prophetik music Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 i generally use iTunes, but i'm growing annoyed with the simple fact that it doesn't allow you to put in more than one artist for a track. it just takes them and amalgamates the names together. i also want one that allows for more organization. i loved the old version of realJukebox, back in 2002 or 2003, that allowed you to organize based on any parameter you can think of. so, what do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I use Foobar because it has nice tabbed playlists and easy wav/mp3 conversion and a generally simple interaface. I have winamp also for use with chiptunes. If Foobar played chiptunes I wouldn't need it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Zoom Player, mothafuckas. It's set up in a similar presentational style to Windows Media Player, but because it's not as flashy or bloated with all sorts of online features, it runs incredibly smoothly. Supports just about any format under the sun (I encode all my music in Monkey's Audio), and I have spoken with the developer through email to talk about ways to improve the player. If anyone here knows how to write chiptune filters, let me know. ZP would support those as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I've been using Winamp as long as I've had a windows computer. It plays nearly everything, and lately they've been adding a lot of transcoding tools which make it extremely useful for converting for my Mp3 player. I don't really use the library features, though. I rarely have more than 5 gigs of music (some of that's lossless) on my hard drive at a time, and most of it eventually gets archived to a DVDR. I use a disc cataloging program (Advanced Disc Catalog) to keep track of everything instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremespleen Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I just listen to stuff with Winamp. It works decently and is pretty. For organizing? I tag everything and use Windows Explorer. None of that iTunes crap on my box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustin Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 WINAMP It really whips the llama's ass... Love Winamp. It's awesome and sexxy and makes .WAVs and plays all chips and can even mute chip channels and make .WAVs/.MP3s out of the tracks. Neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doulifée Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Winamp. using the library a lot to create playlist at will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I use iTunes, only cause I'm on a crappy Macbook. Otherwise, I'd use Winamp exclusively - Foobar is out simply because it doesn't recognize CDex ID3v1/2 tags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFrost Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 right now, I use winamp...but as soon as Amarok 4 comes out, I'm going to that. I like how it works, and have been wanting it for my windows box, but as it's currently windows only, gotta live without it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brithor Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Winamp... does all I need a player to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bottle Rocket Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Winamp and Kbmedia player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anosou Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 iTunes, mainly because it intergrates nicely in my other mac-software. for ogg and flac I use Cog, just because it can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagist Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Um... WMP works fine for me. WMP 10 though, any other version but Classic is awful and I find myself missing some functionality when I try to use Classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I used winamp for many a year, but recently switched to XMPlay. Think of it like a lightweight Winamp 2.xx with a useable library [tag stuff regardless of filetype] and the same amount of playback functionality. Well actually it's better, because the default music module playback doesn't suck goats, and accurate mod playback is something I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFusion Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Definately Winamp. Because of one major thing that is the best feature out of any media player out there. (That I know of.) Cross-fade. It makes listening to music, changing tracks, pausing tracks, and stopping tracks, and scanning tracks SO MUCH MORE PLEASING TO THE EAR. I can't stress that enough. I hate nothing more than every single other player out there, when pressing the 'pause' button in the middle of a roaring guitar riff or a soaring crescendo, greets you with an ABRUPT SILENCE. I can't believe why any other media player doesn't realise that it's things like these that are important (at least to audiophiles like me), not "omg I can see the album art of the song I'm listening to" as WMP or iTunes seems to think. Also, Winamp has plenty of other features such as customizable skins, a good media library now that rivals iTunes', easy-to-queue songs, auto-tag (which is really quite useful -- it managed to name and tag some of my Japenese Video Game ARRANGEMENT albums correctly), and supports a million audio file types. I was forced to use iTunes for a while because I had an iPod and I liked the 'play-count' feature, now that the new Winamp has iPod integration, as well as playcounts, I love Winamp even more now that I'm back to using it. And I hate iTunes even more. The only extroadinarily minor thing I think that iTunes has over Winamp is that it has a better shuffling system. (I.e. putting the whole playlist on shuffle won't double-up on playing a song that's already been played recently -- Winamp does that sometimes. However, this can be fixed very easily, just by turning off 'Repeat' on Winamp, and leaving on only 'Shuffle'. ) Not to mention that skins like this: http://www.winamp.com/skins/details/142201 Just make using Winamp so much cooler. Aesthetics ftw. Alongside the cross-fade playback, of course. So this is my Winamp is superior to iTunes (and probably alot of other audio players) rant that I've wanted to get off my chest. YESSSSSSSSS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Lime Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I would use Winamp more if it had the good library settings that Windows Media Player has. I also like the functionality with Windows Messenger, telling my friends what I am listening to. If Winamp had those, I would use it way more than I already do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Winamp with chipamp really is all I need/use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFusion Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I would use Winamp more if it had the good library settings that Windows Media Player has. I also like the functionality with Windows Messenger, telling my friends what I am listening to. If Winamp had those, I would use it way more than I already do. http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/151526 A Plug-In that does exactly that. Works for me with Windows Live Messenger and the latest version of Winamp. <3 Winamp. Oh, and, the plug-in can also let you show your songs in the NORMAL ARTIST - SONG labelling convention, not like some retarded SONG and THEN ARTIST display that shows on everyone else using media players, thought up only by some microsoft fool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Winamp. It does what I need it to do (play music) and not hoard computer resources (most of the time, anyway; every couple weeks it'll have a hiccup and hog the CPU, but exiting the program fixes that easily enough). Making multiple playlists and saving them is easy enough (provided you've organized your music decently), as is loading said playlists. And the skins customization... Let me just say that I would use Winamp just for the skins. Particularly the one I'm using right now, MMD3. Fits right where I want it (at the top of the screen, in the title bar of windows) so that I can have the "Always on Top" option on without it getting in the way. Honestly, I would use Winamp just for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz the Cat Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 WMP/Winamp. If there's a song I like, I put it on my MP3 player; I only play music on my computer if I'm deciding whether or not I want to keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonium Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I use Winamp. I don't care much for organization. I just pick a file and play. heh. I've heard good things about Media Monkey as far as organization goes and even better is the fact you can use MediaMonkey to manage your library in conjunction with Winamp as the player. It has both a free and pay version: http://www.mediamonkey.com/product.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 MMD3 Yeah, that's pretty much the quintessential Winamp 5 skin. Also, WinAmp here. Does everything I want it to with as little fuss as possible. I use Winamp. I don't care much for organization. I just pick a file and play. heh. I'm the same. I do have all of my music categorized in its own separate folder, but I guess probably everyone does that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 right now my biggest knock on winamp is that when you're opening files (with "L"), it only shows midis, even when se to 'all sound files'. no mp3s, no wmas, no WAVs. it is SO annoying. it seems everyone goes with winamp. anyone know what the functionality with iPods is? is it any good for syncing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skummel Maske Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I've always been using Winamp. I've never been a fan of advanced features though, I enqueue the files I want in the playlist from my well-organized folders, and that's it. Where's the crossfade function, or is that a plugin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 right now my biggest knock on winamp is that when you're opening files (with "L"), it only shows midis, even when se to 'all sound files'. no mp3s, no wmas, no WAVs. it is SO annoying. Hmm, nope, don't know what you're talking about. It shows all files for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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