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 Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2005 06:53 Post subject: What Music Player do you use? |
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Recently, a lot of music players have been making it to market, making the choice of "the best player" even harder.
Tell us what music player you use, why, how long you've been using it, and some advantages/disadvantages.
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Esel_Gesi
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2005 08:25 Post subject: |
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you forgot foobar. altho i dont really like it, but i'm sure theres ppl here that might be using it.
winamp for me =)
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sTo0z
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WMP 10, too lazy to install anything. 
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-=Cartoon=-
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2005 09:42 Post subject: |
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iTunes
Its playlist feature is 1000x better than any other players ones
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fisk
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Winamp, but I'll say "foobar" because IT'S ALTERNATIVE (tm)
Yes, yes I'm back.
Somewhat.
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razor1394
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What about mPlayer, XMMS and Kplayer?
Linux -> KPlayer or mp123 in the console sometimes
Windows -> Winamp 5
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2005 15:15 Post subject: |
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winamp 5... tons of options, small and fast... good media library and support for vis is great
<current favourite song:> [Blind Guardian - Lord of the Rings (Acoustic)]
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_SiN_
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2005 17:50 Post subject: |
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Winamp for sure!
Watercooled 5950X | AORUS Master X570 | Asus RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC | 64Gb RAM | 1Tb 970 Evo Plus + 2Tb 660p | etc etc
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TheDamned
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2005 20:09 Post subject: |
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| WbS wrote: | | winamp 5... tons of options, small and fast... good media library and support for vis is great |
+1
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2005 21:04 Post subject: |
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| -=Cartoon=- wrote: | iTunes
Its playlist feature is 1000x better than any other players ones |
iTunes is primarily optimized for "ease of use" per se, meaning that the thing is a pain in the ass if you've been using a computer for 24 hours or more.
First off, it's a nazi for WMA files. It automatically converts them to it's proprietary AAC format, a process I have neither the patience nor the motivation to endure. My tracks are fine the way they are (older/pyr@ tracks in MP3, old CDRips in WMA, newer ones in 350 vbr OGG (almost lossless @ less than 10mbs a song). Any player I use should support all of my music the way it is, not attempt to cut it's quality down to accomodate it's own crappy format. It's like a Sony Walkman converting all your music to it's own half-assed format instead of supporting MP3. Oh, wait...
WinAmp is definitely #1 when it comes to playback. It supports everything you can toss at it. Okay, almost anything. WA also has the best collection of skins and plugins, and it's a flexible platform if you're into designing your own. The equalizer is also good if you know how to use one, and if you don't there are also presets.
Of course, winamp has it's flaws. If you compare it to theflawless user interface and ease of use of iTunes, which sadly has turned it's cold brushed-metal ass on those using WMA. Hell, even the idiocy that is Windows Media Player 10 has a better Media Library than does WinAmp.
For years, WinAmp has been the undisputed king of digital audio. Sadly this success has caused the folks at NullSoft to shove their heads up their asses and leave WA relatively unchanged for a few years now, save a shitty new skin, and leave all modification to a community whose code can at times be half-assed (God knows how many times the various WinAmp alarm clocks have failed me).
Is there any program that combines the liberal approach to formats, the features and playback quality, and the relatively low amount of resources consumed by WinAmp with the Media Library useability of iTunes, or at least WMP? Or at least a (working) plugin?
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repo1
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2005 22:16 Post subject: |
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WINAMP v2.81 anything later than that is gayed to buggery
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2005 15:27 Post subject: |
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Winamp 2.91
The more things change, The more they stay the same.
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2005 16:06 Post subject: |
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| -=Cartoon=- wrote: | iTunes
Its playlist feature is 1000x better than any other players ones |
that and winamp
jesus christ was a gangsta rapper. they killed him. he came back and made a platinum album.
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iN33DM0N3Y
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I always used Winamp since i can remember...
>---->iN33DM0NEY<----<
P.S sorry for any typographical mistake that i could have made but Hey.. je Suis un Québécois et l'Anglais c'est secondaire chez nous!!
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iN33DM0N3Y
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I always used Winamp since i can remember...
>---->iN33DM0NEY<----<
P.S sorry for any typographical mistake that i could have made but Hey.. je Suis un Québécois et l'Anglais c'est secondaire chez nous!!
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2005 13:12 Post subject: |
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foobar2000 is great and with a plugin which emulates the winamp stuff you can use all the winamp stuff for IRC etc that is available. The interface isn't the best but it plays everything well and you don't really notice when it's minimised to the system tray.
Im a cockfag
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razor1394
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jan 2005 18:18 Post subject: |
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foobar2k for me, I used to use winamp and then iTunes, but the memory footprints got way too big. foobar uses around 10% of the memory and I actually prefer the mpglib they use, I find it sounds slightly different to fraunhofer based proggies.
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jan 2005 18:21 Post subject: |
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Winamp, but before it i used Sonique for years.
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MAD_MAX333
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jan 2005 18:39 Post subject: |
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winamp, but itunes as well since i need it for my ipod
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