Media Player Discussion Thread

[FETCHER.]

I actually really like iTunes, I've read alot of hate for it in here.

Does any other player have Genius? Plus compatable with iPod? 'Cause I'd give it a try.

[86 Position]

Originally Posted by Zero1986

Tried it but it wouldn't work properly on my computer. When i open it for the first time it tells me auto library has stopped working and the program needs to close down. Ho hum

very bizarre. i'm trying to remember if it did that to me to the first time.


try again? lol

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by Zero1986

Ok Winamp just isn't doing it for me. I'm less than impressed with the sound output, when i rip a cd it's hard to get the files to go into the right folder

If you have a problem with the sound output, I don't think there's real difference between programs. Possibly the default EQ settings are not what you prefer, so play with them a bit. You can play around with different output plugins if you want (directsound vs. waveoutput).

As for the path that ripped songs end up in, well. To set that, you have to go to preferences and look at the CD Rip settings .. To be honest, it's the first place anyone should think to look and the place where it makes sense so I can't say I agree with this complaint.

The problems I quoted are not real problems with Winamp. They're only problems because you don't know the program. Still it's not hard and it honestly shouldn't take anyone more than a minute to figure out. I've never had an ipod, though. I know Winamp has support for it, but I don't know how well it works.

[Swink]

If you're someone with a ****load of music, then definetely foobar2000 or musikcube. Winamp tends to crash on me so much I stopped using it ages ago. Not to mention it takes an hour to load the media library (about 500 gigs of music in there, mostly FLAC files).

foobar2k does all of that in a second, takes little to no ram at all, and runs fast.

[noise]

foobar is a clear winner. it does everything. it can convert flac to mp3. it can scrobble to last.fm. it is 150% customizable, and it is set up exactly how i want it to be set up. it lets me sort music by any tag i wish. replay gain, advanced tagging, header repair, lyrics capabilities... it really has it all.

plus, it is absolutely wonderful for moving music to and from my ipod - much better than itunes. i set it to append the album year to all album names so i can sort my music by date, and to replace %artist% with %album artist% when applicable so i don't have to mess with apple's stupid 'compilations' feature. plus it embeds album art on the fly, so i can keep a plain folder.jpg external to my music and not fill my id3 tags with massive jpgs.

so yeah, foobar is pretty cool.

[Zer0]

Originally Posted by 86 Position

very bizarre. i'm trying to remember if it did that to me to the first time.


try again? lol

Tried again, even tried reinstalling it and every time i open it it displays the message saying audio library has stopped working and the program closes.

Originally Posted by toretorden

If you have a problem with the sound output, I don't think there's real difference between programs. Possibly the default EQ settings are not what you prefer, so play with them a bit. You can play around with different output plugins if you want (directsound vs. waveoutput).

As for the path that ripped songs end up in, well. To set that, you have to go to preferences and look at the CD Rip settings .. To be honest, it's the first place anyone should think to look and the place where it makes sense so I can't say I agree with this complaint.

The problems I quoted are not real problems with Winamp. They're only problems because you don't know the program. Still it's not hard and it honestly shouldn't take anyone more than a minute to figure out. I've never had an ipod, though. I know Winamp has support for it, but I don't know how well it works.

The rest i'd figure out over time but the ipod sync is poor, and that's what put me off. If you were to change file tags they won't change on your ipod when you sync it, you have to do it manually. While with itunes it syncs everything you change.

[storymilo]

I've never used anything but itunes before, tried WMP once but didn't really like it. I've been thinking about switching over to MediaMonkey though.

If I do this will I have to manually move all my music from itunes to MM, or will it do it automatically? Also, when burning CD's or downloading music via WinRAR, does MM work the same as itunes? The tracks just appear?

I'd really like to know before I make the switch.

[Zarko]

Really not enough Foobar love in this thread.

It does what a music player needs to do, and is a helluva lot quicker than any other music player I've tried. Yes, you can change your iPod music through it with a simple add on.

[Kamikazi Kat]

Originally Posted by noise

foobar is a clear winner. it does everything. it can convert flac to mp3. it can scrobble to last.fm. it is 150% customizable, and it is set up exactly how i want it to be set up. it lets me sort music by any tag i wish. replay gain, advanced tagging, header repair, lyrics capabilities... it really has it all.

plus, it is absolutely wonderful for moving music to and from my ipod - much better than itunes. i set it to append the album year to all album names so i can sort my music by date, and to replace %artist% with %album artist% when applicable so i don't have to mess with apple's stupid 'compilations' feature. plus it embeds album art on the fly, so i can keep a plain folder.jpg external to my music and not fill my id3 tags with massive jpgs.

so yeah, foobar is pretty cool.

I think I might check this out... Windows Media Player works alright for me, but its starting to lag I get more music, which is especially bad when I'm using my already slow laptop.

[noise]

Originally Posted by Kamikazi Kat

I think I might check this out... Windows Media Player works alright for me, but its starting to lag I get more music, which is especially bad when I'm using my already slow laptop.

do check it out, and remember that you can customize it quite a lot so you're not stuck with the mediocre interface new users are presented with.

i have ~100gb in my foobar library - about 14,000 tracks. no lag at all. ever.