enough for me to enjoy it.
VLC is the real thing for DVDs and whatever video file you have... I do recomend it for anything...
Ocasionally I used Nero's Showtime... but is not that great... the outfit is cool and that's it... ------------- |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: April 20 2010 at 01:34
Seconded! I don't want my player to be 'updated', to search for 'media library', to show 'three-stars rating' or any such crap...I want to open a file, and I want that player to chew it regardless of .mp3, .wav, .ogg, or any other format. I know where are my folders and files and how are they organized!!  Cool Edit/Adobe Audition (it's not a player, but an audio processing software) is able to digest .txt files, old Amiga .iff files...in fact, you can load any data (.jpg if you want) and it will interpret it as hiss. That's all I'm asking from a player. ------------- |
Posted By: Falx
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 03:47
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Winamp with the MAD input plugin for MP3s (decoding in 24bit), and the ASIO plugin for playback. I use Winamp's media library to organise my collection, disabling it if I'm just playing random files and don't need it cluttering my screen. Foobar isn't bad but I never could get its user interface looking how I wanted. I also use XMplay for mod files and Yamaha XGworks for midi files, and Sound Forge for editing. =F= ------------- "You must go beyond the limit of the limit of your limits!" - Mr. Doctor "It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 04:35
Well I use Windows Media Player and it doesnt do any of that for me because I dont let it. I also change which fields it shows and I dont see any "star ratings" or other rubbish. My biggest issue with media player is that it is slow to start up compared to other apps. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 04:43
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Winamp for FLAC's (There's also a free, very clever way using Winamp to convert FLAC's to WMV's for free in about 3 seconds per track.), iTunes for everything else.
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Posted By: InClouds
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 14:35
| Used to use WMP, now I always use Winamp. I like the amount of available plugins and skins for it, plus it supports 24-bit audio. |
Posted By: cobb2
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 17:19
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VLC is the least intrusive, but I use winamp for audio- I love milkdrop at full screen mode. I also like how you can minimize it to just a strip when you don't want the visualisation running VLC I use exclusively for video- so much control in one little package. VLC is also the package I use for conversion (any format, any type of media)- it seems to produce the best result and also has the most control over the result you want to produce.
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Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 17:24
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I use this neat Winamp skin. And Winamp ? Using it for about 10 years, so long time relationship.
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 17:32
| What skin is that? |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 17:38
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WMP, since it has just about the right combination of style and substance. The organization is clear and spot on, with everything that needs to be there and nothing that appears intrusive. To me, iTunes looks like a boring spreadsheet and WinAmp tends to look as cluttered and unappealing as the international space station. |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 18:10
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Google for "Bunker Winamp" A Person. As, I like this skin, even not the song that's in it.
------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: Zebedee
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 19:08
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Foobar as it plays practically anything.
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Posted By: Oliverum
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 16:14
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I´m really impressed with winamp with bento skin. Very intuitive and fast to use, surprisingly able to manage large collections of music quite well. Many bells and whistles, but they can be disabled. Also, it would be interesting to see the results of this forum post. A summary or poll maybe? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:18
Media Player Classic. All the features I need, and nothing redundant. |
Posted By: CyberDiablo
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 10:35
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I'm using winamp for years!
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 11 2010 at 01:44
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Winamp. Simple, easy, customizable, pays everything I've ever wanted to play, always scrobbles when I want it to. It almost never becomes and "unresponsive program," too. I guess I use WMP to rip CDs, but other than that it's too bulky and unnecessary. People said Foobar was great, so I downloaded it. There's wasn't any reason to. It's basically Winamp but called another program. Just...unnecessary. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 11 2010 at 02:56
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The secret of foobar is in the customization. The bare version is only good as a lite player (very little resources needed and minimal design) that supports most audio formats (flac, ape, ogg, musepack, aac, mp4, etc.) However, with my customized foobar I can: - rip CDs - encode from any format to another - do multitagging / access freedb / edit tag types - process replay-gain - display art / search and download art - schedule a computer start up + playback start in the morning at the preferred hour - scrobble directly to last.fm without installing their software and I've only got to about 20% of its potential (and available components).  |
Posted By: CyberDiablo
Date Posted: June 11 2010 at 12:48
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Winamp, easy to use, small but useful interface, has a large library feature, way better than buggy and annoying windows media player (non-classic).
------------- Music is some kind of art. -- Anonymous |
Posted By: CyberDiablo
Date Posted: June 13 2010 at 10:19
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Disregard what I said before. I've installed linux and now using Rhythmbox. ------------- Music is some kind of art. -- Anonymous |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 13 2010 at 14:07
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Linux is awesome for any computer you're not gaming on |
Posted By: CyberDiablo
Date Posted: June 13 2010 at 14:12
That because I've installed it on my laptop and it works so nice. ------------- Music is some kind of art. -- Anonymous |
Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 18:35
| Windows Media Player CANNOT handle multi disc albums. It will order the tracks ignoring the Disc: 1 1, 2 2, 3 3, 4 4, etc. This is the only reason I cannot use it. I buy double albums on Amazon MP3 and iTunes, and Windows Media Player does not offer the feature. The only way around it is to retag all the double albums. In fairness to WMP, it is completely silly that downloaded albums are separated by Discs anyways. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 19:03
Mine separates the discs. If I want to have them all as a continuous piece, I renumber the tracks on the discs after the first one. A bit of trouble, but it works. I don't do downloads if I can avoid it, which is most of the time. Give me hard copies or give me death!!! ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 20:14
Yours does not separate the Discs with the same album name. Sure you can name the Album Disc 1 and Album Disc 2. Here is an example purchased from iTunes: |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 20:50
I had that problem, the usual way to solve it (annoying) was to renumber the tracks as so: 101 - disc 1 track 1 102 - disc 1 track 2 ... 201 - disc 2 track 1 etc.
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: July 09 2010 at 12:57
| I ended up renumbering them like you suggest with 3 digits. Thanks! One thing I noticed was that I had to remove them from iTunes and add them again so that the gapless playback would work. |
Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: September 02 2010 at 09:41
| for me winamp is the only one that isn't completely slow, lacks features and overall sh*t |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: September 02 2010 at 13:04
If you have a respectable computer, any media player will run fast and flawlessly |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 02 2010 at 14:50
That's a really big if though... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: September 03 2010 at 07:50
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Only media player i ever need
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Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: September 03 2010 at 08:09
well obviously i don't. my computer is a cheap piece of sh*t. i'm saving money for a macbook pro |
Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 19:11
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Try Jriver media player, it's very similar to itunes but without all the crap.
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Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: October 23 2010 at 08:25
 and lately i've been playing with songbird, is like itunes but it doesnt rape your computer's processor. ------------- |
Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 03:54
| I mainly use Windows Media Player, but it seems limited on its own. I use MediaMonkey because it also converts files. They claim it will take WinAmp visualisers if you install them manually (in program files), but I cannot get this to work. |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 04:33
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The Ipod. -------------   
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 06:58
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It's interesting. Pardon me if I mentioned this already. My portable is a Zune. I typically use Windows Media Player at work and I typically use the Zune player on my computer at home.
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Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 10:54
| What is the VLC Media Player like? Anyone know? |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 11:14
A good friend of mine (who is really into tech stuff) highly praises VLC: that thing swallows everything. You name the file extension, it's there. I must mention Cool Edit (lately Adobe Audition). It's not a player, it's a recording software...but it can read .txt files. I couldn't believe it can read old http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange_File_Format - IFF 8SVX Amiga files! ------------- |
Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 17:50
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For me it's WinAmp for costom makng my own playlists and on-line radio.
For recording vinyl, I use a Magix music editor program using the virtual project file format. ------------- http://revbookburn.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/rexcat http://www.myspace.com/prxcat Greetings! And Welcome to The Global Internet Church of Prog! Hail the Prog and Praise "Bob"! |
Posted By: Pieromcdo
Date Posted: February 11 2011 at 21:07
| the probleme get very wild wen you have 1500 cds and more !totaly unmanagebel with itune and many others .Window media 11 will manage about 15000 cds and window media center will do 50000 cds for more than that there are special system .i have about 6700 cds on my computer 6000 Prog ,Picture and genre are a must and dont share media info it cut the music all the time wen you listen and it p?&%#! when i say unmanagebel it jam ofen let say to have it right for me it is time consuming and thanks to PROGARCHIVE.COM for all they info i figure about 30 t0 60 minutes per cd to maket right |
Posted By: CloseToTheMoon
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 19:31
It will read anything. Unfortunately i haven't found a way to store anything with it or make a playlist. I gotta say itunes is the easiest to use. It's built to manage a large collection very well. I'd like to see a parametric EQ feature, but you can pump volume levels if needed. ------------- It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 20:19
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I played with VLC briefly. It was a decent if you have a capable computer drive that didn't come with the software to decode surround sound. I was in desperation for something to make surround sound happen on this PC and that was the first free solution I came across. It behaved a little skippy when pausing, but did the job. These days for basic playing on a computer I like winamp with a lyrics plug in. I still rip with Windows Media Player. And I use the Zune software for playlists and interface with the player. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Gazoinks
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 15:44
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I just downloaded MusicBee and I have to say I'm lovin' it. Some features: -iPod Syncing. Yes, it can sync with your iPod (as long as it's below iOS 4, but I have a NaNo so that doesn't matter). In addition, it'll automatically convert the files in your library to an iPod friendly format when you sync it, so you can keep all of your music in FLAC form and still sync it to your iPod if you wish. -Internet Radio. It has the ability to play a whole bunch of internet radio stations (including Last.fm) from the client. This is great for me, since I sometimes have no idea what to listen to, so I can just fire up the radio. -Mini player. Most media players have a mini player, but MusicBee's is nice because you can anchor it to the top or bottom of your screen and then set it to minimize to that. -Now Playing Playlists! I really like this feature, personally. If you've used Grooveshark you may have an idea of how this works. Basically you can add queue songs of your choice to your Now Playing playlist and they'll play one after another, but the playlist doesn't save like making an actual playlist. I honestly have no idea why all media players don't have this feature, it's really nice. -Audio DJ. A sort of Pandora-like feature that makes an instant infinite playlist of music in your library similar to the song you choose and then plays it. -More info. Artist info, automatically downloaded album art and lyrics, and such. -It's also just generally better laid out and more customizable than iTunes. -And it's free. :) -There's also a bunch of organization features and stuff that I haven't really explored. I realize this sounds like an advertisement, but I'm just impressed with the software and it seems like a very nice iTunes alternative/improvement. Also has plugin support, so it can only get better. |
Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 16:30
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Yup. I really love foobar. It's so damn light and customizable. I have the iPod plugin so I don't need iTunes anymore. Speaking of that, what's the best music player for Linux? I don't really like using VLC to play music. ------------- 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 17:15
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I'm not picky, so i use iTunes. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 19:02
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Toshiba gigabeat...now defunkt/discontinued....but retro at it's best :-) ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 19:05
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Zune :D ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 20:00
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I had a Creative Zen, then a Toshiba Gigabeat, and now a Zune. The other two croaked on me. I mainly use the Zune player software for putting together playlists. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: December 13 2011 at 03:15
Winamp plays most types of file, but I do not like the layout. Windows Media Player is well laid out, but there are files it will not play. Although I have used Media Monkey for some time and it will convert files, I still find it a bit confusing and itunes is not intuitive to me. So, I'll give this a try. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 13 2011 at 04:16
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: December 13 2011 at 06:36
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media player - sometimes winamp ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 13 2011 at 07:04
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Winamp for audio,VLC for everything else. -------------  |
Posted By: GoldenGod2112
Date Posted: December 13 2011 at 17:19
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Used to be iTunes, now I'm getting into Spotify. :P ------------- The future's uncertain and the end is always near. - Jim Morrison |
Posted By: Proggernaut
Date Posted: December 13 2011 at 18:58
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I use iTunes to organize the music and sync it to any of the multiple iPods my family use (we have 4 - my 160Gb Classic and three 8Gb Nano's, one each for the kids and the wife) and because you need iTunes to sync up my iPhone and iPad. I would never play the music on a computer though as the sound quality is so terrible! either listen on the iPod with high quality noise cancelling headphones or connect the iPod to the home theater system and listen through proper speakers. Usually though I'll play the CD's or DVD-a's on the home system and connect the iPod in the Car.
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Posted By: intensedaz
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 10:56
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For Linux ?
Clementine ------------- Find a job you love and never work another day in your life |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 13:13
Agree.....for me swap out iTunes and insert Zune. Listening to music on a computer is a throwback to the old AM radio hand held days.....
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Posted By: Caliman1964
Date Posted: January 05 2012 at 06:37
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foobar2000 - period - |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: January 06 2012 at 03:48
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I like AIMP 2 (and it's free)
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: January 06 2012 at 10:56
| Sony Walkman |
Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: January 07 2012 at 03:31
| Winamp |
Posted By: JellyRolls
Date Posted: January 07 2012 at 09:21
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Primarily MOC or cmus (depending on what I can get to build on whatever Unixy system I'm using). Foobar on Winders! MOC is great for SSHing into a computer in another room of the house and startling the occupants with some suitably obnoxious 80s pop.  |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 07 2012 at 10:01
I've got three currently running and have different stuff queued up in each buzzing around through my music collection.
Well I never listened to music on one of those things. I did have a decent mono AM/FM radio when I was a kid. My next device was a portable record player with speakers unit. It was pretty cool. I listened to my first prog music on the thing. In fact I was using it regularly when I first got into prog. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 07 2012 at 11:47
I think I had something like that also.....purchased from Montgomery Wards, all-in-one stereo console!
I suppose if you run your computer thru a DAC connected to your hi-fi system it can sound pretty damn good, I have demo some of that, but I have no interest in connecting my computer to my stereo.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 07 2012 at 11:59
Aww man, it was the best.  " rel="nofollow - " rel="nofollow - ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 07 2012 at 13:48
^ Nice slarti! I think this one is way before "vintage" audio gear!  I'll have to search for a pic of mine, if I can remember what it looked like  -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 07 2012 at 14:04
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Mine was this style, but instead of cassette player mine had 8-track player/recorder....My father bought me a Superscope cassette deck as a "separate" component, and I thought I was all that dude!!
The system had 20" tall full range speakers and the turntable was fully automatic, with stackable vinyl spindle.
Unfortunately our house got broken into and all was stolen....with insurance money my father bought me a nicer setup with separate turntable, but still had 8-track deck!! It was cool had the dbl VU meters and one Tape In.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 07 2012 at 15:37
A cassette deck and a tuner, way cool.  An 8-track built in instead eh?Not only that but I see the cassette there had a counter. Note also the vu meter... I graduated to a used Dual turn table that was in a wood box. My cassette deck was a DBX unit (went through two). My receiver had a long life and survived a house fire (the Dual did not fortunately the LPs were at my college apartment), I think it was a Marantz or Technics . Don't remember the speaker model but they were big and heavy. None of that bass cube nonsense. The turntable in my pic had 4 speeds. I think mine may have had 3. It could play 33-1/3, 45, and 78. What in the hell is the fourth speed on that thing? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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